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National Apprenticeship Week 2024

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It’s National Apprenticeship Week this week (w/c 5 February 2024). The week is to 'celebrate the value, benefit and opportunity' that apprenticeships bring - both to businesses and individuals.  Hear from Cat and James in our team in...

A fond farewell to two York Solicitors after 70 years in law

Duncan Morter
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Richard Watson and Chris Myles, Directors at Crombie Wilkinson Solicitors with offices in York, Pickering, Malton and Selby, who have served thousands of clients in York and North Yorkshire, both retired on 31 October 2023 who, collectively, have spent 70...

Our fundraising for Martin House Hospice

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Our Ryedale offices (Malton and Pickering) have chosen to fundraise for Martin House Hospice as their current office chosen charity. Over the coming months, our staff will be taking part in a variety of fundraising activities which we will share updates...

Supporting sports through community focus commitment

Duncan Morter
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North Yorkshire based law firm, Crombie Wilkinson Solicitors, has confirmed a third consecutive year shirt sponsorship deal with local sports club York Futsal. Supporting the local community is one of the four key values the law firm is committed to...

NFU North East member free prize draw

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Crombie Wilkinson Solicitors has a free prize draw where 2 people* have the opportunity to each win a pair of tickets to the Kaleb Cooper tour night at the Barbican in York on 1 February 2024. UPDATE AS OF 6 DEC 2023 - the winners have been drawn and...

Our charity fundraising Yorkshire 3 Peaks Challenge

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Members of our team are taking on the Yorkshire 3 Peaks Challenge on Saturday 9 September 2023 to hopefully raise £2000, and more if we can, to donate equally between our 3 office chosen charities – Mind, York Against Cancer and Martin House...

Career promotions at Crombie Wilkinson from 1 May 2023

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We are very pleased to announce that in the fourth year of our transparent, merit-based and all-inclusive Career Progression Programme and following the latest round of applications, we have promoted 6 staff with effect from 1 May 2023. Set in place in 2019...

Crombie Wilkinson's 20 year anniversary of Lexcel accreditation

Duncan Morter
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Following a recent annual independent assessment, law firm Crombie Wilkinson Solicitors, with offices in Pickering, Malton, Selby and York, is delighted to confirm their continued accreditation with Lexcel, the Law Society quality standard mark for law...

Trainee Solicitor to qualified Solicitor with Crombie Wilkinson

Emma Campbell
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We are pleased to be able to share with you the blogs written by our staff, talking about their job role, working at our firm and career progression opportunities at Crombie Wilkinson Solicitors. In this blog by Emma Campbell, Solicitor at Crombie...

Acknowledging our expertise in agricultural law

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NFU legal panel firm reappointment and Legal 500 2023 listings. Our expertise and experience in agricultural and estates law has again been acknowledged and rewarded with our reappointment as one of only two legal panel firms for the National Farmers...

We are Yorkshire Legal Awards winners

Duncan Morter
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We are so proud to share the news that our residential property WON the award for Residential Property of the Year at the Yorkshire Legal Awards 2022 which were held  at the New Dock Hall in Leeds on Thursday 6 October. The awards bring together the...

Our Legal 500 2023 UK rankings

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The Directors at Crombie Wilkinson Solicitors are once again delighted to announce that the firm's skill in Private Client, Agricultural & Estates work has been acknowledged by our fourth year in a row admission to The Legal 500 2023 United Kingdom...

We are hosting the closing event for York Business Festival 2022

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Celebrating a far-reaching York – now and for our future   Wednesday 30 November 2022 sees the final event of the York Business Festival month take place – an opportunity for a look to the future and a great networking opportunity. ...

Staff blog - Highlights of my Training Contract so far

Emma Campbell
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We are pleased to be able to share blogs written by our staff, talking about their job role, working at the firm and career progression at Crombie Wilkinson Solicitors. In this blog by Emma Campbell, Trainee Solicitor at Crombie Wilkinson Solicitors, she...

10 years in the life of a Law Firm Managing Director

Duncan Morter
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Duncan Morter is the Managing Director at Crombie Wilkinson Solicitors. Duncan joined the firm in 1999 as a newly qualified solicitor working in the commercial property team, which is where he grew his experience and specialism in commercial property law...

