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With this prenuptial, I thee wed
August 2010
EAST Lancashire couples are turning to prenuptial agreements to protect themselves before marriage, reveals law firm, Haworth & Nuttall.
Ian Brunt, family partner at the law firm with offices in Blackburn, Accrington and Great Harwood, reports that inquiries into prenuptials have increased over the last 12 months.
For example, clients with significant funds that they want to [...]
Haworth & Nuttall advise on Keyworker Homes’ £30million project
July 2010
BLACKPOOL-based property developer, Keyworker Homes, will undertake a £30million redevelopment project in Cheshire after buying 6.5 acres of redundant land from the East Cheshire NHS Trust.
The land, known as the Blue Zone, was part of Macclesfield General Hospital, and will be transformed into a mixed use commercial, residential, retail and leisure development. East Lancashire law [...]
Haworth & Nuttall in for a Penny
July 2010
Haworth & Nuttall has appointed Penny Andrews as an assistant solicitor in its commercial property department.
Penny joins the firm from Halliwells, Manchester, where she spent three years as an associate in the development team. Prior to Halliwells, she worked in-house at brownfield developers, Woodford Group, where she was head of legal.
In her new role, Penny [...]
LEGAL EXPERT SHAHIN RAISES HUNDREDS IN CHARITY RUN
June 2010
Shahin Akhtar, based at our Strawberry Bank office, ran Blackburn’s Cancer Research Race for Life on June 2 raising over £300.
The corporate lawyer who specialises in advising businesses on sales and acquisitions aimed to raise £150 for Cancer Research UK, but beat her fundraising target with a grand total of £348.
Shahin said: “Completing a run [...]
HAWORTH & NUTTALL APPOINTS GOOCH AS PRACTICE MANAGER
March 2010
HAWORTH & Nuttall has appointed David Gooch as its first ever practice manager.
David joins the firm from Lloyds TSB, where he spent 35 years in a variety of roles, most recently as relationship director, advising owner managed business across Lancashire.
His role will cover finance, strategic development, personnel and marketing across Haworth & Nuttall’s three offices [...]
HOUSE PRICE FALL JUST A STUMBLE
March 2010
THE news that house prices have fallen for the first time in almost a year is simply a ‘stumble’ which can be overcome by the market, an East Lancashire expert has predicted.
New figures from Nationwide Building Society show that there was a 1 per cent drop in prices during February, for the first time in [...]
HAWORTH & NUTTALL LEGAL EXPERT SHORT-LISTED FOR TOP AWARD
February 2010
A HAWORTH & Nuttall corporate lawyer who specialises in advising businesses on sales and acquisitions has been nominated for a leading business award.
Shahin Akhtar, who is based at our Strawberry Bank office, has been short-listed for Young Dealmaker of the Year at the 2010 Dealmaker Awards, run by the north west’s largest business magazine, Insider.
Shahin, who [...]
PRICE INCREASE MARKS OPTIMISM FOR 2010
January 2010
AN East Lancashire property expert has welcome the news that house prices increased in November for the sixth month in a row.
The statistic from the Land Registry shows an increase of 0.9 per cent, bringing the cost of the average home in England to £161,554.
Figures also show an increase in the number of sales, with a [...]
MORTGAGE APPROVAL INCREASE A SIGN OF IMPROVEMENT?
July 2009
AN East Lancashire property expert has welcomed news that mortgage approvals hit their highest level for more than a year in June in the hope that it could be a sign that the market is improving.
The Bank of England has announced that approvals for home loans totalled 47,584 – up from 44,169 in May, and [...]
THE RETURN OF GAZUMPING?
May 2009
A Lancashire property solicitor is reporting a recurrence of gazumping – a practice usually only found when the property market is buoyant.
Gazumping occurs when the sale has been provisionally agreed, but contracts have not been exchanged (and therefore a legal commitment in place), and the buyer is out–bid by another buyer making a higher offer.
Gazumping [...]