Avoid Legal Pitfalls for Small Businesses: An essential reference guide to law and litigation for SMEs

Part 1:: Pre-start up-: Operating structure – limited company, sole trader, partnership, LLP. An analysis f the different structures and legal pros and cons.-: Restrictions preventing start up eg. from previous employment preventing competition. An analysis of the enforceability of such terms-: Corporate finance considerations – different types of funding and legal implicationsPart 2:: Start up-: Shareholder/partnership agreements – an analysis of the benefits of such agreements, common provisions to be included, key areas to address such as preventing deadlock and exit strategies-: Property/premises issues-: Employment of staff – riasks attached to recruitment, drafting contracts of employment-: Supplier contracts-: Customer/client contracts-: Protecting IP rightsPart 3:: Ongoing SME pitfalls-: IP rights and disputes-: Owner disputes-: HR/employee problems-: Health and Safety probklems – PI claims and HSE prosecutions-: Supplier disputes-: Customer disputes including debt collection