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Oliver King Anniversary Dinner

We attended a fantastic evening at the 6th anniversary cha...

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New staff member Civil / Employment Law Department

  We would like to welcome Louise Roberts to our expanding Civil/ Employment Law Department. Louise has joined us as a Paralegal. Louise has a special interest in Trade Union work having previously been a branch secretary for Unite the Union....

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We welcome Eileen Chisnall to our Crime Department

We would like to welcome to our team our new Solicitor Advocate, Eileen Chisnall.

Eileen is an expericened solicitor,  Higher Court Advocate and Duty Solicitor. Eileen has significant experience in defending ...

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Paula Lloyd

  Paula Lloyd, Solicitor in the crime department, has left the firm and private practice to start again in pastures new.   Paula has been a valued member of our team for 14 years and will be missed by all her colleagues. We would like to take this opportunity to wish her well for the future ...

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Conveyancing Quality Scheme

We are proud to be part of the Law Society’s Conveyancing Quality Scheme (CQS). CQS accreditation provides a recognised quality standard for conveyancing, establishes our credibility as a trusted advisor and gives our clients the comfort they need to be assured that their transaction will be hand...

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Changes to Lasting Powers of Attorney (LPA) Fee

Changes to Lasting Powers of Attorney (LPA) Fee On 1 April 2017, the fee to register a lasting or enduring power of attorney with the Office of the Public Guardian was reduced from £110 to £82 in England and Wales. Therefore the fee to register LPA’s for both Property & Finan...

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Levins Welcomes New Staff to Family Department

 Our family law team has expanded! We would like to welcome to our team, our new paralegals, Bethany and Abigail, who both formerly worked at Heaney Watson as Legal Clerks. Bethany qualified from the University of Liverpool in 2015 ...

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Levins in the Community

As part of our commitment to the local community two of our private client solicitors, Carla Neal and Jessica Flaherty, recently attended a local SURF group meeting at Goodsion Park to give a presentation on Lasting Powers of Attorney, Court of Protection and Advance Directives. SURF is a group o...

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Tribunal award limits

From 6 April 2017, tribunal award limits will increase as follows:

  • The statutory cap on a week's pay will increase from £479 to £489.
  • The maximum compensatory award for unfair dismissal will increase from £78,962 to £80,541 or 52 weeks’ pay, whichever is the lower.
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Probate fee increase plans scrapped

Carla Neal, Head of Private Client and member of Solicitors for the Elderly “We are delighted to hear the proposed probate fees have been dropped. It was very clear from the offset that the...

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