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It is now 6 months since the Family Justice System was restructured with the creation of a Single Family Court for England & Wales. Significant reforms took place, to include:- • Compulsory Family Mediation Information Meetings to enable couples to...

We were pleased to recently host an informal gathering of centre leaders and business advisors working with year 12 students in Craven schools on the Young Enterprise Company Programme. Young Enterprise is the United Kingdom’s largest business and enterprise education...

What? Part 36 of the Civil Procedure Rules is about offers to settle a claim (before or during proceedings). It is designed to encourage early settlement and it works by imposing costs consequences. Why? If an offer is accepted within...

Walker Foster held the first in a series of employment law seminars at Utopia on 30 September 2014. Simon Blake, a solicitor specialising in employment law and a member of the commercial team at Walker Foster, gave a presentation on...

Ordinarily, the process of getting divorced, is relatively straightforward, provided the proceedings are not defended. More difficult and complex, is reaching a financial settlement within those divorce proceedings. There is a requirement on both spouses to provide full and frank...

It is a common concern when an employee leaves a business that they will take customers away with them. It is possible to include a clause called a ‘restrictive covenant’ in an employee’s contract of employment to stop this happening...

Walker Foster Solicitors are delighted to announce that Simon Blake has joined their commercial team as part of the firms planned and continued growth. ...

We currently have a vacancy  for a full time legal secretary to work in our busy Conveyancing department. Experience in this field is essential. Send your cv to Linda Berry at our Skipton office  lb@walkerfoster.com Closing date is 10th August...

I recently met with a business client with a multimillion pound turnover and representation in a number of countries in western and eastern Europe.  The business had entered into a form of agency agreement with designs on breaking into a...

The Partners and staff at Walker Foster would like to welcome Toby William Heppenstall into the world and congratulate Maxine, Charles and big sister Amelia. Maxine is a Partner at the firm and heads up the Wills and Probate department...