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  Lesley Sullivan, a private client lawyer who joined us in Liverpool last autumn, has been shortlisted for the Downtown …

Emilda Morgans, a private client lawyer based in Sheffield, has joined national, new-model firm Excello Law.  Emilda has practised in …

  Changes to the IR35 tax regime, in force for some time in the public sector, are being extended to …

A director has been ordered to pay over £500,000 in compensation to creditors of a company who suffered from his …

The Supreme Court has affirmed a decision that a bank is liable to refund a customer for a fraudulent transaction …

Corporate, banking and finance lawyer Sherif Hampton, and his colleague Sonia Cheng who specialises in immigration and commercial contracts, have joined national, new-model …

Dispute resolution and litigation specialist Sarah Lapsley has joined national, new-model firm Excello Law, working from both Liverpool and London. Sarah has …

Dispute resolution and commercial litigation lawyers Emyr Kerfoot and Alexandra Collett, based in the firm’s Chester office, have been recommended …

Corporate and commercial lawyer Ian Vicary has been shortlisted for Legal Professional of the Year in the Livercool 2019 awards.  …

Dominic McGinn, a specialist sports and dispute resolution lawyer based in the North West, has been recommended in the Legal …

Lesley Sullivan, a senior private client lawyer and registered Trusts and Estates Practitioner (STEP), has joined new-model firm Excello Law, …

According to the Chartered Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA), companies could avert another Carillion-style disaster by providing internal auditors with …

A recent UK Supreme Court decision will help employers to enforce contractual clauses that restrict employees from leaving to work …

British people increasingly work in temporary positions and on short term engagements: part of a fundamental global shift in the …

The deadline of 25th May 2018 is deeply ingrained in the corporate psychology of businesses across Europe. That was the deadline …

Theresa May has spent her final few weeks in office trying to salvage a meaningful prime ministerial legacy from the …

The legal and corporate finance teams advising on the recent management buyout (MBO) of Rotherham-based Harvest Healthcare, have been recognised …

Since January 2019, HM Courts and Tribunals Service’s (HMCTS) has outsourced key parts of its probate function to a private …

The restaurant business has always been notoriously precarious. Fashionable one year and passé the next, restaurants are subject to rapidly …

After sustained lobbying from all sides, the government finally announced in April that divorce laws in England and Wales will …

Senior commercial property and construction specialists join the firm to spearhead growth across the East and West Midlands Award-winning law …

We’re delighted to have been shortlisted in the prestigious Lawyer Awards for Law Company of the Year 2019.  With more …

Since 1990, women have represented more than 60% of new entrants into law, yet we continue to see female talent …

Unconscious bias has become firmly embedded in the thinking of HR departments in many organisations, even though it only found …

A recent poll by Direct Line suggested that 24% of UK residents would contest a loved-one’s will, if they were …

Excello corporate lawyer Julie Mogan has been appointed as the first female president of Chester Business Club. She succeeds the late …

Last year, the legal media devoted considerable coverage to Kirkland & Ellis as it overtook Latham & Watkins to become …

Structural economic change can be painful. The demise of Britain’s industrial base in the 1980s saw the domestic coal industry …

Hong Kong-based toy manufacturer Luen Fat Metal and Plastic Manufactory Co. has successfully brought a claim against the owners of …

Carillion’s 2016 annual accounts carried the now-ironic tagline: “Making tomorrow a better place”.  By mid-2017, the company was issuing profit …

Property development lawyer Becky Smyth has joined national, new-model firm Excello Law.  Based in Exeter, Becky has significant experience across …

Excello Law has won the Marketing & Communications Strategy of the Year award at the Modern Law Awards 2019 for the …

Excello employment lawyer Nelu Abeygunasekera will be one of the panel speakers at the RSM Influential Women’s Forum in Fort …

Excello Law has been announced as a finalist in both the Law Firm of the Year and the Legal PR/ …

Excello Law has been shortlisted twice in the LexisNexis legal awards 2019 both for Law Firm of the Year and …

The challenge Morrisons is facing over equal pay at the employment tribunal comes mostly from women who argue their pay …

In a dramatic wake-up call for the legal profession to examine its culture and working practices, the preliminary findings of …

Excello Law has been shortlisted twice in the Modern Law Awards 2019 – for both Law Firm of the Year …

Business and corporate specialist Robert Lyons has joined national, new-model firm Excello Law from the corporate department at Taylor Vintners …

We were amused to make the pages of The Times Law Brief recently with the following story – duly noted! …

London commercial law firm Dorman Joseph Wachtel has merged with national, new-model firm Excello Law.  Based in Aldgate, with a …

Readers will be aware of the Government’s stated intention to introduce measures intended to make it more “straightforward” for operators …

There is a hive of mergers happening in the world today. Currently, two prominent mergers are taking place in Europe. …

Richard Williams, known to many as Dicky, has joined national, new-model firm Excello Law from Knights in Chester.  He specialises …

  Dispute resolution specialist Paul Lever has joined national, new-model firm Excello Law from Coupe Bradbury in Lytham St Annes …

The arrival of international litigators SPG Law in the UK recently, and the speed in which they were ready to …

The summer of 2018 set many records. But as holidaymakers enjoyed the soaring temperatures, some of them were not just …

The case of Owens v Owens is unusual. Not because Mrs Tini Owens is a woman of 68 who wants …

Waste management specialist Roydon Group PLC has completed a management buy-out (MBO) securing full ownership of the business for the …

Since it first became widespread last October, #MeToo has been widely adopted by millions of Twitter users. Its endurance shows that …

To much acclaim, the Supreme Court recently found against Pimlico Plumbers and in favour of Gary Smith, a self-employed plumber …

Ben Jenkins, a specialist in commercial and property litigation, has joined national, new-model firm Excello Law from Crooks Commercial Solicitors …

In excess of a million EU enterprises currently trade through online platforms in order to reach their customers, while it …

The gender pay gap reporting deadline has come and gone. The results are in and City law firms have filed …

Insolvencies are making an unwelcome return to the headlines. The number of individuals who were declared insolvent last year reached …

When employers are faced with potential claims from their employees it is quite common for them to enter into settlement …

Sarah Nolan, a specialist in commercial litigation and insolvency, has joined national, new-model firm Excello Law from the Jackson Lees …

Everyone has felt the effects of a long cold winter. But this year, it was particularly bitter for some of …

Does Britain have a clear 2020 vision? Over halfway through the two-year time limit prescribed by the terms of Article …

  Business and corporate specialist Richard Ding, a dual qualified lawyer in both Malaysia and England, has joined new-model firm …