Hugh James
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We are a leading, full-service UK law firm that cares about fighting for the right outcomes. At Hugh James, challenges - of all sizes - are readily accepted.
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✍️ Applications for our Summer Placement Scheme are now open and will close at the end of January.
We know the application process can feel competitive, so our recruitment team has shared their top tips to help you make your application stand out.
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We know the application process can feel competitive, so our recruitment team has shared their top tips to help you make your application stand out.
🔗 bit.ly/4qGroDG
November 3, 2025 at 2:05 PM
✍️ Applications for our Summer Placement Scheme are now open and will close at the end of January.
We know the application process can feel competitive, so our recruitment team has shared their top tips to help you make your application stand out.
🔗 bit.ly/4qGroDG
We know the application process can feel competitive, so our recruitment team has shared their top tips to help you make your application stand out.
🔗 bit.ly/4qGroDG
🎓 Ready to discover a career in law?
We’re pleased to invite you to our upcoming open days over the next couple of months.
📍 Cardiff Office
📆 5 November 2025
🕙 10:30 – 12:30
📍 London Office
📆 3 December 2025
🕙 10:00 – 12:00
🔗 Sign up here: bit.ly/4nrGFp9
We’re pleased to invite you to our upcoming open days over the next couple of months.
📍 Cardiff Office
📆 5 November 2025
🕙 10:30 – 12:30
📍 London Office
📆 3 December 2025
🕙 10:00 – 12:00
🔗 Sign up here: bit.ly/4nrGFp9
October 29, 2025 at 1:46 PM
🎓 Ready to discover a career in law?
We’re pleased to invite you to our upcoming open days over the next couple of months.
📍 Cardiff Office
📆 5 November 2025
🕙 10:30 – 12:30
📍 London Office
📆 3 December 2025
🕙 10:00 – 12:00
🔗 Sign up here: bit.ly/4nrGFp9
We’re pleased to invite you to our upcoming open days over the next couple of months.
📍 Cardiff Office
📆 5 November 2025
🕙 10:30 – 12:30
📍 London Office
📆 3 December 2025
🕙 10:00 – 12:00
🔗 Sign up here: bit.ly/4nrGFp9
Drones are now a staple of TV production, offering everything from sweeping landscapes to dynamic crowd shots.
✍️ Ilan Wyn Jones, Associate in our Media & Entertainment team, explains the regulations, what to consider and the steps to stay compliant.
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✍️ Ilan Wyn Jones, Associate in our Media & Entertainment team, explains the regulations, what to consider and the steps to stay compliant.
🔗 bit.ly/4nOSO8E
October 15, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Drones are now a staple of TV production, offering everything from sweeping landscapes to dynamic crowd shots.
✍️ Ilan Wyn Jones, Associate in our Media & Entertainment team, explains the regulations, what to consider and the steps to stay compliant.
🔗 bit.ly/4nOSO8E
✍️ Ilan Wyn Jones, Associate in our Media & Entertainment team, explains the regulations, what to consider and the steps to stay compliant.
🔗 bit.ly/4nOSO8E
🏘️ Our Housing Week offers a series of webinars, events, videos and blogs exploring the key challenges and opportunities shaping the housing sector. From 10 to 14 November, join us as we shine a spotlight on the future of housing.
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October 15, 2025 at 2:33 PM
🏘️ Our Housing Week offers a series of webinars, events, videos and blogs exploring the key challenges and opportunities shaping the housing sector. From 10 to 14 November, join us as we shine a spotlight on the future of housing.
🔗 bit.ly/471sP51
🔗 bit.ly/471sP51
🖥️ We are pleased to announce that Rupert Poole, our Chief Technology Officer, has been included in the AI 100 UK List 2025, curated by Digital Leaders.
🔗 Read more here: bit.ly/3KgYYzA
🔗 Read more here: bit.ly/3KgYYzA
September 25, 2025 at 10:45 AM
🖥️ We are pleased to announce that Rupert Poole, our Chief Technology Officer, has been included in the AI 100 UK List 2025, curated by Digital Leaders.
