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Nothing, in the over-regulated world of today, is ever simple. Before you launch your new business you should give some thought to the legal problems you will have to deal with. The first is deciding what is to be the legal form of the business you wish to launch. Technically there are three major forms of business organisation: the sole trader, the partnership, and the limited liability registered company. About 56 per cent of businesses are operated as sole traders and the balance are fairly equally divided between partnerships and companies.
For example; The Small Business Programme Handbook, The Small Business Programme, C. Barrow, P. Burns, J. Harrison, Paul Chapman, 1990.
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Patricia Clayton, Law for the Small Business, 7th edition, Kogan Page, 1991. Janet Dine, Company Law, Macmillan, 1991.
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© 1993 Jim Dewhurst and Paul Burns
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Dewhurst, J., Burns, P. (1993). Business and the Law. In: Small Business Management. Macmillan Small Business Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-23109-6_3
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