19th August 2015
11:42 am
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During the run-up to the 2015 General Election, zero-hours contracts became a high-profile debating point, with politicians from all parties entering the fray. Whilst zero-hours contracts are seen by some as exploitative and lacking in the rights that are given in traditional employment contracts, others view them as a flexible way to manage a workforce…
7th August 2015
11:05 am
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There are no hard and fast rules governing how assets should be divided on divorce. There is a broadly applied principal starting point of a 50:50 split. The objective is to apportion assets in a way that meets the needs of both parties and is reasonable and fair. If the parties can’t agree on how…
31st July 2015
1:10 pm
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Parent or Child, Colemans’ specialist Wills and Probate and Litigation Teams have the combination of expertise and experience you need On Monday, the Court of Appeal gave what the press are calling a ‘landmark ruling’ in the case of Ilott v Mitson. The facts are that Melita Jackson’s only child Heather ran away from home…
21st July 2015
12:56 pm
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Deeds of Variation – One Way to Avoid Paying Too Much Inheritance Tax (and Buy Now While Stocks Last!!) Deeds of Variation – the 10 second version If you don’t have time read to all this, the vital message is: if you inherited or stand to inherit from someone who died in the last two…
7th July 2015
2:04 pm
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Do you supply consumers with credit or credit hire? Do you make use of credit facilities and credit advertising? Have you entered into a consumer credit agreement in the UK? If the answer is ‘yes’, then you are affected by the Act. PLEASE READ ON FOR WHAT THIS MEANS IN PRACTICAL TERMS. If you provide…
2:00 pm
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A massive improvement to rail travel to London! A hugely positive impact on business within the commuter belt! A super quick commute! A much smoother ride! Worth the expense! Or, just a hugely expensive project that will make no real difference to commuters or to business in the UK?! Is it a total waste of…
30th June 2015
10:42 am
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23rd June 2015
3:18 pm
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16th June 2015
1:23 pm
Comments Off on The Minority Shareholder Trap
You and your three friends start up a business. It takes off and, on the advice of your accountant, the four of you form a limited company. Each of you has 25% of the shares. You are a minority shareholder, but that doesn’t bother you. Why should it? The business has grown and is now…
8th May 2015
11:30 am
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It is not often that you get the opportunity to act as Solicitor on the sale of a landmark Maidenhead Hotel and then get the opportunity act for the Buyer on a subsequent sale, but this is what has recently happened to Michael Stone of Colemans Solicitors following the sale of The Walton Cottage Hotel…