Prosecutions for Holding or Using a Mobile Phone Whilst Driving

Prosecutions for holding or using a mobile phone in a vehicle are rising. It is essential drivers understand the law. Justin Atkinson explores the use of mobile phones whilst driving in this blog.

McClures Family Protection Trusts – Are You One of the Thousands Affected?

McClures Solicitors, a firm of solicitors originally based in Scotland, went into administration in 2021. Since then, concerns have been raised over problems arising from the legal work completed by the firm.

Sills & Betteridge Complete Castlet Holdings Transition to Employee Ownership

The leading Lincoln industrial engineers who list Siemens, Tata Steel and BAE Systems among their customers have recently secured their legacy by placing their company's future in the hands of its employees.

Sills & Betteridge Corporate Partner Leads Management Buy-Out at Lincolnshire Flooring

Euan McLaughlin continued the firm's tradition of acting for several generations of the Jefferson family in relation to their ownership of Lincolnshire Flooring, by completing a recent deal which saw Managing Director Zach Jefferson buy out Finance Director Dawn Smith's share of the business.

Family Mediation Week and Government Voucher Extension

The Government has chosen this week to announce the extension to its £500 Voucher Scheme (to March 2026), which is available to separating families to help them sort out their child arrangements.

Common Law or Common Myth – the Rise of Cohabitation

The number of cohabiting, but unmarried couples is still rising. Many people now choose not to marry - or simply spend time together building a life as an unmarried couple (sometimes before marriage, sometimes with no plans at all to marry), creating joint financial assets and responsibilities.