Dawson Radford, company and commercial law specialists, has joined forces with SFT Consulting Ltd and is able to offer clients an employment law and HR service.

Stacey Cox, the founder of SFT Consulting Ltd, is an employment lawyer with over 14 years HR support and employment law experience. She began working in employment law when she left university 14 years ago. Stacey then worked for a regional firm for 11 years, building up its employment department from scratch.

Jo Dawson, Director at Dawson Radford Solicitors said “I am so pleased that Stacey has decided to join us. Having worked with Stacey for many years I know just what a fantastic lawyer she is, and I also know that she shares our firm’s mission and values for our staff and clients. This is an excellent appointment for us, as it now enables us to deliver employment law services and expand our business law offering”.

Stacey has represented a vast array of clients from small bespoke businesses to international clients and can assist clients with any employment or HR issue, including:

• The drafting of policies and procedures, i.e. contracts and handbooks;
• The drafting of and advising upon executive service agreements;
• Settlement agreements;
• The conducting of internal meetings i.e. disciplinary and grievance meetings and redundancy consultation meetings;
• Employment tribunals, both in the preparation for and representation at the employment tribunal.
• Restrictive covenants – both the drafting of and enforcement;
• Mergers and acquisitions, this includes assisting our excellent corporate team to ensure clients are fully compliant with its TUPE obligations and staffing issues upon completion.

Whatever your business need may be, Stacey prides herself on her practical approach to assisting you in achieving your desired outcome.

Banner Jones’ Family Law and Personal Injury teams have received a Tier 2 ranking in this year’s Legal 500, the 7^th year in a row the firm has received acknowledgement.

The Legal 500 assesses the strengths of law firms across the world, and this acknowledgement showcases the continued great work of Banner Jones over the last 12 months, and the quality of the services they provide.

The latest 2020 guide states that the firm’s family law team have ‘outstanding knowledge’ in a broad range of family matters whilst the Personal Injury team were praised for being ‘happy to think outside the box’ and for how they ‘value the client as an individual’.

In addition, four of the firm’s solicitors have been listed by Legal 500 as a ‘Recommended Lawyer’ this includes Head of Family Law Kelly Parks, Head of Personal Injury Simon Wright, Head of Care Helena Downing and Family Law Solicitor Shetal Gudgeon.

Kelly Parks (right) commented: “This is a fantastic achievement and reflects the hard work of everyone in the team. We’ve been involved in some difficult cases in the last 12 months, such as domestic violence abuse cases, divorce settlements and childcare arrangements.”

“I would like to give particular thanks to the work of Shetal Gudgeon who the Legal 500 has stated ‘treats domestic abuse clients with respect and understanding’.”

Simon Wright said: “It’s been a great year and as a team we strive to provide the very best service to our clients. I’m thrilled that the Legal 500 recognise that our ‘communication is always excellent’ and that our ‘Support staff, especially Sarah Sadler, are very efficient.’ Well done Sarah.”

Banner Jones Solicitors is an award-winning law firm with offices in Chesterfield, Sheffield, Mansfield, Dronfield and Nottingham.

Kelly Parks & Shetal Gudgeon

Home Instead Senior Care has been recognised as a 5 Star Employer by WorkBuzz, as a result of positive feedback from their employees.

In June 2019, WorkBuzz invited all Home Instead’s CAREGivers and Key Players to provide confidential feedback about their experience working for Home Instead, including the training and development on offer; the relationship with their manager and day-to-day responsibilities. As independent employee engagement specialists, WorkBuzz then verified the results.

Home Instead was awarded the WorkBuzz 5 Star Employer award in September, based on positive feedback from their employees. This demonstrates Home Instead Senior Care’s high levels of employee engagement, compared to other businesses of a similar size.

Stephanie Metham (right), Care Director at Home Instead  said: “We are delighted to have been recognised as a 5 Star Employer by WorkBuzz. This means so much as it is awarded based on feedback from our fantastic CAREGiver’s and support team.”

Steven Frost, CEO of WorkBuzz said “The biggest challenge facing many organisations is recruiting and retaining the best talent. We would like to congratulate Home Instead for its high levels of employee engagement. Its positive culture means that most employees are proud to work there, would choose to stay even if they were offered a similar job elsewhere, and are highly motivated.”

Home Instead is one of the UK’s leading at-home care providers. Their service is tailored to the needs of individual clients and ranges from companionship, meal preparation, light housekeeping, post-discharge care, medication reminders, shopping and errands to personal care, available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Just last month, Home Instead was named as one of the 20 most recommended providers in the Home Care Awards 2019. In June 2019, the company received an Outstanding Rating from the Care Quality Commission (CQC), which only three per cent of home care providers inspected by the CQC have been awarded.

Executive Director at Banner Jones Solicitors, Stephen Gordon, has recently been appointed as President of The Notaries Society, the representative society for the 775 Notaries practising in England and Wales.

Founded in 1882, The Notaries Society plays a major part in the lives of Notaries offering training, continuing professional development as well as international representation. Notaries represent the oldest and smallest branch of the legal profession in England and Wales and so the work of the Society is crucial in ensuring their interests are best represented.

Stephen, who heads up the Business Legal Services team at Banner Jones Solicitors, has been a qualified Notary Public dealing with international matters for both private and commercial clients for over 25 years, and is now the only remaining Notary Public in Chesterfield.

Having been appointed as Vice President in January 2019 (below), Stephen was elected to the Presidents role on 19th September 2019. Stephen will run the society and continue its work on the development of professional standards.

Commenting on his appointment Stephen said: “I’m extremely proud to have been appointed as President of the Society and am delighted to further my involvement in supporting the work of fellow Notary Publics across England and Wales.”