In a case which underlines the benefits of careful professional drafting in the settlement of commercial disputes, a lack of clarity in a compromise agreement reached between more »

Whether a person intends to form a contract is not a question of what was in their mind at the time, but whether their actions were such that it could be objectively determined more »

Is a partner who receives only a small share of the firm’s profit and takes no part in the management of the firm really a partner? That question was at the heart of a recent more »

The widely-reported victory by a Portsmouth Landlady who was taken to court for using a Greek provider to screen live televised sport is to be challenged. In a recent case, the more »

Contracts involving property are often ‘messy, with obligations on the vendor (and sometimes the purchaser) extending beyond the completion date. This can cause problems when more »

One of the most important things to make sure of in any legal agreement involving the purchase of assets is that the transferor actually owns the assets you are seeking to more »

Are you ready for the 2012 changes to work-place pension schemes? At present UK employers are not required to contribute to their employees’ pension schemes. However, that is more »

When the co-founder of two companies in the wind farm business was effectively ‘frozen out’ of them by his fellow shareholders and excluded from participating in their more »

In the EU, names can be registered as Community Trade Marks (CTMs). Recently, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) refused to allow fashion designer Elizabeth Emanuel to obtain more »

Force majeure is the term used when something unexpected and not preventable occurs which radically changes a situation. A force majeure clause is often included in contracts to more »

An attempt by online retailer Amazon to patent its ‘one-click’ purchase system has predictably failed in the patent court. The reason for the failure was that the creation of more »

When one business uses the trade marks of another, an action can be brought for trade mark infringement and possibly also for ‘passing off’ – the term given to the situation more »

When a party to a contract breaches the contract, the other party is normally allowed to bring the contract to an end. It is not normally possible (unless the contract allows it) more »

The High Court has taken decisive action in the war against the illegal distribution of copyright material by requiring BT, the UK’s largest Internet Service Provider, to block more »

Gilding the lily when making insurance claims is a not uncommon, but dangerous practice as a company whose premises were damaged by fire found out. When making its claim to more »

Many contracts require one or both parties to use ‘all reasonable endeavours’ to fulfil the contract. When low-cost airline Jet2 and the operators of Blackpool Airport (BAL) more »

‘Passing off’ is the legal term for when a business seeks to profit from the name or reputation of another business by using a similar name. When the person or business more »

A scam which traded on the greed of the gullible has been closed down by the the Financial Services Authority (FSA) after nearly £4 million was ‘invested’ by people seeking more »

WBW Solicitors are delighted to be inaugural members of the the Royal Albert Memorial Museum (RAAM) Business Club. The Busines Club aims to help companies strengthen their brand more »

A recent case in the Court of Appeal has demonstrated that terms agreed by email can amount to a contract despite a formal contract referred to in the emails remaining unsigned. more »

Alstom, the French engineering giant currently in the news as being under investigation by the Serious Fraud Office for allegedly distributing corrupt payments to secure more »