Stowe Family Law, the UK’s largest specialist family law firm, has opened an office in Bath, its 16th across the country and third in the West of England. The opening coincides with a 95% increase in the number of people seeking information about divorce from the firm over the past year, triggered by the...
Mei-Ling Huang has been appointed as chair of Bath-headquartered Royds Withy King in line with a new governance and management structure at the fast-growing law firm. The firm, which employs around 520 people across its offices in Bath, London, Oxford and Swindon, has introduced a board-level partnership committee to oversee its strategic growth and...
Bath-headquartered law firm Royds Withy King has strengthened its residential property practice with the appointment of partner Mark Scott. Mark, pictured, has joined the firm’s London office from Blake Morgan, where he was a legal director and head of its London residential property team. He was previously a lawyer at Mishcon de Reya. Mark...
Residential property developers Tanda Homes and Mendip Developments have made two further site acquisitions as they continue to grow. The sites are the sixth and seventh acquired by the Frome-based group since 2016 and follow on from its successful developments in Westbury, Ashcott near Street, Frome and Sherborne. Bristol and London law firm Temple...
Bath charity Julian House, which supports homeless people with a range of services, has received £25,750 from city-headquartered law firm Royds Withy King – the result of a two-year link-up between them. Royds Withy King, which has offices on Midland Bridge and next to Queen Square, made Julian House its official charity partner in...
Bath businesses are being urged to join hundreds of employers from across the UK by taking part in the country’s largest survey of race in the workplace. City-headquartered international engineering practice Buro Happold has already signed up to complete the survey, which is being staged by Business in the Community (BiTC), the organisation dedicated to...
Bath-headquartered law firm Royds Withy King has exceeded its aim of having women make up 40% of its partnership by 2025 following its latest round of promotions. Two years ago the firm set a target of achieving a partnership with a ratio of 60%-40% men to women within six years. With two of its three...
Bath-headquartered law firm Stone King has made 11 promotions ranging from partner to associate and legal executive across its specialist sectors of business, charity, education and private client law. The new partner is Rebecca Eels, pictured, a Bath-based lawyer in the family & mediation team. The four new senior associates are Josh Gilbert (business...
Bath-headquartered law firm Royds Withy King has appointed two new partners to boost its personal injury and family teams. Jayne Martins has joined the firm’s Bath office to focus on the practice areas of financial remedies, cohabitation disputes and private law involving children, while Sarah Wolf will work in its London office as part of...
The Western Gateway, the cross-border economic partnership of eight cities either side of the River Severn including Bath, has appointed three new members to its board. They include former Institute of Directors Bristol chair Lhosa DalyLhosa, pictured, who has also been chair of Bristol art gallery Arnolfini. The partnership was launched in November 2019 as the UK’s...
