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London Legal Walk 2023

Muntech Kaur
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Associate Solicitor Muntech Kaur took part in the 10k London Legal Walk on 13 June 2023. Here, she shares her experiences. Having participated in last year's Legal Walk, this year again, I was part of the Law Society's team of walkers. The Law...

Fasting for a month! Working as a Solicitor during Ramadan

Farrah  Harvey-Nawaz
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You may have heard that it is the month of Ramadan for Muslims around the globe, but may not quite understand what it entails. This is not one of my usual legal blogs but it is one of practice – especially as I continue to work during...

Volunteer Day - Halstead Flower Festival

Jennie Skingsley
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On Thursday 7 July, I took a dive way out of my comfort zone and into my Birkett Long-approved Volunteer Day! I normally spend the months of March to July in a marketing and advertising frenzy for the Halstead Flower Festival each year, boring everyone I...

200 years celebrations - round up

Jennie Skingsley
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2021 marked Birkett Long’s 200-year anniversary and we celebrated with our local communities, clients, business partners, employees and all those that have been involved in our history and making us what we are today. Birkett Long is here for good....

200 years celebrations - December

Jennie Skingsley
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We are continuing our 200-year anniversary celebrations with random acts of kindness in the local community and a look back at our history. Random acts of kindness Tim Field in our Commercial and Corporate Finance Team sent brownies from local supplier ...

200 years celebrations - October

Jennie Skingsley
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  We are continuing our 200-year anniversary celebrations with random acts of kindness in the local community and a look back at our history. Random acts of kindness Sarah Humphryes, from the Marketing team, took some doughnuts supplied by...

200 years - August Random Acts

Jennie Skingsley
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We are continuing our 200-year anniversary celebrations with random acts of kindness in the local community and a look back at our history. Random acts of kindness This month we made a donation to Headway Essex that was used towards...

Birkett Long 200 years celebrations reach halfway mark

Jennie Skingsley
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  We are continuing our 200-year anniversary celebrations with random acts of kindness in the local community and a look back at our history. Random acts of kindness June marked the halfway point in our year of celebrations but our random acts...

Essex law firm continues random acts of kindness with Writtle University College Equine Academy

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Essex law firm continues random acts of kindness with Writtle University College Equine Academy This month, Birkett Long is continuing to perform random acts of kindness in the local community as part of their 200 year celebrations. 200 years’...

Birkett Long 200 years celebrations continue

Jennie Skingsley
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We are continuing our 200-year anniversary celebrations with random acts of kindness in the local community and a look back at our history. Random acts of kindness This month, the Administration team gave Easter gifts to Ricky from our storage provider,...

Birkett Long celebrates 200 years

Martin Hopkins
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2021 marks Birkett Long’s 200-year anniversary and we are looking forward to a year of celebrations with our local communities, employees, clients and all those that have been involved in our history and making us what we are today. 200 years’...

Essex Law firm staff receive LGBTQ+ Training

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Tracy Martinez, the Training Co-ordinator from Outhouse East , came to Birkett Long’s offices to deliver three LGBTQ+ Awareness training sessions to staff. The aim was to improve staff knowledge and understanding of the spectrum of gender and...

Essex Law firm sponsors school cricket teams

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Birkett Long is proud to sponsor a local school’s cricket teams. The Year 6 A teams at St Cedd’s School in Chelmsford have been wearing their sponsored kits this season. The firm is delighted to be a sponsor in the first year that the St...

Law firm provides opportunity to Equine Academy students

David Cant
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A new initiative for Writtle University College, The WUC Equine Academy, is aimed at supporting talented riders for one academic year whilst studying for any higher education award at Writtle University College. Leading Essex law firm, Birkett Long, has...

Solicitor becomes a trustee at Helen Rollason Cancer Charity

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Rachel Leech, a solicitor in the Court of Protection and Inheritance Disputes Team at law firm Birkett Long, has been appointed as trustee for the Helen Rollason Cancer charity. A charity dedicated to supporting people whose lives have been touched by...

Forget Me Not - St Helena Hospice

Jennie Skingsley
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Working in a firm of our size, about 180 people, it is inevitable that we encounter the many highs and lows of life with our colleagues. When I read about St Helena Hospice’s Forget Me Not campaign, which is a similar concept to the poppies...

Record breaking £19K raised for Alzheimer's Society!

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Community focused staff at Essex law firm, Birkett Long, have raised over £19,329 for the UK’s leading dementia charity, Alzheimer’s Society. Each year the firm, which has offices in Colchester, Chelmsford and Basildon, chooses a...