Directors' Law Express

This Service from Directors' Law Express provides free and prompt advice on a wide range of legal matters to IoD members:

Employment, company and commercial law in the UK and Europe

Some of the more common topics are listed below, although this list is not exhaustive.

• Agency & distributorship
• Board & shareholder disputes
• Company secretarial practice
• Contracts
• Debt collection
• Directors' responsibilities & liabilities
• Discrimination
• Employment contract
• Insolvency
• Maternity rights
• Redundancy
• Shareholders' rights
• Termination of employment
• Terms & conditions of employment
• Trade marks, patents & copyright

Typical questions include:

• What are the options for dismissing an employee who is not performing?
• How do you treat the payment of a bonus to an employee who is on, or has had maternity leave?
• Who owns the copyright of a design when the company does not employ the designer?
• What is the amount of holiday a part-time employee is entitled to under the working time regulation?
• What are an employer's responsibilities under health and safety legislation in relation to eye tests and spectacles?

Personal legal issues in the UK

IoD members can obtain free advice on a wide and diverse range of personal legal issues:
divorce, buying and selling property, debt management and wills, as part of their membership entitlement. Click here