25 January 2012
Pictons Sponsors Young Football Hopefuls at Crawley Green Football Club
Pictons, have extended our community sponsorship this year by giving our support to the youth team of 15-year-olds at Crawley Green Football Club in Luton.
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24 January 2012
Pictons Launches The Camelot Business Club on February 2nd
Are you looking for a fresh, new and non-pressurised networking group that still has your business growth at heart? This is the goal of Pictons, which has joined forces with Camelot Rugby Club to form a business networking group with a difference. The Camelot Business Club, which launches at Camelot’s HQ in Chaulden Lane, HP1 2BS on February 2nd, is designed to attract and support a wide variety of businesses and commercial ventures in the Hemel Hempstead and the surrounding region.
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17 January 2012
Pictons Penalty Kings Schools Challenge in Aid of Keech Hospice
Pictons is sponsoring a sensational schools Penalty Kings Challenge to raise funds for Keech Hospice in its 21st anniversary year.
The aim is for 21 schools to take part, with separate teams of boys and girls between the ages of 7-18, and teachers from each school. Pictons are donating a goal to every school for the Penalty Kings shoot outs, an exciting opportunity for pupils and teachers alike to show off their footie skills.
Each class from this knock out competition will have a Penalty Kings champion, who will go on to represent the school at the final.
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30 October 2011
Sensational Salsa at centre-MK Raises Funds for Little Lives Appeal
Pictons, joined forces with the Milton Keynes Hospital Little Lives Appeal and the Seal Dance Company to put on a brilliant show in Middleton Hall at centre MK on Thursday October 27th.
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24 October 2011
Legally Salsa! thecentre:mk - shakes it for charity....
Pictons are joining forces with its charity of the year, Milton Keynes Hospital’s Little Lives Appeal, to host a fundraising ‘dance-a-thon’ event in Middleton Hall on Thursday 27 October between 5 and 8pm.
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11 October 2011
Keep in touch and Interact with us.
As well as keeping an eye on our latest news here on the website there are others ways to keep in touch with us and for you to let us know what you think about Pictons and all things legal.
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7 October 2011
Social Media – Is It Legal?...An Article by Sukh Saini
The recent high profile case of the footballer Ryan Giggs really brought to light the problems inherent in our social media world. His very expensive media injunction to protect his privacy was destroyed by a Twitter campaign, which ended up with 75,000 followers. Despite threats to punish the culprits, it soon became clear that you couldn’t reasonably sue so many of them.
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1 September 2011
Pictons Opens for Business in Tring
Pictons, is opening a new office in Tring, having acquired local Tring firm Swatton Taylor Dutton. The partners from this local long-established firm are ready to move on, after running a law practice which has been in the town for over 40 years. The current staff will continue to work for the company as it becomes Pictons.
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9 August 2011
Cost cutting in Clinical Negligence funding – What Price Justice?
A programme focusing on clinical negligence and the implications of the Legal Aid Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill will be screened on ITV1 on Thursday 11th August 7:30pm- 8pm called "What Price Justice?”
The programme will feature interviews with Action Against Medical Accidents (AvMA) chief executive Peter Walsh, claimant clients, the National Health Service Litigation Authority (NHSLA) and both defendant and claimant solicitors.
Under the proposed Bill, the Government seeks to remove Legal Aid entirely for clinical negligence claims.
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28 July 2011
Pictons sponsors the Community Awards
Your Chance To Nominate For The Community Awards
We are the proud headline sponsors of this year’s Community Awards and we are inviting you to nominate your local heroes, the people who make Luton a better place to live.
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26 July 2011
Tis the season to get married…….
A wedding and corporate entertainment fair takes place this Sunday 31st July at Caddington Golf Club. The fair which is being held between 11:30am and 4:30pm will see a host of exhibitors offering everything you need for your big day.
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8 July 2011
Pictons team up with Headway for a Brain Injury Conference
Luton charity Headway which works with the victims of acquired brain injury is to host a major conference for doctors and other professionals.
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1 July 2011
How will the Bribery Act 2010 affect you?
The Bribery Act 2010 (the Act) is now in force and will impact both individuals and companies.
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22 June 2011
Pictons Supports ReachOut Plus Charity With a Hair Raising Adventure in Hemel!
Pictons has adventurous and generous staff. Five employees have volunteered to raise funds for the charity ReachOut Plus - by abseiling from the top of retailers Dixons in Maylands Avenue, on Sunday June 26th.
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7 June 2011
Pictons Supports Families Needs Fathers in Milton Keynes
The forthcoming Fathers Day on June 19th is a reminder that both parents, and the wider family, deserve to play an essential part in their children’s lives. Pictons, one of the leading law firms in Milton Keynes, Hemel Hempstead and Luton, is now offering legal support from its Family Law department to the charity Families Need Fathers at its Milton Keynes group.
