Articles by ‘John North’

Lawyers from RWK Goodman’s Corporate & Commercial team advised the shareholders of international event management agency, Banks Sadler Group Limited, on its sale to American Express Global Business Travel (GBT). Banks Sadler, which employs…

Has triggering Article 50 opened a proverbial Pandora’s Box for divorce settlements? Paul Mansfield certainly thinks so and is subsequently challenging a £12.2 million divorce award to his ex-wife. He claims the that pre-EU referendum judgement took no account of the likely damage to his business caused by Brexit.

Provisions under the Enterprise Act 2016 came into force on 4 May 2017, implementing stricter guidelines on insurers’ handling of claims. This begins to align our law surrounding insurance with that of the USA. In light of these new provisions, let’s look at how claims may be affected under policies taken out (or renewed) after this date.

Prime Minister Theresa May has confirmed the UK Government’s intention to trigger the formal EU withdrawal process before the end of March 2017. May has also announced that all EU laws will initially become part of UK law, under a ‘Great Repeal Bill’ to be introduced in the next Queen’s Speech in April/May 2017.

The future changes to the overall legal landscape and the commercial environment as a result of Brexit could affect the substantive contractual obligations and commercial bargain between parties. Here are our recommendations to help you prepare for and manage the impact of Brexit on existing and new contracts.

The UK is home to over 1 million SMEs and our economy is undoubtedly reliant on the collective revenue that our local businesses generate. With reports showing that SMEs across the UK wrote off nearly £5.8bn worth of debts in the financial year 2015/2016, the equivalent of £21,000 per day, is it safe to assume that these were all irrecoverable or could more be done to improve credit control and cash flow for our SMEs?

Charlotte Newlyn discusses the reasons motivating such a staggering write off and the options available to creditors looking to recover monies owed to them which they may otherwise feel they have no choice but to give up on.

A six-week national tour – which aims to inspire thousands of entrepreneurs around the country – got underway last month. The Startup Britain bus, which will stop off in around 30 towns and cities,…

Whilst the precise impact of a Brexit remains unclear and is debatable, many international businesses think that it would be a step in the wrong direction at the wrong time, when the EU should on the contrary be strengthening itself to face up to global competition. Certainly, in the aftermath of the financial crisis, the European financial markets could do with a strong union as opposed to a weakened one.

A recent survey has confirmed the growing activity around mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in the UK.

With the courts overloaded with claims, applications and appeals, could smaller disputes be about to make the jump to the worldwide web?

Charlotte Newlyn investigates how, a decade since Lord Woolf highlighted the potential of IT use within our justice system, we may be on the cusp of utilising this resource.

Unsurprisingly, the long legal battle between the American fast-food giant McDonald and Irish owned Supermac’s is not over.

A leading crane hire company has been heavily fined in connection with an incident which saw a crane collapse in central London, causing the death of two men.

Companies have been warned that they could be saddled with substantial fines for failing to abide by new data protection laws.