Stephen Newman and Adam Cockroft from Ramsdens’ Company and Commercial team, with support from Chris Annable (commercial property) and Emily Walker (employment), have advised the Sellers in relation to Expect Distribution’s recent management buyout.

Employers should start to prepare for new laws requiring them to provide up to a week’s unpaid leave each year for employees who are also unpaid carers for certain ‘dependents’ with a long-term need for care outside the workplace, due in 2022.

The first Monday of the New Year is often referred to as ‘Divorce Day’, as statistics shows an increase in divorce enquiries following on from the New Year and Christmas period.

Christmas is an important time of the year to help others and across our business our staff we have been helping and supporting local, regional and national charities through our #Ramsdens12Days of charity at Christmas that ran from the 1st December to the 12th.

At Ramsdens Solicitors we are delighted to have ranked 166th in The Lawyer's Top 200 performing law firms across the UK for 2021.

According to research carried out by Women’s Aid, one in seven (14.2%) of children and young people under the age of 18 will have experienced domestic abuse at some point in their childhood.

Our Employment Partner, Gareth Dando has featured on EmployerNews.co.uk providing redundancy advice for company directors.

In the recent case of Jones & Ors v Lydon & Ors [2021] EWHC 2322 (Ch) the High Court confirmed that where communications are expressed to be made on a “without prejudice” basis, a clear intention must be expressed to move them to an open footing, so that without prejudice privilege will cease to apply.