Award winning top regional law firm Harrison Clark Rickerbys (HCR) has announced it is in the advanced stages of merger talks with well-established firm Hewitsons, a move which will add new locations in Northampton and Milton Keynes to its existing network of nine offices.
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13-05-2021
Eighteen high-flying lawyers at local law firm Hewitsons have been promoted, in recognition of their success.
06-05-2021
Hewitsons' Corporate and Commercial team is proud to have been recognised as the best in the region at the Cambridgeshire Law Society (CLS) Awards 2021.
28-04-2021
In March 2020, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the UK government announced temporary restrictions and limitations on the enforcement rights available against commercial tenants in rent arrears. Patricia Kempson of Hewitsons explains.
27-04-2021
A recent case highlights the importance of understanding your contractual obligations and the potential risks you may be exposed to if you fail to comply with trigger dates in an agreement. Sophia Jack of Hewitsons explains.
23-04-2021
The Planning Court has today confirmed the scope and limitation of the duty upon statutory consultees when responding to planning consultations. The Planning and Environment Team at Hewitsons acted for the successful claimant with Charles Merritt of Francis Taylor Building as counsel.
23-04-2021
A starling leaving a deposit on the then much wider tie of a fledgling lawyer en route to his first job interview was perhaps a good luck sign for Hewitsons partner Tim Richards, who retires this month after a quarter of a century with the Cambridge firm.
13-04-2021
The Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber) has confirmed the limitation period for compulsory purchase references in a case that serves as a salutary warning to parties about leaving the submission of notices of reference or other types of appeal to the last possible moment. Hewitsons explains...
01-04-2021
Leading law firm Hewitsons has expanded its residential property team with the recruitment of solicitor Alice Gathern, at a time when the firm gears up to meet the needs of the Oxford-Cambridge Arc and the one million new homes it will bring to the region.
30-03-2021
The Government has launched a consultation seeking input on how to achieve its preferred trajectory of meeting the minimum energy efficiency (MEE) rating of B by 2030 on all tenanted non-domestic property.
26-03-2021
Hewitsons lawyer, author and charity founder Saffa Mir has urged UK workplaces to move away from dropping buzzwords without meaningful action behind them and provide tangible support to social justice causes.
23-03-2021
As recently leaked to The Times, the Chancellor Rishi Sunak has today unveiled a temporary extension to the stamp duty holiday as part of his Budget announcements.
03-03-2021
Despite pressure from construction trade bodies, as of yesterday (1 March 2021), a new VAT reverse charge policy must be used for many forms of building and construction works services supply. Colin Jones of Hewitsons explains.
02-03-2021
The presumption in favour of sustainable development can apply when the development plan policies which are most important for determining the application are out-of-date (per paragraph 11(d) NPPF). The recent case of Ewans v Mid Suffolk District Council [2020] has confirmed that such ‘out-of-date’ assessment of a policy can be site specific. Hewitsons explains.
22-02-2021
Law firm Hewitsons is pleased to have further strengthened its residential property team with the appointment of licensed conveyancer Catherine Bolland, based predominately at the firm’s Cambridge office.
19-02-2021
Local law firm Hewitsons has surpassed its £2,000 target in an IT equipment for schools fundraising campaign.
09-02-2021
The available defences to local authority prosecutions for the non-compliance of planning enforcement notices are limited. The recent case of Zafar v Stoke-On-Trent City Council [2020] highlights such limitations and the importance of exercising your appeal rights. Hewitsons explains:
18-01-2021
Landowners will be keen to understand what limits can be imposed on telecoms operators who have equipment on their land. However, they will be disappointed with the outcome of a recent case concerning a lease renewal under the Electronic Communications Code where the tenant operator was allowed extensive rights to install, upgrade and share the site. Sarah Baron of Hewitsons explains.
14-01-2021
Staff from leading law firm Hewitsons have embraced the Christmas spirit by raising nearly £600 for Save the Children via a series of fundraising events throughout December.
24-12-2020
In what should be a salient lesson to all developers carrying out works near breeding sites of protected species, on 8 December at Woolwich Crown Court, Bellway Homes was fined £600,000 after they admitted to damaging or destroying a breeding site or resting place for bats at a construction site in Greenwich.
16-12-2020
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