2011 was a quality year for our firm. Not only did we achieve LEXCEL accreditation during the Summer, but in December we gained CQS accreditation. CQS stands for the Law Society's Conveyancing Quality Scheme and this is awarded to firms who...
Pictured: The Winning Team from Smurfitt Kappa On 24th November 2011, Pickerings held their Annual Charity Quiz Night at the The Castle Hotel Tamworth. Nineteen teams took part, and the competition was fierce as ever. Quiz master for the...
Pictured: Members of Tamworth Business Breakfast Club with guest speaker Christopher Pincher, MP. Last Friday, Tamworth Business Breakfast Club welcomed Tamworth MP, Christopher Pincher, as guest speaker. As well as...
THE PICKERINGS TEAM Our firm has recently achieved Lexcel, the Law Society's practice management standard which is awarded to solicitor firms that meet the highest management and customer care standards. Simon King, Chief Executive,...
We understand that you don't always want to use a solicitor to deal with small claims. You might feel that for relatively small amounts it is not cost effective. However if you are dealing with small claims on a regular basis, it would be worthwhile to...
With the plight of the residents and staff of Southern Cross care homes making headlines, many of us have wondered whether we or our parents might need to move into a care home at some point, and who will pay. Most home-owners worry that they will have to...
The Pickerings' team after the event: Sue Albini, Stacey Seed, Sue Hatton, Natalie Piggott and Julia Andrews. If you would like to sponsor us, call Sue Hatton on 01827 317073, or send a cheque to us payable to 'St Giles Hospice'. ...
Stacey Seed and Julia Andrews try out their fairy costumes! On Saturday 18th June a team from Pickerings Solicitors LLP will put on their wings and wands and join hundreds of other ladies in the Solstice Walk to raise funds for St...
Sue Hatton, Business Manager at Pickerings Solicitors LLP recently attended the first meeting of The Sutton Coldfield Premier Club. This group is part of The Women's Business Clubs and is a small, focused business club for company founders,...
On 12th May 2011 Pickerings Solicitors LLP entertained guests with a lively evening of Jazz at their offices in Bonehill Road Tamworth. Musicians from Birmingham Conservatoire played a repertoire of jazz classics whilst guests relaxed over drinks and...
Pickerings have recently launched PEP - Pickerings Employer Plus , a fixed-cost employment advice and insurance package providing an easy, cost-effective way to handle everyday employment issues and protect your business from costly litigation. ...
New additions to the Pickerings Team: Desmond Saunders, Richard England & Helen Price. We are delighted to welcome some new faces to the team. Desmond Saunders is our Wills & Probate specialist. As well as helping recently bereaved...
On Thursday 14th October 2010 the Pickerings' team held a Ladies Evening and Fashion Show at Packington Moor to raise funds on behalf of St Giles Hospice. The ladies were entertained by two spectacular catwalk shows showing the Autumn/Winter...
Today, the verdict was delivered in the case of a German paper company heiress, Katrin Radmacher. Her ex-husband Nicolas Granatino went to the Supreme Court after appeal judges slashed his divorce settlement from more than £5m to £1m. However,...
We are proud to report that solicitor Kate Pearce successfully completed the London Marathon in 4 hours and 32 minutes on Sunday and has so far raised £ 2126.00 for St Giles Hospice. Kate thoroughly enjoyed the experience and...
Solicitor Kate Pearce is running the London Marathon April 2010 to raise funds for St Giles Hospice Property Solicitor Kate Pearce has been pounding the pavements and treadmills of Staffordshire in preparation for her next challenge. In April this year she...
What is the right? From 6 April 2010 a new right for employees to request time off work for study or training will come into force. It will initially apply to businesses with 250 or more employees and will be extended to all employers, regardless of size,...
You may have heard that employees are now entitled to 'additional paternity leave', but what does this mean in practice? What is the right? An eligible employee whose child is due on or after 3 April 2011 will have the right to apply for up to six...
Some businesses have taken the drastic step of cancelling their Christmas celebrations this year. In some cases this is to cut costs, or to avoid appearing insensitive following recent redundancies. However in other cases it has been as a direct result of...
On 25 th September 2009 the High Court gave it’s ruling in the Heyday case, which was brought by the charity Age UK, better known as Age Concern, to challenge UK age discrimination legislation. The judge decided that the ‘default retirement...
The huge growth in the use of social networking sites such as Facebook, Bebo, MySpace etc in recent years, has brought with it a host of new issues for employers to deal with. The largest such network, Facebook, has over 175 million users, many of whom may...
A recent European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruling, on the Pereda case could cause problems for employers. The decision arose beacuse a Spanish worker, Mr Pereda, was injured shortly before he was due to go on leave. He asked his employer for a different...
The Old School House at Weeford recently played host to the local business community who saw Craig Davies, Head of Commercial Department of Pickerings Solicitors LLP of Tamworth, take over the position as President of Lichfield & Tamworth division of the...
What can you do if a tenant becomes insolvent? We have all seen the headlines – another High Street store closing down and leaving an empty property behind. Many High Streets and Retail Parks now have not only one or two but a number of empty...