Career promotions from May 2022 at Crombie Wilkinson Solicitors

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We are very pleased to announce that in the third year of our transparent, merit-based and all-inclusive Career Progression Programme and following the latest round of applications, we have promoted 12 staff with effect from 1 May 2022. These promotions...

Why I chose law as a career and my journey so far

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We are pleased to be able to share blogs written by our staff, talking about their job role, working at our firm and their career progression at Crombie Wilkinson Solicitors. In this blog by Caroline Clay, Trainee Solicitor at Crombie Wilkinson Solicitors,...

Supporting our community in 2022

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We are looking forward to being able to be more proactive in supporting our local community in 2022, now that we see restrictions on our lives due to COVID being eased by the government. Our Community Focus value is our commitment to showing that we are...

Our Legal 500 2022 UK ranking

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The Directors at Crombie Wilkinson Solicitors are once again delighted to announce that the firm's skill in Private Client, Agricultural & Estates work has been acknowledged by our third year in a row admission to The Legal 500 2022 United Kingdom...

Trainee Solicitor career progression at Crombie Wilkinson

Emma Campbell
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We are pleased to be able to share blogs written by our staff, talking about their job role, working at our firm and their career progression at Crombie Wilkinson Solicitors. Our current trainees will be moving into their next seats at the beginning of...

Update on providing you with our legal services from 14 Feb 2022

Duncan Morter
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Update on our Covid Procedures as of 14 February 2022 All our office premises have their door open to offer pre-booked appointments. It is at your discretion if you wish to wear a face covering when visiting our offices, we continue to offer hand...

Journey into law and training contract experience so far

Matthew Burn
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We are pleased to be able to share blogs over the coming months written by our staff, talking about their job role, working at the firm and career progression at Crombie Wilkinson Solicitors. In this blog by Matthew Burn, Trainee Solicitor at Crombie...

Career in IT at Crombie Wilkinson Solicitors

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In our latest staff blog, Dale Cowling in our IT team talks about joining Crombie Wilkinson Solicitors and how his career and job responsibilities have developed over the nine years at our firm. He has demonstrated how our Values (#ClientCentred,...

Promotions and welcome to new team members

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Residential conveyancing specialist Adele Holliday , at our Malton office, has been promoted to Head of Residential Conveyancing and has become an Associate Director from 1 May 2021. “ I am very proud to say that this marks another new chapter in...

A fond farewell to John Ellis after 50 years in law

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John Ellis, Director at Crombie Wilkinson Solicitors with offices in Pickering, Malton, York and Selby, who has served thousands of clients in Pickering and the surrounding areas, retires on 30 April 2021 after 51 years as a solicitor. John qualified as a...

Training Contract to Solicitor with Crombie Wilkinson

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We are pleased to be able to share with you the blogs written by our staff, talking about their job role, working at our firm and career progression opportunities at Crombie Wilkinson Solicitors . In this blog by Ben Simpson, Solicitor at Crombie...

Crombie Wilkinson secures Law Society's conveyancing quality mark

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Crombie Wilkinson Solicitors in York , Selby , Malton and Pickering has once again secured membership to the Law Society's Conveyancing Quality Schem e - the mark of excellence for the home buying process. Crombie Wilkinson underwent rigorous...

19 years of Lexcel accreditation

Duncan Morter
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After our recent full Lexcel re-assessment in March 2021, we are extremely proud to confirm we have been recommended for re-accreditation with Lexce l, the Law Society quality standard.  Lexcel is a measure of performance on both practice management...

Receptionist career within Crombie Wilkinson

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We are pleased to be able to share blogs written by our staff , talking about their job role, working at the firm and career progression at Crombie Wilkinson Solicitors. Crombie Wilkinson Solicitors is a vibrant and growing law firm serving individual...

Trainee Solicitor journey in law at Crombie Wilkinson

Emma Campbell
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We are pleased to be able to share blogs over the coming months written by our staff, talking about their job role, working at the firm and career progression at Crombie Wilkinson Solicitors. In this blog by Emma Campbell , Trainee Solicitor at Crombie...

