Freeth Cartwright Helps Steer Logistics Firm To New HQ
Commercial property specialist Jon Smart, of leading regional law firm Freeth Cartwright, has helped steer a logistics firm to new headquarters in the East Midlands.
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Archive for July, 2007
Ground-Breaking Conference Aims To Help Children With Acquired Brain Injuries
The inaugural conference for a newly-formed charity set up to provide specialist educational services for young people with acquired brain injuries will take place in November, it has been announced.Nottingham-based trust-ed will host Education after acquired brain injury: The Way Forward at the East Midlands Conference Centre, Nottingham, with the aim of raising awareness and understanding of the long-term education need of children and young people with acquired brain injuries.
Cadbury’s “Salmonella” Sentencing Welcomed
The family of a young Derbyshire child who contracted Salmonella as a result of eating Cadbury’s chocolate has welcomed sentencing of the firm.
Freeth Cartwright Takes Care Of Finance Deal
Corporate finance specialists at regional law firm Freeth Cartwright have advised a fast-growing care home group that has just announced UK expansion plans after securing a new multi-million-pound property finance deal.Established in 1996 and named after the grandmother of its founder and chairman, Phil Burgan, Maria Mallaband has developed into one of the UK’s leading providers of residential support for the elderly and mentally ill.
Current Acquisition Sparks Further Growth
Corporate finance Partner Murray Macnab, of regional heavyweight law firm Freeth Cartwright, has advised Burton-based Northbridge Industrial Services plc on its latest acquisition.Based at the Centrum 100 business park, Northbridge was launched to acquire companies that hire and sell specialist industrial equipment, with its main subsidiary being Crestchic Limited, founded in Burton more than 25 years ago and now the largest specialist loadbank manufacturer in the world.
Church Repairs May Add To Property Woes
Leading regional law firm Freeth Cartwright is warning that investors in property need to do even more homework, for a liability that stems from a rule that is about 1,000 years old has come back to haunt land owners.Chancel repair liability is the latest in an increasing list of risks faced by land buyers, although the obligation to repair the church chancel actually dates back around a thousand years. Historically, liability belonged to the rector but after the reformation the rectorial land - and the liability - was dispersed among lay people.
Employment Review - July 2007
In this month’s review we cover the first Tribunal decision dealing with the new “service provision change” definition of a transfer within TUPE 2006. There are also interesting cases about the ownership of an employee’s contacts list stored on the employer’s computer and the implications of an employee breaching warranty provisions within a compromise agreement.