Tim Polding, Head of Commercial Department at Liverpool-based legal firm, Lees Lloyd Whitley, offers an overview of the Companies Act for Bytestart readers – and what to look out for.
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Legal guides for small business owners
Key Guides
- Guide to contractsWhat consitutes a contract, and how are they enforced?
- Data Protection ActWhat is the DPA, and how it protects the way information is stored by businesses
- Bribery Act 2010New rules aimed at cutting out corruption within UK businesses
- Companies Act and directors dutiesHow the CA2006 affects limited company directors
- Succession planningHow to ensure that your business continues to thrive without you
- Choosing a solicitorMake sure you get the right professional to represent your business
- Business terms and conditionsHow to incorporate your standard terms into business contracts
- Trade mark tipsWhy it is important to ensure your intellectual property is safeguarded
- Website copyrightWhat to do if your website content has been stolen and used elsewhere
- Partnership agreementsThese will protect you in the even that you and a business partner disagree
- Ecommerce RegulationsThe rules which govern how businesses operate on the web
- Corporate Manslaughter ActNew laws to enforce health & safety in the workplace
Peijun Xia, Solicitor of Sykes Anderson LLP’s Company Commercial Department discusses some of the basic legal requirements of the E-Commerce Regulations that businesses selling and advertising on line must be aware of and complied with
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This overview of the Companies Act 2006 and Directors Duties was first published in 2006, prior to the introduction of the Companies Act 2006.
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Susanna Heley, solicitor of Sykes Anderson LLP’s Litigation and Dispute Resolution department offers a litigator’s insight into the minefield of commercial and consumer contracts.
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Susanna Heley, Solicitor of Sykes Anderson LLP’s Litigation and Dispute Resolution Department discusses the rights of shareholders and the operation of section 459 Companies Act 1985.
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Not only is compliance with the DPA a legal requirement, there are good business reasons for doing so – for example, using out of date or bad data could result in customer complaints. Also, using bad data costs money and time.
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The Data Protection Act (1998) was drafted to ensure the privacy of personal information stored electronically on computers nationwide. The Act aims to “promote high standards in the handling of personal information, and so to protect the individual’s right to privacy”.
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The Companies Bill, formerly called Company Law Reform Bill, received Royal Assent on the 8th November 2006. The Companies Act 2006 (‘the Act’) consists of 1300 sections and is the single largest piece of legislation ever made.
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By now you’ll have already heard a bit about the Bribery Act but you’re probably wondering what it really means for your business. In this article, Helen Besant-Roberts, business services partner at accountancy firm, Hurst provides some background to the Act, and what what you need to be aware of when conducting business.
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The Bribery Act 2010, which comes into force on 1st July 2011, puts the onus on businesses to ensure that they have adequate procedures in place to stop its representatives from bribing another person on behalf of the business.
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Companies can often be faced with a nasty shock and a big bill when moving out of leasehold premises. In this article, we explore some common and costly mistakes often made by ill-informed commercial tenants.
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Small businesses have been warned not to copy content from other company websites, as a leading web host reports a 89% rise in the number of content disputes over the past year.
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In today’s competitive business world, one of the best ways to increase awareness of your company is through an instantly recognisable logo.
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This article on the Corporate Manslaughter Act was written exclusively for Bytestart by Ian Lower, Group Information Technology Director for BSI, Europe’s leading specialist business accommodation provider.
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The Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act, which came into effect in April 2008, heralds a new era for health and safety regulation in the workplace. The Act sets out a new offence for convicting an organisation where a gross failure in the way activities are managed or organised results in a person’s death. If found guilty, companies, organisations and government bodies face considerable penalties and individuals potential imprisonment.
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Here is a very useful glossary and FAQ, provided by Lawdit Solicitors, which covers intellectual property, patents, trademarks and copyright, and how the terms differ from each other.
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