Conversations Brits Avoid

Conversations Brits Avoid
February 27, 2014

There are many conversations us Brits tend to try and avoid. One of them involves introducing the subject, with a parent for example, on how to start making a Will and what you should be putting in it. It isn’t just the topic of the Will that is difficult to talk about, but the things in there, such as money can also be hard to talk about. Saga Legal Services…

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MP Fights For Justice For Local Residents

October 19, 2011

Last Friday Graham Stuart, MP for Beverley and Holderness, chaired a meeting organised by local residents of Lakeminster Park to hear their concerns about the threat of eviction from their holiday homes and the losses they had suffered as a result of alleged mis-selling by the developer. Many residents of Lakeminster Park claim to have been told by the developer that they would be able to live in the homes…

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A Newspaper, Some stamps And A Divorce Please

August 1, 2011

Legal superbrand, QualitySolicitors, to offer access to legal services in WHSmith in East Yorkshire. 1st August, 2011 – Shoppers visiting WHSmith in Hull and Beverley can now access legal services when buying their newspapers, books and stationery as part of a ground-breaking new partnership with legal superbrand, QualitySolicitors. This will see the UK’s favourite newsagent begin to launch “Legal Access Points” from today in more than one hundred stores on…

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QualitySolicitors Lockings In WH Smith High-Street Deal

May 14, 2011

QualitySolicitors (a group of independent solicitors firms) has signed a deal with high-street retailer W H Smith to provide access to legal services in branches of their high street books, stationery and travel stores. The deal means that QualitySolicitors will be present in 150 branches this summer, set to increase to 500 nationwide, fast becoming a house-hold name. In store, a QualitySolicitors client representative will book appointments online, provide quotes…

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Where There’s a Will, There’s a Way!

March 23, 2011

Professional Will writers at cba Chartered Accountants in Beverley are working to raise awareness of the importance of having a Will and keeping it up-to-date. Each year thousands of people die in this country and most of them leave their families with all the problems of Intestacy, which means to die without a legally valid Will. Tracy Hutty, says: “If you have children, own a home or have a business,…

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Safeguarding Your Future Finances From Your Ex

December 15, 2010

There are some things you just can’t take for granted… Paul Kirby, Family Solicitor from Quality Solicitors Lockings in Beverley looks at the recent case of the ex-wife who successfully sued her former husband for £2Million, ten years after their divorce. Paul Kirby says: “The winner, Nigel Page who is from Gloucestershire made history after an out-of-court settlement saw him pay his ex-wife £2Million (she had apparently wanted £8Million) of…

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21st Century Law Firm Brings Changes to Beverley

November 10, 2010

Quality Solicitors Lockings in Beverley welcomes Paul Kirby, Partner and solicitor from the Hull Head Office. Specialising in family law, Paul is now expanding the services previously available which mainly involved property and business transfers. Paul Kirby comments: “I am delighted to move to Beverley, it is a wonderful town and I am keen to drive forward the changes and make our firm the number one choice for advice on…

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New Community Legal Advice Office Opens in Beverley

October 8, 2010

Next week, Beverley residents get the chance to step inside their new local advice office for the first time. The doors of the East Riding Community Legal Advice Network office at 100 Lairgate will be open to the public between 10am and 4pm on Wednesday (13 October). People will be able to learn more about the services on offer from East Yorkshire Citizens Advice Bureau and Yorkshire solicitors Switalskis, who…

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End of an Era as Michael Brown Retires

August 16, 2010

Quality Solicitors Lockings are today announcing the retirement of Michael Brown, 59 from their Beverley office with effect from 31 August 2010. Mr Brown was born and has worked in Beverley all of his life, the last twenty years have been with Lockings.  His career as a Property Lawyer began in 1970 when his first duties included following his first boss, Noel Till, then senior Beverley solicitor around to court…

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Community Legal Advice Network

December 4, 2009

The East Yorkshire Citizens Advice Bureau has won the contract to run the UK’s first Community Legal Advice Network (CLA Network), funded by East Riding of Yorkshire Council and the Legal Services Commission. The Network will provide an integrated legal service, from basic advice to representation at court, helping people with the full range of social welfare legal problems. For the first time, residents will have access to a comprehensive…

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