Commercial Law

We are delighted to welcome Jackie Abbott to Ellis-Fermor & Negus. Jackie will head up our commercial property department at our expanding Belper office in Derbyshire. About Jackie Abbott For over 12 years Jackie has worked in commercial property and has gained...

Later this month, 25 May 2018, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will come into law. This will be backed up by a UK Act that adds to and clarifies some of that European law. All indications are that the...

Ellis-Fermor &Negus are pleased to announce the appointment of Shauna Partridge to the Commercial Property team at the Beeston office. Shauna, a trainee Legal Executive, has been working for the firm since July 2012 and has gained considerable experience in...

Tim Jones, solicitor at our Long Eaton office, issues a warning to local charities seeking to benefit from statutory relief from National Non-Domestic Rates (more commonly known as Business Rates) in respect of premises owned or leased for charitable use. Charities in occupation...

A recent decision of the High Court is a salutary reminder to parties involved in any form of settlement negotiation  that failure to make a settlement offer expressly ‘subject to contract’ may produce unintended consequences. In Newbury v Sun Microsystems...

A group of Long Eaton people whose homes could be demolished to make way for the High Speed Two rail line have started down the track for compensation, with the help of a legal firm. Residents of Trent Cottages met...

As we propel ourselves and our businesses into 2013, here are some actions that could help you make, protect or realise more value this year: 1. Innovation– it’s a key driver but sometimes risk holds people back, so deal with:...

Corporate Mergers & Acquisitions Lawyer, Murray Macnab, has been awarded a prestigious Finance Monthly Deal Makers of the Year 2012 UK award, recognising his key role in the sale of the NDT Services Ltd group to a FTSE 100 company....

  This is to be a collection of measures that one would ordinarily expect to find in legislation dealing with quite separate areas of law. This article concentrates only on the parts that will affect Town and Country Planning, but...

The Directors of NDT Services Ltd, VictoryPark, Derbyand Quality Verification Services, Winterstoke Road, Weston-Super-Mare, are pleased to announce the acquisition of the QVS business by NDT Services.  Both companies are well established in the non destructive testing industry and both...