Legal Advice for the Business

If you are in business, the law will affect virtually your every move and it is essential that you have a source of reliable legal advice readily available. In setting up a business, even a modest one, you have to know the answers to a series of questions, for example:

• Do I need a license, planning permission or building regulation approval for my operation?
• Should I rent or buy my premises?
• Do I need advice on my lease?
• What about trademarks and Copyrights?
• Should I apply to patent my products?
• Should I form a Company or Partnership?
• Are there any grants or assistance I could receive?
• Should I have a special form of contract with my supplier or customers?
• What insurance should I take out?

If you have employees, there are more questions, for example:

• Should they be sub-contractors, not employees?
• What duties do I owe them in relation to health and safety at work, terms of employment and contracts of employment and the PAYE and National Insurance systems?
• What are their rights if I want to dismiss them?

In running your business you may need help in debt collection, protection of copyright, etc., representation in Industrial Tribunals, and on the sale, purchase or lease of premises or the business itself.

Bemrose & Ling can help answer these questions for you and where necessary find you any specialist advice you may need .