Nov
2008
Articles from 19th Nov 2008
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Birmingham lawyers to open doors to foreign solicitors
Nov 19 2008 | Legal
BIRMINGHAM Law Society has become the first group in the UK to accept foreign solicitors. Read
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Birmingham woman solicitor's career challenge
Nov 19 2008 | Legal
BY today’s standards the legal world continues to be perceived as a male dominated profession. But national firm Shoosmiths says it is bucking the trend, with two thirds of its fee earners being women. Read
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Top award for Irwin Mitchell
Nov 19 2008 | Legal
LAW firm Irwin Mitchell has picked up a national award for its involvement in one of the year’s most high-profile personal injury cases. The firm was at the heart of a series of test cases seeking to secure fairer compensation for victims of personal injury who need long term care and support that were successfully concluded in the Court of Appeal in January 2008. Read
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Birmingham Redundancy advice doubles
Nov 19 2008 | Legal
EMPLOYMENT specialists at Birmingham law firm Browne Jacobson say they have seen the number of local businesses seeking advice on how to carry out redundancies double recently because of the impact of the credit crunch. Read
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Some house sales are a lottery and break the law
Nov 19 2008 | Legal
HOMEOWNERS are being warned by the Law Society that taking unconventional approaches to selling their properties could land them in trouble. Read
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Catherine tells of career challenge for female solicitors
Nov 19 2008 | Legal
“For anybody wanting to progress a career in any profession, it shouldn’t be a matter of shattering the glass ceiling,” says Catherine Wahlberg, managing partner at Warwickshire solicitors, Alsters Kelley. “It should be about taking the ceiling away.” Read
