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Sleaford Commercial Law Team Welcomes Property Expert

Firm NewsBy Derek Kinnersley June 27, 2017

County law firm Sills & Betteridge LLP has announced expansion of its Sleaford commercial law team, with the appointment of Raj Blackburn, a Partner specialising in commercial property. Raj joins Stephen Swift in the department and acts for a range of clients, from small local businesses to landed agents and national companies. She deals with the sale and purchase of freehold property including option agreements, overage (clawback) and planning matters. Raj has extensive knowledge of leasehold transactions whether granting or taking a new lease, assignments, variations or surrenders. Raj is committed to providing practical, commercial advice and a first class client service and will draw upon the breadth of expertise…

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Regulatory Law Specialist Joins Sills & Betteridge

Firm NewsBy Derek Kinnersley June 27, 2017

East Midlands law firm Sills & Betteridge has announced the appointment of Andrew Kerrigan, an associate solicitor with a specialism in regulatory and compliance law. The appointment is the first in a series of key new appointments aimed expanding Sills & Betteridge’s presence across the East Midlands region. Andrew will be responsible for growing the provision of legal advice to small and medium sized businesses that have experienced a workplace incident or accident. Covering the entire East Midlands region, which includes the firms nine offices located across Lincoln and Nottingham, he will provide guidance on how to respond to an incident and the necessary requirements involved in reporting…

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The Knights’ Trail Visits Sills & Betteridge

Firm NewsBy Ben Tuxworth April 27, 2017

In the run up to the 2017 Knights’ Trail our Aquis House offices will be home to a Baron and Knight. Come and visit them in our office until Friday, when they will be moving on in preparation for the trail. Sills & Betteridge partner John Mitchell said: “We are delighted to have the Baron and the Knight in our reception for a fortnight. We are very grateful to Rob Applewhite from Lincs Archiving for arranging for them to be with us. Sills very much wanted to take part in the celebrations of the 800th Anniversary of the Battle of Lincoln and the Sealing of the Charter of the Forest. In recognition…

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Notts Legal Eagles Soar in the Derbyshire Dales

Firm NewsBy Ben Tuxworth March 30, 2017

Clients and guests from the Nottingham office of law firm Sills & Betteridge took to the Derbyshire Dales recently to network and understand more about each other’s businesses. The event was organised by Brackenbury’s Britain, a company founded in 2014 by Richard Brackenbury, of law firm Fraser Brown, which offers corporate days out, guided walks and tours. The group covered a 7 mile walk which took in the sights of Rowsley Mill, Stanton Moor and the villages of Birchover and Stanton in the Peak. Sills & Betteridge established an office in Nottingham in 2013 following their merger with MacLaren Britton which is located on King Street in the City Centre…

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Victoria Catherine Lyon Foundation

Firm NewsBy Ben Tuxworth March 13, 2017

Rachel Maclean, Partner in the family law team at Sills & Betteridge LLP and Chair of the Victoria Catherine Lyon Foundation attended the charity’s recent fundraising Ball (Feb 25th) and is delighted to announce that over £31,000 was raised. “The evening was a huge success, we all had an amazing time and could not believe people’s kindness and generosity for Victoria’s foundation.” Victoria, a former national rowing champion, sustained brain injury in a car accident in November 2015, and with her family, she has since devoted a lot of time and energy fundraising to help provide support for children and their families on the Brain Injury Unit at Nottingham Children’s…

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Sills & Betteridge LLP awarded Festival of Learning Certificate of Achievement by CILEx Law School

Firm NewsBy sills January 11, 2017

Sills & Betteridge LLP awarded Festival of Learning Certificate of Achievement by CILEx Law School Jenny Pelling, Director of Business and Apprenticeships, awarded a Festival of Learning Certificate of Achievement to Sills & Betteridge LLP at its offices in Lincoln on Thursday 5 January 2017. CILEx Law School has been delivering legal training by distance learning to employees at the Lincolnshire-based law firm Sills & Betteridge LLP for many years. Twelve students are currently enrolled on courses for qualifications set by the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives (CILEx). Sills & Betteridge LLP has used CILEx training delivered by distance learning to develop and retain excellent members of staff, overcoming some…

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New Head of Skegness Commercial Law Department

Firm NewsBy sills October 6, 2016

New Head of Skegness Commercial Law Department County law firm Sills & Betteridge have recently announced plans for their Skegness commercial law department, following their first year post merger with Frearsons Solicitors. The plans coincide with the retirement of former Frearsons Managing Partner Colin Seymour. Senior Partner Andrew Payne “We are delighted to say that Wendy Spalding-Siracusa will now head up the commercial team in Skegness. Whilst Wendy has been based primarily at the firm’s Lincoln office since she joined us, she has become very familiar with the Skegness area, having worked with many local residential and commercial investors, business owners, developers and farmers. I believe this makes her the…

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Parental Responsibility

Family and MatrimonialBy sills August 19, 2016

Parental Responsibility In any dispute involving a child the starting point is Parental Responsibility. This term describes who in a child’s life has the legal right to make decisions about their welfare and upbringing and can cover making decisions such as which school they attend to giving consent for medical treatment. Who has parental responsibility? Mothers automatically have Parental Responsibility as do Fathers who are named on the child’s birth certificate or where the parents are married. Unmarried father’s can also obtain Parental Responsibility either by agreement with the mother or ultimately by a Court Order. Because having Parental Responsibility is important for anyone with day to day care of…

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Making a Will? You Can Make Whatever Bequests You Wish!

Legal NewsBy sills July 6, 2016

It seems only right that people can do what they want with their own money and can make whatever bequests they wish in their wills. In one case which underlined that fundamental freedom, a judge upheld a businessman’s right to cut his daughter out of his estate and leave his entire £2 million fortune to his girlfriend. The man was in a nursing home, suffering from cancer, and had only a few months to live when he changed his will, leaving everything he had to his girlfriend. Under a previous will, his daughter would have received £100,000. She argued that he was confused and lacked the required mental capacity to…

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Traffic Noise Blight Householders Win £125,000 Compensation

Legal NewsBy sills July 4, 2016

It is often thought that if a planning decision with which you are unhappy goes ahead and the development takes place, you must simply grin and bear it. This is not always the case. For example, if public construction works have an impact on the value of your home, you should take specialist legal advice to ensure that you are properly compensated for your loss. In one recent case, householders whose properties were blighted by a road building project secured a settlement of more than £125,000. Twelve homeowners argued that their properties had been devalued by the noise of traffic travelling along a newly constructed bypass. However, Transport for London,…

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