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A recent Court of Appeal case has illustrated the circumstances in which a company can reject a request to receive a copy of its shareholder register, according to a corporate lawyer. “A company is legally obliged to maintain a register of its...

November has once again seen the publication of the latest edition of Chambers and Partners, one of the leading Law Firm Directories, which benchmarks lawyers and law firms using a market research based model. The 2018 edition of Chambers and Partners has...

The process for the conversion of a charitable company into a Charitable Incorporated Organisation, due to come into force from 1 st January 2018, potentially causes uncertainty for third party lenders who have taken all assets security over a charitable...

Leading Midlands law firm, George Green, has advised Bakkavor Group’s controlling shareholder Milu Trading Inc together with founding directors Lydur and Agust Gudmundsson in connection with Bakkavor Group’s flotation on the primary segment of...

Midlands law firm, George Green LLP recently hosted a seminar dealing with the EU’s general data protection regulation (GDPR) which will come into force in May 2018. The event ,which was held at Wolverhampton’s Molineux stadium, attracted over...

George Green LLP has been busy encouraging and inspiring local students to consider a career in law by providing a series of Law Taster Days at their Cradley Heath office. Sixth form students from local schools and colleges considering reading law at...

George Green’s Corporate Chief Paul Bennett has lead on advising the shareholders of Midshire Business Systems and Midshires Business Systems (Northern) (“Midshires”) on its sale to Sharp Electronics Europe whilst fellow...

As a matter of law a common-law marriage does not exist.  If an unmarried couple that live together split up there is no formal procedure to go through that is akin to a divorce.  As the law currently stands there is no obligation for one party...

Latest industry research confirms George Green’s “top tier firm” status. This autumn has once again seen the publication of the latest edition of Legal 500, one of the leading Law Firm Directories, which benchmarks law firms using its...

A recent case has demonstrated the importance of spelling out clearly in a share purchase agreement any specific post completion cooperation required from a seller, according to a corporate lawyer. “Share purchase agreements usually contain a generally...