NEWS become only the fifth law firm in the region to be a Living Wage employer. The move cements a commitment to pay its employees above market rate salaries to acknowledge the true cost of living and working in the UK. Dave Hodgetts, CEO of Talbots Law, said: “As a management team we’ve made a commitment to continue our ethos of putting our people at the heart of our business, so the decision to attain accredited Living Wage Employer status was a no-brainer. “We are committed to providing our clients with the best possible service and having happy, well-paid, motivated staff encourages that. It’s important that our staff feel looked after and are earning wages that both reflects their contribution and allows them to provide the life they want for themselves and their loved ones.
LAW FIRM MARKS BECOMING A ‘LIVING WAGE’ EMPLOYER WITH 100 NEW JOBS DRIVE Talbots Law has celebrated becoming an officially accredited ‘Living Wage Employer’ by announcing its largest ever recruitment drive. The law firm, which became an Employed Owned Trust in 2021, is in the process of creating 100 new roles over the course of the next twelve to eighteen months, reflecting the company’s expansion across all
legal areas including conveyancing, corporate, employment, family and trusts and estates. Jobs available range from senior legal positions and administrative roles to business support vacancies. With six offices across the Black Country and Worcestershire, Talbots Law has used the expansion to
“We’re proud to be the 5th law firm in the Midlands to achieve the accreditation and, as ever, we will continue to explore ways that we can blaze a trail and drive positive change in the region.” Commitment to The Living Wage means paying an hourly rate that is significantly over and above the National Minimum Wage for each employee, meaning staff will be paid a minimum of £9.90 per hour.
EXPERIENCED WILL DISPUTES PARTNER JOINS IRWIN MITCHELL IN MIDLANDS Irwin Mitchell has appointed Kamal Majevadia, a highly experienced will disputes partner and a specialist solicitor in Birmingham. Majevadia will become the team’s 6th Partner and joins from Sydney Mitchell where he was head of department and covered Dispute Resolution, Contentious Probate and Professional Negligence. Kamal specialises in probate disputes such as inheritance tax claims and trust disputes, contentious trusts and issues with trustees as well as professional negligence. He has acted on disputes involving multi-millions of pound of assets across several jurisdictions. He is also a member of The Association of Contentious Trust and Probate Specialists (ACTAPS) and is recommended in the independent Legal 500 guide to the best lawyers. He will also be joined by Sabrina Moray a specialist will disputes solicitor who is moving to the Birmingham team from Sydney Mitchell. Sabrina deals with contentious probate, debt recovery and property disputes including cohabitation claims. Irwin Mitchell provides legal and financial advice to both individuals and businesses and Kamal says the breadth of
service and the human touch approach to working with clients was what attracted him to the firm. He said: “This is a fantastic opportunity to join Irwin Mitchell which is the leading will dispute team in the UK. The support network of added services of a full service firm couple with the financial planning and asset management services on offer will be extremely attractive to my clients. We also share the same ethos of providing a human touch approach to working with our clients and I can’t wait to get started.”
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