Each week Swindon Business News gives a prominent member of the area’s business community the last word on its weekly e-bulletin. This week Mary Hoffman, partner at specialist wills, probate and conveyancing law firm Hoffman Male, answers our 10 questions. What was the LAST: Film you watched? Last Vegas with Michael Douglas, Robert De...
Leading industrial disease solicitor Brigitte Chandler, a partner in law firm Charles Lucas & Marshall’s Swindon office, has welcomed a legal ruling meaning people dying from cancer caused by asbestos exposure will not have to pay legal fees out of damages they have been awarded. Ms Chandler, pictured, said the move would lift the...
Law firm Thrings partner and head of private client Fiona Kellow has helped students in Marlborough learn about what prospective employers look for from new recruits and how to get a head start in their future careers. Fiona joined more than 200 year-10 pupils from St John’s International Academy at the event staged by...
Each week Swindon Business News gives a prominent member of the town’s business community the last word on its weekly e-bulletin. This week Kate Westbrook, partner at leading commercial law firm Thrings, answers our 10 questions What was the LAST: Film you watched? I’m almost embarrassed to say it was The Hangover Part II....
Swindon law firms Thrings and Withy King have been named as ‘regional heavyweights’ in the latest Legal 500, the annual guide that identifies the UK’s best-performing legal firms and individuals. In a regional table dominated by Bristol firms Thrings, which has the largest of its string of offices in Swindon, is ranked in the...
Solicitors from Swindon and Marlborough law firm Withy King have compiled a short briefing for business owners, directors and managers, based on legal changes and issues which their clients have raised. Is VAT payable on your business premises? All too often, we see commercial property being sold or rented before the VAT status has...
The Legal 500 names the following as Swindon’s leading lawyers: Andrew Braithwaite Thrings (Intellectual property) Peter Cusick Thrings (Agriculture and estates) Simon Elliman Withy King (Clinical negligence) Louise Hart Withy King (Personal injury) Jeremy Holt Clark Holt (IT and telecoms)
Lawyers from Novum Law’s Swindon office joined forces with specialist nurses from the oncology team at the town’s Great Western Hospital (GWH) to raise hundreds of pounds for Mesothelioma UK – the charity supporting victims of asbestos diseases and their families – by running the Bristol Half Marathon. Known as the Swindon Disease due...
One of Swindon’s leading employment lawyers will be on hand to answer questions about recent and imminent changes in legislation at a business networking event in the town next week. Kerrie Hunt, pictured, partner and head of employment at Thrings, will update attendees on a range of key employment law issues including flexible working...
Swindon Business News has teamed up with the region’s biggest business exhibition, Business Showcase South West, as it prepares to return for a second year. Business Showcase South West 2015 (BSSW 2015) will build on the success of the inaugural event earlier this year which attracted nearly 2,000 attendees, exhibitors and big-name speakers including...
