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Supporting Cancer Research UK
A hysterectomy, or womb removal, is a standard treatment for women with cervical cancer, but some women may have long-term side effects. In Sheffield, Professor John Tidy is leading a trial comparing two different types of surgery to treat women with early-stage cervical cancer. This trial is testing whether women can recover from their cancer…
Changes to Stamp Duty Land Tax
Changes to Stamp Duty Land Tax The announcement last week of the Stamp Duty Land Tax cut saw a marketed increase in traffic on our website calculator within just a few hours of the announcement! We noticed a slowing down on enquires in the preceding 14 days before the announcement and attributed the slow…
Her Majesty the Queen – RIP
Like many people in the UK and around the world we are reflecting on Her Majesty The Queen’s passing and what she meant to us as individuals. In passing, one of our team mentioned that some years ago she had the privilege of attending a Buckingham Palace garden party with her parents, as at that…
Unforeseen Office Closures
We have been experiencing unrealistic temperatures in our offices and on occasions needed to close our doors early for the sake of staff safety. We apologise if this has caused any inconvenience to our clients but are sure you all understand the difficulties the extreme temperatures are causing. In light of weather warnings going forward,…
New Divorce rules
On 6 April 2022, there was a significant change in divorce law for England and Wales. It’s the first change for 50 years. The changes mean that instead of needing to prove the other party is at fault, there is now no requirement to assign fault when filing for divorce.
New Conveyancing APP
The service will allow you to obtain an estimate of costs, engage our services and even track the progress of your ( and your agent) matter all from our APP on your smart phone/ipad, laptop or computer……. its fantastic. Go to your APP store and download ours.
Lasting Powers of Attorney
As part of our ongoing support for Cancer Research UK, we have extended our September offer of 30% discount on LPA’s for clients utilising the CRUK Free Will package. This discount is for December 2021 only.
September LPA Offer
We are offering a 30% discount for all Lasting Powers of Attorneys booked during the month of September 2021. This offer is in recognition to all the folk who have not been able to venture out during these very testing times. We can offer online instructions, as well as face to face in our offices….
SDLT holiday extended
The current SDLT ‘holiday’ under which the nil band for residential properties was increased from £125,000 to £500,000 was due to end on 31 March 2021. It will now be extended to 30 June 2021. Thereafter the nil band will reduce to £250,000 until 1 October 2021 when it will return to £125,000.

