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31 October 2013
Issue: 7582 / Categories: Legal News
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Hacking Ashton closes

Staffordshire ABS enters liquidation

Staffordshire alternative business structure, Hacking Ashton LLP has entered into liquidation. Creditors were advised at a meeting last week that declining fee income had led to losses, which in turn meant the 75-employee, £3.5m revenue practice had insufficient cash to pay its annual professional indemnity insurance in October. Duff & Phelps is acting as liquidator. Clive Woolliscroft, the former managing partner, praised his staff for their “fantastic” work in ensuring the transfer of live files in an orderly manner.

Issue: 7582 / Categories: Legal News
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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Gateley Legal—Jack Kelly

Gateley Legal—Jack Kelly

Gateley Legal expands Midlands residential development team

Gibson Dunn—Richard Surtees

Gibson Dunn—Richard Surtees

Gibson Dunn adds employee benefits and executive compensation practice in London with partner Richard Surtees

Laytons ETL—Alec Cameron

Laytons ETL—Alec Cameron

Laytons ETL appoints new partner and head of intellectual property disputes

NEWS
A series of recent decisions has clarified important principles across property law, from perpetuities to lease renewals and public rights over land
Employers cannot rely on wellbeing services alone to defend workplace stress claims after a High Court decision awarding almost £1m to an overworked employee
Andy Burnham's brand of 'Manchesterism' could offer fresh thinking on legal aid and access to justice if it reaches Westminster, according to Roger Smith, NLJ columnist and former director of JUSTICE
The constitutional fallout from a change of prime minister, rather than the politics, is under scrutiny as questions arise over the limits of executive authority in a leadership transition
The legal profession is undergoing a fundamental shift from selling services to creating technology-enabled products, according to Professor Luke Mason, Head of School of Law at Regent's University London
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