We would also like to take this opportunity to wish each and every one of you the compliments of the season, hoping that you have a restful and happy Christmas, and a prosperous New Year.

Our offices will close from 5.15 pm on 23 December 2016 and will re-open at 9 am on 3 January 2017.

This year in lieu of sending Christmas cards we will send a donation to our chosen charity, Mercia MS Therapy Centre.

Do you want to be in with a chance of winning £500 in cash? If so, just enter our competition!

All you have to do is take a picture (selfies are welcomed) featuring you and your Mander Hadley Bag4life, and post your photo on Twitter or Facebook with a tag to Mander Hadley.

The winner will be the person posting their picture from what we consider to be the most “unusual” and “interesting” location! This could be when you are on holiday, at an event, out shopping – just about anywhere!

Generous clients and hardworking solicitors from Mander Hadley joined together to help make a difference to their local community and in doing so raised £1,350 for The Myton Hospices.

During ‘Make a Will Week’ held in October, Mander Hadley’s private client team offered to prepare Wills free of charge. Instead of paying a fee clients were instead encouraged to make a donation to the charity which provides both in-patient and community hospice care to the people of Coventry, Rugby and Warwick.

A tool on a government website, which allows people to create Lasting Powers of Attorney (LPAs), without specialist legal advice, could leave vulnerable people unprotected in their hour of need.

A new report by Solicitors for the Elderly (SFE), has highlighted concerns and warns that anyone creating an LPA without taking specialist legal advice faces a significantly higher risk of being left with an ineffective legal document, incurring additional application fees, and even becoming a victim of fraud or coercion.

Highly anticipated changes to the Pre-Action Protocol for Construction and Engineering Disputes came into force on Wednesday 9 November, changing the face of claim preparation in the sector significantly.

Since its introduction, the Protocol has required claimants to issue a written letter to notify a defendant of their claim prior to Court proceedings. This letter must then be acknowledged (or objected) within a set period before the issue is taken to a pre-action meeting without prejudice, which allows both parties to attempt to narrow the issues between the parties and/or seek settlement of the dispute outside of Court.

Police are using new methods to spot HGV drivers who are illegally using mobile phones at the wheel, by recruiting ‘community spotters’ as well as ‘spy cabs’ driven by police officers.

The National Police Chiefs' Council (NPCC) has announced that a scheme using members of the public to target repeat offenders has been piloted this November as part of a highly publicised week-long crackdown.

Almost one in five of so-called “millennial mums” are planning to start a business in the next 12 months.

A new survey of 1,000 women, who were born between 1980 and 2000 and have a child under the age of four, suggests that a growing section of women are looking to set up their own enterprise.

Kenilworth will be looking its festive best this year with a little help from Mander Hadley.

The firm is one of the sponsors of the town’s Christmas lights in 2016, which illuminate Warwick Road, where the firm has its Kenilworth offices.