Sophie Horgan is the Director of Horgan Homes, a small yet mighty – and indeed multiple-award-winning – Midlands-based and family-run housebuilding business. Here she talks to us about the company’s latest accolade, where she stands in terms of the greenbelt vs brownfield debate, and the need for front-line experience to feed into planning reforms.

Deputies and Attorneys who manage an incapacitated or a vulnerable person’s (“P”) finances have to be careful about releasing P’s funds to others, including to themselves.

In an effort to reduce the number of divorce cases ending up in court, the government started to encourage divorcing couples to use mediation as the first port of call.

We have advised on the proposed acquisition of Amcomri Group Limited by Rockpool Plc.

Acting for ASM Technologies Limited, a publicly listed company in India, in their acquisition of Semcon Engineering UK Limited.

We acted for Cleansing Service Group on the sale of its Oil Monster business and assets following a lucrative offer made by a customer and close contact of the company.

We were delighted to assist the Lauralu Group in its acquisition of Portable Venues (Group) Limited, strengthening its offering in the temporary structures and portable venue sector in the UK.

We assisted The Hallmark Engineering Group Ltd in the acquisition of a majority stake in Hadfield Services Limited.

We acted for the sellers of long-standing Derbyshire cleaning firm Lindsay Phillips Property Care Limited to national cleaning firm Hygiene Group Limited.

We are acting for a major business software reseller in a substantial dispute with a blue chip former customer relating to subsistence and infringement of intellectual property rights in a legacy database and system.