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Mitigating the risks of giving a lender a personal guarantee

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As a small business, accessing finance with favourable terms can be hard and so you may consider agreeing to give a personal guarantee to a lender to help alleviate cash flow or fund the growth of your business. However, while a personal guarantee may allow...

The Wills Act 2025 Lowering the age for making Wills

Eleanor Hodgson
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For almost the last 200 years the Law on Wills has remained untouched, you may have read some of the new proposals from the Law Commission in my colleague’s blogs. James Cornforth a Trainee Solicitor discusses the importance of protection for those...

Modernising Wills - reform and protecting the vulnerable

James Cornforth
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Few professions are as infamous for their resistance to change as lawyers, and the reasons are understandable. Justice requires that where circumstances remain the same, the law should apply identical results, rapid change would undermine this core...

Big Changes to Wills Law

Belinda-Jane Poulter
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The  Wills Act 2025  is a major update to Wills law, modernising rules that have been in place since 1837. The Law Commission started this project in 2016 to make Wills law simpler and more up-to-date. They published their final report and draft...

Operating or winding up a business during probate

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If you are an executor to someone who owned a business, it is vital to understand what can and cannot be done to ensure compliance with legal requirements and to protect the business’s value after the owner has died. Engaging a solicitor promptly will...

Getting your commercial property sale over the line

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Even when you have agreed the key terms of selling a commercial property and have settled the documents, last minute issues can get in the way and delay completion of a transaction.   Not only is this frustrating, but it also delays the point at...

Planning for the future when you have a blended family

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Blended families are now more common than ever, with many people starting new relationships, getting married, and entering into civil partnerships later in life, often bringing children from previous relationships. Being part of a blended family comes with...

We are taking part in the York Dragon Boat Race 2025

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We are supporting our York office chosen charity for 2025, York Theatre Royal Trust, by taking part in their York Dragon Boat to help fundraise for them. What superstars Jason McLeod, Lynnette Ferguson, Hannah Walton and Rachel Butler are from our CW team...

Join us at SUPERNetworking 2025

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SUPERNetworking 2025 will be held on Wednesday 1 October 2025 from 10am – 4pm at the Novotel Hotel in York. About SUPERNetworking This is a great informal and sociable networking event for people in business in York and the surrounding areas. The...

I'm Only Young - So Why Should I Write a Will?

Eleanor Hodgson
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When you're young, writing a Will probably feels like something to worry about much later in life—like buying a walking stick or watching daytime TV. But actually, a Will isn’t just for people nearing retirement or those with big houses...

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