The sellers of Maincor Ltd have been longstanding clients of Wright Hassall for many years, so it was fantastic to be able to get this transaction over the line for them.

We advised a leading engineering research and development business in connection with proceedings in the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court against a professional sports team which had sought to exploit the client’s patented technology without licence terms.

Our client, the wholly owned subsidiary of the UK arm of Netherlands-based Zwanenberg Food Group, manufactures food products for the B2B sector.

We continue to represent a leading manufacturer of measurement instruments in a long-running dispute concerning claims in relation to its proprietary software.

Company and shareholder/director instructed solicitors, DJM Law Limited, to assist on the sale of a company asset to the director/shareholder. Solicitors failed to advise on the potential conflict when acting for both the seller and purchaser, and the need for a shareholder resolution to approve the transaction.

This case relates to an estate which comprises of a farmhouse, cottage, land, helicopter and two companies renting out various properties (value £4 million).

It’s the New Year and whilst everyone is busy making (and not keeping) their New Year’s resolutions, why not deal with the nagging issue at the back of your mind and finally get around to making or reviewing your will?

In these in uncertain times, more than ever, families may want to change the way an inheritance from a deceased relative or friend is divided

The Justice Secretary, Dominic Raab, has today (23rd March 2023) proposed a new rule that would make it mandatory for separating couples to try mediation to settle their child custody and financial disputes, only seeking the court’s intervention as a last resort.

Loring –v- Woodland Trust [2014] EWCA Civ 1314