Thrings, the M4 corridor law firm with a major office in Bath, has recruited Jane Oakland as a partner in its corporate team. Jane joins from the Bristol office of rival Clarke Willmott, where she was a corporate partner. She brings more than 20 years’ corporate experience in acquisition and disposal, strategic planning, reorganisation,...
You can’t get a better illustration (forgive the pun) of the power of a brand than the recent abortive sale in Miami of a Banksy which had last been seen attached to the wall of a north London Poundland. Setting aside the furore over who actually owns the work and who has the right...
Two solicitors at Bath law firm Withy King will team up with some of the city’s best-known rugby players to cycle 963 miles in nine days to help improve the prospects for disadvantaged young people. Commercial property partner Paul Daniels and cycling law solicitor Mark Hambleton will join Bath Rugby’s David Flatman, Andy Beattie,...
More couples are starting their own businesses together, often ploughing in redundancy pay-outs. But what happens if the love fades? Bath Business News Expert Panel member Rebecca Silcock from Bath-based Mogers solicitors explains. Since the recession started we have seen a growth in the number of start-up businesses with couples working for themselves. Frequently...
Two family law experts from Bath have become the first in the city to qualify as family arbitrators. John Brownrigg and Jon Toogood, partners at Bath law firms Stone King and Withy King respectively, will become members of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and two of a select band of 75 family arbitrators nationwide....
Bath law firm Stone King has appointed Rod Smith as a partner in its expanding trusts and estates team. Rod, pictured, joins Stone King, which also has an office in Melksham, from London-based Bolt Burdon, where he was a partner and head of its wealth and estate planning team. He specialises in advising on...
West law firm Thrings has appointed five new partners including recruiting respected corporate lawyer Alex Pyatt from rivals Withy King. The appointments take the number of partners at the firm, which has an office in Bath, to more than 60. Alex, pictured, by the Chambers UK 2013 legal guide as “commercial, pragmatic and sensible”...
The latest developments in employment relations will come under the spotlight at a major conference for West businesses staged by Acas, Britain’s top employment relations service. The event, called The Changing Face of Employment Relations, will tackle the issues that every company needs to be aware of including, how to make flexible working work...
In the latest of Bath Business News’ weekly Expert Panel series, Sean McDonough, employment law specialist for Mogers in Bath, explores what action businesses should be taking when they use social media To libel – to publish or broadcast an untruth which will harm a person’s reputation. This is a fact few would have...
Specialist apprenticeship provider Damar Training has appointed assessor Kerry Leahy to support its growing work with the legal sector across the South West. Bristol-based Kerry will be working with law firms in the region supporting their legal apprentices. She joins Damar after seven years as a litigation executive specialising in personal injury work. She...
