Category: Legal Advice for Freelancers

Telling a client what he or she wants to hear regardless of the reality of the situation is a temptation to avoid at all costs. It’s a principle that’s drilled into trainees from day one.

Helena Woodward- Vukcevic from law firm Hart Brown, outlines the situation on equal pay, following the recent sex discrimination and equal pay claim win by a group of men

Employers currently have an obligation to consider flexible working for employees with caring responsibilities. The change in normal working hours can be to the number of hours worked, or to the start and end time, or allowing some work to be carried out at home.

Property investors are creating a potential ‘living hell’ for their families and business partners by failing to make plans for after their death, according to a leading solicitor.

The cosmetics company Lush was recently successful in pursuing a claim for trade mark infringement against the online retailer, Amazon. The case primarily looked at the issue of when the use of brand names in search terms constitutes a trade mark infringement. We asked James O’Flinn, a partner at Mundays LLP, to explain the judgement might impact other businesses

Getting divorced is an extremely stressful time. However, for business people one of the major concerns is the distribution of their finances to their ex.

As cosmetics company Lush defeated online retailer Amazon in a trademark battle at the UK High Court last month we look at how ‘Brand-Hijacking’ can affect your online traffic when a rival buys adwords around your brand.

It is inevitable that a popular brand will eventually attract imitators seeking to copy the distinctive elements of that brand, perhaps as a perceived shortcut to success.

Thousands of business owners in the UK experience a bumpy start to the year.

Whilst Christmas is traditionally a time for ‘glad tidings of comfort and joy’, it is potentially also a difficult time of year for both employers and employees.

When Directors seek advice from an Insolvency Practitioner it is often because their business is already insolvent, but they also come because the business is going to be sold and they believe that the workforce can be slimmed down and then the slimmed down version of the business can be sold, perhaps back to themselves as a ‘pre-pack’.

In May this year, the eminent Lord Young, now David Cameron’s adviser on enterprise, made the observation that three of the US’s most successful businesses – General Electric, Disney and Microsoft – all started during recessions.

Freelancers need to ensure they’ve registered for their Self Assessment with HMRC this side of Christmas, to enable them to file their return on time next month.