Dental Practices Key Practice Documentation
We act for all sort of practices, from sole practitioners to large practices which operate as partnerships or limited companies. All of…
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Selling to Corporates – a Ready Made Market?
Selling a dental practice is the culmination, in most cases, of a life’s work. A retiring dentist is likely to have built the practice up…
Selling your Dental Practice in Uncertain Times
As most of you will know, the market for dental practices in Scotland has been strong for many years. There have been periods in the last…
Dental Partnerships and Shareholder Agreements
When a practice is first set up, seldom is a great deal of thought given to the long term future of the practice. More often than not,…
Dental Practices – Getting onto the Practice Ladder
Many dentists aspire to own their own practice. It isn’t of course for everyone, there are risks in being a practice owner, but if run…
Surgery Premises – Getting all your bricks in a row
When we act for a seller or a buyer of a practice, in most cases the focus is primarily on the goodwill of the practice. There is a side…
Retirement and Dental Bodies Corporate
We have looked in previous articles at the issues which practices need to consider when they operate as a limited company, known in the…
Dental Practice Structure – To Be a Company (or not to be)?
This is a subject which we come back to fairly regularly as dental lawyers. Practices decide that they wish to incorporate, in other words…
Succession Planning for Dentists
It has always been a sensible step to consider the future, and in particular what would happen to your estate and assets if something were…
Dental Practices: Lockdown Doesn’t Mean Shutdown
Everyone has been affected by the Covid-19 lockdown, with some businesses being largely unable to operate (such as the dental profession).…
Selling Up & Repaying A GP Sustainability Loan
In my previous blogs I have discussed the ins and outs of the GP Sustainability Loan scheme and have explained potential stumbling blocks…
Contracts in a Dental Practice
We have reason from time to time to ascertain what contracts our dental clients have with third parties. It may be in the context of a…
GP Sustainability Loan Scheme - Potential Delays in Funding
Our previous blogs on the GP Sustainability Loan scheme have highlighted that there are potential cost implications for GP contractors. In…
Registering the standard security and demonstrating valid title.
In our previous blog on the GP Sustainability Fund, Michael Royden explained that in order for a GP contractor to receive a GP…
GP Sustainability Fund – Prior Lending/Ranking Agreements
One of the key parts of the GP Sustainability Fund is that all GP contractors who own their premises can apply for an interest-free GP…
What are Dental Bodies Corporate?
Most dentists know that for some years they have been permitted to operate their practice using the structure of a limited company. In the…
The Scottish Government's GP Sustainability Fund.
In November 2017 the Scottish Government announced that it would create the GP Sustainability Fund. Decisions for the first round of…