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Daughter company facing bankruptcy –
Sep 25, 2026
A subsidiary is no longer able to meet its debts as they fall due and its creditors are turning their attention to the parent. Liability of the parent company is neither automatic…
Entering into a major contract with another company – how to divide responsibility in a consortium
Sep 24, 2026
The contract is too big for you alone, so you team up with another company. You split the works, sign an agreement and get going. Your client, however, does not care how you divid…
You need to freeze the situation immediately—
Sep 24, 2026
The other side is stripping assets, a former director is using your data, or someone is blocking your operations. Litigation will take years, but the situation has to be stopped t…
A departing manager is poaching your people
Sep 23, 2026
A non-solicitation undertaking is typically agreed between companies, not with the employee, and it must make clear which activity is prohibited and to what extent. Without such a…
A defective part from a subcontractor has damaged your product
Sep 23, 2026
Your subcontractor delivered an out-of-specification part and you only discovered it in a batch of finished products at your customer. The cost of recall, rework and penalties lan…
Your subcontractor has caused a delay and you are facing the penalty
Sep 23, 2026
Your subcontractor missed the deadline, the whole contract slipped and your client invoiced you a contractual penalty. You usually have to pay it, because it is you who owes the w…
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The client is changing the scope of work during the project's execution.
Sep 22, 2026
Whether extra construction works get paid is decided not by their usefulness but by whether the change of scope was agreed in the form the parties themselves set out. The same app…
Do you provide your customer with a warranty on the delivery that extends beyond the statutory period –
Sep 22, 2026
A guarantee of quality is a separate undertaking given on top of the statutory liability for defects, and what governs it is the wording of your own declaration, not the quality o…
Supplier fails to meet deadline – when to charge a penalty and when to assign the work to another party
Sep 21, 2026
Your contractor is running late and you are deciding whether to charge the contractual penalty or hire someone else to finish the job. Both routes are available, but only in a par…