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A number of Harding Evans’ teams and individual lawyers have been named in the prestigious Chambers & Partners UK Guide for 2021.

Each year, Chambers & Partners, the world's leading source of legal market intelligence, reviews and benchmarks the strength of law firms and their lawyers based on extensive research and feedback from clients.

In the UK, 672,890 new companies were set up in the last financial year, according to Government statistics. With the endless possibilities ahead of you, starting a new enterprise can be exciting and a great way to be your own boss but there are legal requirements for new businesses that you need to be aware of before taking the plunge.

With news of a local lockdown in Wales from the 23rd October to 9th November and various local regions in England being placed in Tier 3, it is a challenging time for many employers with significant uncertainty around meeting the costs of employing staff. Our head of employment law, Daniel Wilde, discusses the impact of these lockdowns, as well as the imminent conclusion of the furlough scheme below.

As more and more legal transactions are having to be executed remotely, our head of dispute resolution, Ben Jenkins, examines the implications of not being able to bring all parties together to sign documents in person.

With online searches on the Citizens Advice Bureau website in September up 25% compared with the same time last year and lawyers across the UK reporting an increase in enquiries, it appears that early predictions that the UK divorce rate would rise significantly when we finally emerge from the coronavirus crisis are coming true.

Dealing with a marriage breakdown at any time can be stressful but during a global pandemic, there are all sorts of other factors at play. Our head of family law, Kate Thomas, explores some of the most common difficulties being faced by clients who are having to divorce during Covid and offers her advice

With the after-effects of lockdown still fuelling a desire for more space and the holiday from stamp duty in England and Land Transaction Tax in Wales enticing more people to move before the end of next March, the housing market is currently booming.

Latest figures from mortgage lender, Halifax, show that UK mortgage applications are at their highest since 2008 and that house prices are rising at the fastest annual pace since mid-2016. So, with more and more people looking to put their properties on the market, we thought it would be helpful to explain the key steps in selling your home and give you some tips to avoid delays and reduce stress in the moving process.

One of the most common ways to keep any dispute out of court is mediation. In this blog post, our head of dispute resolution, Ben Jenkins, looks at what mediation is, why it has become increasingly popular and what benefits it can bring.

Today is the beginning of National Work Life Week, an opportunity for both employers and employees to focus on wellbeing at work and to ensure a healthy work/life balance.

Here at Harding Evans, while our main focus is to support our clients, we know that our staff are our greatest asset and investing in their wellbeing is extremely important to us. 

To recognise National Work Life Week, we share some detail on our staff wellness hub that we introduced this year, what we are doing to support our workforce and the importance of implementing a positive culture.

A record number of Harding Evans’ teams and individual lawyers have been named in the 2021 edition of the Legal 500 directory, a prestigious guide that is published each year to recognise the best lawyers worldwide.

Today (October 6th 2020) is World Cerebral Palsy Day, an opportunity to recognise and celebrate the 17 million people around the world who are living with cerebral palsy.

Cerebral palsy (CP) is a condition that is very close to our hearts here at Harding Evans, having supported the Cerebral Palsy Wales (formerly Bobath Cymru) charity for over ten years.

Although CP is the most common physical disability in childhood, there is a broad lack of knowledge of what it is and how it’s caused, even in medical circles.

The organisers of World CP Day aim to build awareness of what cerebral palsy is, how it’s caused and how early detection and intervention is the key to improving outcomes for people with CP. Their vision is to ensure that children and adults with CP have the same rights, access and opportunities as anyone else in society.

As we get to the end of Gynaecological Cancer Awareness Month, we speak to one of our clients, Mike Thomas, who tragically lost his wife Rachael, last August after being told that her cancerous 5lb fibroid was benign. Mike, who’s from Malpas in Newport, is now trying to raise awareness of the potential dangers of fibroids and the importance of getting them removed early.

At Harding Evans we pride ourselves on the personal relationships we have with our clients and think it’s important that you get to know our team. We recently welcomed a new associate solicitor, James Young, to help drive growth in our commercial property team and today, we’re chatting to him to find out what he enjoys about his job.