News archive: April 2023

• Exercising a break clause – top tips for commercial tenants
  Posted on April 10, 2023
  If you are a business tenant, a break clause in your commercial lease gives you valuable flexibility to move out if circumstances change, but the law on break clauses is full of traps for tenants. If you want to be certain of ending your lease successfully, you must pay attention to all the details and follow the process required by the lease to the letter. Missing a key date, sending your notice to the wrong person, leaving things in the property or not paying everything you owe can all spell disaster, so it is crucial to get your solicitor involved well in advance.
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• Due diligence – ensuring a business acquisition benefits from the contracts
  Posted on April 9, 2023
  If you have spotted a great business acquisition opportunity and the headline figures look superb, how do you know that you will be getting the value and benefits in the deal that you had hoped for? The key lies in the quality and depth of the due diligence carried out by your advisors, especially in regard to the transferability of the business contracts.
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• Employment law risks when keeping clients happy
  Posted on April 6, 2023
  The client is king and businesses will usually do anything they can to keep and grow clients, but not everyone is committed to increasing diversity and inclusion at the same pace. This can create some tricky dilemmas. Should an employer accommodate a client’s discriminatory preferences? And does the employer have a duty to protect employees from discriminatory clients?
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• Is now a good time for first-time buyers?
  Posted on April 4, 2023
  If you are looking to own your first home, you may wonder whether or not now is a good time to buy. On the one hand, the increase in property prices seems finally to have stalled. On the other, living costs and interest rates have risen sharply. Add to this the uncertain economic outlook, and it is hard to decide what to do for the best.
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• Reporting duties for a financial deputy
  Posted on April 4, 2023
  The role of a deputy is similar to that of an attorney. If you are acting as an attorney, this will be because the person you are acting for specifically chose you to act and they made a document called a ‘power of attorney’ at a time when they had capacity to do so.
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• Agreeing access arrangements for children – welfare considerations
  Posted on April 3, 2023
  A relationship breakdown often means a dramatic change in life for all involved and when parents live apart, arrangements need to be agreed about how and when children will see each of their parents.
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