Many law firms say they are different, special, unique; Anthony Collins Solicitors LLP is all of these things because we exist to improve lives, communities, and society through advising individuals, businesses, not for profit organisations, charities and public sector bodies throughout the UK.
We don’t act for just anybody; we act for people who look on the world as we do and want to work with us to make a difference. We don’t hire just anybody either; we are looking for people who share our values and aspirations.
We already have a national profile in our specialist sectors and have ambitious plans for the future; to become the leading national advisor focused on making a social impact.
Our property development team is seeking to expand in to our newly opened Manchester office and wish to recruit a legal assistant to assist them deliver a broad range of property matters for our Housing sector as well as providing admin assistance to all the fee earners in the office.The ideal candidate will have either some experience of a property nature but more importantly, a keenness and desire to work within our specialist sectors.
The appointed individual will join a firm that can offer them rewarding and meaningful opportunities for development, and where they will have a key role in the future of the firm’s property offering and contribution to delivering the firm’s Purpose.
The UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has recently made some noteworthy changes to its guidance around data subject access requests (DSARs).
In the fourth part of our series on contract management pitfalls, we look at the risks arising out of varying the terms of construction contracts.
Joint ventures present an opportunity for housing associations to build organisational capacity, the revenues from which could help deliver on wider social housing commitments.
Residents are now unable to make applications to prohibit landlords from seeking to recover the cost of legal proceedings through the service charge on behalf of other residents, without consent.
We hosted a breakfast roundtable with Insider Midlands magazine that had attendees from a range of organisations addressing housing needs in the Midlands. The discussion explored JVs in more detail.
The decision of the Court of Appeal in The Harpur Trust v Brazel & Unison has made clear that employers can no longer legally calculate part-time holiday based on 12.07% of hours worked over a year.
Social landlords are seeing a rising number of Equality Act defences to possession proceedings. A recent Court of Appeal decision helps shift the likelihood of such defences succeeding.
On 31 July, the consultation period ended on MHCLG’s proposals for reforming the building safety regulatory system set out in the 'Building a Safer Future' document. We have submitted our response.
The Government commissioned an independent review of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 in July 2018. The outcome was published in May 2019 which highlighted areas for improvement.
In the third part of our series on contract management pitfalls, we look at the risks and opportunities presented by instructing changes under construction contracts.
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