Jacksons' Blog

Business Awards – Why should we enter them?

Last week I had the privilege to attend the Teesside Business Awards at Teesside University.

Stronger Together

In the media at the moment we are inundated with stories of parties who no longer want to be tied to each other. We learn that Theresa May is going to invoke Article 50 and trigger Brexit next week and the SNP are asking for another independence referendum.

National Apprenticeship Week

At the end of National Apprenticeship Week there is really only one person to talk to at Jacksons, our apprentice Chloe. In this week’s blog she tells us why she decided to do an apprenticeship and what she is learning.

I’ve been amazed by the social media comments and articles in the media, on International Women’s Day, written by some really inspirational women around the globe who have achieved great things.

What’s it like to be a matrimonial lawyer?

For this week’s blog I have engaged in conversation with Louisa Bestford, head of Jacksons’ matrimonial team. Here is what Louisa has to say.
Q – Why did you decide to be a matrimonial lawyer?
A – I started my career in civil litigation 7 years ago.

Believing in Teesside since 1876

It is without apology that this week I revert to a subject I have written about before – the need for people living and working in Teesside to be proud of their area and to trumpet our successes and strengths rather than letting the area be tarnished by external media reports of everything that i

Scale Ups

This week I have asked Charlotte Alexander in our company and commercial team to talk about upscaling. Her report below is really interesting. Looks like these could be really important for the growth of the north east economy.

Upskilling

Thank you to Simon Catterall for writing the blog for me last week while I was away. I really enjoyed reading his thoughts.
This week I have been considering one of the buzz words of the moment; ‘upskilling’.

Disagreements: he who laughs last?

I have always been interested in military history and when the opportunity arises, I sometimes traipse around old battlefields imagining how it must have been for our ancestors who used to settle their differences by arming themselves to the teeth and taking to the field.

Spotlight on Dispute Resolution

For this week’s blog, I have turned the spotlight on the firm’s dispute resolution team or what old lawyers like me call litigation. I have spoken to one of the younger members of our team Solicitor, Michael Sproates.