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Business Sales & Acquisitions
Asset sales, share sales, due diligence, completion and business transfers.
Sources last reviewed 28 July 2026
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Get legal helpMain laws
Enterprise Act 2002
UKPGA 2002 c 40
National Security and Investment Act 2021
UKPGA 2021 c 25
Sale of Goods Act 1979
UKPGA 1979 c 54
Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006
SI 2006/246
Landlord and Tenant (Covenants) Act 1995
UKPGA 1995 c 30
Small Charitable Donations Act 2012
2012 c. 23
Cases
DSG Retail Limited v The Information Commissioner
If your business can identify a person from information in its systems, you should usually treat that information as needing appropriate protection, even where an...
Phones 4U Limited (in administration) v EE Limited & Ors
The durable lesson is straightforward. A business can lawfully make a tough commercial decision, even one that rivals may also be considering, but it must make that...
Anthony John Wright and Geoffrey Paul Rowley & Ors v Dominic Joseph Andrew Chappell & Ors (Re BHS Group Ltd & Ors (in liquidation))
For ordinary business owners, the practical lesson is simple: once your company is in serious financial trouble, board decisions need to become more disciplined,...
FHR European Ventures LLP v Cedar Capital Partners LLC
An agent cannot keep an undisclosed payment connected with the work it was engaged to perform. Businesses using brokers, introducers and acquisition advisers should...