Students from 5 local secondary schools took part in the Young Enterprise St Albans and Harpenden Area Finals last week. This event was to celebrate the first stage of the national Young Enterprise competition which is to set and run their own businesses for...
The Inspiring Hertfordshire 2013 Awards, launched to celebrate success and achievement and boost business confidence, has yet again had a fantastic response this year. Debenhams Ottaway have been shortlisted as finalist in the “Excellence in Customer...
Debenhams Ottaway has secured the national Law Society's law management quality mark, Lexcel. Lexcel is developed specifically for the legal profession. It is an optional, recognised accreditation scheme for law firms and in-house legal departments...
Local schools and colleges raise almost £30,000 for 27 local charities For the third year running Debenhams Ottaway supported the Dragons' Apprentice Charity Challenge. The firm was one the event sponsors and Executive Partner Louise Attrup...
The Inspiring People Award scheme has been running for the past 18 months, in association with the St Albans & Harpenden Review. The scheme aims to recognise individuals who have inspired the younger generation of St Albans through their encouragement,...
Debenhams Ottaway has recently appointed two specialist Private Client solicitors from London firm Maxwell Winward. These appointments add to the firm’s expanding Private Client team, which is already one of the largest teams in Hertfordshire. Frank...
On Tuesday 5 th March, the Employment Team at Debenhams Ottaway hosted a Mock Employment Tribunal Trial at the Abbey Theatre in St Albans. The trial was based on a fictitious unfair dismissal claim, with Barristers from No5 Chambers playing the role of...
Debenhams Ottaway are delighted to announce that Senior Associate, Richard Gilbert is now a registered member of the Association of Contentious Trust and Probate Specialists. This is in recognition of Richards’s knowledge and expertise in cases...
Debenhams Ottaway is delighted to be supporting the St Albans Cathedral Legacy Fortnight being held between 27th January and 10th February 2013. During Legacy Fortnight Debenhams Ottaway will draft or update a standard Will free of charge. As Legacy...
Debenhams Ottaway is pleased to announce the appointment of a new Partner. Patrick McGrath will handle the firms Company Commercial work and lead its Business Services team. The appointment demonstrates the firm’s commitment to helping Hertfordshire...
For the third year running Debenhams Ottaway Senior Associate Luke Harrison is mentoring a group of young Apprentices in the Dragons Apprentice Challenge. Luke is a Dragon to a team from Oaklands College. In 2010 Luke mentored the winning team from STAGS and...
Earlier in the year it was announced that David Cheetham, Consultant at Debenhams Ottaway was awarded an MBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List for his services to Ecclesiastical Law and Charities in Hertfordshire. Yesterday David collected his award...
Debenhams Ottaway has been recognised in the recently published Legal 500 directory and Chambers & Partners directory. Both directories undertake annual research on the UK legal sector, and rank firms by region in order of their capabilities in...
Partner and Head of Planning at Debenhams Ottaway, Bernadette Hillman is one of the speakers at the Royal Town Planning Institute, East of England Annual Planning Law Update being held on 9th November at Downing College, Cambridge. The conference aims to...
Debenhams Ottaway has been listed as a finalist in the best Medium Sized Business category of the Hertfordshire Business Awards for the second year running. Beating off strong competition, Debenhams Ottaway is one of five Hertfordshire companies listed for...
As part of our significant commitment to the local community Debenhams Ottaway sponsored the New Business category at the St Albans and District Chamber of Commerce Community Business Awards 2012 for a third successive year. The awards ceremony held...
Head of the Family team, Helen Young has once again received recognition for her expertise in financial disputes and issues relating to children from the Law Society by qualifying for the Advanced Family Law Accreditation Scheme . This scheme is a...
KLCC u11 finished a faultless season on 2 September by winning the Hertfordshire Junior League final for the first time since 1999. The side had qualified for finals day at Harpenden CC, due to a 100% record through the league section followed by a...
Once again Debenhams Ottaway are exhibiting at The Pharmacy Show which is being held at the NEC on 30th September and 1st October. You can find members of the Debenhams Ottaway Pharmacy team and Business Services team at Stand G63 . Please email ...
Debenhams Ottaway has demonstrated its continued commitment to sustained growth by creating five new roles and taking on four new trainee solicitors. All appointments were effective from September 2012. Four of the new roles are solicitor appointments;...
Debenhams Ottaway raises over £1,700 for local charity Last month Debenhams Ottaway took part in the ‘It’s a Knockout Charity Challenge’ organised by local charity Crohn’s and Colitis UK. The event was a great success with...
Local Dragons Wanted One more week for businesses to register for the Dragons’ Apprentice Charity Challenge 2013 Business Dragons from St Albans, Harpenden, Welwyn and Hatfield are still needed to take part in this year’s Dragons’...
Debenhams Ottaway solicitor Luke Harrison has successfully represented former easyGroup employee Mr Nick Manoudakis in his latest legal dispute with Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou. The easyJet founder agreed to issue public apology to Mr Manoudakis after admitting...
Debenhams Ottaway is once again taking part in the It’s a Knockout Challenge to help to raise money for local charity Crohn’s and Colitis UK. The It’s a Knockout Challenge is being held on 22nd July from 10am at the Old Albanians Sports...
Following a demanding application process the CQM office of the Law Society has awarded the prestigious Conveyancing Quality Mark (CQM) to Debenhams Ottaway. The CQM provides a recognised quality standard for residential conveyancing practices. The firm is...
