Freeths is a top 50 commercial law firm, trusted & well-liked by clients, with 13 UK offices. Sunday Times 100 Best Companies to Work For.
#ThinkFreethsFirst
If you've been affected by yesterday's
@BBC
documentary with
@Mellor76
about the
#PostOfficeScandal
, please visit
We supported the sub-postmasters in their successful high court case and are helping those affected by a conviction but not yet compensated.
Freeths are pleased to hear 39 former
#postmasters
have had their names cleared after the UK's most widespread miscarriage of justice. We're proud that our litigation team were able to help bring justice to those who's lives have been turned upside down
Freeths are proud to announce that we officially signed our
#TimetoChange
Employer Pledge at the launch of our Wellbeing Committee today. The signing of the pledge demonstrates our commitment to changing how we think & act about
#mentalhealth
in the workplace.
Freeths has been appointed by the Government to work on a new compensation scheme for the 555 Post Office victims who pursued the High Court claim that uncovered Britain’s biggest-ever miscarriage of justice.
Read more here:
#postoffice
#justice
Freeths are delighted to announce that once again, we have been recognised as one of the Sunday Times Top 100 Best Companies to Work For! What better way to be greeted on a Monday morning than with a tub of jelly beans to celebrate?!
#bestcompanies2019
Here at Freeths we're always trying to think of better ways to be more green. This morning, all staff across all 13 offices have been given a Freeths stainless steel water bottle to encourage staff to reduce the use of plastic cups and plastic water bottles at work.
#GreenGroup
We're so proud of announce that over the last 18 months, Freeths have raised an amazing £50,000 for the
@alzheimerssoc
! From skydives to 12 hour hill walks, everyone played a part across all of our offices to reach this fantastic total!
#Freeths
have been shortlisted for The Legal 500 UK Law Firm of the Year 2018 awards in two work areas; Projects, Energy and National Resources and Public Sector.
Freeths are proud to have been able to donate 736 laptops & PCs to not-for-profit company
@d_pipeline
after our IT refresh earlier this year. This equipment is being sent to schools, hospitals & charities in Africa, Nepal, Pakistan & South America.
#SponsorShoutOut
We aim to promote positive female role models providing inspiration in society & in business.
Each day this week, we say thank you to our 9 key sponsors 👏👏👏
Today we thank
@freeths
- key sponsor & Woman with Edge Award sponsor 👏
#WOTY2019
#ThisIsMe
💛
Freeths are excited to officially announce the opening of our 13th office in Bristol! Take a read to find out more about our expansion into the south west.
#expansion
#growth
#Bristol
Yesterday a team of 14 from Freeths Leeds spent a day clearing the overgrown canal bank in Leeds to support
@CanalRiverTrust
. As you can see the area was very
over grown before, but once they’d cleared some vicious nettles & brambles, they managed to see a glimpses of water!
We were honoured to host the official launch of The Women of the Year Luncheon and Awards 2019 on Thursday. Business Woman of the Year nominations are now open so click through to find out more and submit your nominations!
#WOTY19
@women_oftheyear
Despite growing concerns over its use, ECT is still administered to over a million people annually throughout the world, 2500 of those in the UK. If you have any concerns around ECT, contact Phillip McGough on 0115 936 9369 or phillip.mcgough
@freeths
.co.uk
We launched our new reusable, eco travel mugs today which are made from renewable sources, bamboo fibres & corn. Stats show the average lifespan of a single used cup is just 13 minutes, so these mugs will help us dramatically reduce the amount of paper cups we waste!
#GreenGroup
We are proud to announce that we have established a bursary programme for
#Law
students at the
@uniofleicester
and
@dmuleicester
in memory of Mukesh Patel, former Managing Partner of Freeths’ Leicester Office 🏫
Read more below 👇
#Bursary
Our team in Derby are proud to be sponsoring
@leightimmis
on his 4000 mile
@GWR
attempt for the Fastest Cycle Across Europe. The current record is 24 days & 18 hours! Leigh will be starting this challenge on Mon 10th raising awareness & money for
@MQmentalhealth
. Good luck Leigh
Last year, the Milton Keynes office supported local charity
@mksnap
. MK Snap run a centre for local people with disabilities. We raised an amazing total of £1061.00 for them over the year and legal assistant Kavita Raikundalia visited them today to present the cheque!
