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Oct

2021

Sydney Mitchell Charity Golf Event -16 JUNE 2022

Written by Sydney Mitchell

We are holding our Charity Golf Event at Copt Heath Golf Course, 1220 Warwick Road, Knowle, Solihull, West Midlands, B93 9LN on 16 June 2022. The Stableford Competition will start at 10.30am (subject of course to any Covid-19 restrictions)....

Sep

2019

Top Tier 2020 Legal 500 for Sydney Mitchell

Written by Sydney Mitchell

Sydney Mitchell is recognised in the Top Tier of the Legal 500 and is ‘commercially minded’, ‘quick off the mark’ and ‘one you would want on your side rather than against you’ for dispute resolution and commercial litigation matters. Sydney...

Aug

2019

Sydney Mitchell shortlisted in Law Society Excellence Awards 2019

Written by Karen Moores

West Midlands law firm, Sydney Mitchell has been short-listed in the medium size law firm of the year category at the Law Society Excellence Awards for the second year running. The medium law firm of the year category, which is open to all law firms...

Nov

2020

Supreme Court Rules on Standard of Proof in Inquests

Written by Adam Hodson

The Supreme Court has handed down its long-awaited ruling which impacts upon the standard of proof to be used at inquests. In 2018 Mr Maughan’s brother brought a judicial review claim, raising the question of whether a coroner or jury may lawfully...

Jul

2020

Worker or independent contractor? European Court of Justice Guidance

Written by Emma-Louise Hewitt

The vexed distinction between 'workers' and 'independent contractors' could hardly be more important for many businesses but remains perpetually controversial. The ruling of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) is likely to prove...

Jul

2020

Generosity of wife's Family Trusts taken into account in big-money divorce

Written by Karen Moores

One of the most controversial aspects of divorce is the extent to which pre-existing family wealth should be taken into account when dividing assets. A case on point concerned a couple whose comfortable lifestyle was throughout their 22-year...

Jul

2020

Court acts fast to save airport logistics group from COVID-19 Insolvency

Written by Leanne Schneide...

Many companies are struggling to survive amidst the COVID-19 pandemic but, so far as judges are concerned, it is a case of all hands to the pump to save what can be saved. In one case, the High Court paved the way for the proposed rescue of an...

Jun

2020

Project speed...

Written by Shilpa Roopen U...

There has been an update on “Project Speed” from Boris Johnson today that may be of interest in relation to proposed planning changes. Under what Mr Johnson dubbed "project speed," planning laws would be streamlined to encourage building. Changes,...

May

2020

Debt-laden hotel developer fails to fend off insolvency proceedings

Written by Leanne Schneide...

Deeds must be both signed and witnessed in order to be valid – but does a failure to meet that requirement render them not worth the paper they are written on? In opening the way for insolvency proceedings to be brought against a hotel developer,...

May

2020

High Court refuses to countenance COVID-19 adjournment of five-week trial

Written by Leanne Schneide...

The extent of judicial determination not to allow the COVID-19 pandemic to derail the wheels of justice was revealed by the High Court’s refusal to adjourn a five-week insolvency trial which is due to take place at the height of the crisis. The case...

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Sydney Mitchell Charity Golf Event -16 JUNE 2022

Top Tier 2020 Legal 500 for Sydney Mitchell

Sydney Mitchell shortlisted in Law Society Excellence Awards 2019

Supreme Court Rules on Standard of Proof in Inquests

Worker or independent contractor? European Court of Justice Guidance

Generosity of wife's Family Trusts taken into account in big-money divorce

Court acts fast to save airport logistics group from COVID-19 Insolvency

Project speed...

Debt-laden hotel developer fails to fend off insolvency proceedings

High Court refuses to countenance COVID-19 adjournment of five-week trial

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