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Welcome Snowballs and open fires aside, winter isn’t all fun and games. Dark mornings and dark afternoons pose their own mood-detracting challenges for workers and employers alike. And that’s not all. Acas has a guide to dealing...

Law firm George Green LLP have expanded its top-ranked Corporate and Commercial team with the recent appointment of Senior Associate, James Bird. James previously worked as a Senior Associate at Wright Hassall Solicitors specialising in a wide variety of...

Leading law firm, George Green LLP has been recognised as a stand out law firm by the 2016 edition of law directory, Chambers & Partners. The firm has had eight of its lawyers individually ranked as well as five of its practice areas. George Green have...

A leading Midlands employment lawyer has urged employers not to panic about the recent European Court of Justice decision that time spent travelling by mobile workers between their home and customer’s premises is considered working time. Tim Lang,...

A recent case has illustrated the importance of ensuring that indemnities in share or asset purchase agreements are drafted as clearly as possible, according to a leading company lawyer. “It is usual for a purchaser of a company or business to...

A recent Court of Appeal case has demonstrated the importance of documenting shareholder rights and restrictions in a formal shareholders’ agreement, according to a leading corporate lawyer.  “Shareholders in a private company almost always...

Like many cities and towns, Wolverhampton has its fair share of vacant office space, comments Paul Kettle , a solicitor in the commercial property department at George Green LLP. The government is set to introduce a permanent permitted development right for...

Last week the Supreme Court gave judgement in two cases in which wives had applied to reopen the financial settlements they received upon divorce. Both applications were made on the basis that their husbands had not been truthful about the extent of their...

Welcome The Rugby World Cup 2015. A meeting of minds, muscles and mauls.  But for all the enthusiasm it generates, the tournament is another workplace distraction for employers to manage. Time off to watch matches; calling in sick to nurse a...

Solicitor advocate, James Field, joins George Green’s top-ranked litigation and dispute resolution department. James previously worked with George Green’s Morgan Rees in Bell Lax’s commercial litigation team before spending two years at a...