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Michelmores to host First Sea Lord
The First Sea Lord and Chief of the UK\'s Naval Staff is to be the guest of honour at Michelmores Solicitors next busine...
( Last Updated: 10-03-2010 )
Property awards judges to face tough task
Entries have now closed for the 9th Michelmores/Western Morning News Annual Commercial Property Awards and organisers ar...
( Last Updated: 05-03-2010 )
Corporate Finance boost for Michelmores
Michelmores LLP, UK Regional Law Firm of the Year, has announced the arrival of Richard Cobb, one of the region\'s leadi...
( Last Updated: 05-03-2010 )
International yachtsman to compete in Round Britain and Ireland Race
International professional yachtsman Alex Bennett from Devon has today announced his entry into the historic Round Brita...
( Last Updated: 23-02-2010 )
Michelmores call for run sponsorship
Michelmores is once again inviting local businesses to sponsor the firm\'s acclaimed annual charity run. More than 1,2...
( Last Updated: 05-03-2010 )
Business Barometer reveals recession fatigue and a clear call for national economic reform
For the first time in many years this quarter\'s Western Morning News Business Barometer, compiled and analysed by the B...
( Last Updated: 05-03-2010 )
Property Litigator joins Michelmores
A highly regarded property litigator has joined the Exeter office of Michelmores LLP. Rob Nicholson, formerly a partne...
( Last Updated: 18-02-2010 )
New law to give clergy employment rights
Recent claims by the trade union Unite that clergy are being bullied by Bishops and parishioners will be addressed with ...
( Last Updated: 18-02-2010 )
Charlotte Davies of Michelmores accepted as member of Solicitors for the Elderly
Solicitor Charlotte Davies of Michelmores LLP has been accepted as a member of the national association \'Solicitors for...
( Last Updated: 17-12-2009 )
Philip Hammond MP addresses business leaders at Michelmores event
Philip Hammond MP, Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury for the Conservatives, addressed senior chief executives recen...
( Last Updated: 04-02-2010 )
Michelmores triumphs at British Legal Awards
Michelmores LLP has been voted UK Regional Law Firm of the Year at the 2009 British Legal Awards, organised by influenti...
( Last Updated: 05-03-2010 )
Record–breaking polar explorer to address Exeter businesses
Polar explorer and internationally acclaimed motivational speaker Ann Daniels is to be the guest speaker at the Michelmo...
( Last Updated: 15-01-2010 )
Michelmores moustaches for Movember
FOURTEEN lawyers at Exeter law firm Michelmores have endured 30 days of ridicule and discomfort in an attempt to raise a...
( Last Updated: 07-12-2009 )
Chambers success for Michelmores
The findings of leading legal directory, Chambers & Partners, have added to the success achieved by Michelmores LLP ...
( Last Updated: 15-01-2010 )
Good news for Directors
Under recent changes to the Companies Act, directors are now able to prevent their residential address from being placed...
( Last Updated: 07-12-2009 )
Michelmores to advise London Boroughs
Announcement follows Michelmores appointment to Surrey local authority consortium Exeter-based Michelmores LLP is amon...
( Last Updated: 02-12-2009 )
Michelmores staff in virtual baby competition for National Adoption Week
Who loves yer, baby? EIGHTEEN staff including three partners at Michelmores Solicitors in Exeter are about to find out...
( Last Updated: 18-11-2009 )
ILEX launches new branch in Devon – Michelmores to host official launch event
The Institute of Legal Executives (ILEX), the national professional body which represents 22,000 trainee and practicing ...
( Last Updated: 06-11-2009 )
Michelmores university scholars going for Olympic gold in 2012
The double act of Exeter University Olympic sailing prospects, sponsored by Michelmores LLP, are well into their prepara...
( Last Updated: 28-10-2009 )
Vince Cable MP addresses business leaders at Michelmores event
Cable warns of tax hikes and economic pain Liberal Democrat Treasury spokesman Vince Cable has warned of tax rises - i...
( Last Updated: 01-12-2009 )
Tough times likely to continue as public spending soars
Stephen Morse, partner and head of the Business Group at Michelmores, considers the Western Morning News and Michelmores...
( Last Updated: 18-11-2009 )
Exeter adoption lawyer appointed to national monitoring body
An Exeter based childcare specialist lawyer has been appointed to the Legal Group Advisory Committee of the British Asso...
( Last Updated: 13-11-2009 )
Energy from Waste – major seminar programme to discuss opportunities in Anaerobic Digestion
The farming community is to be given the chance to listen to expert advice on the opportunities open to them in Anaerobi...
( Last Updated: 06-11-2009 )
Legal ’bible’ praise for property team at Michelmores
Michelmores\' property teams have been recognised once again as leaders in the region in a report by the profession\'s \...
( Last Updated: 14-09-2009 )
City workers set to swim the extra mile for Hospiscare
Five city workers are preparing to brave an open water swim to raise money for Hospiscare. Michemores\' partners Camer...
