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If you run or have just set up a business, you might be considering whether you need a shareholders’ agreement. In our latest blog Lauren Kilbride, a Trainee Solicitor in Rothera Bray’ corporate and commercial department, explains what shareholders’ agreements are, the benefits of having one and the risks involved by failing to have a shareholders’ agreement in place.

We are delighted to announce that our partner and Head of Wills and Probate Jayne Smith has won the Lifetime Achievement Award at this year’s Nottinghamshire Law Society Awards.

We are delighted to announce that we will be hosting our annual Charity Golf Day, taking place on Thursday 15th September at Ramsdale Park Golf Centre.

This year, SFE, a membership body representing over 1,600 solicitors specialising in working with older and vulnerable people, has launched “Update Your Will Week” (28th March – 3rd April) in a bid to raise awareness of the importance of updating your will regularly. 

We are pleased to announce that we are partnering with Framework to support them in their lifesaving and life-changing work in our local communities.

The role of an executor of a Will comes with great responsibility, namely, to ensure a person’s last wishes are granted with regards to their estate as per their Will.

Expert evidence is used to assist the courts in resolving a dispute when a case involves specialist or technical matters. But what happens if one party elects to bring expert evidence, but the other party does not? Further, what is the position if the side without expert evidence does not seek to even challenge the other side’s expert?

On 6th April 2022 changes to divorce legislation will come into effect, allowing people to divorce without fault.

From this date, couples who wish to divorce will no longer need to prove that one side is to blame for the breakdown of the marriage due to, for example, adultery or unreasonable behaviour, but they will simply need to provide a statement of irretrievable breakdown of the marriage or civil partnership to obtain a divorce, dissolution of a civil partnership or a judicial separation.

The new reforms will also allow couples to make joint applications for divorce, dissolution and separation and remove the ability to defend the decision to divorce.

The Highway Code’s most recent updates came into force on 29th January 2022 and fundamentally change the duties owed by different road users to one another. We will be looking at what these changes are and why they are of importance to road users and the material impact for lawyers.

It is not easy being an External Transport Manager. You have the same responsibilities as a full-time in-house Transport Manager however you might only be contracted for a handful of hours a week in the case of a single vehicle operator. Even for a diligent External Transport Manager it can be difficult to exercise continuous and effective control when you may only see the vehicles you are responsible for a few hours a week.

This guide is intended to be a short, no-nonsense crib sheet for External Transport Managers. It is by no means comprehensive, but it does flag up some of the more common issues that can ultimately lead to problems with the Traffic Commissioner.

The recent case of Blu-Sky Solutions -v- Be Caring Limited [2021] highlighted the issue of onerous terms in a contract between commercial counter-parties. In this article, we unpick the concept of onerous terms, describes the case, and explains what the outcome means for businesses.

The recent case of Hirachand -v- Hirachand [2021] EWCA Civ 1498 brought the topic of Conditional Fee Agreements (“CFAs”) back into the spotlight. Richard Woodward, associate solicitor in our Dispute Resolution team, discusses the case and whether we’re likely to see a re-birth of no-win, no fee as a result.