It’s Update Your Will Week. Have you updated yours?

It’s Update Your Will Week, a week run by Solicitors For the Elderly (SFE), to help encourage more people to update their will and ensure their wishes are carried out when they die. A recent survey by SFE found that 44% of UK adults have not updated their will in the last five years. With […]

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94% of our clients would recommend us to their friends and family

Here at Thomas Dunton Solicitors, customer service is of the utmost importance to us. It’s what we like to think makes us different and what makes us stand out from our competitors; and why we regularly monitor and interpret the feedback we receive from our clients. We take great interest in the comments and feedback […]

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Media to be allowed to report on family proceedings

As part of a new pilot in “big cultural change” journalists will be able to report on family court proceedings for the first time, in the hope that it will improve transparency and accountability. The transparency reporting pilot, set to begin on 30 January 2023 in Leeds, Carlisle, and Cardiff, will allow reporting of certain […]

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“Signs of positivity” in New Year housing market

Property portal, Rightmove, has advised the housing market has shown “encouraging levels of activity” in the early period of the year. New buyer demand is up by 4% compared with the same period in 2019. The number of prospective buyers sending an enquiry to an estate agent about a property for sale jumped by 55% […]

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Some fantastic client feedback

Maintaining and improving the highest standards of service is of the utmost importance to us here at Thomas Dunton Solicitors LLP. It’s why we often reflect and consider if things can be done differently and why we regularly ask our clients for their feedback. Over the past few months, we have received some fantastic comments […]

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First-time buyer numbers remained elevated in 2022

New data has revealed the number of first-time buyers across the UK remained above pre-pandemic levels despite a 9% year-on-year fall. Yorkshire Building Society estimated there were 370,287 first-time buyers in 2022, down from the 20 year high figure of 405,320 in 2021. Yorkshire Building Society believe this is the result of lower levels of […]

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Family law newsletter: It’s OK if life takes you on a different path

On what is dubbed “Divorce Day” (because marital problems often worsen over the festive period), we dedicate our latest newsletter from our family law team to the subject of separation and divorce. So, if you have headed into 2023 thinking that maybe now is the time to make a change to your current family set […]

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Today is dubbed ‘Divorce Day’

Today (the first working Monday in January) is dubbed “Divorce Day” because marital problems often worsen over the festive period. In our latest newsletter on separation and divorce, our family law solicitors not only offer reassurance that it’s OK if life takes you on a different path this New Year, but also provide some useful […]

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Applications now open for Right to Shared Ownership scheme

Residents in social and affordable housing can now buy a share in their home for the first time, as applications are now open for the government’s Right to Shared Ownership scheme. The Department for Levelling Up Housing and Communities recently published new guidance for tenants to access the scheme, which allows them to buy a […]

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Domestic abuse referrals rise after festive period

Data from the National Centre for Domestic Violence (NCDV) showed a 10% rise in the number of referrals in January 2022, compared with December 2021, an increase on the 6% rise from the year before. Domestic abuse charity Women’s Aid said they witness a rise in domestic abuse victims seeking help in January, which can […]

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