🔗 Read more here: bit.ly/3KgYYzA
🔗 Read more here: bit.ly/3KgYYzA
The new Black Maternity Experiences Report shows Black women in the UK are:
🔹 2.27x more likely to die during or after pregnancy
🔹 Still facing discrimination and unsafe care
Adele Wilde looks at the impact this has.
🔗 Read more here: bit.ly/4pDlbbb
🔹 2.27x more likely to die during or after pregnancy
🔹 Still facing discrimination and unsafe care
Adele Wilde looks at the impact this has.
🔗 Read more here: bit.ly/4pDlbbb
September 25, 2025 at 10:44 AM
The new Black Maternity Experiences Report shows Black women in the UK are:
🔹 2.27x more likely to die during or after pregnancy
🔹 Still facing discrimination and unsafe care
Adele Wilde looks at the impact this has.
🔗 Read more here: bit.ly/4pDlbbb
🔹 2.27x more likely to die during or after pregnancy
🔹 Still facing discrimination and unsafe care
Adele Wilde looks at the impact this has.
🔗 Read more here: bit.ly/4pDlbbb
🏅 The UK Supreme Court recently delivered a unanimous judgment in Iconix Luxembourg Holdings SARL v Dream Pairs Europe Inc ([2025] UKSC 25).
✍️ Tracey Singlehurst-Ward explores the judgment, what has changed, and what can be learnt.
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✍️ Tracey Singlehurst-Ward explores the judgment, what has changed, and what can be learnt.
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September 25, 2025 at 10:43 AM
🏅 The UK Supreme Court recently delivered a unanimous judgment in Iconix Luxembourg Holdings SARL v Dream Pairs Europe Inc ([2025] UKSC 25).
✍️ Tracey Singlehurst-Ward explores the judgment, what has changed, and what can be learnt.
🔗 bit.ly/480SX3X
✍️ Tracey Singlehurst-Ward explores the judgment, what has changed, and what can be learnt.
🔗 bit.ly/480SX3X
🏗️ Join us later this month for our next ‘Construction law update’ webinar.
📆 Date: 23 September 2025
🕙 Time: 09:30 – 10:30
💰 Cost: Free
📍 Location: Zoom (online)
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📆 Date: 23 September 2025
🕙 Time: 09:30 – 10:30
💰 Cost: Free
📍 Location: Zoom (online)
Sign up here 🔗 www.hughjames.com/events/const...
September 15, 2025 at 10:51 AM
🏗️ Join us later this month for our next ‘Construction law update’ webinar.
📆 Date: 23 September 2025
🕙 Time: 09:30 – 10:30
💰 Cost: Free
📍 Location: Zoom (online)
Sign up here 🔗 www.hughjames.com/events/const...
📆 Date: 23 September 2025
🕙 Time: 09:30 – 10:30
💰 Cost: Free
📍 Location: Zoom (online)
Sign up here 🔗 www.hughjames.com/events/const...
⚽ We are delighted to have advised OffPitch Sports International Limited, a new sports start-up, on securing its first round of investment funding.
🔗 Read more here: www.hughjames.com/blog/offpitc...
🔗 Read more here: www.hughjames.com/blog/offpitc...
September 15, 2025 at 10:50 AM
⚽ We are delighted to have advised OffPitch Sports International Limited, a new sports start-up, on securing its first round of investment funding.
🔗 Read more here: www.hughjames.com/blog/offpitc...
🔗 Read more here: www.hughjames.com/blog/offpitc...
🙌 We are proud to welcome 21 new trainee solicitors to our Cardiff HQ. They will be based across our Cardiff, London and Manchester offices,
✨ We can’t wait to see the skills they develop and the impact they’ll have on the future of the firm. Welcome aboard! ✨
✨ We can’t wait to see the skills they develop and the impact they’ll have on the future of the firm. Welcome aboard! ✨
September 2, 2025 at 8:25 AM
🙌 We are proud to welcome 21 new trainee solicitors to our Cardiff HQ. They will be based across our Cardiff, London and Manchester offices,
✨ We can’t wait to see the skills they develop and the impact they’ll have on the future of the firm. Welcome aboard! ✨
✨ We can’t wait to see the skills they develop and the impact they’ll have on the future of the firm. Welcome aboard! ✨
✨ We’re delighted to share that our Family Law team has been shortlisted as Finalists for the LexisNexis Family Law Awards 2025, Family Law Team of the Year (Regional).
