The Blog
22/07/10 Commercial Real Estate Legal Association
We are pleased to confirm that Daniel Stanton is now a member of the Commercial Real Estate Legal Association, an organisation founded to promote best practice within the property industry.
Its aims are to:- promote specialist non-contentious commercial real estate legal skills within the property industry and among others with interest in real estate;
- provide a forum in which members can share knowledge and information with a view to improving and enhancing transactional and other procedures for the benefit of practitioners and clients;
- provide a network for social, educational and training events.
Membership of the Association and commitment to advancing its aims underlines Daniel Stanton's commitment to providing quality legal advice to purchasers, vendors, landlords and tenants of commercial property of all types.
by Sue Benoke
20/07/10 Legal Services Commission
D'Angibau LLP is pleased to announce that the Firm has been awarded Legal Services Commission contracts for the provision of both Criminal and Family Services.
This confirms and underpins the Firm's commitment to providing a high quality service to clients in the local community who may need the help of public funding.
In D'Angibau's bid for a Family Services contract we were very pleased to be ranked 1, recognition by the Legal Services Commission of the quality of the service we are able to provide our clients.
Family TeamJonathan Harvey
Pete Johnson
Katie Williams
If you are looking for legal advice about divorce, contact with children or domestic violence, please call the office on
01202 393506 for an appointment.
Our Criminal Team deal with all aspects of criminal defence, for both legally-aided or privately paying cases. Members of the team are able to represent clients in the Magistrates and Crown Courts and are also members of the duty solicitor scheme for both Poole and Bournemouth Magistrates Courts and Police Stations.
Criminal TeamPete Johnson
Kevin Hill
Louise Powell
If you are looking for legal advice about a possible criminal offence, please call the office on 01202 393506 for an appointment.
by Sue Benoke
09/07/10 Guinness World Record Attempt at Sandcastles
Robert Fielding and Caroline Cake from our Canford Cliffs office have agreed to witness Lewis Manning's Guinness World Record Attempt of building the most sandcastles in one hour. The event will be held at the Sandbanks Beachfest Arena on Monday 12 July, between 6-7pm as part of a day's entertainment to raise vital funds for this worthwhile charity.
There is no limit to the number of people taking part, however, buckets must be at least 17.5cms (7 inches) tall, plastic and preferably with a turret-shaped mould. Therefore, we would encourage as many people to take part in this charity world-record attempt and if you don't feel up to 'competing' feel free to watch and cheer on the team.
by Sue Benoke
26/05/10 D'Angibau Spring Walk
On Saturday 22nd May a number of us took to the Purbeck Hills for the D'Angibau Spring Walk. Setting out in beautiful sunshine from the village of Kingston at 9 a.m. we made our way up to Swyre Head which at 682 feet is the highest point of the Purbeck Hills. There we were rewarded with fine views over the whole of the Jurassic Coast as the photo below shows. From Swyre Head we descended to Hyde Wood where we found bluebells growing in abundance beside streams in a leafy forest glade - a lovely sight and the stream cooled the dogs down too! We tramped accross fields to Whiteway Farm (see photo) before ascending up to the Ridgeway where the breeze was a welcome relief. We walked along the ridgeway to picnic immediatley above Corfe Castle. As the picture shows this was a stunning spot for some lunch. Many many thanks again to Christine and Pete for providing the rolls - what would we do without you!?
After lunch we made our way down to Corfe Common before climbing the fields back to Kingston. Before reaching Corfe Common however we paused for serious game of Pooh Sticks. The result on the day was a win for Caroline Cake - however a close examination of the attached photo tends to indicate that Caroline may have had a false start! A steward's enquiry has been ordered!
Returning to Kingston, we fell into the beer garden of the Scott Arms for the most welcome drink we had had in a long time. All in all this was a lovely walk. We were sorry to have missed Sue who had difficulties in getting to the start point, and Roger and Anastasia who were away, still the fellowship was as good as ever - even if the jokes have not imporved!
Next scheduled walk is in August but there may be others in between - watch this space!
20/05/10 GOVERNMENT SCRAP HIPS
I was pleased (but not to surprised) to see that the recent rumblings about the scrapping of HIPS have come good! It seems that they are no longer required for properties that come to the market on or after 21st May 2010. I hope that this will continue to encourage more sellers to the market, as this extra expense will be removed.
Buyers will have to spend a little more on searches although we have been carrying out local and environmental searches, as the local search usually contained in HIPS was not a full search and therefore not sufficient for our Buyers. There was no obligation for an Environmental search to be included in the HIP.
From my point of view the only really useful parts of the HIP were the drainage search and the office copy entries. The fact that these will no longer be available will not delay anything for clients. An organised conveyancing solicitor will take this into consideration and make sure it makes no difference to the clients.
The Government still require an EPC for each property and I suspect that this is to comply with European legislation.
For full details please see my full article
21/04/10 Bulk Conveyancers "Rely on Hidden Fees to Increase Profits"
Daniel Stanton in our Poole office has noticed a worrying trend amongst internet based conveyancers and those recommended by High Street Banks and nationwide chains of estate agents that could end up costing house purchasers hundreds of pounds.
Recent examples have included an initial quotation of £500 over the telephone, which had escalated to over £850 in the confirmatory letter to the client and additional charges of up to £820 to £1,050 for dealing with straightforward "extras" that are part and parcel of the normal conveyancing procedure.
The surprising conclusion is that it can often be cheaper to obtain conveyancing services from a high street solicitor who can guarantee the full attention of a single solicitor, rather than choosing a call centre style conveyancer with anything up to 20 unqualified operatives working under the supervision of a single solicitor or licensed conveyancer.
Our further investigations reveal that bulk conveyancers who are "recommended" by some internet brokers and major estate agency chains may be receiving a referral fee of anything up to £300 from the conveyancer. So much for a recommendation based on quality of service!
To discuss ways of saving time and money on your conveyancing costs and obtaining an all round better service, you can contact Fiona McArthur in our Poole Nuffield office, Babs Rowe in our Boscombe office or Lesley Curtis in our Canford Cliffs office.
by Sue Benoke
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