Legal Business News - A new survey by Co-op Legal Services has revealed that almost one in two London residents 46 are living without a will, meaning they risk losing control over their assets when they pass away.

Legal Business News - A top-ranked Shropshire agricultural and rural services legal team has been further strengthened with one of its experienced members qualifying as a solicitor. Megan Price joined FBC Manby Bowdler in 2017 as a paralegal in the wills, probate amp lifetime planning department.

Legal Business News - A leading Yorkshire law firm is celebrating 10 years in Wharfedale with the expansion of its Guiseley office.

Legal Business News - Time and time again, businesses have shown that those who have a diverse workforce perform the best. So why are so many companies in the UK far from achieving an inclusive and diverse workforce Research has found that 1.

Legal Business News - Glaisyers Solicitors, the Manchester and London-based firm that specialises in owner-managed businesses and their shareholders, has rebranded as Glaisyers ETL. Its new name, and its logo s adoption of the group s branding, reflect the firm s integration into the international network of professional firms owned by Germany-based ETL.

Legal Business News - With over 20 years top-flight legal experience advising SMEs and entrepreneurs in a wide variety of sectors, Paula will play a key role in growing Leonard Curtis Legal s corporate and commercial division amongst accountants and SME clients nationwide. Paula s key areas of expertise include acquisitions and disposals, corporate restructuring, governance and investment.

Legal Business News - A Midlands shipping company is celebrating 25 years in business by launching a new mentoring scheme for SMEs looking to take their first steps into international trade. Global Freight Services, based in Halesfield, Telford, is giving 25 businesses the opportunity to grow their sales through export with its new support and advice programme.

Legal Business News - Quarantine presented an opportunity to spend more time with our other halves, with many of us either working from home or having been furloughed. While this additional time spent together was a welcome treat for many who would have otherwise never have got the chance, for some it was pressure on an already strained relationship.

Legal Business News - A Yorkshire law firm has launched a new employment law and HR service after individual case enquiries increased by almost two thirds since the start of the year.

Legal Business News - HR expert Nicky Jolley, managing director of North East-based HR2day, has hit out at government proposals to give employees a legal right to work from home, even after the pandemic. Nicky said, In a post-pandemic world, it should be up to employers and their staff to decide what is best for them.

Legal Business News - Law firm Bromleys has embarked on a recruitment drive amid increasing demand for its services as confidence grows with the end of lockdown on the horizon. The award-winning Tameside practice has added four staff in recent weeks across its care proceedings and children services, corporate and commercial and family teams.

Legal Business News - The founder of Women in the Law UK, Sally Penni MBE, has launched a new podcast series aimed at sharing best practice in the legal profession and beyond. In the Law and Guidance series, Miss Penni and a range of expert guests provide in-depth insights into a range of topics relating to the law as it is practised, and how it interacts with society at large.

Legal Business News - Importers and exporters across the Midlands are being advised to urgently review their freight insurance following another major shipping catastrophe. Anton Gunter, director of Telford-based Global Freight Services, said businesses could face huge costs without the appropriate insurances in place to protect their goods against loss or recovery from a major incident.

Legal Business News - The Shadow Lord Chancellor and Shadow Secretary of State for Justice, David Lammy, and the acclaimed actor and activist Maxine Peake are two of the latest figures to share their insights and opinions in Women in the Law UK s Talking Law podcast series. Both interviews, which are now live online, were conducted by the organisation s founder, Sally Penni MBE pictured .

Legal Business News - Horwich Cohen Coghlan HCC Solicitors, the national serious injury law firm, is backing a major campaign aimed at producing a safer road system and urging more support for people who have sustained serious injuries.

Legal Business News - Businesses in Shropshire looking to bring staff back to the office post-lockdown are being invited to hear from a legal expert on the implications for employers. FBC Manby Bowdler s Julia Fitzsimmons, head of the firm s employment team, has been advising employers on policies and regulations around workplace practice throughout the pandemic.

Legal Business News - It s no secret that a diverse workforce helps create a successful business so why are so many organisations in the UK not gender-diverse A government-backed review found that there is little sign of change in the underrepresentation of women in senior roles in business.