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Why you need website terms and conditions
Website Terms and Conditions are probably the least-read, lowest-traffic pages on any given website – but that’s not a good enough reason to skip including this page on your business website. There are several reasons that having a solid, tailored…
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How to terminate a contract correctly
We’ve all been parties to contracts – whether by signing an actual document or entering into one less formally. But how do they end? If the other party does something that conflicts with the contract, does that mean the contract…
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Shareholders Agreements 101
A shareholders agreement is an agreement between all shareholders of a company that governs how the company will be run and what are the rights of each shareholder.
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What to do when someone bad-mouths your business?
The world is full of haters. Whether it is a personal attack or simply a competitor trying to snatch away your business, it is likely that at some point, someone has bad-mouthed your business or expertise in one way or another. The question is, what can you do?
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Restraints of trade: what are they and are they actually enforceable?
If you’ve ever signed an employment agreement, you should probably be familiar with the concept of a “Restraint of Trade”, “Restraints of Employment”, “Non-Competition Undertaking” or “Non-Solicitation Clauses” (here “Restraints”). In very basic terms, a Restraint is a contractual promise…
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Am I in a binding legal contract?
People tend to think of a contract or legal agreement as a formal, written document which is signed by both parties. In reality, every time you do exchange one valuable thing for another, you’ve just entered into a legal agreement.…
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What happens when a contract is broken?
Failing to comply with a term of the contract is called a breach of contract. Generally, when you breach a term of the contract, the other party will be entitled to: monetary damages; and if the breach is serious enough…
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Intelligent people protect their Intellectual Property
Maybe because it is intangible, as opposed to tangible assets such stock or real estate, people often fail to adequately protect and maximise the value of their intellectual property. However this is a terrible way to undermine the value and…