Tag Archives: Business Law
Online Business Name and Trademark Checker
A new website has just gone online which will be of great help to anyone starting up a new business. One of the most common complaints on a whole load of business forums is that of someone who has an established business and finds that someone else has set up another business with the same [...]
Full StoryAccountants Denied Privilege
When I trained as a tax accountant many years ago there was a clear understanding that my duty was to my client and whilst I should not collude in illegal tax evasion or financial irregularity I owed no duty to “rat” on clients to the authorities. Indeed it was always accepted that anything told to [...]
Full StoryThe Health and Safety (Offences) Act 2008
The Health and Safety (Offences) Act 2008 (the “Act”) came into force on 16 January 2009, increasing penalties for health and safety offences. Principally the Act: raises the maximum fine that can be imposed when a case is brought in a lower court from £5,000 to £20,000; broadens the range of cases that can be [...]
Full StoryLegal Action Settled After 67 Years
One of the world’s longest running cases was settle out of court 67 years after it started in 1941. The case, known as Re Jahre, concerned a dispute over the recovery of assets alleged to belong to the shipping magnate Anders Jahre. Jahre died aged 90 before the main trial started in 1983. Although the [...]
Full StoryTrade Marks and Company Names: A New Right of Objection
The implementation of Section 69 of the Companies Act 2006 gives a person who has goodwill in a name a statutory right to make application to the Company Names Adjudicator objecting to the same name, or something so similar as to suggest an association between the company and the applicant, being registered as a company [...]
Full StoryThe Companies Names Adjudicator : New Protection for Business Names
From 1 October 2008, there is a new right for individuals, partnerships or companies to object to the registration of a new company with the same or similar name as they use for their own business. This new right has been established under the 2006 Companies Act which itself is being introduced in stages over [...]
Full StoryReforming the Law on Bribery and Corruption
The Law Society has just published a report entitled Reforming Bribery setting out proposals which it intends should clarify and simplify the existing laws. Anyone in business should be aware that there already are established offences of bribery and corruption on the United Kingdom statutes. International pressure is increasingly being applied to stamp out activities [...]
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