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CorporateGuide

The five clauses that decide whether a shareholders' agreement works

Most shareholders' agreements are long. Very few of them are useful under pressure. The difference comes down to a handful of provisions that are usually copied without thought.

Sarah Aleem22 July 20267 min read

LitigationGuide

Served with proceedings: the first seventy-two hours

What you do in the first three days after being served shapes the cost, duration and often the outcome of the entire matter. Most of it is not legal work.

Daniyal Rashid30 June 20266 min read

EmploymentArticle

Why restructurings generate claims — and how to run one that does not

The legal test for a fair redundancy is not demanding. Employers lose these cases on process, and almost always on documentation created after the decision rather than before it.

Aisha Noor11 June 20268 min read

PropertyGuide

What a standard title search will not tell you

Registry searches confirm what is recorded. A meaningful share of property disputes arise from interests that were never recorded at all.

Elena Marchetti19 May 20266 min read

FamilyArticle

When mediation is the stronger option in a family matter

Choosing mediation is not a concession. In most family matters it produces a better arrangement than a contested hearing, and it does so at a fraction of the cost.

Mariam Farooq28 April 20265 min read

RegulatoryGuide

Responding to a regulator's request for information

The response to a first information request sets the boundaries of everything that follows. Over-disclosure and under-disclosure are both costly, in different ways.

Thomas Reyes2 April 20266 min read