Senior appointment to our wills, probate & trusts team
We have recruited a new member to our private client team. Simon Cook has joined as a partner of our wills, probate & trusts department. He has a wealth of…
Two new additions to our residential property team
We have recruited two local solicitors to our expanding legal team. Hilary Banister and Jamie Cook have joined our Law Society-accredited residential property department, increasing the team to 7 full-time…
Willans appoints new female managing partner to share the top job
Willans LLP, a leading Gloucestershire law firm known for its female leadership, has appointed a second woman to share the top job. Bridget Redmond is now joint managing partner of…
Rural department gets a second pair of muddy boots
We are delighted to announce that due to team expansion, Rupert Burchett has relocated to join our agriculture and estates department. Rupert trained at a London firm before moving to…
Willans plays vital role in biggest UK exhibition of contemporary sculpture
The biggest names in contemporary sculpture are coming together in one of the largest exhibitions in the UK at Gloucester Cathedral. Crucible 2 will display 100 sculptures by many of…
New employment law seminar dates announced
We are organising a new series of employment law breakfast briefings, which are aimed at building on the success of those over the previous six months. Held at National Star…
Appointments are now been taken for charity Make-a-Will Month
We are one of the participating solicitors in the annual Make-a-Will Month organised by Cobalt. The scheme encourages local people to make or update a will with the donations going…
Quiz raises cash for county’s hospice
We have raised £3,000 to help provide care and comfort to people with cancer and other potentially life-limiting conditions. 200 local business professionals attended the charity quiz night at Hatherley…
Record year in Chambers’ legal rankings
Independent UK legal directory Chambers has published its 2014 results placing us in tier one in the county for a number of specialisms. We rank in the top tier for…
Strong success in South West legal rankings
Legal directory, Legal 500 has published its 2013 results and Willans once more features strongly in the South West region. Eleven departments have been ranked for their specialties, including three…
Managing partner recognised for work in the county
Our managing partner has been chosen to be a deputy lieutenant of Gloucestershire. This role is an honorary and voluntary position which will require Margaret Austen, and three other newly…
Our lawyers join the line-up of speakers at Cheltenham Literature Festival
We are delighted to be one of the speakers at an event at Cheltenham Literature Festival this October. The festival is a world-renowned 10-day celebration of reading, writing and authors…
Client introduces new sushi restaurant to Cheltenham
There is a fresh buzz around Cheltenham with the opening of our client’s new sushi bar this month. Co-owners Emma Graveney and Yu Wang saw an opportunity for Japanese-styled cuisine…
Lawyers ‘bang on’ fundraising target
Our lawyers have tirelessly golfed, baked, raffled and quizzed their way to raise money for Cheltenham-based medical charity Cobalt, our chosen charity of the year. The charity committee organised a…
SRA issues bogus solicitor warning
The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA), which regulates solicitors and providers of legal services in England and Wales, has issued a warning urging customers to be mindful of scams when purchasing legal services.…
Purrfect will helps local animal shelter
We are supporting Cheltenham Animal Shelter by helping them raise much needed funds through a purrfect will campaign. Running from Monday 3 to Friday 28 June the scheme encourages people…
Willans teams up with Cheltenham Chamber to offer legal clinic to businesses
Willans has joined forces with the Cheltenham Chamber of Commerce to offer a legal business clinic for local members. Our experienced lawyers are giving their time to meet with business…
Willans host ‘Meet the New Partners’ event in Cheltenham
We welcomed more than 100 clients and contacts to a drinks and canapés reception at Hotel du Vin in Parabola Road, Cheltenham. The event gave the local business community the…
Leading employment lawyer joins Willans
We are delighted to welcome Matthew Clayton, former head of employment at a regional firm, to our firm. He has been brought in to lead the firm’s Legal 500-rated employment…
Top commercial property lawyer joins Willans
Willans is delighted to welcome a new partner to the firm. Nigel Whittaker joins Willans’ commercial property team from the Cheltenham office of a global law firm, where he worked…
Cheltenham businesses battle it out for charity
More than twenty Gloucestershire businesses took part in a quiz night organised by Willans LLP’s charity team, raising more than £1,360 for Cobalt, their chosen charity of the year. The…
Willans rankings announced in Chambers 2013
Legal directory, Chambers 2013 published its results today and Willans has yet again been recommended for its work in the region. Four of our partners are recommended with personal rankings…
Take part in Will Aid during November
Willans is aiding a number of well-known UK charities next month by participating in a nationally run scheme to raise money through the production of wills. The scheme known as…
Willans supports ‘Make A Will Fortnight’
We are supporting Gloucester Cathedral during its ‘Make A Will Fortnight’ running from 1st-12th October to help encourage people to make a basic will or update an existing will free…
Charity begins at home
According to the World Giving Index 2011, the UK is the fifth most charitable nation in the world. Even in the present climate, 79 per cent of us give millions…
Charles Middleton steps down
After many successful years, our longest-serving partner Charles Middleton is stepping down as an equity partner at the end of May. Charles joined Willans as a 22-year old, completed his…
Alternative dispute resolution annual conference
Partner and accredited mediator Nick Cox was one of the 200 delegates at the ADR Group annual conference in Oxford this week. The star attraction of this year’s conference was…
Moustache for Movember
November was a hair-raising month for litigation partner Paul Gordon and his client Joseph Purcaro, who joined forces to support Movember, a moustache-growing charity event that raises funds for men’s…
Willans appointed to Clydesdale Bank’s regional legal panel
Willans LLP has, once again, been appointed to Clydesdale Bank’s legal panel in the West of England. Clydesdale Bank plc is a member of National Australia Bank Group, one of…
Willans celebrates strong showing in latest edition of Legal 500
Willans has once again been recognised as a strong player in the region in the latest edition of the Legal 500, published this week. In total, eight teams are rated…
Willans are first solicitors in Cheltenham to win new Law Society quality mark
We are proud to be the first law firm in Cheltenham to achieve membership of the Law Society’s Conveyancing Quality scheme – a symbol of excellence for the home-buying process.…
A more civilised route to divorce
Our family law team is backing a campaign that promotes the benefits of a more civilised approach to divorce. Collaborative law week, run by Resolution, the national family lawyers’ organisation,…
A brush with the law
A team of our staff swapped their law books for paintbrushes to give Oakley Resource Centre a fast facelift last month. Nine lawyers and staff volunteered to spend an afternoon…
Chamber appointment
Willans’ managing partner, Margaret Austen, has been appointed as President of the Cheltenham Chamber of Commerce for the coming year. A specialist in company/commercial law, Margaret has lived and worked…
Sale of Weird Fish
We were delighted to act for founder Doug Tilling in the sale of the Weird Fish clothing company, which was completed last week (Friday 25th March). Weird Fish was founded…
David Glass retires
Our former senior partner David Glass retires this week 44 years after starting work in the town. Born in Carlisle, David came to Cheltenham in 1965 to do his articles…