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Welcome to the Clough & Willis online newsletter In Business. In Business is a newsletter dedicated to updating you on current and topical legal news stories.

In this issue we take a look at

• Employment - A round up of the latest reforms.

• Corporate & Commercial – Why having a shareholders’ agreement is important.

• Debt Recovery – The changes to the small claims track.

• Litigation – Your options for evicting squatters from commercial premises.

I hope you find this newsletter informative and interesting if you do have any questions relating to any of the topics featured please contact a member of our team, alternatively visit our website for information on our full range services at www.clough-willis.co.uk.

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Shefali Talukdar

Small Claims Limit Increased

Seb Wright

DescriptionAs of the 1st April 2013 the upper limit for claims allocated to the small claims track has increased from £5,000 to £10,000. Read more>

PRE-NUPS BETWEEN SHAREHOLDERS

Shahid Azam

If you are a business with two or mare shareholders it is always advisable that you have a shareholders agreement. Read more>

BEWARE OF SQUATTERS

Fiona Gaskell

The new criminal offence of residential squatting, introduced in September 2012, has resulted in squatters targeting commercial buildings instead.  Read more>

Employment Law Reforms

Amy Ross-Sercombe

2013 has already seen a whole host of consultations and policy announcements. To help you work out where employment law is going, i've put together a round up of some of the latest’s reforms. Read more>

Clough & Willis Gets Peddling & Quizzical for Charity!

We have embraced the notion of charity once again after staging two fundraisers in as many days raising over £1,560.00 for Comic Relief in the process.

On Wednesday 13th March, staff at the firm, decided to cycle the distance from Bury to Bury (St Edmunds) on two exercise bikes in reception. The total distance was 208 miles. Read more>

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