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The practice was subject to a three-day assessment against the Law Society's quality standard, Lexcel. As it is now six years since we were first awarded this standard, it was our turn for a full re-assessment (these take place every three years). Our...
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You will probably know that in October 2007 we acquired the established family practice of Arthur Boulton Solicitors in the Potteries and, up to this time, we have retained the trading name of that firm given that it was so well known in the Stoke on Trent...
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The Board is pleased to announce that they are joined by Debby Hackney as Director with effect from 01 June 2011. Debby has headed our Commercial Property Team for the last couple of years and also takes on the important role of Director of Business...
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Director Steve Kirwan was invited to attend a briefing at the House of Lords on 23 May. The event was organised by the Justice for All campaign to introduce Peers to the likely impact of the Government's proposed legal aid cuts and Steve was asked to...
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Nowell Meller are pleased to learn that we are one of the top performing firms in the national Will Aid campaign, raising a magnificent £3,940 for the charity, with whom we have now campaigned for many years. ...
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Helen Pidd, reporter with The Guardian newspaper, spent a day with our Arthur Boulton office towards the end of 2010, shadowing family legal executive Pauline McIntyre.A copy of her interview can be seen here "Legal aid cuts will harm children, says...
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Nowell Meller Solicitors has joined the 360 Legal Group, which describes itself as "the world's most progressive group for lawyers" and offers a range of member benefits including seminars on management issues, networking events, consultancy,...
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It is a time of real threat to civil legal aid. Following the defeat of the Legal Services Commission in a High Court action brought by The Law Society, the contracting round for family work has been declared unlawful and the new contracts set aside. It is...
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Nowell Meller successfully completed its periodic indepdenent assessment against the Investor in People Standard and the Law Society' Lexcel Quality Standard. In his report, our auditor included the following as strengths and areas of good practice: ...
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The practice is both pleased and relieved to have come through the 2010 Legal Aid Civil Tendering process relatively unscathed. We have been awarded contracts in Family (in both Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent), Family Mediation and Mental Health...
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John Langford, former Senior Partner of Nowell Meller & Nowell, retired from his role as Director and Chairman to take on a new role as Consultant with the practice. John, who had been with the practice throughout his practising career, first...
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We are preparing for a potential upturn in business after securing a loan from our new banking partner Lloyds TSB Commercial. While private client work has dropped across the industry over the past two years, we have focused on growing our reputation and...
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We are supporting Stafford's Katharine House Hospice 'A Card is for Christmas' Campaign which was launched at our Stafford Offices in November. The campaign encourages colleagues to write their Christmas' wishes on a poster and donate the money they would...
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Following a contested election, Director Steve Kirwan has been elected to serve on the National Committee of the specialist family law association Resolution. The appointment was announced at Resolution's National Conference in Bristol. Steve also takes over...
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Following a full independent assessment of our Stafford and Burslem offices shortly before Christmas against the Law Society's practice management standard, we were delighted to be re-awarded a Lexcel Certificate which will run for a further three years...
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In common with other service providers, and in acknowledgement of the current difficulties faced in the property market, we have had to implement a number of cost saving measures and to down-size our property team. We continue to offer a full residential and...
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We have joined the Contact Law network which underpins the Daily Telegraph Solicitors Panel and a number of other national networks, opening our services up to a wider market and consistent with our declared strategy of generating greater brand awareness,...
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The company launches a new website, designed by Conscious Solutions Limited. The new site is designed to be much more user-friendly, with easier navigation, and includes links to a range of legal stories which are to be regularly updated....
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We introduce digital dictation across our three offices. We selected the Big Hand system for this purpose and all staff can now record digitally, both from home and in the office. This should improve the efficiency of document production and enable us to...
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Today saw the formal opening of our third site, for the dedicated property team at Yorke House in Burslem. This is linked to our other two sites by our WAN network connections and features an office suite, private interview rooms and a reception area. There...
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After considerable delay, our three offices have been connected on a Wide Area Network. This carries voice and data between all the offices and utilises technology based on Terminal Services and SSL Connections. The network is also used for real-time data...
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Chairman John Langford and Director Jane Matthewman attend the Stafford Sports Awards. This is the second year that we have been one of the sponsors behind this important event....
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The company is joined by new director Jane Matthewman, formerly a partner and Head of Private Client Services at a leading law firm in Stoke on Trent. Jane comes to the company with a number of other members from her team and it is intended that she will...
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The company merges with Arthur Boulton & Son Solicitors in Burslem. The combined practice now has 60 staff in addition to a team of mediators and is now able to offer in-depth advice across the county to its chosen client base. The Family Law Service,...
