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If you're a local land owner, you may have been approached by Calderdale Council as part of their work to identify sites for development and protection. The Calderdale Local plan (which will replace the current unitary development...
We're delighted to welcome solicitor and family mediator Mark Green to our Family team. Mark is a highly experienced family lawyer and mediator, handling all aspects of relationship breakdown including finance, property and arrangements for...
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 20 March 2018. For many years, we’ve been supporting this brilliant concert, which features comedy,...
After 17 years as a legal secretary, Gillian Rothwell is on track to make the transition to licenced conveyancer. During that time Gillian has helped with all aspects of residential conveyancing including, sales, purchases, re-mortgages,...
We're delighted to welcome Vikki Nash to our team at Boococks Lettings and Estate Agency. Having enjoyed a varied career (including running a pub), Vikki has taken like a duck to water in our busy offices on Fountain Street in Halifax, where she...
Boococks estate agency sales negotiator Harry Manock is preparing for final stages of his qualifications for the National Association of Estate Agents , the UK's leading professional body for estate agents. Harry is currently undertaking a City...
We're delighted to welcome Liza Pickles to our Halifax office. Liza, who joined us in 2002, is an experienced family lawyer/ mediator. She has been a familiar face at our Brighouse office since 2013. Liza recently...
22-26 January 2018 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...
For the fifth year running, we’re delighted to be supporting Huddersfield Literature Festival, which runs from 8-18 March 2018. The festival promises another bumper crop of entertaining and insightful literary events. Wilkinson Woodward is proud...
Our senior commercial and property law specialist Andrew Crabtree is celebrating this month after notching up thirty years’ service Wilkinson Woodward. After graduating from the University of East Anglia in 1984, Andrew began his legal career...
We'd like to thank visitors to this year's Brighouse Victorian Christmas Market for helping us to raise £250 for Brighouse Central Food Bank. If you visited this year's festive event, you might have spotted staff from our...
We're looking for a legal secretary for our Huddersfield office. Working as part of our busy Care Proceedings team, this challenging and rewarding role concerns a sensitive area of legal work. Previous experience in a similar role...
Friday 15 December 2017 is Save The Children Christmas Jumper Day - a great excuse for us to show off our wonderful woollies and raise a bit of cash for charity too. Across the country, thousands are expected to don their festive knits and support...
Following this week’s Budget, extra powers are to be given to local councils to charge 100% council tax rates during times when a property is left vacant. This is designed to encourage properties to be occupied and to enable councils to...
In partnership with local charity the Next Step Trust, we are proud to have reached the short list and to have received a special commendation at this year’s Calderdale Community Spirit Awards. Organised by The Community Foundation for...
Brighouse Victorian 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...
This month we bid a fond farewell to one of our most experienced solicitors, Jon Dyson, who is retiring after almost three decades of service to the local community. Jon studied law at Durham University and began his legal career as an articled clerk in the...
We're delighted to welcome solicitor Tim Manock to our Commercial team. After completing his law degree in Leeds, Tim began his legal career with a Leeds based law firm before joining Savage Crangle in the 1990s where he later became a partner. ...
We're delighted to welcome solicitor Emily Fish to our Family team. Emily graduated from the University of Warwick in 2003 with a degree in English Literature. After returning home and deciding to pursue a career in law, Emily studied for two years...
Our wills and probate specialists Heather Nuttall and Bev Mottram are backing fellow members of Solicitors for the Elderly in warning against proposals to turn the Lasting Power of Attorney registration process fully digital on the...
Qualified Duty Solicitor Sam Jackson is celebrating this month, having notched up ten years’ service at Wilkinson Woodward. Sam graduated from the University of Durham in 2006 and completed his Legal Practice Course at Leeds in 2007 before joining...
Our Head of Family Law Penny Manock is joining fellow charity supporters in a 10k overnight hike. Penny will join fellow walkers on Saturday 30 September to hike along a marshalled route which takes in the villages surrounding Oxenhope...
Commercial solicitor James Bell is back in training – this time to raise awareness of a charity that’s especially close to his heart. Team Verrico - which supports the fight against cancer and other lethal diseases – is...
Earlier this week we were delighted to see the opening of Calderdale Credit Union’s new premises on the ground floor of our Huddersfield office. The credit union wanted to set up an office in Kirklees and our previously empty and...
Conveyancing expert Kevin Britton and Commercial Law specialist James Bell have teamed up for their latest lycra-clad charity challenge. The 2017 Appleyard Lees Velo is being sponsored by intellectual property law firm Appleyard Lees to raise...
