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George Green is pleased to announce that it has significantly strengthened its Private Client offering with the hire of  Trish Venables who has joined from Worcester’s Hallmark Hulme where she was head of the Private Client team. Trish will...

Since 2013, employees have had to pay a fee of up to £1,200 to take their employer to a tribunal.  This led to a drop of around 70% in the number of claims, enabling some employers to take a robust approach to employee relations because of the...

In what was described by Mr Justice Bodey as a “titanic” piece litigation, with legal costs of £9m, the court again affirmed that the role of the home maker was equivalent to the successful entrepreneur and business man husband. The case...

Recently it was announced that two million people have united against dementia by becoming Dementia Friends and amongst those supporting the cause were the Private Client Team from leading Midlands law firm George Green LLP. In 2013 the Alzheimer’s...

Guarantors should ensure that any guarantee document stipulates clearly the steps that a beneficiary should take to authenticate its demand for payment, according to a corporate lawyer.  “Deeds of guarantee will usually specify the requirements...

The Family Court has recently considered how the conduct of parties in divorce proceedings may affect the financial award that they each receive. The husband and wife in  R v B and others [2017 ]  began divorce proceedings after a marriage...

Alex Mansfield has joined Midlands’ leading law firm George Green as a Solicitor in the family team. Alex previously completed her training contract at George Green. Alex who majors in all aspects of family law including divorce, the division of...

One of the leading law firms in the Midlands has continued its recruitment drive with the appointment of Jade Langford as a trainee solicitor. Jade, who graduated in law with First Class Honours in 2015, is spending her first six months with George Green in...

A proposed new regime for the public disclosure of the beneficial ownership of overseas entities owning UK property is likely to necessitate increased due diligence by lenders to such bodies, according to a corporate and banking lawyer. “The Government...

A recent High Court case has illustrated the problems which can arise if parties do not carefully consider the wording of a contractual warranty, according to a corporate partner. “A contract which is unambiguous but which makes no commercial sense...