by Simon Ward | Jul 9, 2020 | Contracts, News Items
HM Treasury has revealed that people on paternity and maternity leave who return to work in the coming months will be eligible for the government’s furlough scheme even after the 10 June 2020 cut-off date. According to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak:... 
by Simon Ward | Oct 10, 2019 | Business, Contracts, Tech
Automatic email signatures may create a binding contract. We all, well most of us, use automatically generated signatures in an email footer. The recent case of Stavros Neocleous and Kalliroy Neocleous v Christine Rees [2019] EWCH 2462 (Ch) held that an automatically... 
by Simon Ward | Sep 13, 2019 | Contracts
When a clearly drafted contract is not enough. It goes without saying that any agreement should be clearly drafted. By that we mean that that the contents of that sheet of paper (or lever arch file!) should be easy to understand and record exactly what has been agreed... 
by Simon Ward | Mar 25, 2019 | Contracts
Indemnity clauses in commercial contracts. How to step through the minefield without losing your head (or your business). Few terms in a commercial contract are negotiated with such intensity as indemnity clauses. And rightly so. Providing an indemnity which... 
by Simon Ward | Feb 21, 2019 | Contracts
How To Avoid Disaster By Having Well-Drafted Service Level Agreements In early 2018, KFC gave a real-life example of the importance of service level agreements (SLAs) in a manner which far outweighs anything one could learn at business school. The fast-food chain,... 