Carr & Co family member graduates….
Congratulations to our Robin Smith who Graduated last week from the University of Aberdeen with 2:1 classification. Robin has worked incredibly hard to acheive this qualification and we at Carr & Co are very proud of him. Robin is currently assisting our Gosforth team.
HSBC Conveyancing Panel
We are pleased to confirm that HSBC has now agreed that the law firms operating under the Law Society’s Conveyancing Quality Scheme (CQS) can now act for the bank in conveyancing transactions. This includes Carr & Co. HSBC had initially limited its HSBC Conveyancing Panel to just 43 firms, meaning that if mortgage customers wished […]
Carr & Co excel once again!
Carr & Co are very proud to announce that we have once again passed Lexcel for the 7th year running. Lexcel is a vigorous assessment completed by the Law Society and only a select few of Solicitors practices have the award of Lexcel 5. The Lexcel practice standard is awarded to solicitors who provide excellence […]
Government announces NewBuy scheme in an attempt to get the New Build property market moving.
The government has announced details of its NewBuy scheme, which aims to assist buyers who have a deposit of at least five per cent to buy a new build home. The NewBuy scheme assists buyers who have a deposit of at least 5 per cent to buy a new build home. This is a smaller […]
Happy 10 year anniversary with Carr & Co!!
Happy 10 year anniversary to Sandra Elat who is our receptionist at the Blyth branch. The partners at Carr & Co would like to thank her for her loyalty, hard work and dedication to her work and offering superb client care over the last 10 years. How quickly time flies!! We sincerely hope that Sandie […]
New edition to the Carr & Co family…
Congratulations to our partner Gemma Iceton and her husband Peter on the arrival of their daughter Abigail Lily on 2nd February. All of us at Carr & Co wish them well and cannot wait to meet the little bundle of joy.
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 […]
Christmas Opening Hours
The offices will be closed on 22nd December between 3:00pm and 5:00pm. We will then be closed over the christmas period from 5:00pm 23rd December and will reopen at 9:00am on 3rd January 2012. Carr & Co would like to take this opportunity to wish you a Merry Christmas and a happy and prosperous New […]
Do you need advice on a Compromise Agreement?
At Carr & Co we have specialists in Employment Law on hand at our branches in Newcastle, Blyth and Morpeth. We have assisted hundreds of client’s this year with their compromise agreements and ensured they were receiving what they were entitled to. We provide a very quick turnaround as we appreciate that Employers require the Compromise […]
Free Wills for over 55's
Carr & Co Solicitors have recently joined the Cancer Research Panel of Solicitors offering free Will’s to client’s aged over 55 years of age. Cancer Research have worked tirelessly towards helping to double the survival rate from Cancer in the UK over the past 40 years. Over one third of their work is funded by […]