Hill Dickinson grows banking capabilities with two-partner led banking team

Posted by Vicky Anderson on July 2, 2008 2:40 PM

HILL DICKINSON have strengthened their banking team with the appoinment of a new partner.

Elaine Charrôt has joined the national law firm as a partner in the banking team headed by Patrick Keown.

She will work across the North West from Hill Dickinson’s offices in Manchester, Liverpool and Chester.

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Warning over anti-fly-tipping paperwork for developers

Posted by Vicky Anderson on July 2, 2008 10:43 AM

DEVELOPERS across Merseyside are being warned that for most projects commenced after July 1 there will need to be prepared plans for managing and reducing site waste.

Failure to comply could result in a substantial fine.

New legislation means that any "construction" project costing more than £300,000, including building work, maintenance, alteration, decoration and demolition, will need a Site Waste Management Plan (SWMP) in place before any work begins.

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Law firm goes in-house to advise on crunch job cuts

Posted by Vicky Anderson on July 1, 2008 11:27 AM

A WIRRAL law firm is taking a proactive approach to guard their clients from legal pitfalls created by the credit crunch.

DGB Solicitors, based in Heswall, is going in-house with small firms to shore them up in case they need to make redundancies.

The move comes after LDP Legal revealed last week that employment lawyers across Liverpool are seeing a surge in demand for advice.

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Lawyers shrug off poor weather conditions in charity triple challenge

Posted by Vicky Anderson on July 1, 2008 11:16 AM

ENERGETIC members of Liverpool’s legal community were put through their paces at the weekend during the 12-hour Langdale Valley Charity Challenge.

The event, organised by Brabners Chaffe Street, saw participants cycle for 30 miles, canoe for six miles and walk another 10 miles across the Lake District.

More than 50 solicitors took part, raising £4,000 for Brabners’ 2008 charity, the Manchester New Children’s Hospital Appeal.

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OPINION: Paul Beck on why the Equality Bill should apply to both the public and private sectors

Posted by Vicky Anderson on July 1, 2008 11:11 AM

THE white paper produced by the Equalities Minister Harriett Harman last week paved the way for legislation that will require all public bodies to reveal what they are doing to close the gender pay gap.

The white paper also aims to ban “gagging clauses” that are used by one in four employers to stop staff comparing wages.

Disclosure would allow those who are unlawfully underpaid - usually women - to challenge the employer at an employment tribunal.

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Madonna's divorce - analysis

Posted by Vicky Anderson on June 30, 2008 12:27 PM

MADONNA'S recently-announced divorce proceedings from film director husband Guy Ritchie has made waves across the city's legal offices.

Here's what two of Liverpool's top divorce lawyers thought about the a-list break-up.

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Sore HIPs

Posted by Phil Rees-Roberts on June 27, 2008 5:39 PM

A recent report commissioned for a number of bodies including the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Rics), the National Association of Estate Agents and the Association of Residential Letting Agents (Arla) by the ex-head of the Office of Fair Trading, has recommended that HIPs become voluntary.

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Free Will service launched in Cheshire

Posted by Vicky Anderson on June 25, 2008 1:34 PM

SOLICITORS in Chester are teaming up with a leading cancer research charity to give local people the chance to make or update a will free of charge.
Fifteen solicitors are now offering Cancer Research UK’s Free Will Service to people aged 55 and above in the Chester area

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