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Wiped out if the winner takes all

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The recent revelations that accounting firm Binder Hamlyn could be forced into bankruptcy because its partners are facing a 105 million pounds sterling High Court judgment highlights the dangers facing a partnership in terms of meeting professional liability obligations. There have already been moves by other companies to try to gain greater protection against liability claims. KPMG, for example, has turned its audit practice into a limited company, while Ernst and Young and Price Waterhouse plans to register in Jersey in order to obtain limited liability partnership status.

Indemnity against liability, Liability indemnity

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Complementary practices

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There is a growing trend among UK companies towards the use of 'complementary workers.' These workers, many of them men, are employed on a temporary basis, but are not known as temporary or casual workers, as this is now seen as conveying a negative impression. Many companies now believe that high-quality products and services can be produced by an appropriate mixture of permanent and complementary employees.

Temporary employment

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All-seeing eye can single out the cargo crooks

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TRI-MEX has developed technology which allows cargo to be constantly monitored. This system links advanced satellite, GSM and UHF radio technology with high-tech sensors on the cargo.

Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing, Search and navigation equipment, Tracking Radar, Product development, Product information, Crimes against, Freight, TRI-MEX

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