Osborne Clarke landed the Law Firm of the Year Award (over 15 partners) at last night’s Bristol Law Society Awards, with Barcan + Kirby landing the title for the firm with up to 15 partners. The firm of the year awards are given to the firms that are able...
Bristol Law Society president Michael Gupwell has called on the city’s legal community to protect access to justice and to bang the drum for the role lawyers were playing in shielding the public from “savage criminal Legal Aid cuts”. In a hard-hitting keynote speech to last night’s annual dinner...
The University of the West of England (UWE) has appointed Donna Whitehead as Pro Vice-Chancellor and executive dean of the Faculty of Business and Law (FBL). Donna, pictured, joins from the University of South Wales, where she is deputy dean of the Faculty of Business and Society. She brings...
Bristol-headquartered firm Veale Wasbrough Vizards (VWV) is to move into its new landmark harbourside HQ in the city next month as it continues to expand. The firm is to occupy 39,000 sq ft in Narrow Quay House, pictured – the former headquarters of rival law firm Burges Salmon –...
Bristol-headquartered law firm TLT has advised Wiltshire manufacturer Avon Rubber on its £3.5m acquisition of a thermal imaging camera business. Melksham-based Avon said Argus would boost profits and help longer-term product development opportunities in its protection and defence business, which produces innovative gas masks and respirators for defence and...
A digital conveyancing tool that has dramatically increased efficiency in property transactions has earned South West law firm Foot Anstey recognition for the second consecutive year in the Financial Times Innovative Lawyers Report. From a group of 21 national and international firms, Foot Anstey, which has an office in...
A Bristol commercial lawyer is urging the city’s retailers to review their trading terms and conditions following the introduction of new consumer laws. The Consumer Rights Act – which came into force on October 1 – aims to rectify the traditional complexities of UK law in this area and...
Maria Connolly, a real estate partner at Bristol-headquartered law firm TLT, has been elected chair of the Association of Property & Fixed Charge Receivers (NARA). Maria, pictured, was elected by NARA’s 350-strong membership. Her appointment is in recognition of Maria’s national expertise in the field of loan default and...
Two Bristol businesses have taken central roles in helping the Government-backed Digital Business Academy launch courses aimed at enabling UK SMEs improve their profile and trade online. The courses are now live on the Digital Business Academy website – www.digitalbusinessacademyuk.com – designed by Bristol-based digital marketing consultancy Valuable Content....
Bristol-based specialist commercial law firm Roxburgh Milkins has appointed Harriet Webb as a solicitor. Harriet, pictured, who recently completed her training with Clarke Willmott in Bristol, will work on Roxburgh Milkins’ extensive range of clients in the South West and across the UK in her new role. Somerset-born Harriet...
Two new recruits have boosted specialist property lawyers Hoffman Male’s office in Bristol as it prepares to move into larger offices to accommodate its expansion. Joining the firm, which specialises in property, and wills and probate, are Katherine Vargas and Danielle Mellor, It opened its Bristol office at Aztec...
The Bristol office of national law firm Bond Dickinson has hosted a charity art exhibition to raise further funds for the Grand Appeal campaign, following on from the Shaun in the City sculpture trail of which it was a sponsor. Artists who styled some of the 70 Shauns that...
Law firm Bond Dickinson’s Bristol office has advised longstanding client and specialist consumer investor Piper on its £6m deal with Forthglade Foods, the Devon-based natural pet food company. Forthglade products have been manufactured on the edge of Dartmoor National Park for more than 40 years. The independently owned firm...
