https://www.skogenburtonphillips.com/insights/ Practical legal commentary for business owners from the partners at Skogen Burton Phillips LLP. en-gb Tue, 25 Aug 2026 18:00:10 GMT https://www.skogenburtonphillips.com/insights/the-contract-is-doing-its-job/ https://www.skogenburtonphillips.com/insights/the-contract-is-doing-its-job/ Supplier contracts read as one-sided because they are drafted to protect the other party. How to read an agreement by asking who it was built to protect, and how to spot the silent clauses that wait for a trigger. info@skogenburtonphillips.com (Helen Phillips) Fri, 17 Jul 2026 09:00:00 GMT https://www.skogenburtonphillips.com/insights/contract-terms-that-look-fixed/ https://www.skogenburtonphillips.com/insights/contract-terms-that-look-fixed/ Warranties and indemnities get treated as boilerplate you accept to close the deal. They are where survival-level exposure actually sits, and "standard" terms are far more negotiable than most owners assume. info@skogenburtonphillips.com (Helen Phillips) Mon, 13 Jul 2026 09:00:00 GMT https://www.skogenburtonphillips.com/insights/dispute-visibility-gap/ https://www.skogenburtonphillips.com/insights/dispute-visibility-gap/ Disputes rarely start on the page. They start in the drift between what one party can see and what is actually governing them, including implied terms neither side drafted. How disciplined drafting closes the gap. info@skogenburtonphillips.com (Helen Phillips) Tue, 07 Jul 2026 09:00:00 GMT https://www.skogenburtonphillips.com/insights/the-clause-that-ends-the-business/ https://www.skogenburtonphillips.com/insights/the-clause-that-ends-the-business/ Substantive risk often migrates into the boilerplate nobody reads with care. Why an indemnity buried in the closing pages can outweigh everything negotiated up front, and the discipline that catches it. info@skogenburtonphillips.com (Helen Phillips) Tue, 30 Jun 2026 09:00:00 GMT https://www.skogenburtonphillips.com/insights/commercial-debt-recovery-escalation/ https://www.skogenburtonphillips.com/insights/commercial-debt-recovery-escalation/ How to move an unpaid invoice from polite reminder to recovered debt: the escalation steps that work, the statutory tools available, and how to avoid spending good money chasing bad. info@skogenburtonphillips.com (Espen Skogen) Tue, 23 Jun 2026 09:00:00 GMT https://www.skogenburtonphillips.com/insights/the-legal-bill-nobody-budgets-for/ https://www.skogenburtonphillips.com/insights/the-legal-bill-nobody-budgets-for/ A £40,000 dispute heading toward £240,000 in legal costs. Why reading a contract is not the same as understanding your exposure, and why prevention is the cheapest legal spend you will ever make. info@skogenburtonphillips.com (Helen Phillips) Tue, 16 Jun 2026 09:00:00 GMT https://www.skogenburtonphillips.com/insights/settlement-agreements-employer-guide/ https://www.skogenburtonphillips.com/insights/settlement-agreements-employer-guide/ A practical guide for employers on using settlement agreements to end employment relationships cleanly: the legal requirements, the commercial judgement calls, and the traps that undo them. info@skogenburtonphillips.com (Espen Skogen) Tue, 09 Jun 2026 09:00:00 GMT https://www.skogenburtonphillips.com/insights/shareholder-disputes-private-companies/ https://www.skogenburtonphillips.com/insights/shareholder-disputes-private-companies/ Why shareholder disputes in private companies escalate, the legal remedies available when they do, and the documents that prevent most of them, from a corporate lawyer who has seen both ends. info@skogenburtonphillips.com (Ian Burton) Tue, 02 Jun 2026 09:00:00 GMT