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Professional Paralegal Register founder wins outstanding achievement award at National Paralegal Awards 2023

Now in its fifth year and hosted by CILEX (the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives) and the Professional Paralegal Register (PPR), the awards ceremony took place at the Grand Hotel in Birmingham

Wilkes Partnership wins Mid-Market Deal of the Year at the Insider Midlands Dealmakers Awards

Wilkes, along with Regent Assay, LDC, KPMG, Fairgrove, Clearwater International, Claritas Tax, Freeths, and Higgs, received the award on September 14th for their joint involvement

Global Ports Holding secure Bremerhaven cruise terminal contract award

The concession of current operator, Columbus Cruise Center Bremerhaven, expires end 2024

Research into what drives PII premiums published

The Legal Services Board (LSB) and Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) have published joint research looking into the cost of professional indemnity insurance (PII) for law firms, and what factors drive differences in premium levels.

New STEP tool helps inheritance advisors prevent their clients losing access to precious digital assets

Research launched by STEP, the professional body for inheritance advisors, found that leading cloud service providers have work to do to improve their legacy settings

Reeds Solicitors Launches Service for Court of Protection in Swindon

Leading national law firm Reeds Solicitors LLP has launched a Court of Protection service from its Swindon Office

Railpool secures €150m financing for new locomotives

Railpool will use the funds to procure, among other things, 50 new universal locomotives manufactured by Alstom Traxx

WFW advises Star Energy on acquisition of majority stake in Croatian geothermal development company

Watson Farley & Williams (“WFW”) advised AIM listed Star Energy (formerly IGas Energy Plc) on its acquisition of a majority stake in a company with geothermal assets in Croatia (the “Croatian Geothermal JV company”)