Corporate & Commercial Law

Expert solicitors offering tailored commercial law services

The Corporate Team at Mayo Wynne Baxter understand how your business works. We know that the various aspects of corporate law can be complex; however our team of business solicitors will apply their vast commercial experience to make it simpler for you.

Our clients come back to us for this very reason. If you’re looking for pragmatic and effective solutions for any corporate law needs, our commercial law solicitors will be happy to help you.

Your business could benefit from a corporate solicitor

Our team of commercial law solicitors can assist you with the day to day legal requirements of running a successful business. We ensure that our clients are aware of key operational factors which affect their businesses; such as shareholder and partnership agreements, IT and employment contracts; to avoid potential legal pitfalls.

Our adept team deal with a wide range of activities to meet the requirements of our expanding client base of commercial and corporate clients. Our services include:

  • Agricultural Law
  • Commercial Contracts
  • Commercial Property
  • Company and Partnership Advice
  • Contractural Disputes and Litigation
  • Debt Recovery
  • Development, Acquisition and Sales
  • Employment Law
  • Intellectual Property and IT Law
  • Joint Ventures
  • Leasehold Enfranchisement
  • Licensing
  • Local Government Outsourcing
  • Management Buy Outs
  • Sales and Acquisitions

Contact the Corporate Team today and see how they can help you and your business.

Latest News

Ambiguous Terms in Insurance - When Wrong is Right
Insurers often try to give themselves ‘wiggle room’ to contest claims, which is one reason why they put so many questions in proposal forms. Over the years, the courts have established that where such a question is ambiguous, the legal...
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Using Internet Image Costs Firm Dear
Many people think that making use of images from the Internet is allowed and that such images are free for anyone to use. However, unless the owner of an image has specifically granted a public right of use, it is copyright and the owner may sue for breach...
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Immigration - Shortage Occupation List for Tier 2
The Government has accepted in full the recommendations of the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) for a revised shortage occupation list for Tier 2 of the points-based system of immigration. The new list applies to all certificates of sponsorship assigned on...
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Surviving the Recession - The Most Common Mistakes
Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4   Most businesses that fail do not fail because they are not profitable. They fail because they have negative cash-flow. Cash is king. The...
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VAT and Exports - Prove It or Lose It
Small items of high value have always represented a major problem for HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC), since they are the favoured means by which criminals commit a simple VAT fraud. In essence, the fraud works by producing evidence that goods have been...
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More Big Fines for Competition Law Breaches
The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has announced that it has levied fines totalling more than £39 million on recruitment agencies operating in the construction sector for breaches of the Competition Act 1998 . The agencies involved agreed to boycott...
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Preventing Illegal Working - Keep a Copy
The publicity surrounding the imposition of a fine of £5,000 on Baroness Scotland, the Attorney General, for a breach of immigration law is a reminder to employers of the need to have systems in place to demonstrate compliance with the laws preventing...
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Insolvent Landlord - Tenant's Lease Renewal Application Must Be Considered
Under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 (LTA), a tenant normally has the right to renewal of a lease on commercial premises unless the landlord requires occupation of the premises for its own purposes, which may include the purpose of redeveloping the site....
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Freeze on Planning Application Fees
The Government has promised to freeze planning fees on applications to help developers through the economic recovery and keep builders on construction sites by saving them up to GBP 23 million a year. It is also confirmed that fees for planning appeals will...
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Garden Grabbing
John Healey, the Minister of State for Housing and Planning, has called on local authorities to establish local policies to prevent inappropriate building on back gardens. The councils in this area tend to have local measures in place to deal with...
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Key Words Do Not Breach Trade Mark
The Advocate General has recently given his opinion that the use of a competitor’s trade mark as a ‘key word’, in order to trigger the appearance of one’s own advertisement when an Internet search is carried out, is not an...
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The 'Final Straw' and Constructive Dismissal
A serious breach of an implied contractual term or the ‘final straw’ in a series of less serious actions which cumulatively undermine an employee’s trust and confidence in his or her employer will amount to a repudiatory breach of the...
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Mayo Wynne Baxter kicks off 2010 with seminar in conjunction with Hays Human Resources
The Employment Team at Mayo Wynne Baxter has presented its first breakfast seminar of 2010 in association with Hays Human Resources . The issue of equal pay was under discussion this time. Presenter Martin Williams , Head of...
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Licensees Breathe Sigh of Relief As Pubwatch Challenge Fails
Licensees will be happy to note that the Pubwatch scheme, which allows publicans to ban troublemakers from participating pubs, survived a legal challenge recently. Builder Francis Boyle had challenged a ban on him by members of the Haverhill Pubwatch...
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Planners Quash Subsidiary Activity
A recent case shows how important the wording of a planning consent is. It concerned a quarrying company which was engaged in the extraction of limestone from a quarry in the Peak District. There was opposition to the quarrying which led to a review of the...
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Prudential to Appeal Privilege Decision
The Prudential is to appeal against a decision of the High Court that tax advice given to it by its accountants is not covered by the doctrine of legal professional privilege. The decision followed an application by HM Revenue and Customs to have advice...
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HMRC Can See Accountants' Tax Advice to Clients
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) recently won a significant victory in a tax case when the court ruled that tax advice given by an accounting firm to its client is not privileged. In other words, HMRC can force accountants to divulge advice given to their...
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Annual Inflation-Linked Changes in Tribunal Awards - 2009
The Employment Rights (Revision of Limits) Order 2009 , which details the annual inflation-linked changes in limits on the compensation amounts which can be awarded by employment tribunals, was made on 10 December 2009 and applies where the appropriate date...
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Discovering a Cover-Up - Tips for Directors
Dubious business practice will always exist but normally becomes more prevalent and is more often uncovered in times when business is tough. A director who discovers dubious business practices within his company can find himself in a difficult situation....
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TUPE and Service Provision Changes - The Correct Approach
The Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations (TUPE) 2006 introduced the concept of a transfer of undertakings by way of a service provision change. This was intended to deal with practical difficulties created, in a wide variety of...
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Guarantee Clause Not Linked to Assignee
With times being tough, unexpected traps in agreements are coming to light with greater regularity. A recent landlord and tenant case shows the sort of thing that can happen if insufficient attention is paid in negotiation to clauses that might seem...
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What Makes a Director?
A tax case involving a husband and wife who paid themselves millions of pounds in dividends from 42 insolvent companies without making the necessary provisions for corporation tax has recently been heard by the Court of Appeal. The companies are all in...
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VAT Changes January 2010: Change in Place of Supply Rules
The place of supply rules for the supply of services abroad have changed from today. If you supply services to foreign customers, you may be affected. See the HMRC website for further information....
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VAT Rate Change
The standard rate of VAT has changed from 15% to 17.5% from today. If you have goods priced up for sale at VAT inclusive prices (i.e. including 15% VAT), you will need to recalculate the output tax....
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