Head of the Company & Commercial Team, Richard Murrall, offers some useful advice below.Websites are an important information and brand building tool.  It’s quite easy to launch a website – you might have the expertise in house to do it, but failing that, you can outsource the work to a... read more

Businesses often give their standard terms and conditions of business (T&C’s) low priority until a dispute arises, by which time it may be too late.  It is not uncommon for a sales department to issue quotations or accept orders using either terms that are out of date, copied from the... read more

October has been a significant month for us corporate solicitors. The coming into force of the remainder of the Companies Act 2006, which changes the legal framework under which companies operate, has affected almost all aspects of my daily work.  As well as having to come to terms with over... read more

When a developer bought a piece of land, intending to build an office block, they were in for a shock. The land benefited from an easement granting access over adjacent land (the garden of a house). This allowed the right of passage of utility companies over and through the adjacent land. ... read more

It was a fight with epic proportions when a small takeaway in Angus won its battle against takeaway giant KFC.  This battle was over the term “Family Feast”.Lawyers from the global fast food chain warned The Titanic Pizza Company in Angus to discontinue use of the name to describe one of its... read more