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Conveyancing

Conveyancing The three landmark stages of a conveyancing transaction are: Making of the Contract Completion Registration DUTIES OF THE ADVOCATE IN A CONVEYANCING TRANSACTION Vendor's Advocate Obtain information on: - Full names of the parties, full particulars of the property, the price, deposit is required, details of encumbrances whether the property is vacant, expected date of completion, prepare the sale agreement, obtain original title document from vendor, approve transfer/conveyance, procure execution of transfer/conveyance, receive and account for the proceeds of the sale to vendor., obtain rates, rent clearances, consents where required, obtain discharge of charge/reconveyances. Purchaser’s Advocate Obtain information on:- finances, taxes legal costs and expenses of the conveyance, scrutinizing of title documents, investigation of title, approving sale agreement, preparation of transfer/conveyance ...

08 October

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Small Business. Your Smart Lawyers!

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Small Business. Your Smart Lawyers! As a small business owner, you might feel like you’re “not that powerful” or “don’t have much influence” on society. Especially if you’re not generating tons of money just yet. so, you even see no need for a lawyer. Maybe you think, “Once I’m raking in millions, then I can hire a lawyer for my paper work.” Yes…and no. Having more money is helpful, for sure. But even if your business is very new, not super profitable yet, or currently has just one employee, aka you, even then, you need that lawyer than you ever thought. With every business decision you...

13 August

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Technology Startup – Ten Issues to Keep in Mind

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Technology Startup - Ten Issues to Keep in Mind 1. Will Former Employers Assert Rights? Former employers can sometimes assert rights in startup’s proprietary technology (either in its present form or in an earlier version). Some circumstances to watch out for are: (a) an inventor conceived his/her idea while working for a former employer; (b) a startup’s founder took proprietary documents, prototypes, or other materials with him from a former job; (c) startup will compete with an inventor's ex-employer; (d) two or more startup founders worked for the same former employer. In any of the above cases the startup and even its...

12 August

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Startup Formation Considerations

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Startup Formation Considerations One of the most important things founders of a startup should do before launching the company is to determine the exit strategy. The founders have to decide whether they want: (1) to go public; (2) to sell the startup out in 10 years, (3) to merge with another company when the startup reached a certain revenue level, (4) to form a joint venture with a larger company. Depending upon their objectives the founders of the startup could have radically different underlying strategies in achieving their objectives. For example, many legal, financial and business decisions would be made in a...

06 June

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Understanding The Difference Between Debating and Negotiating

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Understanding The Difference Between Debating and Negotiating Let’s assume that negotiating involves the giving and taking of words. That does not mean the negotiating parties need to begin on opposite sides of the ring and dive in for a verbal boxing march. A negotiation is not synonymous with a heated debate. Although it is impossible to negotiate with a certain amount of debating, effective negotiators understand the fundamental difference between the two. They debate when they want to and negotiate when it is appropriate and beneficial to do so. Further defining both terms will help distinguish them from each other. To begin...

05 June

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Posing No Limits On What’s Negotiable

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Posing No Limits On What’s Negotiable Because the word negotiation can cover so many events and situations, it is difficult to concisely define. The following passage is an excerpt from a study conducted by the Committee for the Judiciary of the U.S Senate. It attempts to define what is a negotiation is and what set it up for success. Negotiation may be exploratory and serve to formulate view points and delineate areas of agreement or contention. Or it may aim at working out practical arrangements. The success of negotiation depends whether (a) the issue is negotiable (that is, you can sell your car,...

30 May

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Considering How Often We Negotiate

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Considering How Often We Negotiate Negotiation skills are only becoming more needed. Sure, the computer age has made many jobs obsolete. Yet the role of the negotiation has grown in importance. After all, the modern world is a place of instant connections, constant business, and proactive networking. Technology simply has provided us with more venues through which to negotiate – email, voice mail, fax, text messages, remote videos, and more. And despite all of the wonderful technological advances that have been accomplished, we still are unable to negotiate with machines. The man-machine relationship is a physical one for accomplishing specific tasks or...

29 May

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The New Style Of Negotiating, For Clients

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The New Style Of Negotiating, For Clients “If you can’t go around it, over it, or through it, you had better negotiate with it.” – ASHLEIGH BRILLLLIANT. Not every dispute must always end in a Courtroom for litigation. And law school training, law firms don’t focus on this while training lawyers for the real world. Our company’s approach to dealing with the daily problems affecting people is, negotiations, where every one wins! There are few things that are simpler in definition yet broader in scope than negotiating. Every single desire demands some form of satisfaction, and every need seeks to be fulfilled. Whenever...

19 March

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Summary Table of Kenya Company Registration

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Summary Table of Kenya Company Registration Summary LLC Fast Solution LLC Free Zone LLC Public Limited Company LLP Branch Office Also known as LLC Fast Solution LLC EPZ Company PLC LLP Branch Office Best use of a company? All products and services Close a customer deal now Manufacturing and export trading To secure public funding Professional services Short-term projects How soon can you invoice a client/sign sales contract? 7 weeks 4 weeks 10 weeks 9 weeks 9 weeks 7 weeks How soon can you hire staff? 7 weeks 4 weeks 10 weeks 9 weeks 9 weeks 7 weeks How soon can you sign a lease agreement? 4 weeks 4 weeks 10 weeks 6 weeks 6 weeks 4 weeks How long to supply corporate bank account numbers? 3 months 6 weeks 3 months 4 months 4 months 3 months How long to supply company registration/tax number? 7 weeks 4 weeks 10 weeks 9 weeks 9...

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Steps Companies Should Take Amidst Covid19 (Coronavirus)

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Steps Companies Should Take Amidst Covid19 (Coronavirus) The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, first identified in Wuhan, China, has spread beyond China’s borders to dozens of countries, infecting tens of thousands of people and causing a mounting number of fatalities. It is now responsible for more deaths worldwide than the 2002-2003 SARS outbreak. Health research institutions across the world are confirming new cases of coronavirus on almost a daily basis across a growing number of countries. Against this backdrop, the Kenyan Government has issued its highest-level advisory, telling Kenyan citizens, “Do Not Travel to countries highly affected by coronavirus.” The Uhuru administration...