Osbornes partners with leading Brain Injury Charity to produce a new Q&A video series
News article published on: 17th September 2020
Lights, Camera, Legal Advice! This week marks the launch of a new series of 16 legal advice videos with brain injury charity, Headway East London. The charity supports people affected by brain injury and offer specialist support and services to survivors and their families and campaign for great public awareness around brain injury issues. Stuart […]
Osbornes Recognised as leading London Law Firm by Legal Directory
News article published on: 28th August 2020
Osbornes are delighted to announce that once again it has been ranked in the leading Law Firm Guide Chambers & Partners, 2021 Edition. The firm are particularly pleased for Edward Taylor, a solicitor in the housing and community care department, who is included for the very first time. The departments ranked are Family Law, Personal […]
Cyclist suffered broken back and pelvis after motorist veered into him on the wrong side of the road
News article published on: 27th August 2020
An avid cyclist had his ‘body broken’ and was left unable to walk unaided for almost a year after a motorist drove into him while on the wrong side of the road. Tomasz Chmielewski, 42, suffered a broken back, pelvis, ribs and both wrists while on his way to work. He says the female driver […]
Housing Lawyer at Osbornes comments on the government’s eviction ban extension
News article published on: 24th August 2020
Alex McMahon, expert housing lawyer in the housing and community care department at Osbornes has been quoted in various publications including the Daily Mirror following the Government’s eviction ban extension, which has now been pushed back to 20th September. Courts were due to begin hearing rental property repossession cases again from August 24th. Alex, who […]
Stephanie Prior speaks out over tragic stillborn baby deaths to BBC Look East News
News article published on: 20th August 2020
The maternity unit at Basildon University Hospital has been rated as Inadequate by the CQC following “failings” of six serious cases of babies born in poor conditions across two months. Stephanie Prior, head of Clinical Negligence at Osbornes told BBC Look East these should not be happening routinely. Similar concerns were raised last year following […]
Property Litigation lawyer, Shilpa Mathuradas quoted in Inside Conveyancing on ‘too good to be true’ property raffles
News article published on: 7th August 2020
House buyers and sellers should be wary of ‘too good to be true’ property raffles Shilpa Mathuradas, Head of Property Litigation at London law firm Osbornes Law, has been quoted in Inside Conveyancing, providing a lawyers perspective on property raffles. She advises that they are a legal minefield and many are too good to be […]
Family lawyer at Osbornes discusses how she juggles professional and personal demands during lockdown with The Law Society Gazette
News article published on: 3rd August 2020
Sarah Scott, associate solicitor in the firm’s family department contributed to The Law Society Gazette’s piece on “Lawyers in Lockdown: stories from the frontline”. Sarah gives a first hand experience of how her family had to adjust to the challenges they faced by the Coronavirus pandemic. The article was published on Friday 31st July and […]
Family and divorce lawyer, Joanne Wescott, Quoted in The Telegraph
News article published on: 27th July 2020
Joanne Wescott, a partner in the firm’s family department contributed to a piece in The Telegraph highlighting Court delays arising from Covid-19. Joanne, who is a specialist divorce lawyer has seen the number of divorce enquiries in her own practice increase, however, is also representing frustrated parties, whose divorce proceedings have slowed down as a […]
Cyclist whose career nearly ended following collision in London tells his story to the Evening Standard
News article published on: 27th July 2020
As reported in the evening standard, a jewellery designer and maker to the stars had his career almost ended when an Uber driver ploughed into him and broke his hand. Bradley Humphreys, 27, who has designed and made jewellery for pop stars, sports stars and royalty, was cycling home when the driver failed to spot […]
Video-witnessed wills
News article published on: 27th July 2020
Over the weekend the government announced plans to introduce legislation that will allow wills to be witnessed remotely via video. The provisions are to be backdated to 31 January 2020 and remain in place ‘as long as necessary’. Current rules relating to the execution of wills are contained in the Wills Act 1837 which (amongst […]
