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Growing your business through third party sales agents

In this tough financial climate, exploring new routes to market can help you survive and thrive and partnering with a sales agent can help market and grow your business without significant investment.A sales agent is a third party you appoint to promote, market, negotiate and agree sales contracts with buyers…

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Coronavirus and Force Majeure

This is a difficult time when businesses are facing unprecedented challenges caused by the impact of the Coronavirus epidemic. At times like this, many companies will be examining their contracts to understand their rights, obligations, and where risks and liabilities

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The Curious Case of William Jennens

Today I learned about the legal case of William Jennens. If you’ve ever read Bleak House, the story might seem familiar, because Dickens based the fictional case of Jarndyce vs Jarndyce in the book on the life of this financier, who lived in

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3 tips for business partnership success

Teaming up with others and forging great new relationships can help you achieve far more than you ever could alone. But as with all relationships, some work well and others…not so much. Here’s how to spot the traps and avoid

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Read the small print for our T&Cs

Well, I would if the small print wasn’t ridiculously small! I have accepted that I am at the age when I need reading glasses and I’m quite happy with this (honestly!). Most of the time whilst I’m sat at my

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The Top 4 Ways to Use NDAs

If contract law can ever be considered to be the shining star in a sordid sex scandal, the recent allegations surrounding the 45th US President, Donald Trump and adult film actress ‘Stormy Daniels’ are probably as close as it’s ever

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Why Do Contracts Exist in Business?

Whilst you’ve been drawing up a contract with a business partner, have you ever got to a point where you just stop and think, “do I really need to be going through all of this, wouldn’t an email be sufficient?”

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