A top lawyer with expertise in tax and trust planning has been recruited by Thursfields Solicitors to help establish an estate planning practice in the firm’s Birmingham office. Terry Cooper (pictured above) has been appointed as a director of wills and estates at the leading Midlands law firm with a focus on entrepreneurs and business owners, wealthy families and individuals who need wills or...

The various legal issues involved in returning to the workplace after Covid-19 will be the focus of a free Thursfields Solicitors webinar later this month. The Zoom-based event from 10am on Wednesday, July 28 will start with a short vidcast from Helena Morrissey (above), director and head of employment law at Thursfields, and she will then appear “live” for a question and answer session. Ms...

Thursfields Solicitors has recorded its busiest-ever 12 months of corporate activity, providing legal guidance on 29 deals worth a total of more than £125 million. Gareth Burge, director and head of corporate at Thursfields, explained that he and his team had coped with the hectic period despite the Covid-19 pandemic. Mr Burge said: “The last 12 months have been our busiest ever, and the team...