This note focuses on The Global Entrepreneur Programme, (GEP), a venture capital programme aimed at creating global companies from start-ups, using the United Kingdom as a strategic headquarters and b...
Launching Your Business – Our Services
This note focuses on some of the legal services and general assistance that Redfern Legal can provide to your business during the various stages of launching your business and our approach. In the ear...
Bounce Back Loan Scheme: A loan by the government to boost small businesses affected by COVID-19
Small and medium-sized businesses hit by COVID-19 and who cannot access ordinary bank loan or other government led programme are able to benefit from a new fast-track finance scheme (BBLS). The fundin...
Future Fund access by UK government to support start-up and fast growth companies – COVID 19
The UK government has announced a new investment support program for those start-up and fast growth businesses who are in difficulties, in the form of convertible loans (also known as loan notes) amid...
COVID-19 – Force Majeure and Frustration – Relief from Contractual Commitments
The outbreak of the Coronavirus (Covid 19) pandemic in China in December 2019 has caused significant disruption at an unprecedented scale to business worldwide and businesses should carefully review t...
Coronavirus Crisis: Business Risks and Director Duties
As the the coronavirus crisis continues unabated in the UK and around the globe, primarily directors and to some extent other stakeholders, must remain vigilant and identify, manage and mitigate any...
New EU Online Dispute Resolution platform
From 15 February 2016, the EU Online Dispute Resolution (“ODR”) platform will come into operation for businesses and consumers. It is intended to allow consumers and traders to settle online dispu...
Case Update: Document validly executed when signing director left office between signature and completion
The High Court has found that a company debenture, signed by its sole director and the company secretary but not completed for three months by which time the director had left office, was validly comp...
Consumer Contracts Regulations 2013
The Consumer Contracts (Information, Cancellation and Additional Charges) Regulations 2013 come into force on 13 June 2014 to replace the Consumer Protection (Distance Selling) Regulations 2000 and th...