Business Owners often ask whether a contract that their company is entering into can in fact take effect from an earlier date compared to the date on which it is to be signed by the parties.

A discussion on the doctrine of the corporate veil, analysed in the light of a recent court decision.

For any new charge completed after 6 April there are new procedures and forms to be followed.

The new Companies House registration regime seeks to modernise and streamline the charge registration process and a new, optional, online registration system has been introduced.

The recent case of Petroleo Brasiliero v E.N.E. Kos 1 Limited is a timely example of how the historical principles of bailment remain highly relevant today and how the law on bailment is still developing.

A charity set up to promote peace and reconciliation in Northern Ireland has wound up because its pension liabilities have become unmanageable.

The attitude of the courts is shifting in favour of extending the occasions when liquidated damages clauses in business to business contracts are upheld.

After three years of consultation, new Companies House registration requirements have now come into force and apply to charges created on or after 6 April 2013 by companies and limited liability partnerships registered in England and Wales.