Yearly Archives: 2019

Free wills service to local Fire Officers

AWB Charlesworth solicitors limited have recently started working in conjunction with Skipton and Grassington Fire Service to offer a free wills service to local firemen and women.  Sarah Richardson, a wills and probate executive at the firm, came up with the idea after learning that many of the fire service did not have wills in... Read More

Leases of Flats- How long a term is long enough?

Purchasers of leasehold properties need to appreciate that a lease is a “wasting asset”.  Allowing the lease to become too short by not extending it at the right time can be detrimental to the leaseholder.  It can result in fewer institutional lenders being willing to lend of the property making it more difficult to sell... Read More

New Trainee Appointed

AWB Charlesworth Solicitors, with offices in Skipton, Keighley, Bingley and Bradford have appointed a new trainee solicitor to their growing firm. Having graduated with a First Class LLB (Hons) Law degree in 2015, Anna Robinson joined AWB Charlesworth in May 2017 as a secretary in the residential property department, having previously worked in criminal, family,... Read More

New Year….New Start?

Many of us are familiar with the media hype about early January being a time when Family Lawyers experience a sudden influx of new enquiries. Theories put forward by the press include:- Couples who have been forced to spend more family time together over the festive period have reached “breaking point”. Couples who may have... Read More

Women at Work raise over £420 for Manorlands Hospice

Pictured Left- Right.  Liz Smith (NatWest) Deana Morgan (Deana Morgan Dance Services) Emma Sadler-Mason (NatWest) Katie Ingham (AWB Charlesworth Solicitors) Molly Ralphson (Manorlands)  The Aire-Valley professional networking group Women@Work organised by AWB Charlesworth Solicitors and NatWest Bank have raised over £420 for Manorlands at their latest event held on Thursday 6th December.  Over 30 local... Read More