Insights

Insights

Practical notes for owner-managers on employment, contracts, premises and disputes, written by the solicitor who handles them. General information, not advice on your situation.

Practical notes for owner-managers on employment, contracts, premises and disputes, written by the solicitor who handles them. General information, not advice on your situation.

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Disputes

The letter before claim: what to put in it and what to leave out

Daniel Price, a man in a dark suit and tie looking at the camera, with a brick tower block behind him.

Daniel Price

A stone-fronted corner building on a narrow city street, with a tree on the left.

Property

Renewing a business lease: the 1954 Act timetable in plain English

Thomas Reid, a bearded man with swept-back hair in a suit, striped shirt and tie, against curved white concrete.

Thomas Reid

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Commercial contracts

Limitation of liability clauses: how to read the clause that sets your worst case

Eleanor Velden, a smiling woman with long wavy blonde hair in a dark blazer and white shirt, arms folded, in an office with tall windows.

Eleanor Velden

A round wall clock lit in a dark room.

Disputes

Unpaid invoices: what the Late Payment Act lets a business add

Samuel Marsh, a man with short swept-back hair and dark-rimmed glasses in a navy coat over a white shirt, in front of tall office windows.

Samuel Marsh

Two people leaning over a polished table to sign printed documents, faces out of frame.

Employment

Settlement agreements: what an employer needs to get right

Hana Sato, a smiling woman with dark hair tied back, in a black blazer and white top, chin resting on her hand, by a brick wall.

Hana Sato

Bound law reports on shelves behind the glass of a wooden bookcase, a fern in the foreground.

Employment

Before you dismiss someone: the records a tribunal will expect you to have

Amara Osei, a smiling woman with long dark curly hair in a soft knit cardigan, photographed close against a plain grey background.

Amara Osei

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