Congrats to our new trainee solicitors!
Congratulations to Karlee, Orlagh, Samah and Shayami who have all recently commenced training contracts with the firm having completed their respective LPC’s.
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The New Government’s Reforms to Employment Law
As many of you will have seen, on 17 July 2024, King Charles III delivered his first King’s Speech outlining Labour’s legislative priorities as they have formed a new government. Labour have said that they plan to ‘unlock growth’ and…
The General Election: Parties’ proposals for employment law
The general election on 4 July is fast approaching, and whilst the televised debates and interviews focus heavily on the economy, immigration and other pressing matters, there has not been as much talk about the parties’ plans in terms of…
Successful outcome in clinical negligence claim against the NHS relating to misdiagnosis of cancer
Our Lee Silk and Jack Plummer recently secured a successful settlement on behalf of a widow in her clinical negligence claim brought under the Fatal Accidents Act 1976 against an NHS Trust. Curzon Green acted on the basis of a…
Settlement secured in interrelated claims for professional negligence and for breach of duty of a trustee under a life insurance scheme
Our Lee Silk and Jack Plummer were recently successful in securing a confidential settlement for our client in her two interrelated claims stemming from the complex financial settlement agreed during her divorce. Curzon Green acted on the basis of a…
Family loan agreement dispute resolved
The dispute resolution team based in our Aylesbury office in Buckinghamshire this week was successful in defeating a claim relating to a historic loan asserted by our client’s former in-laws. The matter settled at mediation with the Claimants agreeing to…
Undue influence challenges – Rea v Rea
The recent case of Rea v Rea [2024] EWCA Civ 169 evidences the high bar cases of undue influencemust overcome. The Court of Appeal stated that to bring a successful claim, undue influence must bemore probable than any other hypothesis.BackgroundThe…
April 2024: Employment law changes taking effect this month
April is always a busy month for employment law changes and this year has proven no different. Several changes have taken effect at the start of this month. These include changes to family-friendly rights, statutory pay rates, tribunal compensation, and the always recurring but…
Kelly-Ann Welsh promoted to partner
It is with great pleasure that the partners announce the addition of Kelly-Ann as a new partner of the firm with effect from today. Kelly-Ann has been an invaluable member of the team here for the past 5 1/2 years.…
Imogen Kelly qualifies
We are pleased to confirm that Imogen Kelly has accepted a role as a solicitor at the firm upon completion of her training contract. This will mean there will be 7 qualified solicitors working within our family law department.