Additional Crewe Office As Our Practice Expands
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Issue 11 • October 2017 Alsager | Chester | Congleton | Crewe | Nantwich | Sandbach Complete legal solutions for you and your business 1 Additional Crewe office and NEW website ’s practice has been growing steadily in recent Additional years and the firm’s Crewe-based Conveyancing team has 2 now moved to new premises at 222-224 Nantwich Road. Have you seen our Welcome aboard and Trainee Crewe The area could be called the ‘Property mile’ as many of the town’s Estate NEW website? Contracts Agents – both nationwide brands and independents – are based there. office as The new office may be remembered by some people from its days as a We have recently branch of the Birmingham Midshires Building Society. relaunched our website 3 our practice Associate Gill Collins, a Chartered Legal Executive with 19 years of making it even easier Our pledge and experience in all aspects of Residential Conveyancing, is running the office to use, whether you protecting against expands and says both she and her team are really excited about the move. are viewing on your cyber attack desktop, laptop, tablet or phone. 4 We’ve always had a good rapport with the Estate Agents in the town, but Rebecca Aitken, who I’m sure this will enable us to forge even closer relationships. The new Wills and probate has been coordinating office is a great working area too – really light and spacious. website and the project, explained: Jargon Buster It’s not just about Conveyancing though – the move came about because ’We felt it was time all of our practice has grown, which meant we simply needed more space. to refresh the look Our Nantwich Road office also provides Wills and Probate and Family Law and feel of the site 5 to reflect the busy, services while our Care, Criminal and Regulatory Defence services remain Department modern practice conveniently located near to the Courts at our Edleston Road office. Spotlight: Property we are. With 13 years experience in banking before moving to the law, Gill has always specialised in Conveyancing. ‘There’s lots of useful She has worked in several of our offices, but has spent the last six years at the Crewe Edleston Road office information about 6 building the Conveyancing practice there. our team and our services, plus all our News and events Gill would love to meet local Estate Agents looking for a quality law firm to work with in the area. latest news and And if you are buying or selling a property, why not call in for a coffee and meet the team? events.’ CREWE OFFICES To see it now, CLICK HERE 238-246 Edleston Road, Crewe, Cheshire CW2 7EH | 01270 256665 | [email protected] poolealcock.co.uk 222-224 Nantwich Road, Crewe, Cheshire CW2 6BP | 01270 653170 | [email protected] See also our Department Spotlight on PAGE 5 0800 389 7093 Alsager | Chester | Congleton | Crewe | Nantwich | Sandbach Welcome aboard... 1 Additional Crewe office and Tracy Willcocks NEW website New Build Conveyancing Manager Alsager As you’ll have read on other pages, our Conveyancing Practice is growing steadily 2 and the most recent member to join our team is Tracy Willcocks. Welcome aboard and Trainee Tracy has worked in Residential Conveyancing since leaving school and has a wealth of experience, Contracts specialising in re-mortgages, sales and purchases of both freehold and leasehold properties, including new builds, shared ownership and help to buy matters. Trainee 3 As her title suggests, her role at the Alsager office will be focusing on relationships with property Contracts awarded builders to develop our casework on new build properties. ‘I enjoy Conveyancing, but I’m looking Our pledge and forward to taking that in a new direction,’ she told . Congratulations to our own Natasha Mafunga protecting against cyber attack and new recruit Jamie Riseley, who both work at If you are a Sales Manager of New Build properties, Tracy would love to speak to you about how her Nantwich High Street, who have both been awarded team can help. Get in touch with Tracy on 01270 871804 or [email protected] our coveted Trainee Contracts. Why not DOWNLOAD our New Build Brochure for a completely transparent view of our New Build 4 Conveyancing Services and associated costs. No move no fee! Wills and probate website and Jargon Buster ...and to eight more new members who have joined our expanding team 5 Department Spotlight: Property 6 News and events Liam Vicky Emily Sarah Chelsea Monisha Debbie Janet Cope Byrne Granville Earls Burns Khan Rowlands Leach Paralegal Secretary Secretary to Receptionist PA/Admin Paralegal Receptionist Receptionist (Litigation – (Crime Darren Neighbour Assistant to Assistant to Personal Injury) Department) (Commercial Crewe Sarah Jarrett Stacey Jackson Sandbach, Congleton