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Temple Bright advises managing agent Remus on “challenging” fire safety…

Bristol and London law firm Temple Bright is advising national property managing agent Remus Management on fire safety remediation work at a development in Essex that involves removing and replacing its cladding. Temple Bright construction partner Julia Davenport-Cooper leads the advice to Remus. In 2022 Julia advised the owners of the…
Julia Davenport-Cooper
28/06/2024

Preparing your business for sale: tips for sellers of private…

If you are considering selling a business, or if it is possible you may do so in the remote future, this note is intended for you. It is a short introduction to the topic in layman’s terms, including tips on a variety of relevant matters. I have done my best…
Jonathan Poole
05/06/2024

A guide to the legal duties of a company director,…

The directors of a company are responsible for the day-to-day management and running of the company. This is an important role and, as such, the Companies Act 2006 imposes various significant legal duties on directors of UK limited companies. Often, company directors are not fully aware of the scope and…
Claire Boucher
23/05/2024

Temple Bright and former Big Four partner join forces to…

The Bristol-based founders of premier new model law firm Temple Bright have teamed up with a former PwC and KPMG partner to launch Source, an innovative new business in the rapidly growing flexible legal resourcing market. Its launch comes as corporates of all sizes increasingly turn to flexible models for…
Peter Workman
17/05/2024

A brief guide to companies and some options for unhappy…

This article seeks to demystify some of the terminology surrounding companies and to summarise some options available to shareholders (particularly minority shareholders) in a private limited company who believe their interests are being ignored or mishandled. Principal parties and documents In the context of a private company limited by shares,…
Richard Gore
07/05/2024

A guide to civil fraud for companies

All business owners and managers will want to protect their business and its assets from fraudsters, whether inside or outside the business. Sometimes, however, things do go wrong and a business will find itself the victim of fraud, resulting in loss which can be significant. Occasionally, a business might also…
Claire Boucher
22/04/2024

Temple Bright hires leading pensions specialist

Temple Bright has expanded its pensions law practice with the hire in its growing London office of Rosalind Connor, a leading practitioner and former chair of the Association of Pension Lawyers. Rosalind trained at City firm Gouldens, staying on when it merged into international firm Jones Day, and was a…
Rosalind Connor
15/04/2024

Supreme Court finds Amazon’s US website targeted UK consumers, infringing…

"Today’s Supreme Court decision does not alter the legal test for targeting. But, in a pragmatic assessment of the facts, the Supreme Court has determined that Amazon’s US website does target UK consumers and can no longer do so going forward. Given the scale of Amazon’s business, this is of…
Gina Lodge
09/03/2024