On the 20th of June, a landmark ruling by the Queensland Supreme Court found that a local woman, Ayla Cresswell, was legally entitled to use her deceased partner’s reproductive tissue for IVF treatment. After Creswell’s partner, Joshua Davies, took his own life in 2016, she sought, with the support of his family, an urgent court... Read More
Practising women solicitors outnumber men for the first time last year, as reported by the Law Society in the Annual Statistics Report for 2017. The report indicates that as the legal profession continues to grow, it is gradually becoming more diverse. The report illustrates that there are more than 139,600 practising solicitors, 29 per cent... Read More
Helena had another exciting and successful weekend competing at Rackham Horse Trials in West Sussex. The day began with Helena’s first ride, Vardags Bucephalus who produced a lovely dressage test gaining a respectable score of 32. This was followed up with two stylish clears in both the show jumping and cross-country resulting in Helena... Read More
Last weekend the promising Vivendi de Vardag competed in her first BE 100 at West Wilts, moving up a level after only 2 runs at BE 90. Viva tackled the step up with ease, gaining a 32 in the dressage, only one down in the show jumping and yet another confident clear cross county. Though it has to be said the star of the day was Helena... Read More
Last week saw even more success for Vardags Equestrian: this time in Italy with team Vardags competing at the regional championships in Teaterno. On Friday Sara Battista jumped her way to victory in the open 115 speed class on the extremely talented Corino de Vardag. Doing a beautiful clear round, Corino sped round the course in an excellent... Read More
It was a busy Sunday for Team Vardags at Borde Hill event in West Sussex with three horses competing on the same day! Helena Vardag-Walters had a fantastic start to the morning on both of her rides, Noble Nuteller (Nutty) and Vardags Bucephalus (Cephy) in the dressage, gaining an superb score of 25.3 on Nutty. Perfectly set up for the next... Read More
After only ten days of partnership, Vardags Saratoga (Sara) and Flora Harris had great success at Rockingham International Horse trials, competing in the CIC*.
The event began with a beautiful display in the dressage where they gaineda very respectable score of 33.3, leaving them just outside of the top 25.
The following day the new team returned... Read More
20th May: Race Day. To many, it was an innocently summery Sunday, sandwiched between two bank holidays. What bliss. To the runners, the symbolism was rife. The sunlight streaming down became a spotlight on last night’s makeup. The cheers of excitable crowds turned to jeers at token training plans. The music permeating the streets... Read More
Emma Gill, family law director and glamourous head of the Vardags Manchester office, graced the BBC Breakfast’s sofas on Thursday morning to discuss Tini Owen’s high profile Supreme Court hearing scheduled for later that day. Tini and Hugh Owens married in 1978. Nearly forty years later the relationship broke down. In 2012 Mrs... Read More
With excitement mounting in Vardags Equestrian's Sussex stables, on Saturday Ayesha Vardag made the announcement that the team will be joined by international event rider Flora Harris. The 30-year-old eventer has been riding professionally since she left Millfield school in 2007 and went to train with Gill Watson. That same year she... Read More