A leading local law firm, which was recently named UK Law Firm of the Year, has been shortlisted for a hat-trick of national awards. Stephens Scown LLP, the current holder of the British Legal Awards’ UK Law Firm of the Year title, is in the running for three awards in the Managing Partners’ Forum Awards 2017. The winners will be revealed on 8 March and Stephens Scown is shortlisted for: best managed national firm, best leadership of a mould-breaking firm and best corporate culture. The Managing Partners’ Forum is a membership organisation dedicated to helping professional firms grow and...
Leading South West firm in running to become national public champion in Europe’s largest business competition Leading South West law firm Stephens Scown LLP hopes to gain public backing to become the ‘National Public Champion’ for the UK in this year’s European Business Awards. The company has posted a video online at www.businessawardseurope.com telling the unique story of its business, focussing on how important its home in Devon and Cornwall is and explaining how its clients and staff have inspired the firm to change and improve. The firm hopes the video will inspire the general public...
As divorce enquiries are set to spike after the festive period, a South West law firm has produced a guide to surviving divorce, including advice from divorcees on hope to cope. The period straight after the Christmas holidays can be one of the peak times for couples to start divorce proceedings – so much so that the media has dubbed the first working day after the festive break “divorce day”. Liz Allen, partner and head of the family team at leading law firm Stephens Scown LLP explains: “The reasons for this spike in break ups are hard to pin point, but perhaps the financial stresses of...
Top 40 accountants Bishop Fleming and Top 200 lawyers Stephens Scown, both with head offices based in Exeter, joined forces last Friday (16 December) to bring Christmas cheer to the shoppers of Princesshay.
The firms' choirs, ABBA-cus (Bishop Fleming) and The Rolling Scowns (Stephens Scown) provided a joint performance of Christmas songs to help Exeter shoppers get into the festive spirit whilst also raising valuable funds for Age UK Exeter.
A total of £209.72 was raised for the charity during the hour-long carol recital.
A leading law firm from Devon and Cornwall has featured in the rankings of the biggest trade mark filers in the UK for the first time. Stephens Scown LLP was ranked among the top 100 firms filing trade marks in the UK and EU, achieving the highest ranking for a firm based in Devon and Cornwall. Stephens Scown was ranked at number 41 for EU trade mark filings and number 61 for UK filings. The rankings were compiled by Corsearch for the Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys and are based on trade mark filings in 2015. Ben Travers, partner and head of intellectual property and IT at Stephens...
Nineteen members of staff from one of Devon and Cornwall’s leading law firms have been looking a little hairier this month, as they take part in Movember. As well as growing some spectacular moustaches, the team from Stephens Scown LLP has raised over £800. The Movember Foundation is the leading global organisation committed to changing the face of men’s health. Movember is an annual event with a simple idea: to grow a moustache in November and raise money and awareness of men’s health, specifically prostate and testicular cancer. The money raised by Stephens Scown will be split between...
One hundred and fifty family lawyers are gathering in Parliament today (30 November) to call for the Government to allow a “no fault” divorce. The organisation of family lawyers, Resolution, is spearheading the campaign to change the law and enable couples to proceed with a divorce without having to attribute blame for it to one of them. Devon and Cornwall’s leading family law firm Stephens Scown LLP is lending its support to the campaign. At present, it is not possible for a couple to divorce without blame being apportioned unless they have separated for at least two years. They are...
A South West law firm has won a prestigious national award, beating some of the biggest law firms in the UK, and bringing its haul of national awards in the last two months to six. Stephens Scown LLP, which has offices in Exeter, Truro and St Austell has been named UK Law Firm of the Year at the British Legal Awards 2016. The awards were announced at a ceremony in London on Thursday, 24 November 2016. Other firms on the shortlist included top 50 law firms such as Mishcon De Reya, Shoosmiths and Mills & Reeve. The British Legal Awards are the leading awards for the UK’s legal community...
Headlines about celebrity “quickie” divorces belie the truth according to a leading South West family lawyer who believes that changes brought in in 2015 to simplify the divorce process are causing significant delays.
Andrew Barton, a partner at Stephens Scown LLP believes that the changes that came in in 2015 are having a crippling effect on couples looking to process their divorce quickly. He explains: “The new centralised court service came in for divorcing couples in April 2015, reducing 47 regional courts to just 11 divorce centres around the country. This has meant that all...
“Simply superb”, “professional and customer focussed” and “an excellent law firm to work with” are just some of the client comments about leading Exeter law firm Stephens Scown LLP included in Chambers UK’s 2017 guide. Chambers is a prestigious independent guide to lawyers and law firms, which is largely based on client feedback. Stephens Scown has gained top rankings in a number of areas. Sixteen lawyers from the firm’s Exeter office have been ranked in the guide, with three gaining top tier ranking. Jim Gorrod, an Exeter-based partner who joined the firm this year, is listed for the...
