News / 12.11.2018 Battens Rewards Workers with Three Key Promotions David Stephens, Chairman of Battens solicitors, has announced the promotion of three of its staff by awarding them significant promotions. Gemma Galvani, Georgina Bacon, and Oliver Thorp have all... Read More
News / 05.11.2018 Battens Expands its Property Team with New Appointment Battens has announced the appointment of conveyancer, Katie Hannigan, to its Property Team. Katie, who came to Somerset from Lincolnshire after short stints working in the equine and superbik... Read More
News / 22.10.2018 When Should You Review Your Will? Congratulations, you have prepared your Will! However, the buck does not stop there. It is very important that you keep your Will at the back of your mind and review it on a regular basis to see if it... Read More
News / 18.10.2018 Battens Welcomes Property Dispute Resolution Specialist Battens Solicitors, one of the region’s largest law firms, has announced the appointment of Property Dispute Resolution specialist, Edward Thompson. Edward, who completed his legal... Read More
News / 08.10.2018 The (Japanese) knotty issue The Court of Appeal recently decided a case concerning two property owners whose houses adjoined land owned by Network Rail. The land in question adjoined an access path leading to an embankment... Read More
News / 08.10.2018 Battens Charitable Trust Continues Support for Dorchester Arts Battens Charitable Trust – which was established by Battens Solicitors – is to continue as exclusive theatre sponsor for Dorchester Arts, a specialist organisation that not only brings a v... Read More
News / 03.10.2018 Local Businesses Raise £1,000 for West Dorset Motor Neurone Disease Association in Beach Volleyball Contest More than 200 professionals from businesses across the South West took to the beach to smash their way to victory in the annual fundraising beach volleyball tournament organised by Battens Solicitors.... Read More
News / 01.10.2018 Slip or Trip Accidents - What Evidence Do I need to Make a Claim? Kate Golding from our Personal Injury team explains how, if you're out and about and you have an accident because someone has not ensured proper safety precautions are in place, you may be e... Read More
News / 24.09.2018 Number Crunching – Business needs to have an immigration plan Immigration has been such a polarising subject of late that I’m going to quote the BBC a lot because they seem to be striking middle ground more than missing it. The first is a half rememb... Read More
News / 13.09.2018 House of Fraser and the impact of administration on Commercial Landlords As readers of the business pages will be aware, the department store, House of Fraser, is undergoing something of a seismic restructure at the moment. Falling sales and high overheads indicating that... Read More
News / 13.09.2018 Battens Honours the Work of Residential Specialist Through Key Promotion Battens Solicitors, one of the South West’s largest law firms, is celebrating the achievements of one of its residential property specialists, Sarah Ford. In recognition of her dedication to he... Read More
News / 10.09.2018 Shareholders’ agreements – expect the unexpected When two or more people decide to go into business together, they often do it in a way which limits their personal liability, meaning that they often choose a private company limited by shares as thei... Read More