In honour of
#InternationalWomensDay
, we joined forces with
@SmartWorksHQ
to organise a clothing drive. Smart Works helps unemployed women find the confidence to return to work by dressing and coaching them for job interviews.
We're really pleased to announce that we have had another year of continued financial growth! As well as our fee income increasing by 9.5% on last year, we have also increased in staff numbers and offices too!
Freeths are proud to have been ranked no. 27 in the Social Mobility Employers Index 2019. It’s hugely important to us that we offer equal opportunities for everyone to succeed & realise their potential here at Freeths – whatever their background
#socialmobilityEI
@SocialMobilityF
Today’s the day! Good luck to all the finalists at
@Woman_oftheyear
2019! We hope everyone thoroughly enjoys the day celebrating positive female role models and their achievements!
#WOTY2019
#Thisisme
💛
This week we're working alongside our national charity
@MindCharity
and also
@LawCareLtd
for
#MentalHeathAwarenessWeek
. Every lunchtime we will be running an hour of information and activities focusing on mental health and wellbeing in the work place.
Following a successful summer placement and partnership with
@LeonardCheshire
#Change100
, Freeths are delighted to announce that Fraser Kane (and his guide dog Nelson) will be joining our legal assistant foundation programme when Fraser graduates in the summer 2020!
The initiative we are supporting is to help get women in the UK back into work when they may have previously been held back due to not having suitable clothing. Please head to our website to find the details of your nearest drop-off point.
@SharewearNotts
Congratulations to Clinical Negligence solicitor, Claire Cooper for her 'Junior Lawyer of the Year' nomination at the Derby and District Law Society Legal Awards 2019 on Friday. What a great achievement!
#legalawards
#juniorlawyer
Congratulations to Clinical Negligence partner, Carolyn Lowe on becoming a finalist for a Women Leader Award 2018 in the Professional Services category. We wish Carolyn the best of luck for the awards in October!
We are proud to present this year’s Business Woman of the Year Finalists. The judges had an incredibly difficult time narrowing down the more than 500 nominees to just 10 finalists and here they are 👉
Congratulations to you all!
#WOTY2019
#ThisIsMe
💛
Freeths' James Hartley, who managed a High Court group litigation in 2018/19 which saw
#subpostmasters
sue the
@PostOffice
to prove
@Fujitsu_Global
's system was faulty, said the supplier “has been very lucky - It could have been very different."
We're really excited to announce the launch of our Liverpool office today! This new venture marks our 12th UK-wide office. Andy Nichol and Luke Hopkins both join Freeths from DWF LLP & are well established in the Liverpool business community.
Our Leeds office have been baking to raise money for their local charity
@CryptLeeds
. The bakes had to represent the team who baked them, well done to those who contributed and paid to enjoy the cakes!
Freeths were proud to play in the
@FvHtweets
tournament last Saturday - a campaign which opposes homophobia in football. Despite the challenging weather, the team made it through to the semi-final, which they were defeated by the eventual winners 👏
#footballvhomophobia
#FvH2022
A fantastic afternoon yesterday of healthy competition between 14 Oxford professional services companies at our Annual Charity Football Tournament at
@OxCityFC
, in aid of
@HelenAndDouglas
, where we raised £595! Congrats to winners
@WellersSME
🥇& runners up
@JamesCowperK
Freeths are pleased to award Ronald Dadey with our 2019 Legal Scholarship. Ronald will get 2 weeks, paid work experience at our Milton Keynes office as well as a bursary towards his first year of university studies. Congratulations Ronald!
We're really proud to be celebrating the success of our Pensions Director, Kim Jones, after she was awarded the ‘Most Inspiring Returner’ at the Professional Pensions inaugural Women in Pensions awards ceremony last week! Congratulations Kim!