Staff promotions at Crombie Wilkinson Solicitors

Duncan Morter
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Crombie Wilkinson Solicitors has recently announced eight new promotions. Managing a business through a pandemic is definitely challenging, so it is great news to see local law firm Crombie Wilkinson Solicitors, not only adapting to deliver their legal...

Proud to support charities with our fundraising

Duncan Morter
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As part of the commitment to our firm value of ‘ Community Focus ’ Crombie Wilkinson Solicitors will be handing over cheques totalling £1410.23 to KYRA Women in York, Black Cat Sanctuary in North Duffield, Ryedale Dog Rescue in Pickering...

Proud to be sponsors for Go Racing in Yorkshire

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We are proud to have been announced as a new sponsor for the leading jump trainer and jockey in Yorkshire award for Go Racing in Yorkshire. We will give the prize to the trainer and jockey who has the most wins across the Yorkshire courses.  Clair...

Supporting our Armed Forces community

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We have taken the next step in demonstrating our support for our Armed Forces community by applying for and receiving the Bronze award from the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS). The ERS recognises commitment and support from UK employers for...

When the Spirit of Christmas came to York

Sharon Richardson
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The team at the charity Spirit of Christmas have been organising and running very special Christmas parties for local families for the last 11 years in Selby and Doncaster. In these 11 years, they have invited over 4000 children plus adults, for a...

York RUFC 2nd XV player sponsorship

Duncan Morter
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Crombie Wilkinson continue to deliver on their Value of ‘Community Focus’ with their recent York RUFC 2nd XV player support for right winger Rob Green for his 2019-20 rugby playing season. “ We are delighted to support Rob with player...

Our Legal 500 2020 UK ranking

Duncan Morter
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The Directors at Crombie Wilkinson Solicitors are delighted to announce that the firm's skill in Private Client, Agricultural & Estates work has been acknowledged by our admission to The Legal 500 2020 United Kingdom Edition. The Legal 500 United...

Successful trainee programme at Crombie Wilkinson

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Crombie Wilkinson Solicitors is a vibrant and growing law firm serving private and business clients across North Yorkshire from offices in York, Selby, Malton and Pickering. As part of the succession planning for the firm, which includes identifying leaders...

We are the BEST Conveyancing team in Yorkshire and the North East

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We have walked away winners of the Regional Law Firm of the Year North East & Yorkshire Award and highly commended conveyancer award in the Best Individual Conveyancer Award for Adele Holliday, in the prestigious annual Law Firm Services Conveyancing...

Newly qualified solicitor to Managing Director in 20 years

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September 2019 has seen Duncan Morter, Managing Director at legal firm Crombie Wilkinson Solicitors, celebrate 20 years at the firm. After graduating from Cambridge University in 1995 and obtaining a Distinction at Law School, Duncan completed his legal...

Voting in the Minster FM Listener Choice Awards

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We would really appreciate your vote for us in the Best Legal or Financial Service category in the 2019 Minster FM Listener Choice Awards that are now back for a fourth year with voting open now! You can vote for us easily and quickly in this link...

We have been shortlisted for a conveyancing award

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We are very pleased to have been shortlisted again for the Regional Firm of the Year Award in the Law Firm Services (LFS) Conveyancing Awards 2019. The 2019 Law Firm Services Conveyancing Conference is the largest event in the conveyancing calendar with the...

Proud to support four more charities with our fundraising

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After another successful 12 months of fundraising for Crombie Wilkinson Solicitors, this month has seen them handing over cheques totalling £2781.21 to Scarborough Whitby Ryedale MIND, Smiley Riley, Yorkshire Air Ambulance and Young Minds. Duncan...

Roundtable lunch with Chief Executive of The Law Society

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Crombie Wilkinson Solicitors in York were hosts of the latest roundtable lunch for The Law Society with Paul Tennant, Chief Executive, presiding over the lunchtime talk. The informal discussion took place on Tuesday 21 May 2019 in the Boardroom of Crombie...

Congratulations to our 2018 GEM Award winners

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"Going the Extra Mile" GEM Awards We believe that recognising some of the fantastic things our staff do throughout the year is essential. Therefore to continue such recognition we have decided to celebrate individual contributions by awarding GEM...

