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Wednesday, October 7th, 2009
ACUMEN BUSINESS LAW is delighted to announce that it has been shortlisted as finalists for the following 3 prestigious awards:
FT Innovative Lawyer Awards 2009The FT received over 600 applications for the
Read more...Monday, October 5th, 2009
A landmark ruling by the Employment Appeals Tribunal has limited the discretion of tribunals to increase employer’s penalties for not following fair dismissal procedures. Tribunals can now only apply an uplift to what is left owing rather than the whole
Thursday, October 1st, 2009
Important employment law changes implemented today (1 October 2009)
1. Workplace Parking Levy. A pilot scheme to encourage employers to give their employees an incentive not to commute by car means that employer’s in Nottingham will have to pay for their staff
Read more...Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009
The deadline to resolve the media law dispute between Eminem, his record label and Apple Inc is drawing close. The impending lawsuit could change the legal landscape of recording contracts and any distribution agreements brokered by
Read more...Wednesday, September 16th, 2009
The banking crisis has taken an unusual turn,
Alister Darling has now suggested that banks adopt ‘living wills’ in the event that another financial crisis hits. The idea is to make it easier to dismantle them and distribute their assets between
Read more...Monday, August 3rd, 2009
This type of clause is known as “exclusion clause” whose aim is to reduce exposure of businesses who are concerned about the liability which they may incur in performing their contracts.
Thursday, July 30th, 2009
Philanthropy can be defined as the donation of money, goods, services, time and effort which will help benefit society, with no material return for the donor.
In recent years we have seen an increase in the number of businesses reporting on their corporate social responsibility. This has been on issues such
Read more...Monday, June 15th, 2009
In most small and medium businesses, some or all of the directors are also the shareholders of the company. A point that is often missed is that shareholding and directorship are two distinct legal capacities with different
Read more...Friday, May 29th, 2009
Ever puzzled over Latin? Ever wondered how lawyers talk to each other in the office? Well, here are some useful phrases in Latin so you too can join in the legalese!!……
Calvo turpuis est nihil comato= Nothing is uglier than a
Read more...Wednesday, May 27th, 2009
Most people have the dream to one day run their own business and many have a vague idea of what type of business they would like to run at an early stage in their career, however it is
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