Legal

Exclusive: Law sector ‘bible’ names Bath’s high-flying legal eagles

September 15, 2016
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Exclusive: Law sector ‘bible’ names Bath’s high-flying legal eagles

Eight Bath lawyers have been named among the leading individuals in the South West’s legal sector. The eight appear in the latest issue of Legal 500, the respected guide to legal services in the UK. They line up alongside ‘go-to’ lawyers from major legal firms in Bristol.  Stuart Brazington and Louise Hart from the...

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Surrogacy, fertility and adoption service launched by Mogers Drewett

September 12, 2016
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Surrogacy, fertility and adoption service launched by Mogers Drewett

Bath law firm Mogers Drewett’s family team has launched a service dealing with surrogacy, fertility and adoption in response to the growing need for specialist legal advice in this fast-moving area. The service will offer advice on legal planning in surrogacy including international surrogacy, parental orders, pre-conception agreements, donor co-parenting agreements, donor disputes, embryo storage...

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Mogers Drewett to play important role with Team Bath Netball as new education partner

September 9, 2016
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Mogers Drewett to play important role with Team Bath Netball as new education partner

Mogers Drewett, the Bath-based law firm, has strengthened its links with Team Bath Netball by becoming its education partner. The firm will fund Team Bath Netball’s school workshop programme while there are also plans to stage a corporate netball tournament with Team Bath Netball early next year to raise funds for a local charity....

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West firms show resilience on sales and jobs despite confidence plunging to four-year low

September 2, 2016
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West firms show resilience on sales and jobs despite confidence plunging to four-year low

Confidence among West of England firms has slumped to its lowest level since 2012 as they continue to react to the EU referendum, according to a new survey. The latest quarterly ICAEW Business Confidence Monitor (BCM), which gauges how businesses view the economic prospects facing them over coming year, shows confidence falling into negative...

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Excitement building ahead of next month’s Bath Business Show

September 2, 2016
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Excitement building ahead of next month’s Bath Business Show

Hundreds of business owners from across the West of England are expected to attend the annual Bath Business Show next month as it returns bigger and better than previous years. Last year’s sold out event attracted more than 450 delegates and 55 exhibitors and organisers believe this year’s show on October 14 will be...

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Withy King merger with London practice Royds becomes official as combined firm unveils new name

September 1, 2016
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Withy King merger with London practice Royds becomes official as combined firm unveils new name

Bath’s largest law firm Withy King and city of London practice Royds officially merged today, sealing the move with a new name – Royds Withy King. The newly-combined firm employs around 450 people across offices in Bath, Oxford, Swindon, Marlborough and London, and is projected to generate revenues of around £33m in 2016-17. The...

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Coveted Solicitor of the Year award nominations for Bath lawyers

August 23, 2016
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Two Bath lawyers are to go head-to-head in the same category for a prestigious national legal excellence award. Mowbray Woodwards’ family partner Daniela Nickols and Rebecca Stevens, senior associate solicitor-advocate at Withy King have been nominated for the Law Society Excellence Award for Solicitor of the Year – Private Practice.  The nominations come less...

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Stone King toasts brewery’s expansion into London pub market

August 23, 2016
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Stone King toasts brewery’s expansion into London pub market

Bath-based law firm Stone King has helped Wiltshire brewer Wadworth expand into London for the first time as part of its ambitious growth strategy. Stone King’s commercial team advised Wadworth on all licensed property deals on the acquisition of the Kings Arms in Fulham from rival brewery Greene King including a lease assignment. The...

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The LAST WORD: Tom Webb, company commercial partner, Mogers Drewett

August 19, 2016
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The LAST WORD: Tom Webb, company commercial partner, Mogers Drewett

Each week Bath Business News gives a prominent member of the city’s business community the last word on our weekly e-bulletin. This week Tom Webb, company commercial partner at law firm Mogers Drewett, answers our 10 questions.  What was the LAST: Film you watched? James Bond – Spectre. I am a big fan of...

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Bath Business Blog: Heledd Wyn and Patrick Mears, Mowbray Woodwards. Why it pays to prepare for the unexpected in business

August 16, 2016
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Bath Business Blog: Heledd Wyn and Patrick Mears, Mowbray Woodwards. Why it pays to prepare for the unexpected in business

By Heledd Wyn, associate solicitor,  and Patrick Mears, partner, at Mowbray Woodwards Most people are familiar with Lasting Powers of Attorney (LPAs) as something that a relative may have with regard to their personal affairs. However, not many give much thought to what would happen to their business affairs if they were incapacitated? Physical or mental...

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