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02

Feb

2024

Entering into a partnership? Get it in writing

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Written by Roy Colaba

Business partners who failed to define their working relationship in writing – instead reaching agreements orally over bottles of red wine in a pub – paid the price when a dispute over money erupted and made its way to the Court of Appeal. Partner A...

10

Mar

2023

Senior Executive Leaving? Informal, Oral Agreements are a Recipe for Dispute

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Written by Carina Jheeta

The circumstances where senior executives depart from companies where they have played a key role can be highly contentious. A High Court case provided a prime example of where a lack of legal formality fed the flames of dispute (Failbetter Games...

31

May

2022

Oral Agreements Can Be Uncertain at Best

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Written by Roy Colaba

Even where large sums of money are at stake, businesspeople all too often choose to dispense with professional advice and seek to reach oral agreements the legal status of which is very often uncertain at best. A High Court case concerning a...

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