A General Partnership (GP) and a Limited Liability Partnership (LLP) are two different types of business structures that have different characteristics and advantages.
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Design rights protect the shapes of objects, packaging, patterns, colours and decoration. It protects the design for 10 years after it was first sold or 15 years after it was created.
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A design registration helps protect the appearance of a product, such as its shape or pattern. This will help if anyone tries to copy or use your design without your permission.
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Copyright, patents, designs and trade marks are all types of intellectual property protection. You get some types of protection automatically, others you have to apply for.
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A Quality Management System (QMS) is a collection of business processes focused on consistently meeting customer requirements and enhancing their satisfaction.
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In the law, a seal affixed to a contract or other legal instrument has had special legal significance at various times in the jurisdictions that recognise it.
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Your duties as an employee may be explained in the contract of employment, but the law also says that there…
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Defamation is a legal term used for a statement is one which injures the reputation of another person.
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ISO 14001 was developed primarily to assist companies with a framework for better management control, which can result in reducing their environmental impacts.
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Spreading work across multiple clients is the best way to maintain a healthy business without having the risk of running short on cash-flow.
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Quality assurance (QA) is a way of preventing mistakes and defects in manufactured products and avoiding problems when delivering products or services to customers.
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The HSE needs to be contacted for most types of significant incidents, including:accidents resulting in the death of any personaccidents resulting in specified injuries to workers.
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The Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002 (COSHH) is the law that requires employers to control substances that are hazardous to health.
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A Cooperative is an autonomous association of people united voluntarily to meet their common economic, social and cultural needs.
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A Consortium is an association of two or more individuals, companies, organisations or governments with the objective of participating in a common activity.
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A Corporation is an organisation, usually a group of people or a company, authorised to act as a single entity and recognised as such in law.
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A Method Statement is primarily used in construction to describe a document that gives specific instructions on how to safely perform a work related task or operate a piece of plant or equipment.
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Negligence is a failure to exercise appropriate and or ethical ruled care expected to be exercised amongst specified circumstances.
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Nuisance in English law is an area of tort law broadly divided into two torts; private and public nuisance.
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Vicarious liability is a form of a strict, secondary liability that arises under the common law doctrine of agency, respondeat superior (Master – Servant rule).
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