On Thursday 4th September staff at Blackhurst Budd had the pleasure of seeing the Managing Director, Warren Spencer, participate in the Ice Bucket Challenge.......
On Thursday 4th September staff at Blackhurst Budd had the pleasure of seeing the Managing Director, Warren Spencer, participate in the Ice Bucket Challenge.......
Blackpool solicitors Blackhurst Budd are aiming to raise money for Trinity Hospice as part of a major drive to get people to write a will.
The Edward Street firm is pledging that wills written for an individual or couple from 18 to 22 August will be done so free of charge.
Solicitors Blackhurst Budd are heading to the Oscars of the legal world after being shortlisted in the prestigious Law Society Excellence Awards 2014
The Edward Street firm is the only legal practice on the Fylde Coast to have made it to the finals of the awards which celebrate the brightest stars in the legal profession.
Dozens of blisters and very sore feet have resulted in a team of Blackpool solicitors raising £2,000 for a children’s charity.
A four-strong team of legal experts from Blackhurst Budd recently took part in the Trek 50 challenge which saw them walk 50 miles around the Lancashire and Yorkshire border to raise money for children’s health charity MedEquip4Kids.
In a decision which significantly strengthens the hand of workplace whistleblowers, and self-employed people in particular, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has ruled that a health and safety consultant was a legally protected ‘worker’ despite not having the benefit of an employment contract.
An ‘extraordinary’ case in which police officers contacted an employment judge in the midst of a lengthy hearing, passing information to her which was prejudicial to one of the parties, has resulted in important guidance being issued by the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT).
A Blackpool legal business is expanding after weathering the recession storm which has hit solicitors hard and enjoying a brilliant year.
Article featured in The Gazette - 16/06/14
Blackpool solicitors Blackhurst Budd are celebrating receiving another feather in their cap with their latest quality award.
The Edward Street firm has recently been awarded the Wills and Inheritance Quality Scheme (WIQS) providing reassurance to clients that it operates best practice and the highest standards.
Article featured in The Gazette - 09/06/14
In a case which drew a clear distinction between the everyday and legal meanings of the word ‘couple’, a man has won the right to claim housing and council tax benefits after his girlfriend moved temporarily to London to study the law.
A case in which a motorist suffered serious head injuries when his Land Rover was squashed beneath a falling sycamore tree gave rise to a novel test case in which a judge was asked to define what is, and is not, a ‘road traffic accident’.