( Last Updated: 28-10-2009 )
Michelmores new hands on tiller of Business Barometer
The 33rd Western Morning News Business Barometer will be published in October with the business group at Michelmores LLP...
( Last Updated: 20-11-2009 )
South West businesses take to the high seas
Annual yacht race attracts 300 sailors The 19th Annual Michelmores Challenge Yacht Race is to take place in Torbay on ...
( Last Updated: 20-09-2009 )
Leaders in field accolade for Michelmores’ solicitors
Twenty-six lawyers from Exeter and London based solicitors Michelmores LLP have been recognised by the legal profession\...
( Last Updated: 06-11-2009 )
Avoid elderly ’snatch’ by state – make a health and welfare LPA
In April 2009, great-grandmother Betty Figg was snatched by social workers against the wishes of her daughter, her forme...
( Last Updated: 18-08-2009 )
Law Society appointment for Michelmores solicitor
Michelmores private client lawyer Richard Flack has been elected to a specialist Law Society committee dealing with tax ...
( Last Updated: 06-09-2009 )
Festival run success for Michelmores
Just two months after organising their own charity road race in June, Michelmores Solicitors sponsored the notoriously t...
( Last Updated: 24-08-2009 )
NHS Continuing Healthcare – ’a matter of interpretation’
Exeter case highlighted healthcare funding issues The criticism of the process which decides who is eligible for NHS C...
( Last Updated: 03-08-2009 )
Michelmores partner becomes Air Ambulance Trustee
Michelmores private client partner David Charlesworth has been appointed to the Board of Trustees for the Devon Air Ambu...
( Last Updated: 28-10-2009 )
Michelmores shortlisted for national award
Michelmores LLP has been shortlisted in one of the most significant categories in the annual UK STEP awards. The Exete...
( Last Updated: 26-08-2009 )
Battling Bernard Braves the Waves for Charity
Michelmores office manager Bernard Cockfield completed the popular Eddystone Charity Sailing Pursuit on 11 July 2009, an...
( Last Updated: 28-10-2009 )
Michelmores continued growth boosted by reappointment to SRA Intervention Panel
Ambitious London and Exeter law firm Michelmores appears to have withstood the harsher impact of the recession, having a...
( Last Updated: 02-09-2009 )
Michelmores secure £3.3 million in damages for claimant ’AB’ in another successful Bristol Royal Infirmary cardiac case
Michelmores\' clinical negligence team, led by Laurence Vick and assisted by Michael Vian Clark, have settled the claim ...
( Last Updated: 16-07-2009 )
Michelmores settle yet another Bristol Royal Infirmary cardiac case for £5.5 million
Following on from the case of AB, Michelmores\' partner Laurence Vick and Michael Vian Clark have settled the claim of a...
( Last Updated: 16-07-2009 )
Keeping pace with Michelmores – Charity Run update
£23,212 That\'s the amount the Michelmores Charity Run 2009 has raised for Hospiscare to date! £150,000 ...
( Last Updated: 28-10-2009 )
Lord Parkinson addresses industry leaders at Michelmores’ Financial Services and Markets Lunch
Conservative peer and former cabinet minister Lord Parkinson addressed financial services sector chief executives yester...
( Last Updated: 28-10-2009 )
Green project scoops ’Blue Riband’ in Commercial Property Awards
A sustainable development with incubation-style business units has scooped the prestigious Project of the Year over &pou...
( Last Updated: 20-07-2009 )
Michelmores Associates appointed as Partners
Michelmores have made three new partner appointments, all drawn from the firm\'s successful Associates Development Progr...
( Last Updated: 28-10-2009 )
Michelmores lawyer appointed Devon and Cornwall Regional Co–ordinator of Solicitors for the Elderly
Solicitor Louise Tribble of Exeter-based solicitors Michelmores has been appointed as the Regional Co-ordinator for the ...
( Last Updated: 17-06-2009 )
World lawyers impressed with Devon
Lawyers from around the world said attending a conference in Exeter had opened their eyes to Devon\'s&nb...
( Last Updated: 17-06-2009 )
New Associates at Michelmores
Exeter and London based law firm Michelmores LLP has recognised the expertise and potential of five of its talented soli...
( Last Updated: 21-04-2009 )
Michelmores advises on £210 million Skypark scheme, Exeter
7500 jobs target on 110 acre airport site Michelmores LLP, the leading commercial property law firm in the Westcountry...
( Last Updated: 18-08-2009 )
Michelmores continues with expansion plans
Following the announcement that London and South West based Michelmores LLP has maintained its 20% plus year on ye...
( Last Updated: 07-07-2009 )
City lawyer joins Michelmores’ Technology, Media and Communications team
A specialist IT, media and e-commerce lawyer has joined the expanding Technology, Media and Communications (TMC) t...
