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    Business name/Trademark problem

    Emails sent - many thanks!
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    Business name/Trademark problem

    Hi All, One of my business partners has another company, lets call it CLHQ, which has been registered at companies house since Jan 2005 as Christmas Lights Head Quarters and has the domain name CLHQ.co.uk (I hope no one really uses that as I am making it up!). At 5pm last Friday a fax was...
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    Closing a Limited Company

    Could you not threaten to sell your half of the company to someone else? That might force him to consider buying you out himself?
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    Debt recovery advice needed

    A mate of mine owns a garage and has had an issue with a longstanding, and previously hassle free, customer. He has done work on a few of this guys cars, and he always pays promptly on collection, but he dropped in a car in August to have some modifications done (came to about £6.5k) but...
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    Legal advice re share in an existing company

    Quite right - the 11% is 'given' to me as an annual bonus for doing such a good job (up 70% on last year!) so I am not being asked to invest any capital as such. Antonia - PM sent!
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    Legal advice re IP rights

    Thanks Jonathan, I did suspect that would be the case. I guess the question is whether the potential costs involved would justify the return. If I am being perfectly honest, it is as much a matter of principle than anything else. I'll have a chat with my partners and see what we think. Cheers
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    Legal advice re IP rights

    Hi All, Another quick one. A former employee of mine left in less than acromonious circumstances last year, and has now opened up a rival establishment, which isn't local enough to cause any concerns, but what I am concerned about, is that he is using work he did whilst working for us on his...
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    Legal advice re share in an existing company

    Hi All, First post so be kind! After running my own consultancy for 5 years, one of my clients (whom I was a customer of too) made me an offer I couldn't refuse! It was a job to run a division of a long established, very higly regarded, specialist retail store, which employs 13 people and has a...