2006 NEWS ARCHIVE
AKHTAR CAST FOR LATEST ROLE AT HAWORTH & NUTTALL
December 2006
LEADING Lancashire law firm, Haworth & Nuttall, has strengthened its expanding commercial law department with the appointment of a new solicitor.
Shahin Akhtar, 32, previously worked as a commercial property associate with Leigh-based Dootsons LLP Solicitors.
Shahin has previously worked with community organisations such as the Trident Residents Project. With over seven years of commercial property law [...]
ONLY ONE REMAINING PLOT AT TRIDENT PARK
November 2006
EAST LANCASHIRE’S first dedicated motor park has just one remaining plot at its successful Blackburn site.
Barnfield Construction acquired Trident Park from Powergen in 2001. Commercial property lawyers at Blackburn law firm, Haworth & Nuttall, acted on behalf of Barnfield Construction to orchestrate the deal. The park today has an estimated value of £16 million.
Vantage Toyota [...]
HAWORTH & NUTTALL MAKES ITS MARK
November 2006
AN up and coming Fylde solicitor has secured a contract at one of Lancashire’s best known law firms.
27-year-old Mark Brooke has been appointed to the commercial property team at Haworth & Nuttall Solicitors of Blackburn after completing a two year contract with the firm.
Mark, who lives in Lancashire, qualified as a solicitor in early October [...]
UNFAIR DISMISSALS COST A FAIR AMOUNT
October 2006
A SOAR in unfair dismissal payouts has led to one East Lancashire law firm issuing a stark warning to businesses.
Employers are facing costly penalties as they continue to fall foul of changes to the Employment Act, which came into force in October 2004, say employment experts at Haworth & Nuttall.
Too many bosses are failing to [...]
CHANGING ROOMS AT HAWORTH & NUTTALL
October 2006
THE BLACKBURN office of one of East Lancashire’s longest serving law firms has completed the finishing touches to the refurbishment of its commercial headquarters.
Haworth & Nuttall, which was established in 1877, has completed a major facelift of its Strawberry Bank offices. These were formerly the offices of Wilkinsons, another long established legal firm acquired by [...]
GROWTH AND JOB CREATION BECKONS FOR BLACKBURN
June 2006
BEC Systems Integration, which designs and supplies data capture solutions to companies across Europe, has been bought out by its senior management team in a deal which was orchestrated by commercial lawyers at Blackburn law firm, Haworth & Nuttall.
And the new owners at the Blackburn-based technology company have revealed exciting plans for growth which will [...]
WORLD CUP WARNING TO EAST LANCASHIRE EMPLOYEES
June 2006
EAST Lancashire employees were today warned about the risk of taking soccer sickies ahead of the World Cup Finals kick off on Friday.
Employment law experts at Haworth & Nuttall Solicitors in Blackburn have predicted a rise in absenteeism over the next month as fans tune in to cheer England on in Germany. They are expecting [...]
NEW LEGAL SYSTEM IS GR8
May 2006
Haworth & Nuttall believes it has become one of the first law firms in the area to install an innovative case management system for buying and selling houses.
The package will allow conveyancing solicitors at the firm’s offices in Blackburn, Accrington and Great Harwood to carry out e-Conveyancing to fall in line with the Government’s drive [...]
MILLIONS OF WILLS MAY NEED TO BE REWRITTEN
May 2006
Many existing wills may need to be rewritten following tax charges in the Budget, warn Haworth & Nuttall Wills experts.
Between one and two thirds of the UK’s 15 million wills may be affected according to experts. Peter Barnes, wills and estates partner at Haworth & Nuttall Solicitors, thinks that the tax charges announced by the [...]
HIPS COULD REDUCE HOUSING MARKET BY A QUARTER
April 2006
Haworth & Nuttall is warning the East Lancashire property market could be slowed down by 25 per cent if proposals to introduce Home Information Packs get the go ahead.
The Government hopes that the controversial Home Information Packs (HIPs) will speed up the home buying process by making it mandatory for the seller to provide information [...]