( Last Updated: 20-04-2009 )
Commercial Property Awards shortlist announced
The seventh annual Michelmores/Western Morning News Commercial Property Awards not only attracted a record number of ent...
( Last Updated: 21-04-2009 )
Exeter lawyers do something funny for money
The comedy race of the year takes place at Pynes Hill on 13th March when lawyers from Michelmores LLP climb aboard a min...
( Last Updated: 29-03-2009 )
New lawyer reopens Sidmouth legal surgery
The latest recruit to Michelmores LLP Private Client Group will be based at Sidmouth and is set to reopen the solicitors...
( Last Updated: 30-03-2009 )
Exeter sixth formers in court!
Sixth Form pupils from Exeter School are to find themselves in court next week when they take up the posts of lawyers, d...
( Last Updated: 13-03-2009 )
Michelmores advise in sale of Faith Shoes business
Michelmores' Insolvency & Restructuring team has advised the board of high street retailer Faith Shoes in the ...
( Last Updated: 04-12-2008 )
Nick Cann of the Institute of Financial Planning addresses financial advisers at Michelmores’ Financial Services and Markets Lunch
On Friday 12 September, Nick Cann, Chief Executive of the Institute of Financial Planning, addressed independent finan...
( Last Updated: 17-10-2008 )
Business Surgery Success at Michelmores
A morning of business surgeries and workshops held at Michelmores Woodwater House offices proved to be a great success w...
( Last Updated: 05-06-2008 )
Michelmores win RBS Adventure Quest 2008
A team from Michelmores legal practice in Exeter has scooped the top prize in the RBS Adventure Quest 2008, held on Thur...
( Last Updated: 10-07-2008 )
Charity Run 2008
04 June 2008 Demand is expected to be high for the chance to participate in the 9th Michelmores Charity Run which takes...
( Last Updated: 19-06-2008 )
Commercial Property Awards Dinner – Princesshay takes Project of the Year
14 May 2008 The winners of the Michelmores/Western Morning News Commercial Property Awards for 2007 were announced this ...
( Last Updated: 22-05-2008 )
Michelmores recognized in Best Companies Guide for second year running
08 February 2008 For the second year running Michelmores has achieved “First Class” status in the 2008 Best ...
( Last Updated: 20-05-2008 )
Michelmores firm handles Britain’s most expensive residential development site
01 February 2008 Chelsea barracks sold for nearly £1bn Michelmores LLP has acted for the Ministry of Defence (Def...
( Last Updated: 08-02-2008 )
Lateral Hire Boosts Michelmores’ Employment Team
17 January 2008 Well known Westcountry lawyer Andrew Tobey has joined Michelmores LLP as head of the firm’s employ...
( Last Updated: 19-06-2008 )
Charity Law Expert Joins Michelmores
17 January 2008 Specialist charity lawyer Shivaji Shiva has joined Michelmores LLP as Head of Charity Law from London ba...
( Last Updated: 08-02-2008 )
Great year for Michelmores capped by Awards recognition
04 January 2008 Michelmores LLP finished 2007 on a high having been shortlisted for two of the leg...
( Last Updated: 08-02-2008 )
Trainee feedback gives thumbs up for Michelmores in Chambers Student Guide
20 December 2007 Chambers is renowned as one of the legal professions most respected guides. Slightly less well known b...
( Last Updated: 08-02-2008 )
Commercial Property Awards 2007
12 December 2007 Sixth Year of Commercial Property Awards brings two new categories The hunt has now officially started ...
( Last Updated: 19-06-2008 )
Michelmores shortlisted for Regional Law Firm of the Year Award
08 November 2007 Michelmores LLP have been shortlisted in the British Legal Awards in the category of Regional Firm of t...
( Last Updated: 08-02-2008 )
Michelmores praised in Chambers 2007
08 November 2007 The legal profession’s ‘bible’ published this week by Chambers and partners has once...
( Last Updated: 08-02-2008 )
GB Sailors sponsored by Exeter law firm
29 October 2007 Two Sophies sail for Michelmores A double act of Olympic sailing prospects have attracted sponsorship f...
( Last Updated: 08-02-2008 )
Legal News
Oxford’s John Radcliffe hospital suspends children’s heart surgery
Press Release An investigation has begun at an Oxford hospital where children\'s heart surgery was suspended after fou...
( Last Updated: 05-03-2010 )
Final changes to the Companies Act
Benjamin Franklin said that nothing can be \\\"certain except death & taxes\\\" but then he lived before the days of...
( Last Updated: 13-11-2009 )
Abolition of furnished lettings relief
The Chancellor may well have sounded the \'death knell\' for relief from Inheritance Tax (IHT) for furnished holiday let...
( Last Updated: 10-05-2009 )
Legal Liability: Managing Risk of Information Security Breaches
05 December 2007 Rehman Noormohamed, is Head of the Technology, Media & Communications practice at Michelmores LLP....
( Last Updated: 08-02-2008 )
