What is purdah? The ‘purdah period’ or period of sensitivity is a Civil Service Code which prohibits any sensitive announcements by Government prior to an election or a referendum. It is not a legal requirement to implement a pu...
2016 was an outstanding year for Square One Law’s litigation team, which included winning Litigation Team of the Year at the Northern Law Awards, and that success has attracted new lawyers to the team, Rachael Cooper and Ross Gordon. Gi...
Square One Law employment partners, Jean-Pierre van Zyl and Simon Loy, recently held a series of seminars in conjunction with Nicole Addis of Peel Psychological Consultancy, to raise awareness of the widespread effects of mental health on m...
A £10 million property fund aimed at supporting smaller scale North East construction and property development projects will provide an important boost for the construction industry. The idea for the fund was conceived by FW Capital, the...
A new bar on Newcastle’s High Bridge is to be created after a commercial property deal for two entrepreneurial brothers and a leading leisure operator has reached completion. John and Greg Hall, grandsons of property developer Sir John H...
The management team at Sunderland-based Communications and Internet Service Provider, NTE Limited, has completed the sale of its business, increasing its growth, securing employment of its current workforce and creating a significant number...
Square One Law has seen an upturn in the volume of commercial property activity in the leisure sector, having advised on an increasing number of transactions over the last year. Barney Frith, commercial property specialist and head of S...
Really enjoyed attending the NOF conference last week. A major theme from the conference was IP within the energy sector, and questions around how IP can help drive innovation and research. I hope my short article below will be of interest...
The px group ('px'), the Teesside based infrastructure solutions business, has agreed to acquire the infrastructure operation at Saltend Industrial Park, near Hull, from BP. The park provides comprehensive energy, infrastructure, operat...
