Harrowells Commercial Updates
Marie Horner, partner and Head of Employment Law at Harrowells, highlights the implications to employers of the recent tribunal ruling involving easyJet. Any suggestion that new mothers will have to give up breast-feeding their child to fit in with their...
Harrowells Solicitors were key supporters and sponsors of the inaugural York Food & Drink Conference, held in September to coincide with the city's longstanding Food & Drink Festival. The groundbreaking conference - organised by Make It...
Over 400 people took part in the Big Bad Bike Ride on Saturday 10th September in a bid to raise funds for Ataxia UK. The charity supports individuals diagnosed with Ataxia, a relatively rare but serious group of neurological disorders that can...
Adam McNamara, our sponsored apprentice jockey, recorded the biggest win of his career to date with a four length victory on Heartbreak City at York on Saturday 20th August. His success in the Ebor, the most lucrative flat handicap race in Europe, set the...
William Kaye, Marie Horner, Abbas Khan and Martin Thorpe successfully completed a 'Super Sprint' Triathlon at Castle Howard on Saturday 23rd July in aid of York Against Cancer as part of a fund raising initative organised by Peter Kay,...
Businesses are being urged to prepare for the latest stage of family-friendly leave for parents of newborn babies that takes effect in April 2016. An increasing number of applications for Shared Parental Leave (SPL) can be expected by businesses after new...
The full disclosure of total assets in all divorce cases – including land options agreed with housing companies or developers - are to become crucial for farm and land owners after a recent landmark judgment in the Supreme Court, warns...
Twenty-five jobs have been created with the launch of a new bar and smokehouse restaurant in a former derelict hotel in York City Centre. The jobs have been created at Pavement Vaults in the ground floor and basement of the former White Swan Hotel at the...
A Yorkshire lawyer who was wrongly accused of forging signatures on immigration applications has been cleared by the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal which ruled that there was ‘no case to answer’. Action was taken against immigration...
A new specialist Equine Law Department, which will advise on a wide range of legal issues across the spectrum of horse ownership, breeding, training, racing and care, has been launched by Harrowells Solicitors. The new department, among the first and...
Picture: (L-R) Susie Mortonson, Harrowells; Roger Young, MD Longhand Data Ltd; Matt Rowley, Harrowells A revolutionary scientific technique for verifying the authenticity of a wide range of foods is launching in Yorkshire in August 2015 before...
A North Yorkshire transport company, which is among only a handful in Yorkshire to have British Retail Consortium (BRC) accreditation, has acquired a York haulage business as part of its growth and service strategy. TEF Transport, Scarborough, has bought...
A chance meeting between a care worker and the entrepreneur daughter of a woman she looked after has led to the launch of a new care business in East Yorkshire. Care worker Andrea Brooksby’s meeting with Liz Gericke, while looking after her...
Two new solicitors, one a partner, have joined Harrowells' commercial division. They are partner Paul Burkinshaw and associate solicitor, Matthew Hayward, who follow two senior appointments to Harrowells' commercial division last autumn. Paul...
On 4th November 2014, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) handed down judgment in the holiday pay appeal cases of Hertel (UK) Ltd v Wood and others , Bear Scotland v Fulton and Baxter and Amec Group Ltd v Law and others . In summary, the decision...
Harrowells played a significant role in a deal which saw one of Yorkshire and the North East’s largest animal feed producers being acquired by another agricultural supplies business - creating a stronger and enhanced...
Richard Hugill, Partner in our Litigation & Dispute Resolution Department, has been ranked by the 'Chambers UK' legal directory as a 'leader in his field' for the Yorkshire commercial litigation market. The 2015 Chambers UK directory...
Harrowells played a key role in a deal which saw Minster Vets, a Yorkshire-based national veterinary practice, with 16 branches around the UK, joining complementary business Westpoint Veterinary Group, in a major deal. Minster Veterinary Practice...
Harrowells has strengthened senior level advice within its commercial division with the recruitment of two new partners. Corporate law specialist, Mortonson, who has previously worked in two major commercial law firms in Yorkshire, advises on mergers and...
