Bath-headquartered law firm Royds Withy King has rebranded as RWK Goodman following the completion of its merger with single-office London practice Goodman Derrick. The merged firm has revenues of more than £50m and 350-plus specialist lawyers across its business, personal and injury practices – roughly a third of them based in London – and...
Regional law firm Goughs Solicitors has selected children’s hospice Julia’s House as its charity of the year. Staff at the firm, which has seven offices across Wiltshire, including in Chippenham, Trowbridge, Melksham and Corsham, are already planning fundraising events for the charity. These will kick off in July with the Julia’s House Great Wiltshire...
Bath-headquartered national law firm Stone King has promoted 11 lawyers in key sectors across its six offices. Charlotte Melhuish has been promoted to partner in the firm’s education team having joined Stone King in 2018, while Christopher Jones – who also works in the education team – becomes a senior associate chartered legal executive. ...
No-fault divorce was introduced in England and Wales on 6 April. The government’s Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Act 2020 removes the longstanding fault-based facts on which couples had to rely to end their marriage or civil partnership. What does this mean? Under the new law a statement that the marriage has irretrievably broken down...
Regional law firm Goughs Solicitors has strengthened its corporate team with the appointment of senior associate Jonathan Carter-Lewis. Jonathan, pictured, brings knowledge and expertise to his new role having worked in London and Hong Kong and with CMS, Nabarro and TransAsia Lawyers. The appointment follows an incredibly successful few years for Goughs, which has seven...
A technical consultancy for the defence sector has become the latest in a growing list of businesses to become owned by its staff. Bosses at Chippenham-based Engage Technical Solutions decided to adopt the Employee-Owned Trust (EOT) model as the best way to secure its future while preserving its independence and culture. More than 750...
Bath law firm Mogers Drewett Solicitors is staging a competition for primary school-aged children to design eye-catching bunting to mark the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. The winning schools will each be awarded £500, with the winning children receiving a £50 voucher of their choice. The winning entries will also be turned into bunting to for...
Bath-headquartered law firm Royds Withy King has been reappointed for another two years to the legal panel of the UK’s national asbestos-related cancer charity. Mesothelioma UK’s legal panel, which Royds Withy King has been a member since its inception in 2013, has also extended its number of specialist solicitors to 12 firms in England,...
Stone King, the national law firm with its headquarters in Bath, has appointed top-ranked charity lawyer Rosamund McCarthy Etherington as an equity partner. Rosamund, pictured, has joined Stone King, which is a national leader in charity law, after more than 30 years at London law firm Bates Wells. Her arrival strengthens Stone King’s team of more than 50 charity...
Lawyers from Bath-headquartered law firm Royds Withy King have helped a fast-growing pub group to expand its portfolio with the acquisition of six more outlets. Five of the pubs taken over by Portobello Starboard are on the South Coast, with the sixth in Essex. The move, which takes the ambitious pub group’s estate to...