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17 May 2011
Sensational Hatters Cup Weekend For Sponsors Pictons
Pictons is celebrating a sensational Hatters Cup weekend, organised by Luton Town Football Club and held at the club’s Kenilworth Road stadium.
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28 April 2011
Team up with us for the Hatters Cup!
There are just over 2 weeks to go until the action kicks off for all the lucky youngsters taking part in the Pictons Hatters Cup - the biggest youth football tournament in the UK. Click here to like us on facebook for updates, news, discussions, photos and fun about the BIG WEEKEND!!
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28 April 2011
Pre-Nup Preparation Before You Make A Promise
The forthcoming Royal Wedding is bringing out the romantic in all of us and this year is likely to be a bumper year for UK brides. Swept along by the excitement of the big day, it’s all too easy – and probably appropriate - to forget those disturbing one in three divorce statistics.
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8 April 2011
Pictons Hatters Cup - a Penalty Shoot-Out Competition adds to the excitement
Over 1200 young football-mad boys, with ages ranging from seven to 15, are gearing up to participating in Luton Town Football Club’s much anticipated end of season event, The Hatters Cup, the biggest national tournament of its kind in the UK.
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6 April 2011
Age is Just a Number
Pictons is launching an HR Club for business owners, managers and HR professionals.
Pictons HR Club will deliver a range of events on employment topics, meetings with experts and a forum to exchange ideas and share best practice with like-minded professionals.
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6 April 2011
Roger Talbot is appointed to the interim board of SEMLEP
Roger Talbot of Pictons Solicitors LLP has been active in advising the Local Authorities and business leaders in the SEMLEP (South East Midlands Local Enterprise Partnership) region in connection with the formation of the Company (limited by guarantee) which will have responsibility for delivering economic growth to the region, which encompasses Bedfordshire, parts of Buckinghamshire (including Milton Keynes), parts of Hertfordshire and Oxfordshire and most of Northamptonshire.
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8 February 2011
The Hatters Cup Sponsored by Pictons!
Pictons solicitors are proud to be sponsoring Luton Town FC ‘s famous Hatters Cup competition which is to take place at Kenilworth Road over the weekend of the 14th and 15th of May 2011.
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4 February 2011
Pictons Sponsoring the IoD Networking Breakfast
Pictons sponsored the Luton IoD Networking Breakfast at Putteridge Bury, the country house forming part of the University of Bedfordshire on 21 January. Twenty people attended and listened to an entertaining and thought-provoking talk by Dr Lynda Shaw, a cognitive Neuro-Scientist.
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10 January 2011
Obesity in The Workplace – The Legal and Moral Aspects
A CIPD* seminar sponsored by Pictons Solicitors LLP *(Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development)
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8 December 2010
All the Fun of The Fayre
Pictons Solicitors will be present at the Chapel Street Children’s Centre Christmas Fayre this Saturday the 11th December.
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7 December 2010
The Orphan Trust
Attiq Malik, a solicitor within the Employment Team at Pictons has teamed up with a newly formed Luton based charity, The Orphan Trust, to assist orphans in Pakistan.
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3 December 2010
Karen Trust Run
On Sunday 14th November, staff from Pictons LLP joined family and friends of the late Karen Singh in a 5km annual run / walk at Wardown Park, Luton, to raise funds for the Karen Trust. Patrons of the charity, Ian Wright, Mick Harford and Jermaine DeFoe, were amongst supporters at the event.
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29 November 2010
Follow Us on Facebook
As well as keeping up to date with all things Pictons related on our website you can now follow us on Facebook.
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19 November 2010
Pictons Managing Partner Invited to Join the Government’s Local Enterprise Partnership Steering Group
The Coalition Government’s business initiative, to encourage growth and development throughout the country, has moved ahead with the Government’s approval of the South East Midlands Local Enterprise Partnership proposal.
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15 November 2010
Ray Retires After 62 Years In The Same Job
Monday was a day to remember for Hemel-born Ray Redding, who celebrated his retirement after working an astonishing 62 years in the same job, as a specialist in probates, will and trusts, in a firm of local solicitors that has been Pictons for the past 16 years.
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9 November 2010
Pictons is Nominated for a Prestigious Business Excellence Award
Pictons Solicitors has been nominated for one of the prestigious Rising Stars Business Excellence Awards, organised by Premier Newspapers, the publishers of the Luton News and the Herald and Post. The Bedfordshire and Luton 2010 Business Excellence Awards recognise the achievements of leading edge employers and individuals and are the premier showcase for the county's rising stars.
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29 October 2010
Pre-Nups; To Have and To Uphold
A recent decision made by the Supreme Court has gone some way to giving prenuptial agreements legal weight in England and Wales.
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15 October 2010
Pictons and Families Need Fathers in Harpenden
Pictons are continuing to support Families Need Fathers, the UK’s leading shared parenting charity.
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