LFS Conveyancing Awards 2018

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We are extremely pleased and proud to find out today that we have been shortlisted for the LFS Conveyancing Awards 2018 in the Regional Conveyancing Firm of the Year category. We are looking forward to attending the Awards Dinner in September. Well done to...

We are proud to announce our chosen charities

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Each year we choose a charity at each of our offices to support and raise funds for for a 12 month period. Our staff were asked to nominate charities they would like to be considered and these were voted on to pick a chosen charity for each office. We are...

16th year of Lexcel accreditation

Duncan Morter
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Following a recent annual independent assessment, local law firm Crombie Wilkinson Solicitors, with offices in Pickering, Malton, Selby and York, is delighted to confirm their continued accreditation with Lexcel, the Law Society quality standard. They now...

New Appointment Announcement

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Joseph McCullough has recently joined the Commercial Property team at Crombie Wilkinson Solicitors. Joseph will be focusing his 10 years of experience acting for both landlords and tenants, on servicing the many independent shops and café’s of...

Crombie Wilkinson join forces with Ellis Lakin and Co

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We have announced that we have combined law firms with Ellis Lakin & Co in Pickering with effect from 1 February 2018. Both are established and long-standing law practices in Ryedale and North Yorkshire providing legal services to individuals, businesses...

Two new Directors appointed at Crombie Wilkinson Solicitors

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We are pleased to announce that we have appointed two new Directors in the firm. Belinda-Jane Poulter and Ian Barnard were appointed as Directors from 1st November 2017, taking the number of Directors in the firm to 12, as the firm continues with its...

Showcasing a great new look at the Great Yorkshire Show

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We are very proud to have had the opportunity to launch our new brand identity at this year’s Great Yorkshire Show. Proud to take our place for the third time as sponsors of the Members’ Area at the show, this gave an ideal...

Leadership and Development Launch 2016

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Our Directors have put together the Leadership and Development programme to work with staff to provide career progression opportunities, and to ensure that there is adequate provision made for partnership succession in the future.   The objectives of...

Investment in Staff

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Crombie Wilkinson Solicitors heads in to a new year with the announcement that they now employ more than 100 staff across their three offices, the most that the firm has ever employed. Duncan Morter, Managing Director, says “Our continued growth is...

Award won

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In recognition of our contribution to this year’s Global Entrepreneurship Week campaign, we have been selected as a winner of the High Impact award for Global Entrepreneurship Week 2015 for our SUPERNetworking 2015 event held on Monday 16 November...

Devils in the Kitchen!

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York bank staff and solicitors went head-to-head in the kitchen to help raise more than 3,000 for charity. A team from Lloyds Bank and another from Crombie Wilkinson Solicitors battled it out in a culinary competition event, known as Devil’s...

Annoucement

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Crombie Wilkinson Solicitors can trace its roots back to 1820 in York and has become one of the largest law firms in North Yorkshire. The firm has offices in York, Malton and Selby providing legal advice for a wide range of clients both as individuals and...

Malton and Norton Awards 2015

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Saturday night’s Annual Pride of Malton and Norton Awards was an evening of fizz, fun and fireworks, which saw various awards granted to 10 winners following some tough decisions from a panel of judges. Crombie Wilkinson is very pleased to have...

Walking Home for Christmas

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Walking Home for Christmas charity walk for injured service men and women A few crazy soles from the Malton office are going to be “Walking Home For Christmas” on Saturday 5 December.  They are going to walk from the Malton office to Kate...

Successful 3rd Annual Social event

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Thank you to our guests who joined our staff for our 3rd Annual Social event at Banyan Bar in York. A great event, good food and good company....

Hug a Hospice campaign

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Belinda Poulter and Brindley Meredith from our Private Client team at York attending the Hug a Hospice campaign at St Leonard's Hospice York on Thursday 8 October 2015. We had our pictures taken with the other lawyers who support the Wills Week and...

Update on our work in the community

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For some months now we have been working closely with Iain Dunn from the City of York Council and staff at York Dungeon's to help with the clear up and improvement project at Dick Turpin graveyard in York. We have helped with the initial tidy up of the...

Congratulations!

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We have been selected as a winner of a High Impact award for Global Entrepreneurship Week 2014, in recognition of our contribution to this year’s campaign by us organising and hosting the SUPER Networking event in November 2014....