Michelmores LLP has announced three appointments which further strengthen its nationally recognised agricultural litigation team.
Solicitor Rachel O’Connor joins Michelmores from TLT’s Bristol Office, while Victoria Howlett was previously a solicitor at Burges Salmon. They are joined in Michelmores' Bristol office by barrister, Adam Corbin. Adam was called to the Bar in 2011, then deferred his pupillage at Iscoed Chambers in Swansea for a year to work in the Legal Team for the London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games.
WBW's Employment Team invites you to attend our next Employers' Forum and Employment Law Update.
Wednesday 6 November 2013 at WBW Solicitors.
8.45am – Coffee and pastries 9.00am – 10.00am - Employment Update and Employers' Forum
Please come along (or send a colleague) for an opportunity to discuss your employment and staffing issues, in confidence, at an informal setting, with our employment team and other local employers.
We will also provide an update on key employment law issues likely to impact on you and your business. At this event we...
Exeter-based specialist family law firm, Hartnell Chanot & Partners, has adopted a bold new brand.
After 22 years of providing specialist family law advice under the names of Hartnells, Hartnell and Co and most recently Hartnell Chanot & Partners, the firm has taken on a new identity that better highlights the firm’s specialist area of practice and the overall aspirations of the organisation.
On 1 October the firm became The Family Law Company, by Hartnell Chanot. This change has been introduced as the firm sets its sights on the future and re-focuses on delivering...
Solicitors in Devon are being given the opportunity to undertake two hours free accredited CPD training in central Exeter this October.
The event is made up of two sessions - one on Personal Branding for Solicitors and one which gives an introduction to PATLIB, the Patent Library based in Plymouth - and is aimed at an introductory level,
The course is jointly hosted and presented by Social:haus Limited and Plymouth PATLIB with support from the Intellectual Property Office.
Full time solicitors are required to have taken 16 hours CPD by the 31 October each year of...
Three newly qualified solicitors are looking forward to a long and rewarding career with the award-winning legal firm Michelmores.
Michelle Perring, Andrew White and Rachael Lloyd, were all trained at Michelmores and will work at the firm’s Exeter office.
Michelle joins Michelmores’ Planning Team, whilst Andrew will specialise in trusts and disputed wills within the firm’s powerful private client group, and Rachael joins the firm’s Employment Law Team.
Colette Stevens, Michelmores’ HR Director, said:
“We are delighted that these very talented young lawyers...
Two of the top teams in Devon have joined forces ahead of the new Premiership Rugby season.
Ashfords LLP has signed sponsorship deals with four Exeter Chiefs players as the side gears up for another exciting campaign.
Justin Blanchett, Rob Coote, Sam Blanchett and Henry Slade visited the law firm’s Exeter offices and practised a scrum with partners Stuart Mathews, Tim Heal, Andrew Perkins and Graham Cridland.
Graham said: “It was great to meet the players and talk about the forthcoming season, which we are all incredibly excited about.
Norwegian technology developer, Badger Explorer ASA, has chosen leading South West legal firm, Stephens Scown LLP, to act on the sale of its subsidiary Redruth-based Calidus to Westcountry manufacturing firm, Severn Glocon plc.
Badger Explorer has sold, in a stepped deal over the next 2.5 years, Calidus Engineering Ltd to Gloucester-based Severn Glocon Group plc. Multi-discipline engineering firm, Calidus, manufactures ‘down-hole’ equipment for harsh environments, for local and global clients within the oil and geothermal industries. The deal is worth in excess of £1.2 million....
Research released by the National Office of Statistics has uncovered that only 6% of divorcing couples consider pensions within their settlement, emphasising the frightening financial state many people find themselves post-divorce.
The Prudential agree, adding that 40 per cent of those planning to retire in 2013 have been divorced. In general they are less likely to have private pensions, more likely to retire with debts, and less likely to believe they are financially well prepared for retirement.
Top South West divorce lawyer, Liz Allen, explains: “There are so many...
Devon law firm Kitsons has acquired Exeter-based Armitage & Co and appointed the principal and renowned private client specialist Simon Armitage as a Partner with effect of 1 June 2013.
Kitsons, which is headquartered in Torquay, Devon and has offices in Exeter and Plymouth, seeks to enhance its private client and conveyancing offering from the firm’s Exeter office.
Simon Armitage founded Armitage & Co in September 1979, following several years in Local Government, firstly in Maidenhead, and subsequently with Mid Devon District Council. Having operated as a sole...
Exeter solicitor Debbie Hamzij, who started as a receptionist, has recently been promoted to partner within law firm WBW.
Debbie first entered the legal profession in June 1987 in a clerical role with a firm which amalgamated with WBW Solicitors in 1989. She then became a secretary and later rose to become a legal executive in 1996. After studying at Exeter University, she qualified as a solicitor in 2003.
Mrs Hamzij said: “It’s a nice feeling to have gone from receptionist to partner. I have always believed in working hard and it’s great to have got to where I am now. The...
