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How to Make the Sale or Purchase of Your Home Smooth Sailing

Posted2025-07-08 10:16
AuthorRachel Bourne

You’ve tidied, staged, and prepared your home for sale. The photos are live, and your property is ready to attract attention. But once it's listed, what should you do next? The answer is simple: instruct your solicitor or conveyancer as early as...

The Garfitt Law Partnership merges with Harrowells

Posted2025-05-01 00:00
AuthorPeter Mills

We are pleased to announce that specialist Private Client and Property law firm The Garfitt Law Partnership LLP merged with Harrowells Solicitors on the 1st May 2025. Both David Garfitt and Sally Robinson, who co-own The Garfitt Law Partnership,...

What Legal Preparations Should You Make When Thinking of Selling Property or Land?

Jacqueline Barr

Posted2025-02-04 14:59
AuthorJacqueline Barr

When it comes to selling property or land, it’s worth getting your lawyer involved earlier than you might think —perhaps even before you go to market. Early legal engagement can help to uncover and then address any potential issues, avoid delays,...

What are a Landlord's legal obligations at the start of a tenancy?

Posted2024-07-16 13:47

As a private landlord it’s easy to trip into pitfalls at the beginning of a tenancy which can make it difficult to regain possession of your property if things go wrong later on. In this article, we run through Harrowells’ ‘possession...

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How to make the most of solar farm prospects

Matthew Hayward

Posted2024-02-22 00:00
AuthorMatthew Hayward

Advances in technology mean that rural Yorkshire is these days a viable location for large scale solar farms – so yet another string is added to the diversification bow. However, the scale and longevity of such schemes means that greater care needs to...

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How to Make the Sale or Purchase of Your Home Smooth Sailing

You’ve tidied, staged, and prepared your home for sale. The photos are live, and your property is ready to attract attention. But once it's listed, what should you do next? The answer is simple: instruct your solicitor or conveyancer as early as...

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What is the test for a squatter to be registered as the owner of registered land they are sitting on?

Someone attempting to become the owner of land which they are occupying but do not own is known as ‘adverse possession’. On 26 th February 2025, the UK Supreme Court delivered a unanimous decision in a case arising from a long-running boundary...

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Harrowells expands Private Client team in response to growing demand for estate tax planning

Harrowells Solicitors has significantly expanded its Private Client department to meet a rise in demand for estate and inheritance tax planning, driven by legislative changes, frozen tax allowances, and rising asset values. With property, investments, and...