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11
Jul 2023

Paths into legal careers – what are my options?

There are a multitude of interesting careers available in the legal profession. And you don’t always need to follow a traditional career route to work in a law firm.   Pathway to Progression Over the years we have created a ‘Pathway to Progression’ at Chadwick Lawrence, which provides clear pathways for fee earners to progress…

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05
Jul 2023

Chadwick Lawrence are taking part in the Big Golf Race

Chadwick Lawrence is happy to share that on the 7th July, we will be supporting the Big Golf Race Challenge for prostate cancer, Rob Flooks, Matthew Meredith, and Kristian Kudarenko will be taking part in the challenge around Willow Valley. They are looking forward to taking on this challenge and raising awareness and funds for…

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05
Jul 2023

The Importance of Heads of Terms in Commercial Transactions

In this article, Sarah Hemmings and Kyrran Dearnley-Porter in our Corporate and Commercial department explain what Heads of Terms (“HOT”) are and consider the benefits of both sides to a commercial transaction agreeing and executing Heads of Terms as a preliminary step. A HOT document, sometimes known as a Letter of Intent or Memorandum of…

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04
Jul 2023

Employee denied pay rise due to husband’s salary

Ms Jiang Ping (the Claimant) worked as a senior manager part-time role at the Respondent (James Duran’s & Sons Ltd) and has recently been successful in a claim for sex discrimination and victimisation after being denied a pay rise due to her husband’s salary. The Claimant commenced employment with the Respondent in 1998. In 2016…

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03
Jul 2023

Chadwick Lawrence supports the Leeds Rhinos Foundation and Aspire at their Tag Rugby Day

As part of our ongoing partnership with  Aspire and Leeds Rhinos Foundation, we recently supported them in a Touch Rugby event, on Monday 5 June 2023. The touch rugby event featured eight teams, each consisting of ten enthusiastic participants, totalling 80 individuals. The mixed-ability teams took part in the tag rugby tournament, including 14 from…

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30
Jun 2023

Reminder to Check Rights of Way and Covenants

A recent case has raised an essential reminder for conveyancers to ensure the rights of way and covenants are all clearly understood by buyers/occupiers/sellers prior to completion. Once completion has taken place, you are bound by any restrictive covenants applicable. Lack of knowledge of a covenant is not a defence to a breach of one…

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