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In this blog post, I explore two key concepts that play a vital role in shaping successful business sales: cash-free/debt-free (CFDF) and "pound for pound" re cash. I see these terms bandied around a lot, particularly by corporate finance / deal advisory firms. My...
The Advertising Standards Agency has banned another green virtue signalling ad, this time from Lufthansa (as below). For background to advertising law see my mini guide here. In short adverts need to not mislead consumers. Here the ASA felt that the ad was untrue and...
![Share Purchase Agreements and Notice of Warranty Claims – The Importance of Getting It Right – Drax Smart Generation Holdco Limited v Scottish Power Retail Holdings Limited [2023]](https://www.stevenmather.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/EA41BF26-449C-474B-96F5-9D4933E7DD3A-1080x675.png)
In Drax Smart Generation Holdco Limited v Scottish Power Retail Holdings Limited [2023] EWHC 412 (Comm), the High Court considered whether to dismiss a buyer's warranty and indemnity claims under a share purchase agreement because its notice of the claims failed to...
![Letter to Employee Enclosing Settlement Agreement Which Was Headed Without Prejudice Amounted to a Dismissal Letter for the Purposes of Calculating Effective Date of Termination – Meaker v Cyxtera Technology UK Ltd [2023] EAT 17](https://www.stevenmather.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/A2ED80A3-A6B0-42DE-81AC-549BDFC91AE8-1080x675.png)
In Meaker v Cyxtera Technology UK Ltd [2023] EAT 17, the EAT held that a tribunal had been entitled to find that a letter had been sufficiently clear and unambiguous to dismiss an employee, that the employee's unfair dismissal claim had been presented out of time and...
Find out why I don’t tend to price match with other solicitors for business sales. And how my services compare (positively).
If you own a limited company, all debts of the business, including bounce back loans that the business cannot pay in full or part, after assets and liabilities are calculated, will ultimately be cancelled if the business is insolvent.
Copyrights and trademarks are both important tools in protecting your intellectual property, but knowing what you need can be confusing. Find out more here.
One of the primary costs associated with selling a business is using solicitors to cover all legal aspects of the transaction. Find out if you should shop around and all about fixed fees.
Start by telling them how much you appreciate their hard work and how important they are to the success of the business. Then tell them that you have decided to sell and explain your reason(s) for selling. Next, talk about the buyer and their qualifications.
It was discriminatory to force a woman to use a “gender neutral” toilet. Or so held an employment appeal tribunal recently (Earl Shilton Town Council v Ms K Miller: [2023] EAT 5 (Judgment here) This is not a particularly novel case, but it does demonstrate how badly...
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