Clarke Willmott’s Manchester office achieves top rankings in 2025 Chambers & Partners guide
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The Manchester office of national law firm Clarke Willmott LLP has achieved top-tier rankings once again in the 2025 edition of the Chambers and Partners Guide.
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Our specialist contentious construction team has vast experience in a range of disputes, thereby bringing flexible and practical solutions to problems as they arise. Whether the dispute involves renewable energy projects, construction of specialist facilities, sports stadia, hotel or housing construction, hospitals, roads, bridges, universities or similar, we can assist.
Deadline looming to implement UK international transfer of personal data amendments
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Commercial contracts and agreements
Incoming changes to UK data protection laws means those using the EU standard contractual clauses to safely transfer personal data outside the UK are to update their documentation to bring them into line with equivalent UK-mandated contractual clauses.
Written by
Amy Peacey
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Finance company settles High Court claims for “financially ruinous” transactions with 17 farmers
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The National Farmers’ Union (NFU) and Clarke Willmott, supported by Ted Loveday of Maitland Chambers, have helped members of the NFU to obtain hundreds of thousands of pounds in pay-outs.
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Five key takeaways for farming businesses following the budget
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After months of speculation, the Chancellor has announced changes to Agricultural Property Relief (APR) and Business Property Relief (BPR). These changes will have a significant impact on estate planning for many farms.
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Philip Whitcomb
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HMV reinvention points the way forward for bricks and mortar retail
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Retail & leisure
HMV’s reinvention under new ownership shows that traditional “bricks and mortar” stores have a bright – albeit different – future on the UK high street, according to our leading retail lawyer, Amanda French.
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Amanda French
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HR Consultancy Corner: Restructuring and redundancy top tips
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With a continued turbulent economic climate it’s not surprising that many organisations are looking at re-structuring and/or redundancies as a way to help secure the future of the business and off-set rising costs.
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Intellectual property (IP) rights, especially those that are registered such as trade marks, registered design and patents, can act as useful deterrents to third parties seeking to take advantage of your intellectual and trading efforts. However, ultimately, any intellectual property right is only as good as your ability to enforce it.
