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Case studies Company and Commercial

Recent Case Study: Commercial Landlord and Tenant - An Authorised Guarantee Agreement - 4th Oct 2010

Authorised Guarantee Agreements keep the original tenant on the hook in case a third party assignee defaults; they should be drafted with care.

Recent Case Study: Doing Battle in the Boardroom - 29th Jul 2010

How Pearson Hinchliffe Commercial Law helped members of the Board of Directors achieve the outcome they sought in their boardroom dispute with a senior executive director.

How the Mergers & Acquisitions team helped Lanes Group PLC achieve their LAS sell-off - 6th May 2010

Drainage specialists dispose £12.3 million majority stake in Lanes Assistance Services.

Right to Legal Representation at Internal Disciplinary Proceedings - 6th Oct 2009

An employer must permit a worker to be accompanied at a hearing.

Directors - A Right to Privacy… - 7th Jul 2009

From 1st October 2009 a director's service address may be the registered office address.

Terms and Conditions - 8th May 2009

"We can be too clever by far."

Franbar Holdings Limited - Patel and Others - 27th Aug 2008

Concerning the Derivative Actions introduced by the Companies Act 2006.

Pearson Hinchliffe Commercial Law Advises Systime Inc. on Europe-wide supplier contract - 21st Jul 2008

Pearson Hinchliffe Commercial Law's specialist Company & Commercial team has advised multi-national Systime Inc. on an important contractual document implemented Europe-wide.

Dashfield v Davidson, do your company articles reflect your intentions? - 2nd Jun 2008

When a shareholder died unexpectedly, under the articles the company then purchased the shares based on accounts for the last completed financial year prior to the death - 2 years prior.

JSMS Group Limited - 21st Apr 2008

Pearson Hinchliffe Commercial Law advised on a management buy-in from the parent Plc to form a new company, JSMS Group Limited. A complex transaction was executed involving extracting a subsidiary from the parent Plc with the backing of both equity and bank funding.

Europanel UK Limited - 14th Apr 2008

Pearson Hinchliffe Commercial Law advised Paul Rooney the long-time Financial Director of a substantial international company, when it was taken over and restructured, leaving him facing an uncertain future.


February 2012
Putting lawyers in touch with the youth of Oldham

Pearson Hinchliffe partner, Michael Pitt, takes over as 2012 Oldham Law Association President.

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January 2012
Company and commercial law reforms to reduce red tape

Companies of all shapes and sizes have been asked for their views on how to tackle unnecessary bureaucracy in company and commercial law.

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January 2012
Increase in unfair dismissal qualifying period will apply only to new employees

From 6 April 2012 the qualifying period of service for making a claim increases from one to two years.

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January 2012
Maximum compensation for unfair dismissal increases from 1 February 2012

Annual revision of employment tribunal award limits and other amounts payable under employment legislation.

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December 2011
Health and safety laws to be cut by half

Government plans to slash health and safety red tape will mean substantial savings for small firms, business groups have said.

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November 2011
Weight Watchers case: the importance to employers of employment status.

The Upper Tier Tribunal holds 1,700 ‘leaders’ at Weight Watchers were employees for tax purposes.

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September 2011

How to Conduct a Disciplinary Hearing

A recent presentation by Employment solicitor, Susan Mayall, setting out the stages for handling a disciplinary, referencing the ACAS Code of Conduct.

June 2011

ACAS Advice leaflet “Holidays and Holiday Pay”

Download the guidance covering arrangements for holidays and holiday pay.

October 2010

Recent Case Study: Commercial Landlord and Tenant - An Authorised Guarantee Agreement

Authorised Guarantee Agreements keep the original tenant on the hook in case a third party assignee defaults; they should be drafted with care.

July 2010

Recent Case Study: Doing Battle in the Boardroom

How Pearson Hinchliffe Commercial Law helped members of the Board of Directors achieve the outcome they sought in their boardroom dispute with a senior executive director.

May 2010

How the Mergers & Acquisitions team helped Lanes Group PLC achieve their LAS sell-off

Drainage specialists dispose £12.3 million majority stake in Lanes Assistance Services.

March 2010

PH Employment Direct

The Employment team at Pearson Hinchliffe Commercial Law have created PH Employment Direct - a user-friendly and simple service that gives you access to the best advice at the end of a phone 24hrs a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year.

February 2010

Oldham Construction Sector

On 3 February 2010 Corporate Commercial partner Roger Hinchliffe delivered a presentation entitled, ‘Joint Ventures’ to the Oldham Construction Sector group.

January 2010

Debt Recovery Service

With our specialist commercial Debt Recovery service you can significantly increase the speed and likelihood of recovering the money owed to your business.