👏 Congratulations to all the other finalists! 👏
👏 Congratulations to all the other finalists! 👏
August 29, 2025 at 12:46 PM
✨ We’re delighted to share that our Family Law team has been shortlisted as Finalists for the LexisNexis Family Law Awards 2025, Family Law Team of the Year (Regional).
👏 Congratulations to all the other finalists! 👏
👏 Congratulations to all the other finalists! 👏
⚽ While club takeovers often make headlines, some of the most exciting opportunities in UK sport are emerging beyond the pitch.
✍️ Mark Loosemore, Partner and Head of Sport, highlights the adjacent markets attracting strategic and financial capital.
🔗https://bit.ly/4fXpJ83
✍️ Mark Loosemore, Partner and Head of Sport, highlights the adjacent markets attracting strategic and financial capital.
🔗https://bit.ly/4fXpJ83
August 27, 2025 at 2:56 PM
⚽ While club takeovers often make headlines, some of the most exciting opportunities in UK sport are emerging beyond the pitch.
✍️ Mark Loosemore, Partner and Head of Sport, highlights the adjacent markets attracting strategic and financial capital.
🔗https://bit.ly/4fXpJ83
✍️ Mark Loosemore, Partner and Head of Sport, highlights the adjacent markets attracting strategic and financial capital.
🔗https://bit.ly/4fXpJ83
🏘️ Natural Resources Wales has issued interim advice following updated assessments of Special Areas of Conservation and Special Protection Areas.
Alex Madden explores the new legal obligations on Local Planning Authorities and what this means.
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Alex Madden explores the new legal obligations on Local Planning Authorities and what this means.
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August 27, 2025 at 2:55 PM
🏘️ Natural Resources Wales has issued interim advice following updated assessments of Special Areas of Conservation and Special Protection Areas.
Alex Madden explores the new legal obligations on Local Planning Authorities and what this means.
🔗 bit.ly/4lTlFH7
Alex Madden explores the new legal obligations on Local Planning Authorities and what this means.
🔗 bit.ly/4lTlFH7
⛵ We were delighted once again to host a fantastic day at Cowes Week, welcoming guests from across the charity and legal sectors to enjoy the world-famous regatta.
✨ Thank you to everyone who joined us. We look forward to welcoming you again next year. ✨
✨ Thank you to everyone who joined us. We look forward to welcoming you again next year. ✨
August 7, 2025 at 3:41 PM
⛵ We were delighted once again to host a fantastic day at Cowes Week, welcoming guests from across the charity and legal sectors to enjoy the world-famous regatta.
✨ Thank you to everyone who joined us. We look forward to welcoming you again next year. ✨
✨ Thank you to everyone who joined us. We look forward to welcoming you again next year. ✨
📝 What is a deathbed gift?
✍️ Emily Welch, Solicitor in our London-based Private Wealth Disputes team, examines deathbed gifts through the lens of a recent case.
🔗 Read more here: bit.ly/46PhZCx
✍️ Emily Welch, Solicitor in our London-based Private Wealth Disputes team, examines deathbed gifts through the lens of a recent case.
🔗 Read more here: bit.ly/46PhZCx
August 6, 2025 at 12:40 PM
📝 What is a deathbed gift?
✍️ Emily Welch, Solicitor in our London-based Private Wealth Disputes team, examines deathbed gifts through the lens of a recent case.
🔗 Read more here: bit.ly/46PhZCx
✍️ Emily Welch, Solicitor in our London-based Private Wealth Disputes team, examines deathbed gifts through the lens of a recent case.
🔗 Read more here: bit.ly/46PhZCx
🏏 We’re proud to have advised Glamorgan County Cricket Club on its acquisition of a 50% stake in Welsh Fire.
