Including a personal guarantee as part of your firm’s terms and conditions can add extra security in case a customer goes under. The trouble is a guarantee of this sort can lapse without you
realising. How can you prevent this from happening? Customer accounts
Published 06.10.2017
When was the last time you checked your terms and conditions? As there are strict rules governing their fairness, it’s worthwhile carrying out a review to make sure they’re up to scratch. What do you
need to look out for?
Published 16.09.2019
You are the director tasked with handling a new IT contract for the company. The supplier has given you their contract which says that you can’t rely on any pre-contract discussions. But what if
things go wrong, surely this can’t be right?
Published 31.03.2010
Let’s suppose that you’ve entered into verbal negotiations regarding the purchase (or sale) of shares in a private company, but there’s no written share purchase agreement yet. Are the discussions
legally binding?
Published 29.05.2014
Your company is owed money by a customer who seems “reluctant” to pay. You’re the director responsible for sorting things out - so can you simply walk away from the contract?
Published 23.05.2007
Do your customers expect more of you than you thought you were offering them? Do you find yourself advising on products or supplying services that aren’t part of the deal? As a director, how can you
protect your company’s position?
Published 08.11.2006
Your company has an ongoing contract with another business yet, despite promises to the contrary, it hasn’t paid up. The directors now want to walk away from the deal, but just how should they go
about terminating it?
Published 07.12.2010
You’ve noticed that more and more of your customers are late in paying your invoices. In response, can you simply stop supplying them?
Published 22.10.2008
It’s quite possible for a contract to arise via an exchange of e-mails. However, following a recent ruling, it’s clear that they might create a binding director’s guarantee too. So what can you do to
avoid this happening accidentally?
Published 12.11.2012