REMINDER!! First Time Buyers ACT NOW!!

First Time Buyers who are thinking of purchasing a property valued between £125,000.00 and £250,000.00 should act now if they wish to save on the Governments current Stamp Duty exemption. The Government have announced that the current exemption which means that first time buyers are free from the 1% Stamp Duty Tax on homes costing […]

Radical reform is ahead for the Employment Law System

The Government has announced its plans to reform Employment Law. The proposals which the Government has described as “the most radical reform to the Employment Law System for decades” include changes on Unfair Dismissal, Compromise Agreements, Protected Conversations, Mediation and early concilliation, Tribunal modernisation, Financial Penalties and introducing a more rapid resolution to deal with […]

Top 10 searches on Google for 2011….

Featured at number 10 in a strangely varied list of Top 10 searches on Google which also includes “What is scampi?” and “What is Zumba?”; Probate stands out as an issue clearly concerning a large number of uses of the Internet. Carr & Co’s Probate specialist Sharon Smith provides the answer to “What is Probate”… “When […]

Please note: Our Gosforth office has now closed. This is not sad news as we have expanded our presence in our offices we have in the Northumberland area. Our office addresses and contact details for Blyth and Morpeth are on our contact us page. We look forward to seeing you at our Northumberland offices soon.