Lawrence Phillips, senior IT law partner at solicitors Tarlo Lyons,offers his advice on the potential tax problems of using sub-contractors,and on action you can take if another company registers as a trademark alogo similar to your own.
Q: My company sub-contracts a considerable amount of software development to computer programmers who call themselves 'independent contractors'. Often these people have worked for us for a long tim...
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