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  • 31 March 2020
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    Cohabitation: a survival guide

    Cohabiting couples do not have the same rights as married couples when a relationship breaks down.

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  • 27 March 2018
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    What are the implications of the GDPR for the retail sector?

    In this era of personalised communication strategies and targeted online marketing, radical changes to data protection laws have huge implications for retailers. Matthew Williamson examines some of them.

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  • 12 March 2018
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    New Electronic Communications Code brings changes for site providers who are operators

    The Electronic Communications Code gives licensed telecoms operators statutory rights to have equipment on private land. The Digital Economy Act 2017 contained a new Code with sweeping changes in favour of operators.

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  • 28 March 2018
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    Q&A: Can you refuse to hire or dismiss an employee for having tattoos?

    In order for you to successfully include this within a policy, you must be able to show you are implementing this for a clear and justifiable reason.

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    Contact Ben Daniel
    Ben Daniel
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  • 05 April 2018
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    Relocation of equipment under old and new telecoms codes

    In telecoms siting agreements, a right to “lift and shift” is a landowner’s right to make a telecoms operator relocate its plant and equipment.

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  • 20 April 2018
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    What is a package or unit for limitation purposes under Hague Visby Rules?

    The “Maersk Tangier”: (1) AP Moller-Maersk A/S trading as Maersk Line v. Kyokuyo Limited [2018] EWCA Civ. 778 (Court of Appeal)

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    Mike Burns
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  • 05 October 2020
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    Shareholders' agreements — sharing company ownership

    A carefully considered shareholders' agreement can provide real value and help avoid costly disputes. We explain why you should have one.

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    Contact Catherine Hendy
    Catherine Hendy
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  • 18 May 2018
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    Death of a shareholder

    Estate planning for business owners can often fall down the priority list of ‘things to do’ when building the business consumes all of their time.

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    Contact Richard Bate
    Richard Bate
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  • 02 January 2024
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    Group structures

    A look at the ways in which you can structure your company and some of the reasons for, and potential tax benefits of, using group structures.

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    Contact Haydn Rogan
    Haydn Rogan
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  • 20 July 2020
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    The family shareholder

    All business owners have families and family concerns, but not all owners bring their family members into share ownership with them.

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    Contact Fiona Turner
    Fiona Turner
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