Friday 27th and Saturday 28th January, Crosby Branch Family Solicitor Angie Brown braved the cold weather to help Sefton Womens and Childrens Aid with their charity colleaction at the Tesco Store in Litherland. Angie said, “although it was cold outside, it was worth barving the weather to help support this very worthwhile local cause”. The [...]
Fancy beating our team of lawyers at a Quiz? We are sending our Crosby Branch lawyers out to the Sefton Womens and Childrens Aid Quiz to see how they fend again this year. The Crosby Family Team are sponsoring the Annual SWACA Quiz Night. We hope to see you there. There will be a raffle, [...]
Up to the 24th March – only 10 weeks away - first time buyers can claim exemption from the payment of Stamp Duty Land Tax on properties where the purchase price is up to £250,000. After this date you will have to pay Stamp Duty Land Tax calculated at 1% of the purchase price where the [...]
The Association of Women Solicitors arrange a bi-monthly get together so that local female solicitors can meet up. The last event, on 23rd November, was a great success. The highlight of the evening was a promotion by Rachel Hunter Beauty from Allerton who showcased various beauty treatments and had on sale some fantastic Clarins beauty [...]
On 18th November the Roy Castle Lung Foundation held its annual Cinderella Ball and staff from Morecrofts attended. Gaynor Lanceley and Joanne Ford, who both specialise in Wills and Probate and are based at our Woolton office and Clare Kerrigan, a family lawyer from our Crosby office, were thrilled to receive invitations. The evening was full [...]
The teams at both the Liverpool and the Woolton offices have been making good progress in raising extra vital funds for McMillan Cancer Support,  Morecrofts’ “Charity of the Year”. On Thursday 8th and Friday 9th December staff took turns in collecting funds outside Morrisons in Belle Vale Shopping Centre. There were balloons and banners and a [...]
A recent court case has shown how important it is when you buy a property with someone else to decide at the outset how you will own the property and contribute  towards its maintenance and repair and any mortgage on the property. It may incur additional legal fees but these would be far less than the costs [...]
Morecrofts are presently working in conjunction with Sefton Women’s and Children’s Aid through our Crosby Office in raising awareness of domestic abuse in the Merseyside area. A very successful Christmas Fair at Sefton Women’s and Children’s Aid was enjoyed by all on 7th December 2011, with members of the Morecrofts Family Team donning their aprons [...]
According to a leading website estate agency first-time buyers will remain an “endangered species” in 2012 as it is likely that more than half of them will require deposits of at least £20,000. Less than a 20% of buyers in many areas of Britain will be stepping on to the ladder for the first time, [...]
Supemarkets are now starting to “sell” legal services under the mysterious name of Alternative Business Structures (ABS). An ABS is a firm where a non-lawyer is a manager of the firm, or has an ownership-type interest in the firm. This has been in the pipework for some time and the law giving the authority to [...]
