If you find yourself confronted by an issue in your business life and want to understand some of the legal principles that may influence your actions, this section may offer you a guide.

The questions and answers on the topics presented here are those frequently asked of our specialist teams. However, please note that they are not intended to substitute for specific legal advice on a particular matter, and while every effort has been made to ensure that they accurately reflect the law at the time they were prepared, laws change and every situation is different.

If, having read them, you have further questions or require further advice on these or any other matter, please contact us.

Age discrimination
Agents and distributors
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Buying premises
Company secretary
Data protection
Debt recovery
Domain name disputes
Directors responsibilities
Discipline & grievance issues
Discrimination
Dismissing employees
Employment contracts
Employment tribunals
Equal pay
Family businesses
Financing a business
Getting out of lease
Gross misconduct
Health and safety
Holidays and unpaid and statutory leave
Home working
Information and consultation
Insolvency
Intellectual property
Joint ventures
Leasing premises
Maternity issues & SMP
National minimum wage
Obtaining venture capital
Ownership issues
Passing your business on to your family
Planning to sell your business
Purchasing it
Redundancy
Remote working
Rent reviews
Selling a business
Selling your shares back to your company
Shareholder and boardroom disputes
Sickness issues and SSP
Starting a business
Trading online
Using computer systems
Working time
Your firm and the Data Protection Act
Your Web site