Legal Updates

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...

Feb

2019

Sydney Mitchell's 'Peaky Climbers' Yorkshire 3 Peaks Challenge - Imminent

Written by Sydney Mitchell

On the 6 July a team of four intrepid climbers from Sydney Mitchell Solicitors will take on the Yorkshire 3 Peaks Challenge. 12 hours, 3 Peaks, 64 pairs of socks and an abundance of plasters, is in between them and victory. They are taking on this...

Oct

2018

Top Tier 2018 in the Legal 500 for Sydney Mitchell

Written by Sydney Mitchell

Sydney Mitchell is recognised in the Top Tier of the Legal 500 and is ‘very strong’ and ‘probably the best in central Birmingham outside the large National and International Firms’ for dispute resolution and commercial litigation matters.Sydney...

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...

May

2020

COVID-19: new measures to protect commercial tenants from winding-up proceedings and enforcement action

Written by Leanne Schneide...

On 23 April 2020, the government announced that it will introduce further emergency measures to protect commercial tenants from winding-up proceedings and other enforcement action by landlords in addition to those already introduced by the...

Apr

2020

How does the Furlough Scheme interact with the Insolvency regime?

Written by Leanne Schneide...

The government’s ‘furlough’ scheme is an unprecedented means of saving jobs and viable businesses in the midst of the COVID-19 crisis – but how does it interact with the insolvency regime? The High Court addressed that issue in the context of a...

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Legal Updates

Top Tier 2020 Legal 500 for Sydney Mitchell

Sydney Mitchell shortlisted in Law Society Excellence Awards 2019

Sydney Mitchell's 'Peaky Climbers' Yorkshire 3 Peaks Challenge - Imminent

Top Tier 2018 in the Legal 500 for Sydney Mitchell

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

COVID-19: new measures to protect commercial tenants from winding-up proceedings and enforcement action

How does the Furlough Scheme interact with the Insolvency regime?

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