Those of you with a keen eye for what is going on in the media will be left in no doubt as to the meaning of an ABS. For those of us in the legal profession, an ABS is an Alternative Business Structure.Read
The chief executive of St Philips Chambers, Chris Owen, has left the business prompting a management shake-up at one of the UK’s largest barristers’ sets.Read
Law firm Pinsent Masons has confirmed is to make around 40 of its UK staff redundant in the wake of its merger with McGrigors, though no lawyers will go in the shake-up.Read
A Midlands investment company is pressing ahead with expansion plans at contract packaging firm, just eight weeks after it completed its acquisition of the manufacturer, a deal in which Black Country law firm Hawkins Hatton advised.Read
FBC Manby Bowdler has strengthened its agricultural and rural services team with the appointment of two experienced agricultural solicitors as partners.Read
A u-turn by HSBC over a controversial scheme to replace its open conveyancing panel with just 43 firms has been welcomed by the Midland legal world.Read
Businesses are three times more likely to encourage voluntary redundancies and twice as likely to outsource loss-making services during the next 12 months compared to two years ago – according to a new report.Read
Peter McHugh, a specialist construction law mediator from the Midlands, is part of the team appointed by the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) as sole provider of mediation services.Read
The legal sector needs to focus on the challenges facing it and tackle them head on rather than burying its head in the sand according to the new president of Birmingham Law Society.Read
