Fasttrac Solicitors granted ABS status
Fasttrac Solicitors has announced that it has been granted ABS status by the Solicitors Regulatory authority. ABS status allows law firms to appoint non-lawyers as managers and directors and for there to be external investment in a law firm. Fasttrac joins around 50 other firms who have been granted ABS approval including Co-Op Legal Services […]
Time to Learn the Drill on Fracking, says Battens Expert
The green light to resume fracking, or hydraulic fracturing, could prompt a ‘tremor’ of legal disputes, a leading South West lawyer has claimed. Battens Chairman David Stephens said opponents of the process were likely to turn to the planning system to object to any proposals put forward by energy companies. His comments follow a government […]
Rainfall and the effect on subsidence
In our last blog we defined subsidence and looked at the extent of the issue in the UK (average number of properties affected by flood in the UK annually is the same for subsidence). So what will be the effect of all the rain we have seen — surely subsidence is caused by dry […]