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05/11/2008 : New Service To Help Businesses In The Current Economic Climate
Foot Anstey announce the launch of Crunch Solutions, a new service designed to enable businesses to have confidence in their business decisions and to prosper in a more challenging economic climate. Carrying out a free two hour consultation to… »

04/11/2008 : Could You Be Disqualified As A Director?
If you are or have been a director of a company entering liquidation, administration or receivership then you could face disqualification as a director in the future. The Company Directors Disqualification legislation is not new, but the current… »

21/10/2008 : Judge Makes U-turn On Contempt Gagging Order
A successful reporting restriction challenge has shown the limits of judges’ powers to gag media coverage of criminal cases. Mr Justice Mackay, presiding over a trial at Woolwich Crown Court, was persuaded to do a U-turn and lift a wide-ranging… »

21/10/2008 : Monthly Rents
Landlords agreed for commercial rents to be paid montlhy has hit the headlines in the property press. But what are the legal implications to the lease for both landlord and tenant ? Most commercial leases specify payment of rent in advance on the… »

20/10/2008 : Problems When A Farmer Divorces
Divorce in any family is traumatic but for a farming family it can lead to a host of extra problems as work and family are so entwined. A farmer cannot leave home and drive off in a car to work elsewhere. For a start the farmhouse is home, office,… »

20/10/2008 : How The London Olympic Games And Paralympic Games Act Affects You!
With Beijing now behind us and the 2012 Olympic sailing regatta being held just a stone’s throw away at Weymouth-Portland, many Westcountry businesses are busily mapping out their advertising and marketing strategies to capture trade in the run… »

17/10/2008 : Livestock Movements - Identification And Tracing Legislation
Farmers are only too aware of the mounds of regulations throughout their industry. It must feel at times as if you sneeze you are breaching something! Looking at just one area of regulation illustrates the benefits of embracing compliance, not that there… »

15/10/2008 : Happy Holidays
There is good news for many people owning a second home abroad. They will be able to reclaim tax if they bought the property through a company. In some countries, domestic law or tax issues prohibit foreign residents from owning land there. Avoiding… »

09/10/2008 : Business Partnerships – Are You Protected?
Many partnerships are missing out on key safeguards that protect their business because they do not have an effective partnership deed. It may be a deed has never been put in place or because it has not been recently updated and does not reflect the… »

07/10/2008 : No ‘Chilling Effect’ From Privacy, Gagged Conference Told.
Rampant privacy law and Max Mosley’s win against the News of the World have not had any ‘chilling effect’ on the press, a media law conference heard. The audience was told by a top privacy law academic that, in his opinion, press… »

07/10/2008 : Inheritance Tax - Are You Up To Date?
Last year the Chancellor, Alastair Darling, announced major changes to the rules on inheritance tax (IHT). As a result of these changes, Foot Anstey is holding a joint hosted seminar with Bishop Fleming on 14 October 2008. The seminar will talk… »

25/09/2008 : A Quick Guide For Directors On New Company Law
A whole raft of legal changes for companies comes into force from 1 October 2008. Some are aimed at reducing red tape and below is a quick run down of the most important ones. Financial Assistance Previously private and public companies were prohibited… »

24/09/2008 : Trade Mark Applications – Faster, Cheaper, More Efficient?
Since October last year there have been numerous changes to the UK rules the govern UK trade mark applications. On 1 October 2008, the next changes come into force. The main change is the reduction of the opposition period from three months to… »

23/09/2008 : Attorney-General reveals hand on contempt
A disgruntled QC’s letter to The Times has provoked the Attorney-General to defend her enforcement of the law of contempt. Her response gives a rare insight into the approach of the Government law officer with primary responsibility for policing… »

17/09/2008 : Plymouth's New Housing Market
The British housing market was under the spotlight last week in the British Pavilion at the Venice Biennale of Architecture 2008. Five architects exhibited their designs for a housing project in Britain and a European country to highlight the housing… »

17/09/2008 : Tendering for Business
How do you know if there are business opportunities and contracts out there that your businesses could successfully tender for? Regional business organisations such as SWRDA, Business Link and the Institute of Directors are organising events to… »

15/09/2008 : Back to School
Trusts Schools is an area which is new to all; schools, local authorities and practitioners. It is an area that is sensitive; it changes the status of schools and forges partnerships with third parties that become an integral part of the schools constitution.… »

12/09/2008 : Do You Really Want ‘Your Day In Court’?
Don’t litigate…mediate urges Italo Cerullo With the ‘credit crunch’ continuing to bite and inflation soaring, small businesses are finding trading conditions more and more challenging. And an economic downturn often… »

11/09/2008 : Wrongful Trading
The current tough financial climate will inevitably and sadly lead to insolvencies. But directors of insolvent limited liability companies are not necessarily protected from their creditors if they do not follow the rules. One of the foundations… »

09/09/2008 : Is The Game Worth The Candle?
‘Abuse of process’ halts defamation claims There’s something for the media to be cheerful about, despite the rise and rise of restrictive privacy law. Courts are increasingly intervening to stop unmeritorious defamation… »

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