This investment marks a major evolution in the tournament, as the England and Wales Cricket Board welcomes a new wave of team partners.
🔗 bit.ly/4fkbVEb
This investment marks a major evolution in the tournament, as the England and Wales Cricket Board welcomes a new wave of team partners.
🔗 bit.ly/4fkbVEb
August 5, 2025 at 1:35 PM
🏏 We’re proud to have advised Glamorgan County Cricket Club on its acquisition of a 50% stake in Welsh Fire.
This investment marks a major evolution in the tournament, as the England and Wales Cricket Board welcomes a new wave of team partners.
🔗 bit.ly/4fkbVEb
This investment marks a major evolution in the tournament, as the England and Wales Cricket Board welcomes a new wave of team partners.
🔗 bit.ly/4fkbVEb
✍️ Eleanor Evans, Head of Trusts and Estates Administration, outlines the key takeaways from the recently published a policy paper and draft Finance Bill legislation and explains what these changes could mean ahead of their introduction in April 2027.
🔗 bit.ly/4og04et
🔗 bit.ly/4og04et
August 4, 2025 at 2:54 PM
✍️ Eleanor Evans, Head of Trusts and Estates Administration, outlines the key takeaways from the recently published a policy paper and draft Finance Bill legislation and explains what these changes could mean ahead of their introduction in April 2027.
🔗 bit.ly/4og04et
🔗 bit.ly/4og04et
How can you protect your will from being challenged?
✍️ Roman Kubiak TEP, Partner and Head of our Private Wealth Disputes team, shares practical advice on how you can protect your will and reduce the risk of disputes.
🔗 Read more here: bit.ly/4mqlpQx
✍️ Roman Kubiak TEP, Partner and Head of our Private Wealth Disputes team, shares practical advice on how you can protect your will and reduce the risk of disputes.
🔗 Read more here: bit.ly/4mqlpQx
August 4, 2025 at 9:53 AM
How can you protect your will from being challenged?
✍️ Roman Kubiak TEP, Partner and Head of our Private Wealth Disputes team, shares practical advice on how you can protect your will and reduce the risk of disputes.
🔗 Read more here: bit.ly/4mqlpQx
✍️ Roman Kubiak TEP, Partner and Head of our Private Wealth Disputes team, shares practical advice on how you can protect your will and reduce the risk of disputes.
🔗 Read more here: bit.ly/4mqlpQx
Predatory marriage involves someone exploiting a vulnerable person for personal or financial gain through marriage.
✍️ Emily Thurgood, Solicitor in our Private Wealth Disputes team, explores the risks and what you can do.
🔗 Read more here: bit.ly/4kSywZw
✍️ Emily Thurgood, Solicitor in our Private Wealth Disputes team, explores the risks and what you can do.
🔗 Read more here: bit.ly/4kSywZw
July 22, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Predatory marriage involves someone exploiting a vulnerable person for personal or financial gain through marriage.
✍️ Emily Thurgood, Solicitor in our Private Wealth Disputes team, explores the risks and what you can do.
🔗 Read more here: bit.ly/4kSywZw
✍️ Emily Thurgood, Solicitor in our Private Wealth Disputes team, explores the risks and what you can do.
🔗 Read more here: bit.ly/4kSywZw
🏉 With the 2025 British & Irish Lions tour well underway, the headlines have not been confined to just the rugby pitch.
James Harris from Dispute Resolution team, looks at the cross-border disputes between the British Lions and Rugby Australia.
🔗 bit.ly/4lD7W84
James Harris from Dispute Resolution team, looks at the cross-border disputes between the British Lions and Rugby Australia.
🔗 bit.ly/4lD7W84
July 18, 2025 at 3:57 PM
🏉 With the 2025 British & Irish Lions tour well underway, the headlines have not been confined to just the rugby pitch.
James Harris from Dispute Resolution team, looks at the cross-border disputes between the British Lions and Rugby Australia.
