Lawyer Clive Rich discusses contract law, including what to do when suppliers don't honour contracts, and how to tackle personnel issues.

Lunch and Learn: Understanding contract law

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Clive answers your questions on all things contract law, including how to get out of contracts, what to do when suppliers don't honour contracts, and how to tackle particular employment/personnel issues.

Clive Rich is a highly experienced entertainment and digital media lawyer, who has also successfully run digital businesses for companies such as Sony and Bertelsmann.

A qualified barrister, he has been a lawyer for almost 30 years and has drafted and crafted contracts for a broad spectrum of multi-nationals, major organisations and brands, including Yahoo, Apple, Napster, SanDisk, Myspace and the BBC.

He has also previously run his own legal practice representing a variety of technology companies and SMEs.

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