Age Discrimination and Redeployment

In a recent case relating to age discrimination and redeployment, the Claimant was employed by a council but on a secondment with a social landlord. At the end of the secondment...

Keeping The Peace

One particularly noticeable effect of the current economic climate and reduction in house prices/saleability has been the introduction of the "pipes of peace”...

Credit Crunch, Mortgage Grump

In the good old days (that seem to have ended in 2008) if one party wished, following separation, to purchase the other's interest in the matrimonial or...

Estate Agents fined £200 for failing to produce compliant Home Information Packs

According to industry magazine Estate Agent Today ( 26 October 2009 ), more and more estate agents are flouting the law on Home Information Packs (HIPs) creating a 'grey market' in house sales....

Crash for Cash Scams Shouldn’t Deter Genuine Car Accident Victims from Claiming Compensation – Clough & Willis Solicitors

The BBC news today (21 October 2009) reported on the jailing of a "Crash for Cash Scam Man” who admitted his part in a £1.6million conspiracy deliberately causing car crashes at a fee of...

Clough & Willis Solicitors launch new Debt Recovery Service from £2 per letter

In a bid to help business owners improve their cash flow Clough & Willis Solicitors is now offering to recover debts for businesses from as little as £2. In the current economic...

Commercial Property Law Team Celebrate Success

Picture -The Commercial Property Team, Paul Breedon, Richard Rouse , David Wilbraham , Lorraine Stratton-Webb, Karen Yates and Managing Partner Shefali Talukdar Despite the downturn in the...

Clough & Willis Solicitors Give their Opinion on David Cameron to ITN News

Shefali Talukdar, managing partner, and Paul Breedon, Commercial Property Partner, were this week invited by ITN News to give their views and judgements on David Cameron's closing speech at the...

Clough & Willis Solicitors Launch Free Weekly Legal Clinics. September 2009.

Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce reports on the launch of the free weekly legal clinics for individuals. The new sessions will provide clients with an initial 20 minute free consultation...

Clough & Willis Ranked in Crain's Manchester Business Commercial Property List 2009

Clough & Willis has this week (Monday 14th September) been placed at number 14 in the annual Crain's Commercial Property List. This respected survey of North West legal firms ranks local...

Clough & Willis Launches Free Monthly Legal Information Centre for Bury Dementia Sufferers and their Carers at Pinfold Lane Day Centre

There's no doubting that dementia is one of the most debilitating conditions and an estimated 2,124 (source: Alzheimer's Society) are suffering from it right now in the Bury area with both...

Thursday, 11 August, 2009 Tim Gray, Partner of Clough & Willis comments for the Daily Telegraph page 11

Tim Gray, Partner at Clough & Willis comments in the Daily Telegraph on the compensation awards for unfair dismissal and sexual discrimination in relation to the high profile sacking of...

Employment Law Specialist Andrew Moore of Clough & Willis sees surge of enquiries from legal trainees

Andrew Moore, employment law specialist at Clough & Willis Solicitors in Bury has been inundated with enquiries from trainee solicitors across the North West and UK as law firms are...

Clough & Willis Announces First Date in Series of Employer's Forum Events for 2009

Clough & Willis Sponsors Bolton and Bury Customer Excellence Award 2008 Employment law is a complex minefield at the best of times and never more so now we're in such a challenging economic...

The Business Awards 2009

Results of the 2009 Bury and Bolton Business Awards were finally unveiled by Host Gordon Burns, at a prestigious dinner at the De Vere Whites Hotel, Reebok Stadium in Bolton on the 25 June....

Holiday Accidents

Many of us will be off on our summer holidays in the next few weeks but what happens if you are injured in an accident whilst on holiday? The tragic death of 14 year old Nathan Clark at the...

Selling or buying a home? Home Information Packs (HIPs) made easy PLUS free property law clinics for any questions you have

Since Home Information Packs (HIPs) were introduced in 2008, there has been much confusion amongst the general public. There have been several amendments to both the required content and the...

Pre-Nuptial Agreements - should we now take them seriously?

A recent decision by the Court of Appeal has held that a husband should be bound by the terms of a Pre-Nuptial Agreement that he entered into with his wife. Previously, Pre-Nuptial Agreements...

As In All Things Timing Is Everything

One only has to look at the news, Internet or newspapers to confirm we are surrounded by doom and gloom; it is also a time for the entrepreneurs among you who have built up a property portfolio...

Clough & Willis Partners Get Peddling for New Children's Hospital Appeal

North West lawyers raise funds for local charities On the Sunday 28th June 2009, Chris Macwilliam and Paul Breedon - two of the partners at Bury based solicitors Clough & Willis - will be...

Clough & Willis Comments in The Wall Street Journal

Tim Gray, a partner and dispute-resolution solicitor at Clough & Willis Solicitors in Bury was recently asked to comment by The Wall Street Journal on how UK Banks are managing their...

Gortons Accountants win the Clough & Willis Annual Quiz

Clough & Willis Solicitors held its Annual Quiz at the Elton Vale Sports Club. The event, which attracted 30 teams from across the Bury area, was won by Gorton Chartered Accountants. The...

Clough & Willis Solicitors' Survey Reveals Startling Attitudes to not having a Will despite changes in UK law

Making a Will is an emotive issue. We all know how important they are but a recent survey conducted by Bury based Clough & Willis - one of the North West's leading midsized legal firms -...

Employment Lawyer Andrew Moore of Clough & Willis comments on Landmark Employment Tribunal Decision

Andrew Moore, an employment law specialist at Clough & Willis Solicitors, acted for a legal trainee who was dismissed without the agreement of the Solicitors Regulation Authority in a...