The ladies pictured above have very tastefully disrobed (like the original Calendar Girls!) for the BIADS 2016 calendar to support their partners and friends with dementia and help the charity raise £20,000 to pay for the running of the befriending service – which is really valuable to those living with dementia in our area. The
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Driving Licence Paper Counterparts Abolished from 8 June 2015
What this means for you Paper driving licence holders (those issued before 1998) If you only have a paper licence it will remain valid and should not be destroyed. You will be issued with a photocard licence, the next time you need to update your name or address or renew your licence. Penalty points (endorsements)
Equity Partner Announced at MKB Solicitors LLP
Steven Dawson has been appointed as a Senior Partner at MKB Solicitors having spent 6 years as a Partner with the firm. He joined MKB in September 2001 as a qualified Solicitor in the Wills, Trusts & Future Planning Department specialising in all areas of Private Client work including the administration of estates,
Great to see so many businesses supporting Barnsley College for Apprenticeship Week …
MKB are proud to be part of the Barnsley College apprenticeship event promoting opportunities with Barnsley College on 12 March 2015 – we also managed to have a little fun whilst there too! Local businesses who support the College and their Apprenticeship schemes were asked to attend the event at the Old Mill Lane site and provide props
Dementia Friends at MKB Solicitors …
A big thank you to Richard Brocklehurst of Barnsley Dementia Action Alliance and the Alzheimer’s Society for the dementia awareness training and support today – helping to make MKB Solicitors LLP and it’s staff dementia friendly.
Steven Dawson, Partner, Shines Bright at one of South Yorkshire’s Grandest Events
The first ever Barnsley based President of Sheffield & District Law Society since the Society began in 1875 hosts one of South Yorkshire’s most Prestigious Events. Distinguished members of Sheffield & District law fraternity and their guests gathered for their 139th annual dinner ‘Yorkshire Lawyers Banquet’ at Cutlers Hall, Sheffield on Friday 6th February
A Level students get a taste of the law
A Level students from Barnsley Sixth Form College are getting a taste of the legal life thanks to MKB Solicitors LLP. The five Law students are taking part in a four-week work experience placement where they have the opportunity to shadow Solicitors, attend Court and observe client meetings. Sam Kinghorn, Luke Thompson, Emma Peacock, Megan
Holidays from Hell! Employment Update by Ben McFeely
A year doesn’t seem to go by without new controversy surrounding the provision of holidays to workers. After the debacle of holidays and long term sickness absence, we now have new European and UK case law that has created huge headaches for employers about the way in which holiday pay is calculated. What a mess!
Mirror, Mirror, on the wall … Do I need a Will at all?
In the first of a series of articles by Steven Dawson, the Head of the Private Client Department at MKB and current President of the Sheffield and District Law Society, we look at some recent changes to the rules about who inherits if you die without having made a Will. “Whilst we at MKB would