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Silks Secures Cyber Essentials Accreditation
As the Law Society sagely reminds us all in the legal profession, the legal sector is at significant risk of cybercrime, cyber attacks and scams. This is partly because of the sensitive data and significant monies held by law firms. It tells us that 62% of law firms...
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Silks Wins Prestigious British Wills and Probate Award
It is with great pleasure we can announce here that due to the hard work and dedication of our private client team we have been presented with the British Wills and Probate Award 2018 in the category of Solicitor Firm of the Year (Midlands). Colleagues Sandra Buffam...
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Hannah Jones on Exercise and Mental Health
We're proud to share the second part of Hannah Jones' blog written for Cure Leukaemia... Everyone should look after their mental health wellbeing whether you have a diagnosed mental health illness or not. It is important for us to take time for ourselves to ensure our...
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Hannah Jones on Leukaemia and Mental Heath
Cure Leukaemia is an important blood cancer charity that enables patients to access potentially life-saving, ground breaking drugs and treatments. Director, Kevin Jones, helped launch Cure Leukaemia back in 2003 and is still with the charity as secretary. His...
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Proud Sponsors at the West Bromwich Albion
We're delighted to be able to share some photographs of Kevin Jones and Gobindra Nadala's visit on Tuesday night to the West Bromwich Albion. We are very proud sponsors and it was great to be treated to a tour of the ground. The Baggies, of course, did not...
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Silks Short-Listed for the British Wills and Probate Awards
We're thrilled to announce that, thanks to the hard work and dedication of our private client team, we have been short-listed for the British Wills and Probate Awards 2018 in the category of Solicitor Firm of the Year (Midlands). The winner will be announced by royal...
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Supreme Court Victory for Unmarried Cohabiting Partners with Children
Last week the Supreme Court ruled that denying bereavement benefits from cohabiting partners with children because they are unmarried is unlawful and at odds with human rights law. After the death of her partner of 23 years, Siobhan McLaughlin from Northern Ireland...
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Rachel’s First Publication: “My Friend at School”
Rachel Sayers, a valued member of our team, has recently had her first children’s book published by Austin Macauley Publishers. Entitled ‘My Friend at School’, it is a delightful book for young children, relating to friendships at school between children from...
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Record Revenues from Inheritance Tax
Inheritance tax receipts have risen year on year over the last nine years by an average of 10%. However, this tax is only payable on just over 4% of all deaths. Recently it was revealed that the Government made a record £5.2 billion from Inheritance Tax due, it is...
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Employment Status: self-employed or worker?
There has been a great deal of publicity recently relating to employment status, particularly of those who are working in the gig economy. Taxi drivers, delivery drivers and many others have been working on the basis that they are self-employed and therefore they have...
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Lasting Powers of Attorney and Abuse
At the weekend The Sunday Times ran an article warning readers that “Powers of attorney can transform loving kids into crocodiles”, referring to a case where a niece invested nearly £90,000 of her aunt’s money in a reptile breeding business. The article also referred...
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It’s Coming Home – and leaving with a hangover
With a potential of two more England matches in this world cup tournament, there will undoubtedly be an understandable anticipation of a drop in productivity the mornings after the nights before. Some employers will take this as an unavoidable consequence of a...
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Silks Solicitor becomes President of Sandwell Lions
We are incredibly proud to announce that Gurdas Dhadwal, one of our Commercial Solicitors, has recently been appointed as the President of the Sandwell Lions, a local charity run by volunteers dedicated to serving the needs of the local community. The charity, which...
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World Elder Abuse Awareness Day, 15th June 2018
It comes to something that there has to be a day in the calendar to mark the abuse of the elderly. However, this date established by the United Nations in 2011 is an annual event to promote awareness of a global problem that faces an aging society. It serves as a...
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Silks Supports the Local Community
Commercial Solicitor, Gurdas Dhadwal is the Vice-President of the Sandwell Lions which is a local charity run by volunteers. The charity gets involved in fund raising to help people in need such as those with sight and health disabilities, people suffering financial...
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Dementia Action Week May 2018
Many of us will know people affected by dementia and the number is ever growing. This is highlighted by the recent news of Dame Barbara Windsor’s diagnosis of Alzheimer’s earlier this month. It is estimated that 850,000 are affected directly by the illness and these...
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Make sure you’re GDPR ready!
GDPR is intended to update and harmonise data protection law across the EU. It comes into force on 25th May 2018 in all member states including the UK. There are many steps that need to be taken by organisations, including (but by no means exclusively) data audits and...
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Former Silks Senior Partner receives Law Society Award
On 24th April John Burn, a consultant to Silks Solicitors Ltd and former Senior Partner of Silks Solicitors, attended the AGM of the Birmingham Law Society to receive an award to mark the 50th anniversary of his qualification as a solicitor. The award was made by...
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