A maioria das PMEs tem pelo menos uma ameaça oculta à espreita em sua papelada que pode prejudicar seus negócios, afirmou um advogado líder. As empresas da região de saúde legal de saúde>, permitindo que eles tenham sua papelada examinada por um dos especialistas jurídicos de Kirwans para garantir que seja totalmente compatível - e eliminar qualquer ameaça oculta à espreita na impressão pequena. Problemas. Eles não têm a chance de passar por toda a sua papelada com uma fina de dente e procurar uma redação que possa causar problemas e, mesmo que o fizessem, as cláusulas são frequentemente escritas de tal maneira que são impenetráveis para aqueles com conhecimento jurídico limitado. Com o terceiro relatório de pesquisa do Conselho de Serviços Jurídicos (LSB) publicado no ano passado, revelando que cerca de um terço das pequenas empresas tiveram um problema legal nos 12 meses anteriores - e cerca de metade dos entrevistados disseram ter um impacto negativo. 2017 A pesquisa do YouGov, analisando os custos legais das PMEs do Reino Unido, revelou que pequenas e médias empresas no Reino Unido estavam perdendo quase 7 milhões de libras por hora por negligenciar seus compromissos legais. Software.
Frank Rogers, partner at Kirwans law firm, said solicitors at the firm regularly deal with costly and damaging cases brought against SMEs that could have been prevented through a simple legal review.
Now the firm is offering small to medium-sized businesses in the region legal health checks>, allowing them to have their paperwork examined by one of Kirwans’ legal experts to ensure it is fully compliant – and to weed out any hidden threats lurking in the small print.
Leases, terms and conditions, agreements, employment contracts and corporate structure are just some of the legal documents that can be reviewed by Kirwans’ solicitors to identify potential problems.
Frank said: “As the New Year kicks in, many of us will be giving ourselves a health check. However, very few people tend to do the same for their business.
“For most owner/managers, their time is spent working on and trying to evolve the firm while also battling with the increasing burden of rules and regulations. They don’t have the chance to go through all of their paperwork with a fine toothcomb and look for wording that could potentially cause problems and even if they did, clauses are often written in such a way that they’re impenetrable to those with limited legal knowledge.
“As a result, small issues that could have been spotted and dealt with at an early stage often become a major – and costly – problem.”
Statistics support Frank’s claims, with the Legal Services Board’s (LSB) third research report published last year revealing that around a third of small businesses had a legal problem in the preceding 12 months – and around half of respondents said it had a negative impact.
The same study reported the total annual losses to small businesses due to legal problems to be estimated at £40bn, with over one million individuals in small businesses suffering ill health as a result.
In addition, a 2017 YouGov survey looking at legal costs for UK SMEs revealed that small to medium-sized businesses in the UK were losing nearly £7m an hour from neglecting their legal commitments.
The study, commissioned by LawBite, also reported that individual SMEs were experiencing on average eight legal issues every year, with the most common legal issues faced by SMEs found to be related to disputes, employees and key contractors, customers and suppliers, terms and conditions and software.
Frank disse: “Os números são assustadores - e potencialmente arruinados - para a maioria das pequenas empresas. Mas a boa notícia é que, ao aproveitar a oferta de verificação de saúde de Kirwans, muitas dessas reivindicações legais podem ser evitadas, permitindo que o proprietário da empresa continue desenvolvendo seus negócios, em vez de ter que se preocupar com o custo de ser processado. ”| Downtown in Business
To find out more, and to book your legal health check, go to [email protected]
