This month we are sharing with you legal insights across corporate, commercial, family and employment law. Our lawyers have provided commentary and updates across a range of sectors, reforms and Bills. We also have exciting updates about Excello's legal brands with the launch of two new boutique law firms.
- The UK Government hastily supported small businesses during the pandemic, disregarding standard checks and resulting in potentially billions of pounds in fraud, prompting a costly loan recovery effort and numerous company director disqualifications.?Victoria Dunstall, insolvency and dispute resolution solicitor, provides an update. Read More
- In a fascinating case involving Excello insolvency lawyer Annabel Whittaker, an Insolvency and Company Court judge delivered a judgment regarding a challenge to a liquidator’s rejection of a proof of debt claim in a solvent liquidation. The case, Irena Ferme v Simon Matthew Gwinnutt , centred on an appeal against the refusal to admit a proof of debt. Read More?
- Excello Law Banking and Finance Partner Brendan O'Brien has provided commentary in Lois Vallely's article for Money Marketing 'Extra homework - FCA creates AR burden for networks', which reflects on the new rules for Appointed Representatives. Read More
- Tom Sutcliffe, corporate lawyer at Excello Law, recently advised Sonas Capital on the acquisition of Barnsley-based Acorn Brewer, alongside Guy Bartlett from Fidelis Advisory. Read More
- Excello Law Employment Specialist?Hina Belitz?has been in high demand this month. She was asked to speak to?Times Radio?to provide her view on flexible working and the return to the office – the interview focused on the legalities of forcing employees back to the office or docking their pay should they refuse to do so. Listen to Hina's interview here?
- Hina also provided comments to Ben Gray, the Legal 500 investigator for London Employment, for his article “Under the lens: the rise of senior investigations”. Hina provides valuable insights into the necessity of external investigations and proactive measures for workplace improvement. Read More
- ?Hina also featured in HR Magazine where she shared her concerns about the new Flexible Working Bill. Read More
- Excello Law Employment Partner
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has written an article for the Solicitors Journal discussing the controversy surrounding NatWest's severance pay for its CEO, Dame Alison Rose. Read More
- Excello Law Employment specialist?Sarah King?examines three recent laws aimed at providing increased legal safeguards and extra compensated leave for?People Management magazine. Read More
- In his latest blog, Excello's Business and Corporate Law Specialist
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looks at the Retained EU Law Act; the Crisis of Democracy in Western Societies; Brexit and Finland; and Horizontal Agreements Read More
- Lowry Legal, part of the Excello Law Group, has commented in?Citywealth?on recent high-profile legal judgments affecting family law, as well as an overview of no-fault divorce and the challenges faced in handling UHNW complex assets, with analysis provided by Managing Partner?Katie McCann. "For the vast majority of people, this new procedure has taken some of the heat out of divorce and has worked well." Read More
- Lowry Legal appears in?eprivateclient, discussing the importance of maintaining discretion in financial remedies decisions. ? "Clarifying basic principles and legislating accordingly would certainly help streamline most cases, but this cannot and should not replace the principle of discretion" ? Read?Lesley Smythe's article here?
- Excello Law has launched?Preston Law?– a boutique firm focused on commercial dispute resolution and insolvency law – with solicitor?Richard Preston. Preston Law will operate as a trading name of Excello Law. Richard is a highly experienced commercial, insolvency, and dispute resolution lawyer who joined Excello Law as a consultant solicitor in 2020. Read More
- Excello Law launched a specialist legal practice, Roberts Law, with award-winning financial and legal services leader?Robert Barnard. Roberts Law is a specialist firm focused on debt recovery, which will operate as a trading name of Excello Law. Please visit the Roberts Law website??
- Excello Law Webinar with The LawyerHow can we make sure everyone has a fair chance to succeed, no matter their gender, sexuality, ethnicity, disability or social mobility?Just 2 per cent of all UK lawyers are Black, according to the Solicitors Regulation Authority. Join Excello Law CEO George Bisnought for this engaging webinar in which he will discuss with a panel of experts how the profession is working to foster a diverse and inclusive workforce. Why are firms failing to shift the diversity dial, what more can be done?Join this speaker panel as they share creative approaches to making law firms more inclusive as well as personal stories that will inspire change. The discussion will help lawyers, regardless of their background, race or gender, to advance their careers in the world of law. This session will help lawyers gain valuable insights and contribute to a more diverse and accessible legal profession.Register Now
