05 Mar 2019
Forbes Solicitors' Corporate Department have been shortlisted in the prestigious North West Business Insider 2019 North West Young Professionals Awards. The team has been selected in the Young Professional Team of the Year category, with the winners due to be announced at The Midland Hotel,…
04 Mar 2019
Jane Burbidge has re-joined leading North West legal firm Forbes Solicitors as a Partner and Head of the Wills, Probate, Tax and Trusts Team. This is as part of the Law Returners Programme supported by The Law Society and Women's Returners Network. Jane qualified as a solicitor in 1998 and…
26 Feb 2019
Blackburn Incorporated Law Association (BiLA) has raised £1,445 for Rosemere Cancer Foundation at its annual dinner, held at Northcote at the Rovers in Blackburn. The cancer charity, based at Royal Preston Hospital, supports world class cancer treatment throughout Lancashire and South Cumbria…
18 Feb 2019
Leading legal firm Forbes Solicitors has appointed Katy Parkinson as a Solicitor in its Commercial Employment team. Katy, who is based at Oak House, Walton Summit, qualified in 2015, having worked in the legal sector as a paralegal and then as a trainee solicitor since 2009. She advises…
23 Jan 2019
Leading law firm Forbes Solicitors has expanded its Employment team in to Manchester city centre. The move coincides with Partner Emma Swan being appointed as Head of Commercial Employment and Partner Ruth Rule-Mullen being appointed as Head of Public Sector Employment, to oversee the Team's…
21 Jan 2019
Forbes Solicitors have raised more than £2,000 to help with the fight against breast cancer. Colleagues joined together to support Breast Cancer Now's Wear It Pink initiative during Breast Cancer Awareness Month. From Halloween fancy dress, quizzes and raffles to running a soup kitchen,…
14 Jan 2019
Leading North West legal firm Forbes Solicitors has promoted housing specialist Lucie Cocker to the position of Partner. Lucie, who was previously an Associate Solicitor in the firm's Housing and Regeneration team, works with Registered Providers across the country. She has a wealth of…
04 Jan 2019
North West companies are being offered free help and advice by Forbes Solicitors, so that they are aware of the potential benefits and pitfalls of the Royal Bank of Scotland Business Banking Switch. The Switch, due to be launched on February 25 2019, is aimed at increasing competition in the UK…
18 Dec 2018
Darren Harrison of Twickenham was a Deputy Head teacher at Isleworth Town Primary School (the School). Six months into his role, he was suspended. Following an IT audit carried out by the School, it transpired that there were large volumes of sensitive personal data on the School's servers from two…
11 Dec 2018
Solicitors from Forbes have helped raise £2,961 for two Lancashire hospices by donating their services for free during Wills weeks. During the fundraising events at St Catherine's Hospice, Lostock Hall, and East Lancashire Hospice, Blackburn, the Forbes Wills Team waived their normal fee…
