The question comes from a quick read article which covers a couple of the issues to consider when making gifts and how they could be made...

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Preferred Shares are typically convertible into Ordinary Shares. It would be very...

The ever-spiralling nature of house prices and the fact that young people are increasingly shut out of buying in their local community no...

Bristol CC consulted on these proposals earlier in the year, although it appears to have gone for a hybrid of some of the options...

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You sometimes see investment deal terms which, contain redemption provisions....

The new regime for Insurance Brokers is pending so concerning that so many remain unaware..  

The £15.4 million fund, which is only open to 'private' applicants is made up of £14.7 million from the £37.2 million Maritime and...

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There are two basic forms of liquidation preferences: “non-participating” and...

A landmark patent decision today where Unilever must pay Professor Shanks a further £2 million as a fair share of the outstanding benefit...

Researchers from the University of Sussex have found that, while a ban on accessing work emails outside office hours could help some...

Great to see this confirmed which demonstrates that Bristol remains a place big name companies want to base their staff and commit to for...

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If ownership is the most important provision to an Investor in any term sheet,...

This week, the Home Office has published its annual report on modern slavery, which states that there has been a huge increase in modern...

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This is one of the most important sections of the Term Sheet to a VC. The...

This is a really important piece of proposed legislation and whether this Government enacts this or another does, the importance cannot...

Good news yesterday as the Ministry of Justice confirmed that the plans to change the probate fee structure - originally intended to have...

I am very pleased to read that the government has abandoned plans to increase the probate court fee.

As has been argued for months, to...

The Treasury has announced that the costs of borrowing from the Public Works Loan Board will increase by 1%. 

This will be a...

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A term sheet is a non-binding agreement that sets out the basic terms and...

Exploding Kittens Inc, the Los Angeles based company behind popular card game "Exploding Kittens" has recently received a $30m investment...

The BBC has reported that Pizza Express has hired financial advisers ahead of a meeting to review its debt.

Large debts are becoming a...

People who were charged excessive deputyship supervision fees by the Office of the Public Guardian (OPG) can now begin claiming refunds...

What is going to change?

Very little is going to change for contracting authorities as the public procurement rules and the procedures...

On 1 October 2019, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) delivered its ruling on the so-called ‘Planet49 case’.

The case...

Really proud to be partnering with MRW on its "Root it Out" Anti-Slavery campaign to help sector participants with their drive to root...

The Public Sector Team has received fantastic rankings from the Legal 500 across the following disciplines: 

Local Government...

This research is fascinating and shows that perhaps with some imagination there are quicker routes to deal with our housing shortage.