The start of a regular monthly blog taking a snapshot of what goes on here at McHale & Co. We hope it shows the diversity of what we do and is of some interest!

For starters, Partner Andrew McHale spent most of the day in Trafford magistrates representing a client on a Private Criminal matter. The client had committed a serious Road Traffic Offence where the guideline sentence is 12 weeks in Prison. Fortunately Andrew managed to keep the client out of prison by securing a suspended sentence but it wasn’t easy!

Up the road in the High Court in Manchester, Litigation Partner Michael Muldoon was acting for a client on an alleged breach of a Super Injunction. The case ended up being adjourned to Friday.

Also out and about was Personal Injury Lawyer Nina Mahaffy who was taking instructions from a client who broke her shoulder after slipping on a railway sleeper on a golf course. The case is ongoing and Nina was getting detailed instructions for the witness statement. Tom Curle was in meetings with Didi Hamann about player recruitment in Stockport.

Meanwhile back at the ranch: Nicola Nolan was considering the contract on a Land Purchase in Kendal with complicated features and was getting ready for a number of Conveyancing completions on Friday whilst David Burke was negotiating the purchase of a Commercial Property on behalf of a client. Annemarie Smith was progressing matters in relation to Care Home Fees Reclaims-in particular looking at medical notes.

Matthew Kelly, in the Financial Irregularity department had the happy task of paying money to a satisfied customer after a successful claim against a bank and instructed Barristers to draft papers on a new claim. Darren Bossons from the Sports Law department was trying to arrange to take one of our player clients to a Premier league club and a back-to back loan to a Championship side.

Family Partner Edith Holt worked on some ongoing Divorce matters to bring them to an amicable and swift settlement and Marta Grzelak took instructions from a new Polish client about an accident at work. Paul Fitton was engaged in drafting wills and in the Employment Department Paul Harris-Stelfox was preparing for a matter that is before the Employment Tribunal tomorrow.

All in a days work at McHale & co!