Thorneycroft Solicitors news

The Lawshare Conference 2017 took place on Wednesday and our Managing Director, Rachel did a fantastic job as one of the speakers at the event.

The third annual Lawshare Conference was held at the prestigious Lowry Hotel in Manchester and this year’s theme was ‘making it work’ with a focus on making your law firm work for you and revealing how to maximise its potential.

Joining Rachel on the day were 9 fellow speakers, including headline speaker Matt Fleetwood, Chief Executive of Beyond and former Managing Partner at Fieldfisher.

Rachel appeared on the second panel of the afternoon and discussed how to make your Lawshare firm work for you, alongside 3 other panel members.

Commenting on the event Rachel said: …….

What is Lawshare?

Lawshare is a referral scheme for lawyers which allows members to refer work to either the private or commercial team when they are unable to deal with an enquiry from a client, either as result of a conflict of interest or if it falls outside of the firm’s area of expertise.

The scheme is completely free to join and Lawshare has grown to become an influential network of over 180 law firms.

We were delighted to have raised over £1,500 for Stockport based charity The Wellspring as part of our ongoing support for the local community.

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Pregnancy complications are something that affects a huge number of people across the UK on a daily basis, and when they’re close to home, they can have huge impacts on all of those close to the family.

For our associate director, Craig, the impact was enough to make him want to make a difference.

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Last week, a number of the team headed over to Redford Court in Liverpool to help the neurobehavioural rehabilitation centre redecorate. As part of our ongoing support to the Brain Injury Rehabilitation Trust and Disabilities Group, we felt this was a great opportunity for us to give something back.

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Following on from a very successful Dancing With Neurons seminar at Redford Court, we will be returning this month in a slightly different capacity.

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Falling through the skies at approximately 120mph before taking in the scenery of the North West from 5,000ft may sound hellish to some, but that is exactly what our Trainee Solicitor Claire Gatley is preparing to do.

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On Wednesday 26^th April, the Devonshire Hotel in Liverpool will be hosting The Brain Injury Rehabilitation Trust (BIRT) seminar, “Dancing with Neurons”. In an industry that sees first-hand how much of an impact on life these injuries can have, and how the rehabilitation aids our client’s recovery, we are thrilled to sponsor this event.

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The government today has announced the 12 week consultation for fixed fees in clinical negligence claims with a damages value of up to £25k. Whilst this is clearly going to be inevitable, it is alarming that the news reports continue to paint the claimant lawyers as unscrupulous!

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This is one of the most frequently asked questions for family lawyers when a client contemplating divorce.  Like most urban myths, there is a grain of truth in it, but like almost every other legal question, the answer is “it depends”.

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Thorneycroft Solicitors are delighted to announce the appointment of Heather Gaunt in the position of Associate Director and Head of the Wills, Probate and Trust Department. Heather takes this role as part of the ongoing expansion and development of the firm’s Private Client Services.

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