The business environment can be tricky, and sometimes just plain nasty. Small businesses find themselves in a legal minefield/maze without warning, when a client, employee or business associate turns difficult. It's always a good idea to have a working relationship with some commercial lawyers who know the business and understand the issues involved, to have someone on your side when you need backup.
Commercial law is often extremely complex in terms of its application to specific situations. Non-specialist lawyers often can't help much, because this is a particularly demanding area of law. The sheer range of possible issues needs expert management.
For example, these are some of the areas covered by commercial law:
· Contract law
· Public liability
· Commercial practices
· Consumer law
· Commercial disputes
· Commercial property
· Supply chain issues
There are also possible combinations of these issues, and they're never simple. There may also be multiple parties involved in a dispute, which further complicates the issues.
This is a typical case in point:
· Business A is a contractor installing kitchens for Business B. The situation is:
· Business A is waiting for kitchens to be supplied by Business C, an importer.
· Business B is complaining about breach of contract, because the kitchens are supposed to be installed by a due date under the terms of the contract.
· Business B further claims that an onsite accident was caused by Business A's truck, injuring a construction worker.
· Business B is threatening legal action on both counts.
· Business A wants to put pressure on Business C to get the kitchens delivered by being sourced elsewhere.
This isn't the sort of situation which a business can or should handle for itself. If legal action results, legal representatives need to be hand. They also need to get up to speed ASAP, to manage the situation. So it's better to have legal representatives on standby at the start, not after the situation has escalated to the point of no return.
In this case, there are quite a lot of legal options:
· Business A can negotiate the contract issues with Business B on the basis that it's simply unable to obtain the kitchens. In practice, contracts can't be expected to require the impossible. Business A has been acting in good faith, and the efforts to get Business C to source the kitchens elsewhere is proof of its attempts to deliver on its contract obligations.
· The public liability issue needs to be assessed on its merits. The truck was in fact owned by Business C, delivering a kitchen. Liability may be on Business C, not Business A.
Not simple, is it? At the corporate level, issues like this can involve contracts worth millions of dollars, and corporate lawyers also have to deal with the related corporate law issues, which can be a range of statutory, as well as commercial problems as well.
That's why small businesses need legal backup. They're like insurance, something you pay for that you hope you'll never have to use, but it's nice to know you have the support when you need it.
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/6200893Commercial law is often extremely complex in terms of its application to specific situations. Non-specialist lawyers often can't help much, because this is a particularly demanding area of law. The sheer range of possible issues needs expert management.
For example, these are some of the areas covered by commercial law:
· Contract law
· Public liability
· Commercial practices
· Consumer law
· Commercial disputes
· Commercial property
· Supply chain issues
There are also possible combinations of these issues, and they're never simple. There may also be multiple parties involved in a dispute, which further complicates the issues.
This is a typical case in point:
· Business A is a contractor installing kitchens for Business B. The situation is:
· Business A is waiting for kitchens to be supplied by Business C, an importer.
· Business B is complaining about breach of contract, because the kitchens are supposed to be installed by a due date under the terms of the contract.
· Business B further claims that an onsite accident was caused by Business A's truck, injuring a construction worker.
· Business B is threatening legal action on both counts.
· Business A wants to put pressure on Business C to get the kitchens delivered by being sourced elsewhere.
This isn't the sort of situation which a business can or should handle for itself. If legal action results, legal representatives need to be hand. They also need to get up to speed ASAP, to manage the situation. So it's better to have legal representatives on standby at the start, not after the situation has escalated to the point of no return.
In this case, there are quite a lot of legal options:
· Business A can negotiate the contract issues with Business B on the basis that it's simply unable to obtain the kitchens. In practice, contracts can't be expected to require the impossible. Business A has been acting in good faith, and the efforts to get Business C to source the kitchens elsewhere is proof of its attempts to deliver on its contract obligations.
· The public liability issue needs to be assessed on its merits. The truck was in fact owned by Business C, delivering a kitchen. Liability may be on Business C, not Business A.
Not simple, is it? At the corporate level, issues like this can involve contracts worth millions of dollars, and corporate lawyers also have to deal with the related corporate law issues, which can be a range of statutory, as well as commercial problems as well.
That's why small businesses need legal backup. They're like insurance, something you pay for that you hope you'll never have to use, but it's nice to know you have the support when you need it.
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