🔗 bit.ly/4lD7W84
James Harris from Dispute Resolution team, looks at the cross-border disputes between the British Lions and Rugby Australia.
🔗 bit.ly/4lD7W84
✍️ Our team contributed to the 4th Edition of the APIL Clinical Negligence book.
This prestigious publication provides a comprehensive guide to running a clinical negligence claim. It also includes a chapter about managing compensation awards via the Court of Protection.
This prestigious publication provides a comprehensive guide to running a clinical negligence claim. It also includes a chapter about managing compensation awards via the Court of Protection.
July 17, 2025 at 2:38 PM
✍️ Our team contributed to the 4th Edition of the APIL Clinical Negligence book.
This prestigious publication provides a comprehensive guide to running a clinical negligence claim. It also includes a chapter about managing compensation awards via the Court of Protection.
This prestigious publication provides a comprehensive guide to running a clinical negligence claim. It also includes a chapter about managing compensation awards via the Court of Protection.
🏘️ We’re proud to have been appointed by Hedyn to provide specialist legal services in Housing Management, Anti-Social Behaviour, and Disrepair Claims.
Our dedicated team will support Hedyn’s commitment to building connected communities across Wales.
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Our dedicated team will support Hedyn’s commitment to building connected communities across Wales.
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July 14, 2025 at 3:47 PM
🏘️ We’re proud to have been appointed by Hedyn to provide specialist legal services in Housing Management, Anti-Social Behaviour, and Disrepair Claims.
Our dedicated team will support Hedyn’s commitment to building connected communities across Wales.
🔗 bit.ly/3GLksDb
Our dedicated team will support Hedyn’s commitment to building connected communities across Wales.
🔗 bit.ly/3GLksDb
🚗 In January 2022, significant updates were introduced to the Highway Code.
✍️ Louise Gardner, Senior Associate in the Serious Injuries Team, reflects on these updates and seeks to understand whether public awareness of the changes has increased.
🔗 bit.ly/45VwSmd
✍️ Louise Gardner, Senior Associate in the Serious Injuries Team, reflects on these updates and seeks to understand whether public awareness of the changes has increased.
🔗 bit.ly/45VwSmd
July 14, 2025 at 8:23 AM
🚗 In January 2022, significant updates were introduced to the Highway Code.
✍️ Louise Gardner, Senior Associate in the Serious Injuries Team, reflects on these updates and seeks to understand whether public awareness of the changes has increased.
🔗 bit.ly/45VwSmd
✍️ Louise Gardner, Senior Associate in the Serious Injuries Team, reflects on these updates and seeks to understand whether public awareness of the changes has increased.
🔗 bit.ly/45VwSmd
We’re proud to announce that Pauline Roberts, Senior Associate in our Specialist Claims team, has been appointed Vice President of the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL).
✨ Congratulations Pauline! ✨
✨ Congratulations Pauline! ✨
July 9, 2025 at 1:07 PM
We’re proud to announce that Pauline Roberts, Senior Associate in our Specialist Claims team, has been appointed Vice President of the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL).
✨ Congratulations Pauline! ✨
✨ Congratulations Pauline! ✨
🏦 We are proud to have advised Metro Bank PLC on a £30 million working capital facility to Keltbray Group.
The transaction was led by Dominic Marshall, Partner in our Banking and Finance team, supported by Solicitors Olivia Evans and Bradley Walker.
🔗 bit.ly/44Aci8w
The transaction was led by Dominic Marshall, Partner in our Banking and Finance team, supported by Solicitors Olivia Evans and Bradley Walker.
🔗 bit.ly/44Aci8w
July 8, 2025 at 9:23 AM
🏦 We are proud to have advised Metro Bank PLC on a £30 million working capital facility to Keltbray Group.
The transaction was led by Dominic Marshall, Partner in our Banking and Finance team, supported by Solicitors Olivia Evans and Bradley Walker.
🔗 bit.ly/44Aci8w
The transaction was led by Dominic Marshall, Partner in our Banking and Finance team, supported by Solicitors Olivia Evans and Bradley Walker.
🔗 bit.ly/44Aci8w