Mukesh Patel, former Managing Partner of Freeths Leicester, was posthumously awarded a Lifetime Achievement award at the Leicestershire Law Society Awards 2023 for his tireless dedication to the firm and local business community.
Read more (link below).
#LLSAwards2023
Freeths are proud to announce that once again, we have been recognised in
@thetimes
annual
#BestLawFirms
list for 2021. We have been commended in 11 notable areas. Find out more here:
For this week’s dress down Friday we are celebrating the start of LGBT history month across the firm by wearing bright colours and our rainbow lanyards! Throughout the month we will be looking at various LGBTQ+ related topics.
#LGBT
#LGBTHM19
#diversity
#SHINE
🌈
Freeths are excited to announce that we are now a top 50 UK law firm in
@TheLawyermag
recent top 100 ranking! Take a read to find out more about how we have expanded over the past 5 years and our continued growth as a business.
Some of our Manchester team went to visit their local charity,
@FrancisHouseCH
today to help with their chick appeal. Each year they collect thousands of knitted chicks & Creme Eggs to sell in local businesses. Freeths donated 600 eggs & filled over 1,400 chicks this morning! 🐤
Freeths are proudly supporting
#BlackHistoryMonth
across all 13 offices throughout October. This year we are pleased to be supporting
@acltcharity
. This is an incredibly important charity as the Black community is currently under-represented with only 1% of active donors!
The team in Manchester dressed down and ran a bake sale last Friday to raise money to buy gifts for local Manchester school
@medlockPS
who participate in
#RighttoRead
. Freeths staff have also enjoyed giving up their time to attend the school and listen to the children read.
In just a couple of weeks, our offices have collected an incredible amount of food for our national
#charity
,
@FareShareUK
. The
#donations
are being delivered to local charities in time for the holiday season, to help families in need over the festive period.
#fareshare
#foodbank
We've had a makeover and extended our offices in Birmingham! We will be opening our office to guests and clients next month to view our space, but in the meantime take a sneak peak at our walk through video...
Freeths are pleased to have been
#shortlisted
as
#finalists
for the
@MK_BAA
2020 for the Health & Wellbeing Category - sponsored by
@Mazars_UK
. We look forward to attending the awards in March.
📺Don't miss the gripping saga of justice on January 1st! Join
@ITV
for "Mr Bates vs The Post Office," a groundbreaking docu-series revisiting the infamous
#PostOfficeScandal
. We are proud to see our own James Hartley's role in the
#legal
battle—tune in to witness history⚖️
It was a pleasure to have sponsored the Women of the Year awards again last Friday. Over 600 women attended the awards for the 36th year which was a great evening for successful women in business to celebrate their achievements.
#WOTY18
Well done to all those that took part in the Snowdon Triple Challenge this weekend! The team trekked, cycled & rowed 26 miles in sunny Wales in aid of
@MindCharity
. Donations would be greatly received to help us achieve our target of £10,000
We’re really pleased to have won Large Firm of the Year and Fiona Harrison was also crowned Junior Lawyer of the Year at Friday night’s Leicestershire Law Society Awards! Congratulations to everyone involved.
Exciting news! 😄
We’re expanding into
#Scotland
. Partners Paul Ockrim and Nick Taylor will launch our new
#Glasgow
office this month with plans to establish a full-service offering in the region.
Read more below 👇
#Expansion
#NewOffice
#Growth
After a rigorous interviewing process that started in March 2019,
@rachaeloakes
, Partner and National Joint Head of Freeths’ highly regarded UK Family Wealth Practice has been appointed Deputy District Judge and will sit on the Midland Circuit:
#VisitMyMosque
day is taking place 3rd March with between 200-300 mosques taking part. This is a great chance for non-Muslims to engage with Muslims in their local communities & help break the misconceptions that exist about Islam. Find your local mosque!
