Shareholder protection can safeguard the company and can deal with disputes or provide for what happens when things go wrong. Shareholder protection can be provided through a shareholders’ agreement which must coincide with your company articles.

In this podcast, Associate, Mairead Platt explores how shareholder protection can safeguard the company and how to deal with disputes or provide for what happens when thing go wrong. This podcast is an essential listen for any family business that requires further advice for exit strategies.  For further assistance please do not hesitate to contact me or a member of the Family Business Team to discuss this matter further.

Family lawyer Amy Harris discusses family arbitration with our Head of Family Law, Helen Marriott. 

In this podcast, Amy and Helen explore what arbitration is, and how it can help couples in the event of divorce or separation.

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Head of our Real Estate Sector, Andrew Waugh sits down to discuss the launch of the Bouncing Back North West Cities Report.

To download a copy of the report, please click here: https://lnkd.in/dBVVEqt

Partner and Head of our Technology Sector, Piers Dryden announces the launch of the North West Tech Funding Report, produced in collaboration with Whitecap Consulting.

When you are considering either buying, selling, or diversifying your business, you should ensure that you proactively seek inheritance tax advice in order to help mitigate any potential inheritance tax liability upon your eventual death.

This podcast is an essential listen for any family business that requires further advice when reviewing their inheritance tax upon a business acquisition or disposal. For further assistance please do not hesitate to contact a member of the Family Business Team to discuss this matter further.

Growing a successful family business can often be a lifetime’s work, and planning an exit is a key part of that journey.

In this podcast, Mairead Platt (Associate) at Brabners explores the options available to family business owners wanting to plan for their retirement. Whether you’ve recently set up a business or have been in business for a number of years, you’ll most likely have been focussed on running and growing your business, rather than considering your exit options and putting a succession plan in place.

This podcast is an essential listen for any family business that requires further advice for exit strategies.  For further assistance please do not hesitate to contact Mairead or a member of the Family Business Team to discuss this matter further.

Simon Whitehead, Employment Partner in Manchester, Head of the Recruitment Sector and our IR35 expert answers questions surrounding the imminent changes to IR35 and the recent Uber decision. 

The discussion focuses on the changes that come in to force on 6 April 2021 and the interplay with the recent Supreme Court Judgment on Uber drivers and their classification as workers. Simon considers the importance of ensuring genuine thought is given when businesses and organisations determine the status of contractors due to the nuanced and technical nature that the status determination questions pose. Finally, he shares his thoughts with us on what he is encouraging his clients to do to be best prepared for 6 April and also to ensure they can withhold any HMRC scrutiny.

This podcast is an essential listen for any business or organisation that uses self-employed contractors who operate from a limited company. The IR35 changes mean that the business/organisation, as the end user, could be held liable for any underpayment should HMRC deem that the individual is inside of IR35 as the tax deductions (PAYE and NIC) should have been made at source. Clearly, this is concerning as businesses and organisations will want to avoid unforeseen tax bills from HMRC especially those that engage a significant number of contractors.

In this podcast, Helen Burns, a Legal Director in our Real Estate Team, considers some common types of occupational agreement and their use, as well as the risks and unexpected consequences that arise from not using the most appropriate form of agreement.

In our latest Local Authorities podcast, Alexandra Jones discusses the changes to the Use Classes Order and what this means in practice for Local Authorities.

The Use Classes Order for England has been drastically rewritten, with the introduction of a new class E – “commercial, business and service use” – new classes F1 and F2 and the recategorisation of a range of uses to Sui Generis (without a specific use class). We will explore the practical implications of these changes for Local Authorities, and the challenges this might pose, now they have begun to bed in.