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As part of our community work, our Barnoldswick office ran a Christmas painting competition for very young children at Barnoldswick C of E Primary School. Maggie Bugler from our private client department took charge of the competition and commented, “We...

In the budget on the 22nd November, stamp duty was abolished for first time buyers on homes costing less than £300,000 with reduced rates on properties up to £500,000 Following this change made the chancellor Philip Hammond said: ‘Over the...

Do you know who would look after your property, money and financial affairs if you were to lose the capacity to manage them yourself? A Will deals with property and finances after death but the mechanism to deal with our...

We were delighted to be asked to take part in the Ilkley Grammar school careers fair on the 7th November 2017. It was a really well-attended event and we spoke to many aspiring young lawyers and their parents as well...

We all hope we are doing it right and delivering the best service to our customers and clients. But hope isn’t enough! We are all doing business in a hugely competitive world where the customer is King and keeping them...

Moving home can be very stressful, which is not surprising, given the fact that this will probably one of the biggest investments any of us will make in our life time. It makes perfect sense therefore that you would want...

According to the latest statistics there were over 100,000 divorces in England and Wales in 2015. Although in nearly 47,000 divorce cases, Unreasonable behaviour was cited as the reason for the divorce, Adultery cases were not insignificant in number with...

Prior to 1925 land was largely unregistered and was only registered on a voluntary basis. This changed with the introduction of the 1925 Land Registration Act. The purpose of the Act was to help simplify conveyancing and create a system...

The bank of mum and dad is now one of the main ways in which young adults fund the purchase of property. Despite BREXIT and the tightening up of the UK’s buy to let market, house prices have continued to...

We were delighted to sponsor our very own Caroline Harper from the Private Client department at the Skipton office in her quest to raise funds for Pendleside Hospice. With help of Walker Foster, her other sponsors and her hard-working assistants,...