Legal Briefs: Kuits; SAS Daniels; DWF & Cobbetts

MANCHESTER has lent its legal expertise to London – with Kuits winning a licence for the Capital’s newest wine store, Vini Italiani.

Based on Old Brompton Road in Kensington, Vini Italiani is the city’s only store to specialise in Italian wines, and was founded by Bruno Cernecca and Matteo Berlucchi in partnership with a group of Italian friends.

Cernecca – a long term client of Kuits licensing partner Anthony Lyons – is offering more than 500 Italian wines at the store.

Lyons commented, “The team at Vini Italiani is really passionate about this concept so it was great to have involvement in obtaining the licence for them. We wish Bruno, Matteo and the team every success for the future.”

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HEALTH care specialists at Stockport law firm SAS Daniels advised the owners of Treetops Nursing Home in Oldham on the sale of the business.

Established in 1990, the business operates 30 bedrooms within a purpose-built detached property on Carthage Street. It has been sold to an experienced local operator.

Lorna Bennett, corporate partner at SAS Daniels, led the team who acted for the vendors, and said:This deal is another sign that there remains a strong appetite for good quality care businesses within the region.”

Business agents Christie + Co handled the marketing and sale of the home and Stephen Lopeman of Kuits Solicitors advised the buyers.

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LAW firm, DWF, has launched an App for iPad users, offering legal news and details of its latest career opportunities and events.

The DWF App can be downloaded free from iTunes or the firm’s website.

IT director, Richard Hodkinson, said: “This is another first for DWF and is a demonstration of how we want to embrace new and emerging routes to the market.”

The firm also has plans to launch an iPhone version later this year.

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COBBETTS has created an online tool to help local authorities identify which aspects of their activities could potentially be deliverd by a co-operative or a mutual organisation.
 
The firm’s Mutual Business Detector was developed in collaboration with consultancy MPulse and the London Borough of Lambeth.

 It has been launched through Public Service Mutuals, a joint venture set up in conjunction with The Co-operative Group.
 
The Detector looks at three aspects of a service suitability, deliverability and scale. Depending on the answers, it then produces a visual indication of the viability of setting up a mutual organisation to deliver it.
 
Kevin Jaquiss, partner at Cobbetts LLP, said: “Mutuals and co-operatives present viable alternatives to conventional approaches and offer employees and communities both a stake and a voice in the delivery of key public services.”