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RIGHTS OF WAY AND BOUNDARY DISPUTES

Often we find ourselves in difficult positions when looking to gain access maintain or properties, or to replace boundary structures or extend. Our neighbours can become our enemies and tensions can rise high. A simple assessment of your deeds, legal rights, extent of ownership and remedies available by us, can in turn lead to amicable […]

STAMP DUTY HOLIDAY

You may or may not be aware that the stamp duty holiday for nil stamp duty payable for properties bought for between £250-500,000 has come to an end now but the stamp duty holiday for properties purchased as a main residence up to £250,000 is still nil until the end of September this year. It […]

BAN ON EVICTIONS LIFTED

01 June 2021 marked an important change in the world of residential Landlord & Tenant possession proceedings The Section 21 Notice that was extended to a 6 month notice was reduced to 4 month notice The Section 8 Notice that was also extended to a 4 week notice requiring 6 months’ arrears was reduced to […]

SEPTIC TANKS – THE LEGAL CHANGES YOU SHOULD KNOW!

If you are buying a property that has a septic tank you must make sure that the septic tank discharges into a sewage system or a soakaway has been installed as otherwise you will get a nasty shock and possibly a fine upon purchase, as by law this should have been done by the 1.1.20. […]

A Nice Review For Andrew Marsden

Andrew Marsden at our Batley office recently successfully concluded a personal injury claim for Mrs D who suffered significant injuries after tripping over a defect in a footpath in Brighouse town centre. Having investigated her claim Andrew put full details of the case to Calderdale Council who are responsible for the safe upkeep of the […]

Count To Ten

Social media is great. It is an easy way to keep in contact with friends and family, arrange things, tell people about your business, etc…..and most importantly share photographs of what you are having for tea ( it is what it was invented for!). But, sometimes posts are not always about the positive and happy […]

Are you Sure You Know Who You Are Talking To??

Scams are regrettably becoming more and more common, and it is important to be on your guard and take care. We unfortunately see more of this than many people, whether that is because we are advising people who have been caught out, or because fraudsters often try and target solicitors. We have very sophisticated security […]

A Nice Review

Mr M was very pleased with the outcome to his personal injury claim, handled by Andrew Marsden based at our Batley office…. When we asked him for his feedback he simply said “…Thank you so much for everything you have done for me God bless you mate…”. Sometimes a few words can say a lot. […]

We Welcome Your Feedback

As a firm we always try to give you the best service we can, and it is always nice to get some positive feedback to let us know that we are getting it right. At the end of a case we always ask our client’s for feedback. This is important information for us, we take […]

It Can Take Time

Life can be fast paced, we always seem to be in a bit of a hurry. As Stephen Dobyns put it “Each thing I do, I rush through so I can do something else.” And, that can be true of the law. We all want our legal matter to be be finished as quickly as […]