An unmarried mother has won a landmark court case in which it has been ruled that she was discriminated against when prevented from claiming Widowed Parent's Allowance. Tilly Bailey & Irvine's Chartered Legal Executive Wendy Beacom takes...
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Tilly Bailey & Irvine is delighted to announce a season-long partnership with Stockton Town FC just as the 2018/19 campaign gets underway. The deal makes TBI official sponsors of the Anchors' new match highlights videos , which...
Picture it; The law firm you are using suddenly goes into liquidation, so what do you do next? Gemma Tunney and Tilly Bailey & Irvine ’s Personal Injury team have stepped in for this very scenario, and here’s what happened…. ...
The Court of Appeal has ruled that the ‘same-roof’ rule is incompatible with Human Rights Law. Nathalie Clayton and Tilly Bailey & Irvine's Personal Injury team explain what this means for those lodging an abuse claim.... ...
How can you prove “unreasonable behaviour” and what constitutes as a “no fault divorce”?
We get the insight from one of the North East’s much-loved voices of radio, John Foster, formerly of BBC, TFM, Sunderland AFC and more gives us his story….
The death of somebody close is something that proves mightily difficult to deal with. Tilly Bailey & Irvine partner Martin Brown has two important pieces of advice for you in this situation.... Taking these two simple steps will greatly help...
NHS England has jumped to suspend Trans-Vaginal Mesh operations amid 'life-threatening' safety concerns. Tbi Law Solicitor Sylvia Taylor takes up the story....
In TBI's latest edition of In The Spotlight, we get the insight from Lee Watson, tax director of award-winning North East accountants Clive Owen LLP.....
North East law firm Tilly Bailey & Irvine continues to thrive, as shown by four new promotions for solicitors within the company in the first quarter of 2018....
The Supreme Court this week said a ban on heterosexual couples entering civil partnerships instead of marriage was "incompatible" with human rights laws. Wendy Beacom, a Legal Executive at our North East firm, explains how it helps...
Tilly Bailey & Irvine's staff has dealt with endless Personal Injury matters over time, and our North East Solicitors have continued to help clients claim back compensation. Kay Ditcham tells the full story.... Helen Elstob ,...
Can you claim compensation for a hit and run? What if the vehicle responsible for an accident is not insured? Gemma Tunney explains how our North East Solicitors deal with the many more tricky situations of a bump out on the roads that could have been...
When is a defect NOT a defect? Well Adrienne Harris explains how our North East Solicitors can help decipher this in a personal injury case.... Generally speaking, a person who falls over on somebody’s premises will have to demonstrate that the...
It almost seems too unlucky that somebody might be injured in an accident and then, rather than their medical treatment resolve their injuries, it is performed negligently and in fact makes matters worse, something which our North East Solicitors have had to...
North East Solicitor Nathalie Clayton recently secured an award in the sum of £19,000 for a client following an accident he was involved in at work in 2016. It was a case that highlights the fact that an injury could well be undervalued,...
The Civil Liability Bill had its second reading in the House of Lords recently, and one of our North East firm's partners, Kay Ditcham, has been looking at how it could affect those involved in accidents out on the roads. The Bill, amongst...
Our North East firm are no strangers to hearing about accidents at work but, as Gemma Tunney explains, it is vital to keep your workplace as safe as possible for employers.... For many of us our day involves getting up, going to work and...
A woman who was sexually abused by her stepfather almost every day when she was aged between 4 and 16 years old is challenging a law which prevents victims of crimes of violence, who have lived under the "same roof" as their attacker prior to 1...
Recently the Personal Injury team at our Hartlepool office has seen an influx of accidents occurring at the Tees Bay Retail Park, as Litigation Executive Adrienne Harris explains.... We identified that whilst there was not in all cases a defect as...
Michael Stevens, Solicitor based out of our Commercial office in Wynyard, has successfully obtained an Order pursuant to s216 of the Insolvency Act 1986, from the Company and Insolvency Division of the High Court.
I have recently secured an award of compensation of £4.5 million for a baby girl who was sent home by her GP when she was suffering from a serious condition.
Tell Us About Your Role In Your Business As the Founder and Managing Director, I deal mainly with policy, structure, media and financial matters. How Did The Business Start? I started working in the heir tracing business in 1990 and set up as a sole...
It is a common misconception that if you have a Will it is not necessary to obtain probate to your estate once you have died, as our North East firm partner Helen Dexter explains.... Whether or not probate is needed depends upon the assets owned by...
There are a relatively small number of Notaries Public in the north east of England. Throughout the country there are only about 900. Most unusually, in this firm we are very fortunate to have two Notaries. Myself and my colleague, Annaliese Barber ...
The commercial arm of the firm based in Wynyard has appointed an experienced solicitor to join its Commercial Disputes Team as a partner. Nigel Broadbent has worked in the area of commercial litigation for three decades, acting for a...
With the release of the Paradise Papers , the spotlight has been shone on high profile abuses of tax legislation, where individuals have subverted the letter of the law to reduce their personal tax position, often in the sum of hundreds of thousands of...
Asbestos victims can still recover damages where insurers cannot be traced, says Mark Ellis , a Partner of our North East firm. Victims of the fatal asbestos induced cancer, mesothelioma , who are unable to trace their employers or an employers...
IF YOU ENGAGE AGENCY WORKERS (OR ARE THINKING OF USING THEM) YOU SHOULD READ THIS! Those businesses engaging agency workers through an employment agency should know that agency workers who have been continuously engaged by them for 12 calendar weeks are...
The highest court in the land - namely the Supreme Court - has made a landmark decision on what many would regard as a strange set of circumstances says John Ellwood , a Partner at our North east firm. Until relatively recently any form of gambling was...
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