Ramsdens Solicitors Private Client department have been shortlisted once again for the Best Probate Law Firm North England at the UK Probate Research Awards 2021.

The Ministry of Justice and Access to Justice Foundation have announced they have allocated £3.1 million funding to help people representing themselves in court. The funding has been granted to provide support at national, regional and local levels.

Over the last year many home owners have been using the time and money that would otherwise have been spent on holidays and even commuting on home improvement projects.

Ramsdens Corporate team, led by Partner Richard Dean with support from Emma Spragg, Gareth Dando in our Employment team and Simon Mills, in our Commercial Property, advised David and Adam Mosley on Huddersfield based Hartford Holdings' acquisition of Traymate Products Limited, for an undisclosed sum as part of its ongoing expansion.

Nicole Natur, Solicitor in our Employment team at Ramsdens, has featured in the latest HR Grapevine article providing her professional opinion on whether HR have an issue with accent bias within the workplace.

​Natalie Marrison, Head of the Abuse Department at Ramsdens Solicitors, spoke to online magazine, Sputnik News about the death of Sarah Everard and the UK’s victim-blaming culture, saying that more needed to be done to erode this behaviour which results in women being expected to alter their behaviour and actions to protect themselves.

An Employment Tribunal has ruled in the case of Kubilius v Kent Foods Ltd ET/3201960/2020 that an employer’s decision to dismiss an employee for refusing to wear a face mask at one of their client’s premises was fair.

On 22 March 2021, the Ministry of Justice opened a consultation in respect of increasing selected Court fees for the first time since 2016. The consultation also proposes to increase the income threshold for eligibility for Help with Fees, which will see more people becoming eligible for assistance with fees.