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Our knowledge of debt and security arrangements ensure we provide practical support to clients to mitigate risk and achieve commercial goals.

Our team advises on simple lendings to complex national and international financings and securities, working with individuals, corporates and financial  institutions. 

Our experienced team work alongside clients, as trusted partners, often becoming an extension to our clients in house legal teams. We can also offer support with Islamic financials.

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  • 04 April 2018
  • Commercial Real Estate

How to open a franchise

Property related FAQs by franchisees.

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  • 16 March 2018
  • Employment

Head teacher’s failure to disclose relationship was gross misconduct

The Court, found that a head teacher’s failure to disclose her relationship with a convicted man of having indecent images of children justified her dismissal.

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  • 13 March 2018
  • Commercial Real Estate

Beware all landowners! Be careful not to inadvertently grant a public right of way over your land.

The very real risk of an owner of land allowing rights of access over their land and then these leading to a dedicated public right of way was recently highlighted in the case of R v Cumbria County Council and Peter Lamb EWHC 2651. It is therefore worth considering how the local authorities assess whether a public right of way has been established, to hopefully prevent landowners from suffering from this potential incumbrance on their land.

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  • 13 March 2018
  • Commercial Real Estate

Novation and Assignment: Sisters, Not Twins

There’s often, understandably, a bit of uncertainty about whether (and how) a party to a contract can “assign” (transfer) its rights, or pass on its obligations, under that contract, to another person.Essentially, novation and assignment are both mechanisms to get around this restriction. However, while the end result is the same, there are some important differences between these two mechanisms.

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  • 05 March 2018
  • Corporate and M&A

The seven biggest threats to your business – and how to minimise them

Business owners face a host of risks, so you need to prepare for the worst.

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  • 16 February 2018
  • Immigration

The Sponsorship Management System (SMS) for Beginners

Last month, we posted an article on the role of the Authorising Officer and explained that this person does not have access to the Sponsorship Management System (SMS) unless he/she is a Level 1 or 2 user.

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