Department) Crewe and Sandbach Crewe Nantwich Nantwich Nantwich Nantwich poolealcock.co.uk 0800 389 7093 Alsager | Chester | Congleton | Crewe | Nantwich | Sandbach ‘Committed to Excellence’ 1 Additional in (our) practice... Protecting against Cyber Attack Crewe office and NEW website has recently launched a 14 point pledge When the NHS experienced a major ‘Committed to Excellence’ which details the very 2 high standards we set ourselves in the way we deal cyber attack this summer, it caused with our clients. widespread disruption including Welcome aboard cancelled appointments and operations. and Trainee As explained by Managing Partner David Gaut: ‘We do things Contracts differently to other law firms. We understand that we handle It’s believed the virus – which locked NHS staff some of the most important, difficult and stressful moments out of their files – wasn’t even targeted at the 3 in our clients’ lives and we aim to reduce their worries and NHS, but had infiltrated their system via an email concerns to a minimum. We look after our clients – because our received on a computer with an old operating Our pledge and lawyers care.’ system and software. protecting against cyber attack Clients now receive a copy of the Pledge when they first meet Chris Joseph, ’s IT Manager explained: with any of our team or when they start a new case. ‘New ‘malware’ is being developed all the time – and organisations have to be constantly vigilant 4 Said Head of Litigation, to make sure they are protected. Wills and probate Partner Andy Roberts: website and At we have up-to-date hardware and Jargon Buster To read software and we are continually reviewing our We’ve always been COMMITTED TO EXCELLENCE our Pledge – systems and procedures. We also train all of our proud of the services Committed staff in cyber security – making everyone aware 5 we provide – and it’s to Excellence of the risks and asking them to alert us if they good to be able to give Department CLICK HERE see anything slightly suspicious is one of the best people something which Spotlight: Property defences you can have. shows exactly what they can expect from us. The pledge covers everything from We also have an extremely strong off-site back-up system: 6 transparency about costs even if there was a catastrophic event such as a fire at one of and giving clear and realistic our offices, our clients’ information would be safe. News and events timescales to communication: simple things like making sure You can also be sure your money is safe with us: remember we call you back when we say we will never ask for your bank details over email. We always we will – and speaking with you call you personally to confirm important data like that. directly rather than writing or emailing, wherever possible. poolealcock.co.uk 0800 389 7093 Alsager | Chester | Congleton | Crewe | Nantwich | Sandbach New Wills and Probate 1 Nicola’s Additional In the legal world website launched Crewe office and S and conveyancing AR GO U E NEW website J N B T R in particular, there’s lots of jargon – Nicola Fury helps to 2 shed a little light. Welcome aboard and Trainee Contracts The legal process of transferring ownership of a property from one owner to the next. Conveyancing 3 Our pledge and D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R protecting against cyber attack Easement: a right that one person has over another Environmental Search: a desktop survey, 4 person’s property. A common ‘easement’ is right of way commonly undertaken during the conveyancing We have just launched a new website – the right to walk over land or use a pathway through process to identify whether any past use or specifically to help people who may need help Wills and probate website and a piece of land. It can also cover things like a right of neighbouring activity is likely to have led to with wills, probate or any other later life issue. Jargon Buster drainage or a right to a water supply. contamination of the land in question. It covers Members of our team have many years of experience – potential risks such as flooding or environmental backed up by STEP (the Society of Trust and Estate Encumbrance: an obligation or liability attached contamination from landfill sites, petroleum 5 Practitioners) Qualification – the ‘Gold Standard’ which to a property that transfers with the property when stores etc. there is a change of ownership. An encumbrance does ensures they have the knowledge needed to give you the Department not prohibit the sale of a property, but may diminish Equity: is the value left after you take the current best advice. CLICK HERE to find out more about how Spotlight: Property its value. This can be financial such as a mortgage or worth of a property and deduct any outstanding we can help you with any of these areas: charge or non financial e.g.