How will business change in the post-pandemic world? How should leaders be changing their business today in order to secure them against future disruption? Join us on 4 June for this free webinar with futurist
@bookofthefuture
. Register now!
Join Charlotte Rees-John and
@gmchamber
at our Manchester office on 17th October for our next HR Matters roundtable. In this breakfast seminar we will discuss conducting effective disciplinary investigations. Sign up to secure your place!
Freeths are proud to be attending tonight's awards. Good luck to all of the other finalists at the 2019 Mental Health & Wellbeing awards.
@diversitylegal
The Freeths real estate team are excited for the launch of the pilot of our new Case Management System
@sharedo_it
. The cloud based system is being rolled out in the Nottingham team today, before a potential release across the rest of the real estate department & the wider firm.
Thank you to everyone who attended Leicester's 20th anniversary cocktail party celebrations at
@leicestermuseum
! 🎉 We would like to thank everyone for their continued support over the years & hope all of our guests enjoyed the evening as much as we did!
#20yearsinLeicestershire
Webinar: Covid-19 – How to manage the impact on your staff now and into the future. Please join Employment Partner Kevin Poulter and Managing Associate Amanda Trewhella at midday on Wednedsay 6th May 2020 for a special London HR matters ‘lockdown’ webinar:
It’s Time to Talk! We’ve been getting involved in
#TimeToTalkDay
by eating cakes & taking part in wellbeing activities. We’re passionate about starting the conversation & are committed to changing this ‘taboo’ topic to something everyone can talk about.
@TimetoChange
@MindCharity
Congratulations to our Leeds & Sheffield Netball team, captained by Nicola Heslop, for winning the
@WIP_YNE
netball tournament at
@eis2win
! Well done to all the competing teams - it was a great event and we look forward to the next one!
#womeninproperty
#netball
Freeths are pleased to announce that we are on track to achieve a turnover of £100m by the end of 2020. Despite the current economic and political challenges, we have had another strong year of growth with our turnover increasing by just over 5%.
Join our exclusive
#LinkedInLive
session with James Hartley, Partner at Freeths, as he shares his experience tackling the infamous
#PostOfficeScandal
featured in
@ITV
's Mr Bates vs The Post Office.🎥⚖️Save the date and join the LinkedIn Live here:
The Corporate team at Freeths are delighted to announce that they have provided legal advice to
@EddieStobartCom
on the acquisition of The Pallet Network together with a share placing to support the transaction and for general corporate purposes.
Well done to Freeths' Mike Copestake for winning the Lifetime Achievement Award at the
@insidereastmids
Property Dinner Awards last night!
Freeths were also proud sponsors of the Property Deal of the Year award.
Our Stoke office have challenged themselves to walk 20 miles along the Edale Skyline on Saturday 23 June 2018 to raise money for their nominated
#LocalCharity
,
@DonnaLouiseUK
#Freethinking
#ONEINAMILLION
Please follow this link to donate to their page
Our Clinical Negligence team is hosting a bake sale to raise money for Baby Lifeline, a national charity committed to preventing avoidable tragedies, and the unnecessary misery suffered by families and healthcare professionals as a consequence.
Freeths are delighted to have been shortlisted for 'Corporate Law Firm of the Year' and for two 'SME Deal of the Year' Awards at the East Midlands Dealmakers Awards 2020!
Freeths had a fantastic weekend in Coventry at the
@corpgamesuk
! With lots of success, team spirit and fun, here's just some of the photos of our golfing, cycling, go karting and mixed netball teams.
#teamspirit
#TeamFreeths
#CorporateGames
Great evening combining law and jazz at the
@EMLawshare
biennial lecture last week. Thank you to John Riddell at
@Weightmans
for organising,
@TrentUni
for hosting and Professor Tom Lewis for delivering an excellent lecture on the coming of age of the Human Rights Act.
Thank you to everyone that got involved in our
#InternationalWomensDay
clothes donation to
@SharewearNotts
. The team from the charity came into our Nottingham office today to tell us more about the work they do. Please visit their website to find out more