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February 17, 2026

Legal Privilege: A Guide for Businesses

Summary Introduction In the course of doing business, you may hear phrases like “this is legally privileged” or be advised not to share certain documents because of legal privilege.  But what…
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December 8, 2025

Half-Secret Commissions – the Decision of the Court of Appeal in Expert Tooling and Automation Limited v Engie Power Limited [2025] EWCA Civ 292

Summary Introduction The role of agents and the law pertaining to them is ancient, dating back (at least) to the Roman period. In England and Wales, the common law and…
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November 12, 2025

A UK-Wide Overview for SMEs: What Are the Challenges and Opportunities?

SMEs remain the UK’s economic engine room: around 5.5 million of them account for over 99% of all businesses, employ roughly 60% of the private-sector workforce, and generate close to…
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August 1, 2025

Tackling Late Payments: Summary of Government Proposals to Support SMEs

The UK Government has unveiled a major Business Plan, proposing new legislation to support small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). One of the proposed changes is to reform the rules around the length…
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July 20, 2023

The Modern Law on Vicarious Liability: the Decision in Trustees of the Barry Congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses v BXB [2023] UKSC 15

The Supreme Court judgment in BXB [2023] UKSC 15 is a helpful statement of the modern law of vicarious liability.
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December 5, 2021

Bribery Act Section 7: Petrofac Pay £77 Million to Serious Fraud Office

A quick look at the Petrofac corruption case
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July 13, 2021

Legal Checklist For Startups – A Quick Guide

This legal checklist for startups is a quick guide for startups who want to know what they should be thinking about from a legal perspective.
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September 7, 2020

Bribery Act 2010 – Ten Years on

This article takes a brief look at the Bribery Act 2010 and some of its effects 10 years on.
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July 12, 2020

Resale Price Maintenance – Korg Fined

The CMA has fined Korg UK for unlawful resale price maintenance.

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