A housing solicitor is warning home owners who are facing debt problems to be wary of signing up to schemes which buy their home and rent it back to them, after a St Helens mans faced homelessness. Joanne Murray, a Partner at Stephensons Solicitors LLP in...

More separating couples are choosing to dip into their retirement funds when they divorce, as they have few other assets, according to research. Legal publisher Sweet & Maxwell claims there was an 11% increase in the number of pension-sharing orders...

Child abduction cases have rocketed by 47% in 12 months as more parents look to halt their ex-partner’s access to children, figures released by reunite International Child Abduction Centre have shown. In 2011 reunite handled 512 new abduction cases,...

A recent mystery shopping exercise by Which?, looking into the practices of 22 equity release advisers, found that 20 per cent failed the tests, in relation to advice given to customers. Equity release is often considered by older home owners who want to...

First time buyers have until midnight on March 24th to complete the purchase of their new home if they want to avoid paying stamp duty. From March 25th, all buyers will face a one per cent tax on house purchases between £125,000 and £250,000,...

The government has moved to ease fears that new unfair dismissal laws, which mean employees cannot qualify for the right until completing two years’ of service, will not be applied retrospectively. According to the Department for Business,...

Harold Bullough, a former Partner at Stephensons Solicitors LLP, has sadly passed away. His funeral took place on Monday 23rd January at Wigan Parish Church, followed by a celebration of his life at his beloved Wigan Cricket Club. Harold enjoyed a long...

A close family friend of one of our staff members at Stephensons is currently fighting for her life after a horrific accident while she was travelling in Australia. Holly Raper, a 23-year-old from Chorley, was working on a dairy farm rounding up animals...

January – the month when many resolutions are made…and some broken. While many people are making pacts to improve their personal fitness and overall health this month, regional law firm Stephensons Solicitors LLP is offering business people...

The latest event by Wigan Borough Business Club will give the borough’s small businesses and owner managed companies the chance to gain insight from an experienced independent financial advisor. The free event, on February 7th at the Room Four...