Newly introduced divorce form encourages naming adulterers
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...
The importance of registering land at the Land Registry
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...
Gifted deposits from a mortgage lenders perspective
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...
Caroline Harper’s quest to raise funds for Pendleside Hospice
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,...
WF Macmillan Coffee morning
We are so proud of the staff at our offices in Ilkley, Barnoldswick, Skipton and Silsden who worked very hard to arrange coffee mornings at each of our offices. Lots of our lovely staff took part by baking some very...