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Legal matters, in plain English.
Short, honest articles from our solicitors on the questions clients actually ask — no jargon, no scaremongering.
Conveyancing · 1 September 2026
Buying your first home: what actually happens between offer and keys
Most first-time buyers know the offer is only the start. Here's a plain-English walk through the legal steps that follow — searches, enquiries, exchange and completion — and where delays usually creep in.
Wills & Probate
Why you need a will (even if you think you don't)
Dying without a will means the law — not you — decides who gets what. Unmarried partners get nothing automatically. Here's what intestacy really means, and why a simple will costs less than most people expect.
12 August 2026Commercial
Shareholder agreements: the document small businesses skip and later regret
Two founders, 50/50 shares, no written agreement. It works until it doesn't. What a shareholder agreement actually covers, and why the best time to sign one is when everyone still gets along.
20 July 2026Wills & Probate
Lasting powers of attorney, explained in plain English
An LPA lets someone you trust make decisions for you if you ever can't. There are two types, they only work while you're alive, and they must be made while you still have capacity. Here's what that means in practice.
15 June 2026A considered first conversation