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Morecrofts Solicitors is celebrating after scooping two prizes at this year’s
Liverpool Law Society Awards. The firm was named the winner in both the Family Law and
Private Client categories, as well as being shortlisted in three other categories, at the
annual ceremony held at the city’s Crowne Plaza hotel. Morecrofts beat stiff
comp... Read more

Yesterday afternoon we got the fantastic news that we have been shortlisted in 5
categories at the 2013 Liverpool Law Society Awards! The categories that we are
shortlisted for are Family Law Award, Employment Law Award, Private Client Award,
Solicitor of the Year Award and the Medium Law Firm award. The winners will be announced
at the awards d... Read more

Morecrofts fantastic 2013 Calendars, a result of the "200 Years in
Merseyside" photography competition that we ran during 2012, are available to
buy in branch for the fantastic price of £7.50. You can go along to any of our 5
offices to purchase your calendar with the proceeds going to Macmillan Cancer Support in
Merseyside. ... Read more

As the firm marks 200 years at the heart of Liverpool, Morecrofts’ managing partner
tells Eduardo Reyes of The Law Society Gazette that family and community remain
fundamental to its development strategy Helen Broughton describes herself as one of
Liverpool’s ‘imports’, arriving in the city in 1979 from Blackpool. It
i... Read more

Morecrofts are delighted to announce the promotion of Heather Lally to an Associate
Solicitor with the firm. Heather joined Morecrofts in 2010 and has quickly established
herself as the head of our Private Client team in the Wirral office.   Heather is a
Trust and Estate Practitioner acting for clients in relation to Wills, Lasting Powers
of... Read more

Morecrofts held an evening of glamour and beauty at Crosby Lakeside Marina to raise
money for Sefton Women's and Children's Aid and Jospice. Over 80 women came along to
support Morecrofts' event and so far they have raised over £560 with more still to
come!   Ladies were entertained with a make up demonstration from Este... Read more

HSBC have today announced that they will be amending their conveyancing approach to
enable all solicitors that are accredited with the Law Society's Conveyancing Quality
Scheme (CQS) home-buying quality mark to act for HSBC as well as their mortgage
customers.   “Previously only firms on HSBC's managed panel of conveyancers
w... Read more

Lord Judge, the Lord Chief Justice, has recently highlighted the controversial topic of
child abduction. In a recent case he stated that those individuals found guilty of child
abduction should face an increased prison sentence as the existing guidance which states
that those individuals could face up to a maximum of 7 years imprisonment does not ... Read more

After months of planning and hard work, Morecrofts last week held their annual Ladies
Evening at Woolton Golf Club to raise much needed funds for our charity of the year,
Macmillan Cancer Support and Marie Curie, who we work closely with through our Woolton
office.   It was an exclusive evening of Glamour and Beauty with fantastic
demonstrat... Read more