Welcome to our September Ewire
We like to keep you up to date with ideas and information that will help you gain the maximum advantage from working with us.
Our Ewires will be sent to you regularly to keep you in touch with the latest legal news and we hope you will find these bulletins interesting.
In this edition, we take a look at how businesses should deal with a departing director, fake Apple stores in China and what Mr Darcy would make of today’s pension law.
We also consider how Japanese knotweed is threatening property prices, as well as the latest from the News of the World hacking scandal, before concluding with details of a Curry Club networking event.
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The Revolving Door - How to Deal with the Departing Director
One of the most delicate issues facing businesses is where a director with a shareholding either indicates a desire to leave the business or is found by the board to be wanting and is then asked to leave.
Either situation needs to be dealt with very carefully in order to avoid sustaining long-term damage to the business. Therefore, the experienced commercial solicitor needs to put some thought into the way in which they advise the client to deal with such situations. Jonathan Silverman looks at this issue, which can affect companies of all sizes.
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In the News
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Japanese Knotweed – a Threat from the Far East, Very Possibly Coming to a Property near You!
With its bamboo-like stems, white flowers and lush, green leaves, it is difficult to believe that its benign appearance belies a costly menace that can have an adverse effect on the value of the property on which it is found, as Partner Philip Otvos and Trainee Solicitor Christopher Elwell-Sutton explain.
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A Bad Apple in Every Barrel...?
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A blogger by the name of BirdAbroad has reported the rather surprising discovery of a crop of fake Apple stores in the relatively obscure provincial city of Kunming in China.
On first inspection, BirdAbroad reported that the stores had the same look and feel as an actual Apple Store. The store had the signature minimalist interior designs, the winding staircases and even the staff were wearing the blue t-shirt uniforms together with name tags. Yet despite these strong authenticity indicators, BirdAbroad found the interior decoration to be of low quality and, most importantly, one of the store signs read “Apple Stoer” which led to the conclusion that these stores were, in fact, entire fakes! Trainee Solicitor Dilini Lokuaddassuriyage explains…
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Pride and Pension
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Curry Club Networking Invite
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Silverman Sherliker is delighted to support the Curry Club, a relaxing and convivial networking initiative that brings together professionals from the property, finance and construction industries.
For further details or to become involved, please see below or contact Philip Otvos (pno@silvermansherliker.co.uk) on +44 (0)20 7749 2700.
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What’s on your Mind?
Is there any particular topic or area of law (business, private client or family matters) that you would like to see us focus on in a future edition of Ewire? Please contact the Editor, Robert MacGinn, with your requests and suggestions: rm@silvermansherliker.co.uk
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