Blake Morgan LLP

🏅 Another top performance from Blake Morgan’s lawyers and teams in the Chambers and Partners 2025 Guide. 👏 Congratulations to everyone who has been ranked in the prestigious guide, this is well deserved recognition for their hard work. ☑️ There are 60 rankings for our lawyers with 39 ranked practice areas. #ChambersRankings #ChambersGuide #RecommendedLawyers #Chambers2025

Blake Morgan Senior Associate Daniel Ellis Taylor had an evening to remember as he won two awards at the Welsh Law Awards on Thursday 17 October. He was awarded the ‘Solicitor of the Year (1-4 Years)’ and ‘Welsh Law Awards Champion’ awards. Read more about his achievement here: https://lnkd.in/eDZDsHjJ #WelshLawAwards #SolicitoroftheYear #WelshLawAwardsChampion #WLA24

The October edition of Private Client Issues looks at administering an estate, some divorce issues and good news for our Family and Contentious Trusts and Estates teams. Find out more here: https://lnkd.in/eEHSSTgb #ContentiousTrusts #Estates #FamilyLaw #Divorce

It has been reported that there is due to be a significant rise in the headline rates of capital gains tax, which could take effect as early as budget day on 30 October 2024. Robert Thomas and Eve Biddlecombe outline a high-level reminder of the relevant dates of disposal for capital assets disposed of under contract here: https://lnkd.in/e5SejYXY #CapitalGainsTax #DateofDisposal #CapitalAssets

With plenty of employment law reform on the horizon, we have lots covered in our Employment Law Newsletter – Autumn 2024. In this edition, we look at: ➡️ Proposals to extend workers’ rights ➡️ New duty on employers to take reasonable steps to prevent sexual harassment imminent ➡️ The importance of considering reasonable adjustments ➡️ Should you contact someone on sick leave? ➡️ What the new rules on tips mean for employers ➡️ Consequences of not handling grievances properly Read about these topics and more here: https://lnkd.in/ey9CmvFE #EmploymentLaw #HR #Employers #WorkersRights

What is next for employment law? Blake Morgan experts Rajiv Joshi, Elinor Rowlands and Debra Gers will discuss the reform to employment law with two new Bills on a webinar on 7 November. They will focus on: ➡️ The Employment Rights Bill and ➡️ The Draft Equality (Race and Disability) Bill Sign up here: https://lnkd.in/eKsFQViU #EmploymentLaw #EmploymentRightsBill #DraftEqualityBill #HR

If I haven't mentioned this Festival of Innovation before.... some great speakers too (I would say that, wouldn't I). Have a listen, be inspired, grab a ticket, and I'll see you there! #VFS24 Blake Morgan LLP Openshaw & Co. British Business Bank The FSE Group Carswell Gould University of Southampton Barclays Eagle Labs National Oceanography Centre

📆 This time two weeks ago we were discussing how to support future generations at the Social Value in Business conference we ran with the Principality Building Society. 🤝 As you can see from the video, it was a great platform to collaborate with like-minded organisations and individuals, learn and share insights, and help guide how to integrate social value into your business. 🙏 Thank you to everyone who made this possible, especially the Future Generations Commissioner for Wales Derek Walker, Tony Smith from Principality, and Eve Piffaretti, Lucy Walker and Gemma Barnett from Blake Morgan as well as Jill Davies from CEIC Wales. ✍️ If you would like to register your interest in future Social Value in Business events, sign up here: https://lnkd.in/efmZU4FT #SocialValue #SViB24 Thanks to Dan Read from Soul Films for the video.

What are the pros and cons of writing a new Will or a Codicil? Reviewing and updating your Will is something that should be done regularly, particularly after major life events but how best to do it? Holly Jones explains all here: https://lnkd.in/eHWB-xre #WillDrafting #Codicil #WillReviews #WillUpdates

Last chance to join us in two days time for the third and final Rumble event in the Venturefest South series. This last one is at the National Oceanography Centre in Southampton. Learn from Richard Daltry at RAD Propulsion - his business journey - and an expert panel of investors and legal professionals and experts who have seen it, done it and lived it.