Business Protection

In this Harrison Drury guest blog, Keith Tully, partner at Real Business Rescue, explains the role of Directors’ Personal Guarantees in the corporate insolvency process. It is common for company…

With tougher sentences and fines for health and safety offences starting to bite, Harrison Drury’s David Edwards, offers some advice for how businesses can take a proactive approach to minimising…

Pop group Duran Duran recently lost a High Court battle to reclaim copyright to some of their most famous songs. Jack Stephenson, from Harrison Drury’s corporate team, looks at the…

Modern manufacturing techniques are changing the way businesses make goods, but do they also increase the risk of your products being copied? Nick Booth, head of Harrison Drury’s manufacturing and…

With the leak of the so-called “Panama papers” placing companies under even more scrutiny, further amendments to UK company law have been proposed. Harrison Drury’s corporate team looks at the…

Businesses are being urged to look closely at their insurance cover ahead of the biggest shake-up to insurance contract law in more than 100 years. The Insurance Act 2015 comes…

Our Corporate team examines the possible implications of Britain’s pending exit of the EU on business contracts and what steps businesses may need to take. We previously published a series…

The Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 is bringing in a number of company law changes. Harrison Drury’s Corporate team looks at what businesses need to do to ensure…

The Insurance Act 2015 is coming into force in August this year and represents the most significant change to insurance in contract law for over a century, but are you…

Has your business been affected in any way by the floods caused in Lancashire and Cumbria by Storm Desmond? Harrison Drury's Lancaster office will be opening its doors to offer…

Are you a residential landlord? The laws surrounding residential property lettings have recently changed in a bid to make them simpler and clearer. But with the changes come new responsibilities…

In all the health and safety cases I have witnessed over the years a common thread runs through nearly all of them – they might have been avoided. It is…

Has your business recently diversified into the renewables sector? Or maybe you are considering getting into the solar energy sector. Either way, Harrison Drury's energy law specialist has seven key…

A must-read for all solar panel users – it looks set to be an eventful few months for the solar energy industry in the lead up to the government’s January cuts.…

From October 2015, new obligations under section 54 of the Modern Slavery Act will apply to certain commercial organisations. Relevant businesses will be required to publish an annual ‘anti-slavery and…

There has been a flurry of religious discrimination cases making the headlines in recent weeks. Two cases in particular illustrate that employers can face difficult and conflicting considerations when dealing…

Large businesses that are used to negotiating contracts on a day-to-day basis will no doubt be familiar with the legal pitfalls involved. They may have dedicated procurement departments handling negotiations…

Just because a company has or is about to enter an insolvency process does not necessarily mean that all is lost. I have been involved in a number of recent…