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Commercial

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Time to review personal guarantees Business, contracts and insurance Equal opportunity websites Getting the contract right first time How to sell on the Internet safely IT and ecommerce providers beware Limiting liability with a consumer Making a contract on the web Outsourcing Spam and cold commercial emails Start up the right way or no way The effects of DDA on web designers and owners The world’s gone e-mad Understanding the contract we are signing Web hosting agreement Beware of indemnity clauses

Commercial Property

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I'm a tenant get me out of here The Landlord's Best Friend A Quick Guide to Lease Negotiation The End of the Lease is Nigh Property Development – avoiding the traps What to look out for when taking a new lease The best options in a falling market Commercial property - legal jargon explained What's your landlord doing with your rent deposit? Do you need planning permission for change of use?  Check your lease - NOW The language of leases  How to save money on business premises  Dealing with insolvent tenants  Negotiating a lease in a recession  Easements - Know your rights  Planning applications and planning law jargon explained

Company

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Understanding your duties and responsibilities as a director  Employing people and data protection Partnership –v- Limited Company Shareholders' Agreements 7 common mistakes directors make in a recession  Handling director and shareholder disputes  Director redundancies

 
Data Protection

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Data keep it safe Data protection and exit strategy Identity theft

Dispute management

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Avoiding disputes Fraud and the small business Court Case - Who Pays the Legal costs? Professional negligence claims Steps to handling business disputes Minimising the impact of business disputes What can I do when a professional let's me down?  Spotting a business dispute on the horizon  5 method of resolving construction disputes  Seven myths about litigation and business dispute management  Avoiding contract disputes  How to resolve commercial disputes - understanding all the options  Alternative ways of handling disputes - mediation  Adjudication - how does it serve construction disputes?  Solving disputes using arbitration  Expert determination  Neutral evalution

General

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The zero tolerance approach to bad debt Be aware of shady business practice How to get the best from your Lawyer Monitoring employees’ use of email and Internet Guide to doing business in the UK  Guide to doing business in the UK (PDF version)  Employing young people

Insolvency

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Business booming or busting Directors’ responsibilities in time of financial trouble Keeping your business going when the going gets tough  Dealing with insolvent tenants

Intellectual Property

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Copyright, getting it, protecting it, and keeping it Protecting your intellectual property

Licensing 

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Opening licensed premises - how to avoid a false start  Storm warning for licensed premises  Applying for a premises licence  How to get a licence for a one-off event  Licensing Law Update - January 2010