We are delighted to announce that we have been accredited with The Law Society Wills and Inheritance Quality Scheme. This is a best practice quality mark for wills inheritance and estate administration advice. At The Eric Whitehead Partnership, specialist legal advisors in our Wills and Probate department help to guide our clients through some of the most challenging periods of their life. Whether a person finds them self not knowing what the next steps are when administering the estate of a lost loved one or if a dementia diagnosis has left a family worried about how they can help manage financial decisions, we are on hand to offer advice and support. Our wills and probate department can help with your needs surrounding wills, estate administration, deputyship, lasting powers of attorney and...

We are delighted to have been re-accredited as a certified member of The Law Society’s ‘Excellence in legal practice management and client care’ scheme (Lexcel). The Law Society only awards the Lexcel quality mark to law firms that satisfy their stringent requirements with regard to client care, compliance and practice management. Only 16% of the UK’s 10,000 law firms have achieved this accreditation. The Lexcel quality mark reassures clients that the firm is efficiently run and has high-performance levels in client care, risk management, and people and financial management. Director Nicola Robinson said: “I am delighted that The Eric Whitehead Partnership has once again satisfied Lexcel’s exacting requirements and achieved Lexcel re-accreditation. It shows how committed we are...

We are proud to announce that we have been awarded reaccreditation with the Law Society’s Conveyancing Quality Scheme (CQS) which is the mark of excellence for the home buying process. The scheme requires practices to undergo a strict assessment, compulsory training, self-reporting, random audits and annual reviews in order to maintain CQS status. It is open only to members of the Law Society who meet the demanding standards set by the scheme and has the support of the Council of Mortgage Lenders, Building Societies Association, Legal Ombudsman and the Association of British Insurers.   ...

A BIG well done to Ellen Brian, who has now qualified as a solicitor after many years of hard work; Ellen has been an integral part of the The Eric Whitehead Partnership team since joining us as a trainee solicitor. Nicholas John, Managing Director, said, “We are thrilled Ellen has agreed to continue her legal career with us. We, as a company, are committed to investing and nurturing solicitors of the future. We pride ourselves on retaining our graduates after they qualify and continuing to help them thrive in their legal careers.” ...

We are delighted to have been re-accredited as a certified member of The Law Society’s ‘Excellence in legal practice management and client care’ scheme (Lexcel). The Law Society only awards the Lexcel quality mark to law firms that satisfy their stringent requirements with regard to client care, compliance and practice management. Only 16% of the UK’s 10,000 law firms have achieved this accreditation. The Lexcel quality mark reassures clients that the firm is efficiently run and has high-performance levels in client care, risk management, and people and financial management. Director Nicola Robinson said: “I am delighted that The Eric Whitehead Partnership has once again satisfied Lexcel’s exacting requirements and achieved Lexcel re-accreditation. It shows how committed we are...

If you have owned your property or land for a number of years (prior to December 1988 in the Staffordshire Moorlands) and there has been no change in ownership since, that property or land is likely to be unregistered at the Land Registry. Although there is no obligation on property or land owners to voluntarily register their property or land, there are several advantages of doing so, for example: The title to unregistered property or land is found in the bundle of deeds relating to the property or land in question. If those deeds are ever lost, damaged or destroyed it can cause serious problems if the owner wishes to sell the property or land. When a property or land is registered at the Land Registry, those old dusty deeds are effectively replaced by a simple document setting out a description...