Family solicitor Simon Mortimer, a partner at Burnetts in Carlisle is the new President of Carlisle and District Law Society.

More than fifty Cumbrian headteachers and governors have attended events to find out more about the process of converting to an Academy.

One of the city’s oldest firms has a new look today.

Law firm Burnetts has ditched the navy and grey which has been its signature colours for more than 20 years to embrace a modern charcoal grey and vibrant pink combination instead.

A leading clinical negligence solicitor has criticised the government’s plans to scrap legal aid for disabled children.

The daughter of an Alston woman who died within 12 hours of being discharged from the Cumberland Infirmary is taking legal action against the hospital.

A Carlisle solicitor is warning organisations in the public and private sector to take extra care with personal data after the authority set up to uphold our information rights used its powers to impose fines for the first time.

Victoria Watson comments on the welcome return of breast screening in Cumbria.

One of the 16 women affected by the problems with Cumbria’s screening programme has criticised the report produced by the North Cumbria University Hospitals Trust into the failings and also its management of the crisis.

A Cumbria employment law expert is leading a national speaking tour to explain the implications of the new Equality Act to high-level audiences which includes other solicitors, leading HR professionals and policy managers. 

As Breast Cancer Awareness Month gets underway, a Cumbrian firm of solicitors is highlighting the plight of women who are coping not only with their fight against breast cancer but also a battle with the health authorities to find out why their cancer was not diagnosed earlier.