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Sometimes, the construction dispute is not about how much should be paid for the works, but whether you even employed a company to carry out the works in the first place.

Faced with a multi-million Pound construction payment dispute involving one of your key clients, how do you secure your payment without ruining the relationship?

Our charity client, WET (Wetland Environment Trust) had an exciting opportunity for a fundraising initiative, but it required a separate charity identity before it could progress.

A major heritage charity had greatly increased its membership over the years. This apparent success had an impact on the management team’s ability to make key decisions due to rules established when the charity was founded.

Our client is a national environmental charity with ambitions to expand its presence and influence in the UK and abroad. We were asked to conduct a full risk management review across the charity and report on the increasingly diverse range of legal transactions they routinely undertake.

Swindon Commercial Services Limited (SCS) has enhanced its renewable energy offering, following the acquisition of Cirencester-based plumbing and heating business DW Dunn Limited. A fast developing sustainable energy solution provider and subsidiary of Swindon…

In the difficult trading conditions that we are currently experiencing companies sometimes find that significant changes are required if the business is to flourish.

The client operated four separate geographical sites within its wider group structure. Employees at each of the sites were employed under its own terms and conditions of employment. Furthermore, each site had its own…

When business partnerships go wrong, they tend to go wrong in a big way. Apart from the breakdown of what are usually both personal and business relationships, former partners often face serious legal and…

Losing a key employee is problematic at best. If that former employee leaves armed with your confidential business and customer information and starts working for a competitor, it is potentially disastrous to your business….

Anyone involved in a supply chain knows how difficult it can be to get paid and preserve a vital business relationship. Our client, a local manufacturer became involved in a dispute when an overseas customer refused to pay for goods supplied late, even though it wasn’t the client’s fault.

Our client, a UK based software development company, along with its US parent company, were faced with a claim against them in the region of £900,000 which, it seemed, would inevitably lead to Court proceedings which would demand a significant investment of time and resource.