Regional law firm Ashfords’ employment partner Stephen Moore has been appointed as head of its expanding Bristol office. Stephen, pictured, will replace partner Andrew Betteridge, who is taking over as head of the corporate commercial department at the beginning of next year. The change comes following a year in...
Regional law firm Foot Anstey has advised Weston College on the transfer of ownership of Weston-super-Mare’s iconic Winter Gardens to enable it to create a new Law and Professional Services Academy. Contracts have been exchanged with the previous owners North Somerset District Council, with Foot Anstey head of real...
South West regional law firm Foot Anstey and national firm Bond Dickinson, which has its second largest office in Bristol, are to go head to head for one of the legal sector’s most prestigious awards. Both firms are shortlisted in the UK Law Firm of the Year category in...
With just two days to go, the Festival of Female Entrepreneurs is shaping up to be one of the biggest business events in the West this year. Hundreds of business owners – men and women – will descend on Bristol’ s Colston Hall this Thursday for the one-day entrepreneurial extravaganza. Tickets...
Law Student of the Year (sponsored by Wessex Searches) Winner: Sarah Carter (University of Law) Shortlisted: Richie Rees (Paragon Costs Solutions), Emma Trevett (UWE) Support Team Member of the Year (sponsored by Damar Training) Winner: Amanda Jennings (Barcon + Kirby) Shortlisted: Claire Taylor (VWV), Sarah Vickery (TLT) Junior Lawyer...
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...
