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October 1, 2025

Traps for Tenants: Understand What You Need to Control and Protect Your Business

When negotiating a commercial property lease, it may be tempting to focus only on the rent and assume everything else is a relatively minor issue. That mistake is the result…
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September 30, 2025

Traps for Tenants: Licences for Alterations 

First impressions matter. The physical appearance of a business matters, so it is important that a Tenant can control how it looks. However, as I have mentioned here, commercial property leases…
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September 29, 2025

Traps for Tenants: Shop Leases

When negotiating a shop lease, tenants face a range of hidden risks — from unclear service charges and poorly structured turnover rents to restrictive operating terms and ambiguous insurance costs.…
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September 26, 2025

Traps for Tenants: Office Leases

An office lease is a very flexible document which manages many risks, the financial consequences of which may be larger than the annual rent, in a business relationship that will…
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September 21, 2025

How to Handle Data Protection Complaints – ICO Draft Guidance

In June 2025, the UK’s Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 (DUAA) came into force, introducing important changes to the data protection obligations. You can read more about DUAA here.  One of the…
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September 18, 2025

Shareholders’ Agreements: The Complete Guide for SMEs

A shareholders’ agreement is one of the most important documents for companies with more than one owner. Think of it as a business prenup: it sets out how decisions are…
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September 15, 2025

Implied Terms in Contracts – What You Need To Know

Contracts are the foundation of business dealings and personal agreements, setting out the rights and duties of everyone involved. When you think of a contract, you probably picture a written…
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September 9, 2025

EU: Concept of Personal Data – The Court of Justice’s Clarification in EDPS v SRB

The concept of personal data is at the heart of data protection law, yet its boundaries are not always clear. In a recent judgment, the Court of Justice of the…
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August 26, 2025

Service Level Agreements: A Practical Guide 

Service Level Agreements, or SLAs, are a common feature of a wide range of different commercial agreements. An SLA is a part of a contract that turns promises around service…

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