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Alison Fielden & Co.: Our Procedures for Holding Your Money in Client Account/s
VAT on Disbursements and Expenses
Alison Fielden & Co. Terms of Business (non-contentious departments)
Alison Fielden & Co.: Undertakings
Solicitors' Regulation Authority - Standards and Regulations 2019
Who can help if you have a problem with a solicitor or a law firm? (SRA/Legal Ombudsman document)
Witnessing and Certifying Documents
Gloucestershire County Council
Cirencester Chamber of Commerce
Property & Business
Alison Fielden & Co. Terms of Business (non-contentious departments)
Alison Fielden & Co. Residential Conveyancing Fees List 2024
Leaflet: Residential Property Transactions
Buying, Selling and Other Dealings With Your Home
Key Stages and Timescales for Residential Conveyancing
Buying a Property in Joint Names
Points to bear in mind when negotiating Business Leases
Cain & Fuller Estate Agents
Perry Bishop Estate Agents
Moore Allen & Innocent Estate Agents
Cirencester Sales & Lettings Estate Agents
Family Law
Alison Fielden & Co. Terms of Business (Family department, private client)
Alison Fielden & Co. Terms of Business (Family department, Legal Help/Family Help)
Alison Fielden & Co. Terms of Business (Family department, Help with Mediation)
Alison Fielden & Co. Terms of Business (Family department, Legal Aid Certificated matters)
Alison Fielden & Co. Terms of Business (Family department, One-off advice, under 30 min)
Alison Fielden & Co. Terms of Business (Family department, One-off advice, chargeable)
Resolution - Gloucestershire Collaborative POD
CAFCASS - Public body promoting the interests of children in Family Law cases
Department for Work and Pensions
Cheltenham Contact Centre - Oasis Centre, Cassin Drive, Cheltenham
Legal Aid
Legal Aid Eligibility Evidence Requirements
Template Legal Aid Evidence Letters
Wills & Probate
Alison Fielden & Co. Terms of Business (Wills & Probate department)
Alison Fielden & Co. Wills & Probate Fees and Timescales
Making a Will - Answers to Common Questions
A Guide to the Responsibilities of Executors
Executorship - Answers to Common Questions
Lasting Powers of Attorney - An Introduction
Long-term care and protecting your home
Gloucestershire Registration Service
Litigation
Employment
Employment Law Cases: Cost Estimates and Key Stages
Notary
Alison Fielden & Co. Terms of Business (Notary Department)
Legalisation Office - Parties to the Hague Convention
Recent Cirencester Scene Articles
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Cohabitation Agreements [October 2024]
The Electronic Communications Code: How the Law has Changed for Operators and Landowners [September 2024]
Buying a Property Together [August 2024]
Intervener Claims on Divorce - When Parents are involved with buying the first home [July 2024]
Can My Former Partner Stop Me From Moving Away With The Children? [June 2024]
Community Infrastructure Levy and the New Infrastructure Levy [May 2024]
Focus on companies to combat fraud [April 2024]
Press reporting in Family Court cases expanded again [March 2024]
Parental Rights and Responsibilities [February 2024]
Fire Safety Law [January 2024]
Leasehold reform: announcements in the King’s speech [December 2023]
Buying New Build Properties [November 2023]
Economic Abuse [October 2023]
Property Transfers [September 2023]
Child Maintenance [August 2023]
Business Leases: Beginnings and Endings [July 2023]
Settlement Agreements [June 2023]
New-build Properties [May 2023]
Parenting Plans [April 2023]
Conveyancing Searches [March 2023]
Special Guardianship Orders [February 2023]
About the Land Registry [January 2023]
Do I have to share my pension on divorce? [December 2022]
Stamp Duty Update [November 2022]
Helping your executors [October 2022]
Do rights over property continue when the property changes hands? [September 2022]
Parental Responsibility; what is it? who has it; can it be terminated or restricted? [August 2022]
Understanding the Conveyancing Process [July 2022]
Why you need to have a Financial Order when you divorce [June 2022]
Remortgaging your property [May 2022]
Different types of leasehold property [April 2022]
What to expect at court in Family proceedings [March 2022]
No Fault Divorce: What to expect [February 2022]
Safe as houses? Not necessarily [January 2022]
The importance of making a will [December 2021]
Special Measures in the Family Court [November 2021]
Do I Have to Share My Pre-Acquired or Inherited Wealth? [October 2021]
No-Fault Divorce - Coming Soon [September 2021]
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