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Nottingham law firm Berryman has confirmed Hilary Campion is the new head of its employment team.

Sustainability has become a recognised‘buzz’ word and the Government is developing policies on various sustainability issues. Here, Lisa Cawdron, Director of Property at Berryman, looks at what is on the ‘green horizon’ for landlords and tenants – in particular, the future for so-called green leases.

The growing numbers of over 65’s in the UK and their health and wellbeing, especially if they lose mental capacity, is the responsibility of both professionals and family, according to speakers at the Nottingham Mental Capacity Act (MCA) Forum last month, which was attended by 90 professionals from across the East Midlands.

The impact of the Digital Economy Act 2010 on new media and technology service providers and designers, is to be debated at a one-off interactive seminar run by the technology legal team of Nottingham law firm Berryman.

The plight of an estimated 500,000 vulnerable adults in the UK who are each day faced with financial or physical abuse from those they depend on most, is being highlighted in Nottingham by lawyers at Berryman in recognition of the World Elder Abuse Awareness Day (WEAAD), established by the United Nations and which takes place worldwide on the 15th June.

The good and bad of how and why managers and directors can protect themselves and their business to ensure sustainability and commercial viability are to be served up at a new series of breakfast workshops run by commercial litigation lawyers at Nottingham firm Berryman.

Family lawyer Angela Davis of Nottingham firm Berryman is warning starry-eyed unmarried couples to think carefully before buying a home together, after a landmark decision by the Court of Appeal in a case involving a former cohabiting couple and their family’s home.

Owners and directors of companies with their roots in innovation can take a step-by-step, practical look at the life cycle of how to turn a brilliant idea into reality and profit, at a one-off briefing seminar hosted by lawyers at Nottingham firm Berryman.

A High Court judge’s ruling has proved the devil is in the detail of a business’ standard terms and conditions, according to Steven Skiba of law firm Berryman, who warns that overlooking contract reviews, to ensure that terms and conditions marry up with how a company represents its services or products, could lead to costly legal proceedings.

James Jarvis has been re-elected as managing partner of law firm Berryman, for the second consecutive three-year tenure.

Reorganisation and recovery specialist Carl Mifflin has been promoted to Partner at Nottingham law firm Berryman.

The employment team at law firm Berryman is running a free breakfast workshop in May, to provide regional employers with a vital and timely update on the new employment laws for 2010.

Nottingham law firm Berryman has promoted commercial property solicitors Katy Marlow and Peter Jackson to Associates.

Employment lawyers at Berryman are to host a ‘Mock Tribunal’ day to help employers gain invaluable knowledge and experience of how to prepare for and what to expect in the event of a tribunal hearing.

Nottingham law firm Berryman pledged its support of the work of the Legacy Trust set up by double-Olympic champion Dame Kelly Holmes, which helps and nurtures the best young sports talent, at the charity’s annual conference, this year held in Nottingham for the first time.

On 6th April 2010, the new ‘fit note’, replaces the GPs ‘sick note’ for employees unable to attend work, and according to specialist employment lawyer, Ginny Hallam the ‘fit note’ should lead to sickness absence rates within businesses significantly dropping.

Action on Elder Abuse (AEA), the UK’s only charity dedicated to protecting the elderly and preventing the abuse of vulnerable adults, has developed a unique partnership with Nottingham law firm Berryman.

Labour MP for Nottingham South, Alan Simpson was amongst the visitors to Radford Care Centre this week who sampled the culinary delights of TV Home Economist and Food Stylist Michaela Bowles, when she cooked up a feast in celebration of the UK-wide Dignity Action Day.

The government has announced this week that £200m from the UK Innovation Investment Fund (UKIIF) will be used to benefit lifesciences, digital and advanced manufacturing businesses.

The national Dignity Action Day (25th February 2010) is being marked in Nottingham by an event organised by the Nottingham Mental Capacity Act Forum, which will discuss and review the current and potential effects of the Mental Capacity Act.

RSM Tenon and Berryman have today announced the sale of Managed Communications Limited to Daisy Group plc. The deal completed on Saturday afternoon (6th February 2010).

Antenna, the newly-opened Nottingham centre dedicated to businesses in the creative industries sector, has appointed Berryman as its partner law firm, as part of an exclusive agreement to benefit the centre’s members through the provision of specialist legal and commercial advice.

More than a dozen East Midlands firms are looking to boost their balance sheets in 2010 by exploring new markets overseas following a recent event in Nottingham.

Representatives of Nottingham’s most successful Indian owner-managed businesses debated issues including domicile status and overseas investment at an event run by the newly-created British Indian Business Forum, hosted by city law firm Berryman.