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Our next free legal advice clinic will run from 1pm to 4pm on Friday 22 February 2019 at Welcome Independent Living's Community Hub in Hebden Bridge. Wills and Probate specialist Kelly Gill will be on hand to offer free, expert legal advice on: ...
Once again, we’re delighted to be supporting the Concert for the Young at Heart, which takes place at the Victoria Theatre in Halifax on Tuesday 19 March 2019. For many years, we’ve been supporting this brilliant local concert, which...
Care child specialist Lynn Crabtree has been celebrating recently after notching up thirty years as a qualified solicitor. After studying at Keele University and the College of Law at Chester, Lynn qualified as a Solicitor on the 16 th January...
We'd like to thank visitors to last year's Brighouse Christmas Market for helping us to raise £200 for The Cornerstone Memory Café in Brighouse. If you visited this popular festive event you might have spotted staff from...
Our Managing Director Maureen Cawthorn is celebrating this week as she marks thirty years as a qualified solicitor. After studying at Manchester University and the College of Law at Chester, Maureen qualified as a Solicitor on the 1 st February 1989,...
Earlier this month our Wills and Probate team was delighted to receive a visit from Helen Soutar, Legacy Partnership Manager at Cancer Research UK. Helen presented the team with a Gold Certificate of Thanks in recognition of the support we have given...
For the sixth year running, we’re delighted to be supporting Huddersfield Literature Festival, which runs from 21-31 March 2019. The festival promises another bumper crop of entertaining and insightful literary events. Wilkinson Woodward is...
21-25 January 2019 is Family Mediation Week. Organised by the Family Mediators Association (FMA), the campaign aims to raise awareness of mediation as an alternative to court battles for separating couples. Mediation can help you take control of your...
Our next free legal advice clinic will run from 1pm to 4pm on Friday 25 January 2019 at Welcome Independent Living's new Community Hub in Hebden Bridge. As part of the services available at the new Hub, our Wills and Probate team will be on...
We are saddened to report that our much loved colleague Liza Pickles passed away on 25 November. Liza was an enormously popular member of the matrimonial team. Her kindness, common-sense and tremendous legal knowledge and skill will be greatly missed. Liza...
If you, a friend or relative is living with dementia, help is at hand from the Calderdale branch of The Alzheimer’s Society, which offers information and support to local people living with Dementia as well as their carers, family and friends. ...
Brighouse Christmas Market is back in town! This annual event draws thousands of visitors to Brighouse and promises to be another brilliant event. Visitors can look forward to a weekend packed with festive entertainment including a food and...
We are delighted to say that Wilkinson Woodward Bearders has been shortlisted in the 2018 Halifax Courier Business Awards. The awards recognise businesses and individuals within Calderdale's business community and provide a great opportunity to...
Recent media coverage about investigations into possible fraudulent activity within Universal Wealth Management serve as caution to anyone considering making a Will. Universal Wealth Management acted as Will writers, advising people who attended...
We're pleased to be participating in Make a Will Fortnight to raise funds for Overgate Hospice. From 8 to 19 October 2018 when you ask to make a Will as part of Make a Will Fortnight, we will donate half our fee to Overgate...
This week we are celebrating our first five years in Brighouse; we've been trading from our offices in King Street since we merged with Bearders Solicitors on 1 October 2013. Over the past five years we have expanded...
Husband and wife solicitors Tim and Penny Manock are celebrating a double milestone this week by each marking three decades as qualified solicitors. The couple both qualified as solicitors thirty years ago on 1 October 1988. Tim and Penny met as...
Settlement Agreements came into effect on 29 th July 2013 and are legally binding contracts which can be used to end an employment relationship on agreed terms. Settlement Agreements are often used to resolve ongoing disputes between an employer and...
We're pleased to announce that Leeds law graduate Kate Machon has secured a training contract with Wilkinson Woodward. Kate studied law at the University of Leeds and completed her Masters and LPC (Legal Practice Course) at the University of Law in...
We're pleased to be supporting Hebden Bridge's first Dementia Friendly Communities Week. This week long event will be of interest to anyone affected by dementia, or who is working with or caring for someone with dementia. Organised by Staying...
Like many local businesses, we're excited by the Brighouse BID initiative and are looking forward to the launch of proposals for a Business Improvement District (BID) for the town centre. The launch, which will see the five-year plan for the...
Family law specialist Emily Fish is celebrating this week as she notches up her first decade as a qualified solicitor. Emily qualified as a solicitor on the 15 th September 2008 and, over the past decade, she has developed an extensive knowledge of all...
In partnership with Welcome Independent Living , we're delighted to announce our new free legal advice service, which launches in Hebden Bridge on Friday 26 October 2018. As part of the services available at Welcome Independent...
We are delighted to announce that Wills and Probate specialist Kelly Gill has qualified as a Chartered Legal Executive. After completing her law degree and Legal Practice Course at The University of Huddersfield, Kelly joined Wilkinson Woodward in 2015....
Director and property specialist Laura Kurowski is celebrating this week having notched up her first decade as a qualified solicitor. Laura qualified as a solicitor on the 1st of September 2008 and has extensive knowledge of all areas of commercial and...
