2008 NEWS ARCHIVE
CHRISTMAS SALES BOOM FOR PROPERTY MARKET (BUT 40 PER CENT DEPOSIT TO SECURE A HOUSE)
December 2008
AN East Lancashire property expert is reporting that the festive season has brought with it an unexpected rush of work in the struggling market.
However, according to Graham Ireland, conveyancing partner at Haworth & Nuttall Solicitors, in many cases homebuyers needing mortgage finance to buy are being asked to pay up to a 40 per cent [...]
CREDIT CRUNCH IMPACTS ON MARRIAGES
October 2008
AN East Lancashire solicitor has revealed that the credit crunch, as well as affecting business and industry in the region, may also be playing a part in marriage break-ups.
Ian Brunt, family lawyer at Haworth and Nuttall Solicitors, a law firm with offices in Accrington, Blackburn and Great Harwood, reports that finances are becoming more important [...]
HAWORTH & NUTTALL SOLICITORS PROMOTED TO ASSOCIATE POST
August 2008
TWO solicitors at Lancashire law firm Haworth & Nuttall have been promoted.
Tom Smith, a solicitor who specialises in civil litigation, and Shahin Akhtar, who works on corporate matters including mergers and acquisitions, have both been promoted to associates.
Shahin has been involved with a number of high profile corporate matters recently, including advising Lancashire engineering firm [...]
£30,000 TO SECURE A MORTGAGE IN LANCASHIRE
July 2008
LENDERS are cutting the cost of mortgages, but asking for deposits of up to 25 per cent, which could mean that house buyers in Lancashire now have to find more than £30,000, a solicitor has warned.
This week Nationwide and Abbey announced they are to reduce the price of some fixed rate and tracker rate deals [...]
HAWORTH & NUTTALL APPOINTED TO ACT FOR BLACKBURN CATHEDRAL DEVELOPMENTS
June 2008
SOLICITORS at Haworth & Nuttall, the East Lancashire law firm, have been appointed to act for the Dean and Chapter of Blackburn Cathedral and also for Blackburn Cathedral Developments in respect of a key town centre project.
Blackburn Cathedral Developments is a limited company with charitable objectives, established by the Cathedral. The company is working alongside [...]
COULD YOUR HOLIDAY LEAD TO A CRIMINAL RECORD?
January 2008
SINGLE East Lancashire parents could be unwittingly putting themselves at risk of committing a criminal offence by taking their children on holiday this half term.
Under the Child Abduction Act 1984, separated or divorced parents who take children on holiday out of England and Wales, even to Scotland, may not realise they could be committing child [...]