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Miller is pleased to announce the hiring of James Gowen-Smith as its new Head of After The Event insurance. James’ hiring forms part of Miller’s Professional Risks team’s wider strategy to grow the range of expertise and products it can offer to clients. James will report into Joint Head of International Professional and Financial Risks, Ed … Read more
Following the announcement that the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) will be extending the Solicitors Indemnity Fund (SIF) by a further year to 30 September 2022, Miller examines the age-old issue of how firms look to protect themselves when the safety net of SIF is eventually gone. Click the logo read Millers solicitor focused insight. Closure of the … Read more
Insurers use your proposal form submission to determine if your law firm is a good risk. In the current hard market where capacity is reduced, it’s more important than ever to present your firm in the best possible light. Click the logo read Millers top tips. Solicitors’ PII proposal form submission – Miller’s top tips The … Read more
BERNEL LIMITED V CANAL AND RIVER TRUST [2021] EWHC 16 (Ch) A welcomed clarification : Raghav Trivedi THE DECISION His Honour Judge Cawson QC found that the Claimant was not a riparian owner with the benefit of riparian rights nor had it acquired an easement by way of prescription under the doctrine of lost modern grant … Read more
Businesses given a further lifeline with the extension of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme should use the time to plan carefully for life after furlough. Employment lawyer Sally Morris said firms had been given a boost by Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s budget, which saw the furlough scheme extended by five months, until the end of September – … Read more
Midlands legal firm mfg Solicitors has strengthened its commercial litigation offering with the appointment of a new consultant solicitor. Widely respected dispute resolution specialist James Ng has joined mfg and will play a key role in leading the firm’s growth in Birmingham and the wider region. James Ng Based at mfg’s St Paul’s Square offices in … Read more
The extension of temporary measures to protect businesses and their directors during the coronavirus pandemic has been welcomed by corporate lawyer Sam Pedley. Sam Pedley Mr Pedley, a partner at Midlands law firm mfg Solicitors, said businesses had been given vital “breathing space” with the extension of two insolvency measures until 30 June 2021. Measures brought … Read more
As the UK is instructed once more to work from home, new research published by Harrison Clark Rickerbys (HCR) highlights the need for employers to ensure flexible working policies are fit to deal with the challenges of homeworking in lockdown. Matt Hayes HCR’s research shows the proportion of people who said that they felt homeworking had … Read more
Increasing diversity, inclusion and social mobility, promoting digital engagement, good mental health and the rule of law and Improving access to justice and technology Stephanie Boyce has become the 177th president of the Law Society of England and Wales, becoming the first Black office-holder and the second in-house solicitor in almost 50 years to do so. … Read more
“A country solicitor needs to be proficient in many skills.” So said William Heelis to Beatrix Potter when they met ahead of a property auction in the Lake District: or at least he did on the film set of Miss Potter….. Rural practitioners at the turn of the 20th century would indeed have been multi-skilled, as … Read more