Stephensons Solicitors LLP will be taking a team of experts to a national event designed to give first time buyers a lift onto the property ladder.     The First Time Buyer Home Show is being held on Saturday 23 rd October in the...

Staff at Wigan law firm Stephensons Solicitors LLP have extended a helping hand to a local woman’s refuge.   The firm has donated much needed essential items such as new toothbrushes/toothpaste, shower gel, shampoo, conditioner,...

Men facing bankruptcy owe up to 60% more than women on average, with debts amounting to a colossal £91,000, research by KPMG has found.   Analysis of Ministry of Justice (MoJ) figures by the international firm shows that men who lose...

Almost 6.5 million Brits are expected to take their cars abroad over the next 12 months yet many risk breaking foreign laws by not amending their behaviour, new research has suggested.   According to Sainsbury’s Finance, 30% of...

Inappropriate emails have led to 5% of UK employees being fired or reprimanded by their employers, according to a new survey.   Since the early 1990’s internet boom, emails have changed the face of business and are now a daily activity...

British companies have just a few weeks left to register for the government led Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC) yet almost three quarters are yet to do so.   This week, 74% of finance heads from UK companies with more than 500 employees said...

Wigan law firm Stephensons is supporting Barnardo’s latest drive to encourage more people to make a Will – and take up their offer of having one drawn up for free.   With almost half of the children’s charity’s income...

Motorists who climb behind the wheel under the influence of illegal drugs will soon be forced to undergo testing at police stations with the help of new scientific equipment.   Government ministers hope that "drugalysers" - which will...

The NHS has revealed that up to £15billion could be paid to victims of clinical negligence over the coming years following an increasing number of legal claims.   According to the NHS Litigation Authority, which administers settlements...

Stephensons Solicitors LLP has called for greater regulation of the Will-writers to match that of solicitors after BBC Panorama's Wills: The Final Rip Off? revealed the risks of using Will writers.   Stephensons is calling for a level playing...

A Leigh solicitor who advises people with inheritance disputes has qualified as an associate member of the Association of Contentious Trusts and Probate Specialists (ACTAPS).   Heather Korwin-Szymanowska has completed the two-year...

A legal expert at Stephensons Solicitors LLP, who advises unmarried couples, is celebrating after being made a Fellow of the Institute of Legal Executives (FILEX).   Gillian Lavelle , a legal executive in the Consumer law team at Stephensons...