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A leading south Wales law and consultancy firm has added an established Human Resources business to its portfolio in order to enhance its service offering to clients. Consult Capital , Capital Law’s training and consultancy business, has acquired ...
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Changes to section 106 allow developers to put affordable housing on the back burner, warns Iorwen Brooks-Jones At the end of March, provisions came into effect allowing developers in England to apply to modify planning obligations entered into before 6...
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Cardiff and London law firm, Capital Law, has become the legal representative for the Welsh capital's two leading sports teams. Having recently started work for Cardiff City Football Club, they will represent Cardiff Blues from 1 June 2013. The...
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With self-published authors now hitting the best-sellers list, so-called ‘vanity’ projects have become more credible. But, warns media lawyer Wayne Beynon, with freedom comes its own set of challenges The literary world is evolving as...
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173 sales to ‘non-sophisticated’ customers have now been reviewed. According to the review, 90% of sales of interest rate swap products since 2001 were mis-sold. The big 4 (HSBC, Barclays, Lloyds, RBS) will complete their reviews within ...
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Interest rate swaps are strangling property development say Andrew Brown and Helen Rowland, partner and solicitor respectively at Capital Law, both of whom specialise in banking and financial negligence disputes THE saga of the mis-selling of interest rate...
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Wales may miss out on dramas being produced in the nation at a cost of millions of pounds because of its stricter smoking rules, a senior BBC figure has told a committee. Clare Hudson, the head of production at the BBC in Wales, defended the...
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The Welsh Government has launched an independent review to establish whether High Street banks are meeting the funding needs of Welsh SMEs and examine other potential sources of finance to support the business community in Wales. In a Written...
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Will the planning system struggle to deliver affordable housing in light of the relaxation of Section 106 agreements and the full implementation of the Community Infrastructure Levy? Iorwen Brooks-Jones, Property Consultant at Capital Law looks at the...
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BRISTOL Airport bosses yesterday warned that the Welsh Government’s plans to buy its Cardiff rival could distort the market for air travel. On Tuesday First Minister Carwyn Jones announced the Welsh Government had entered into an exclusive ‘due...
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In the present market, landlords will do what they can to avoid being left with empty premises says Leanne O'Brien, partner in the Commercial Property team at Capital Law. Here she analyses how tenants can ensure this doesn’t leave them with...
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JUDGE Colin Birss, who earlier this year ruled that Samsung had not infringed Apple’s design rights, will be one of the speakers at an intellectual property (IP) event in Cardiff tonight. The second annual Capital Law IP Lecture will take place at the...
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Forming a partnership can be a legal minefield but there are certain steps you can take at the outset that can reduce headaches further down the line. Chris Inson, a corporate partner in the healthcare team at commercial law firm Capital Law LLP,...
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Once again Capital Law is sponsoring the Fast Growth 50 Awards, which identify and applaud the fastest growing firms in Wales. This is firmly established as the list of business successes that entrepreneurs across Wales aspire to be on. Every year it is a...
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THE fastest-growing indigenous businesses in Wales will be revealed next month, when the influential Wales Fast Growth 50 initiative will publish this year’s findings. As well as being profiled in the Wales Fast Growth 50 magazine in the Western Mail,...
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The great debate: Was The Sun right to publish the photographs of Prince Harry in the nude? NO - says Nicola McNeely, head of IP and Media, Partner, Capital Law LLP The Press Complaints Commission is an independent body which administers a scheme of...
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A legal firm has given an Aberyswyth University law student the opportunity to experience employment law first-hand, after running a competition to win a place at a mock employment tribunal. Angharad Lewis, 22, beat her fellow undergraduate students to the...
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Imagine paying thousands of pounds for a designer to produce marketing material, only to find out that you do not own it, or worse, the designer has reproduced the same marketing material for another client. It is vital that medical practices understand the...
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Edwina Hart tells the legal profession in the City of London that Wales means business. Wales' Business Minister Edwina Hart took the message that Wales is one of the most competitive regions in the UK for Financial and Professional Services right to the...
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In the present market, landlords will do what they can to avoid being left with empty premises says Leanne O'Brien, partner in the Commercial Property team at Capital Law. Here, she analyses how tenants can ensure this doesn’t leave them with...
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Capital Law is forecasting UK-wide growth for its specialist Media and Creative Industries team following the arrival of S4C’s former head of legal Sara Griffiths. Having built a strong reputation in the Welsh sector, the landmark appointment at...
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The search is on for the fastest growing companies in Wales. Now in its 14th year, Wales Fast Growth 50 celebrates the best of Welsh entrepreneurship and has become firmly established as the list of business success that businesses across Wales aspire to. ...
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Business leaders in North Wales are looking to give their rivals six of the best. Half-a-dozen of our top entrepreneurs have been shortlisted for honours in the 2012 Institute of Directors (loD) Wales Director of the Year Awards. Bosses from a broad range...
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Fragile confidence could be shattered by double-dip recession headlines, South Wales businesses have warned. With official data yesterday showing the UK has entered a recession, amid its faltering recovery from the 2008 downturn, many business leaders said...
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Head of Legal at S4C Sara Griffiths is joining London and Cardiff based law firm Capital Law to accelerate the growth of its specialist Media and Creative Industries team. The company currently advises London based film producer, City Slacker, advertiser...
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Cardiff-based helicopter charter business Veritair Aviation has been acquired in a multi-million pound deal. The business, founded in 1982 by Captain Julian Verity, has been acquired by Patriot Aerospace. The deal, the exact value of which is not being...
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Here, five industry panel chairmen advising the Welsh Government outline the challenges and opportunities in their respective sectors: Chairman of the financial and professional services advisory panel Chris Nott, who is also senior partner...
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A Coventry Airport based aerospace company has acquired a majority share in Cardiff’s Heliport operator for an undisclosed sum. The deal sees Sir Peter Rigby’s Patriot Aerospace acquire commercial charter specialist Veritair Aviation. Sir Peter...
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Introduction Costly, time consuming and a risk for adverse publicity, employment tribunal proceedings invariably cause major headaches for employers. Here, Chris Inson of Capital Law LLP advises practitioners on the best course of action in the...
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Be careful what you post on the internet, because one day a recruiter might decide to look you up. If you think social media is overhyped and blogging and tweeting are a waste of time, then Google yourself, warn recruiters – after all, it's the...
