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The Importance of Acknowledging Public Domain and Third-Party Concepts in Coaching and Online Course Agreements
In a contract for a coaching program, mentoring, training, membership or online course, would it be wise to have a clause stating that some of the materials are in the public domain and are based on third-party ideas and concepts? Although there is nothing legally...
Essential steps to protecting your most valuable asset – your brand
Your brand is unquestionably one of your most important assets. So it stands to reason that you should pay close attention to protecting it. But what is a brand anyway? Well according to the Intellectual Property Office: “A brand can be a trade name, a sign, symbol,...
How to stop people stealing your online content
' Part 1 – how to identify content theft and find your stolen content In the first of this 3 part series about how to stop people stealing your online content, we will look at how you can identify content theft before in part 2 looking at what you can do to prevent...
Converting from sole trader to limited company – when is the time right?
Chances are, you started up or is thinking of starting up your small business as a sole trader. All you need to do is start trading and notify HMRC that you are self-employed. You can’t really get easier than that… But as you grow your business and start taking on...
Top Tips on Dealing With Suppliers
As a small business owner, we often feel that we have to accept the terms of business that suppliers send to us. Or perhaps we question something only to be told by the supplier that these are their standard terms and they never change them and at that point we roll...
7 reasons why you need killer terms of business
Your standard terms and conditions (i.e. the legal basis on which you are willing to do business with your customers) are one of the most important business documents you should have and they should be the first legal document that you put in place when you are...
It’s all about expectations!
The one area where I see more disputes than anywhere else, is in mismatched expectations. I see website designers having to bring claims against customers for unpaid fees because the customer isn't happy with the design yet the website designer feels they delivered...
How to get the most out of your lawyer
There has been a bit of a stink in the legal press recently. The world’s largest law firm (in fact, the US arm of the firm I used to work at) was caught out big time in inflating its invoices. The firm’s lawyers were trading casual emails about the case and joking...
Part 1 – How to find a Grrrreat lawyer
Finding a great lawyer to advise your small business is not easy. If you have found a great one, be nice to them and hang onto them at all costs… 🙂 But if you don't have a great lawyer, how do you go about finding one? Read on to find out how. 1. Recommendation...
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