Law
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Accidents, mistakes and misunderstandings can happen in any business. Sometimes these grow into full-blown disputes, and before you know it, you are facing a legal claim. Being sued is stressful, time-consuming and expensive — three good reasons for...
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Employment law is a complex area that is full of pitfalls. Getting it right means keeping in touch with developments, thinking out your policies and implementing them with care. Getting it wrong is easier, but could be extremely expensive. In this briefing...
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Looking after health, safety and welfare is not just a legal requirement — it makes commercial sense. Failing to manage health and safety properly can be far more costly than getting it right in the first place. While the sheer mass of legislation can...
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Faced with the mass of legislation, meeting your health and safety requirements can seem a daunting task. Fortunately, the most critical part of managing health and safety — risk assessment — is relatively straightforward. This briefing covers: ...
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Whether your business relies on innovative new products or just the strength of your reputation, it almost certainly involves some intellectual property. You need to use your own intellectual property as effectively as possible while avoiding infringing...
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Part of the skill of running a successful business is creating good relationships with your customers and suppliers, so that agreements are kept and problems can be sorted out amicably. When things go sour, your priority is still to settle the dispute...
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Some people like to think of the Internet as an unregulated free-for-all, but this is simply not the case. The law still applies, although in some areas its interpretation and effects are not entirely clear. The international nature of the Internet, and the...
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All businesses that keep any information on living and identifiable people must comply with the Data Protection Act. The Act applies to computerised personal information and to some structured manual records about people. All businesses using personal data...
