What is an ‘employee handbook’ and should you have one? This article is directed at businesses planning on hiring staff, as well as businesses who already have employees on the books, but need to understand the paperwork they are required to have in place. Let’s dive straight in! Employment contract If you didn’t already […]
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We hear a lot about intellectual property (IP) protection while starting and growing a business. Lots of people say they “need to protect their IP”, but not so many are clear about how and why. We talk a lot about trademarks, protecting your branding – your name, your logo, maybe a slogan. But there is
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We get this question a lot “What’s the difference between a client contract and client terms and conditions?”. The answer is they’re the exact same thing. A client contract or client T&Cs should both cover the same legal bases, because, at the end of the day, their purpose is to govern the relationship between you,
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Let’s talk about verbal contracts. I hope that businesses would always have written contracts in place, but you never know, there’s always one. When you think of verbal contracts, you’re probably wondering to yourself ”are they legally binding like a written contract is?’’ It’s widely assumed that verbal agreements are not valid, but this isn’t
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A Shareholders’ Agreement is an INSANELY important legal document in the corporate business sphere. We like to think of them as the prenup of the corporate world! Instead of them being like a document in place for people who are about to get married, it’s for those about to go into business together (kind of
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Picture this. You and your best mate, that you’ve been friends with since you were wee, are aspiring entrepreneurs. You’re both thinking “hey, why don’t we go at this together”, you decide to join forces. What could be better than working alongside your best friend, right? You’re brainstorming when finally, you land on the perfect
How many times have you had a contract drafted or put in front of you to sign and thought ‘what does any of this actually mean’? Legal jargon is, quite frankly, no fun whatsoever. If you aren’t a legal professional, it can be tricky figuring out exactly what these mean. Here at Jamieson Law we’re
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