Updates and Legal News
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The little-known law of “commorientes” – or simultaneous deaths
In a judgment delivered this week a little known 19th century law was applied to settle a long-standing inheritance dispute between stepsiblings. Their disagreement arose as to which side of the family was to inherit jointly held assets, after both parents were found...
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Law Society to Review Probate Application Delays
As the delays to probate applications caused by new software at the probate registries continues, the Law Society has announced a review meeting on 10 September. Along with STEP (Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners) and SFE (Solicitors for the Elderly),...
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Gurdas Dhadwal Celebrates a Successful Presidency Term at Sandwell Lions’ 10th Charter Dinner
Friday evening saw the tenth Charter dinner celebration of the Sandwell Lions at which members commemorate the club’s formation, meet new and old friends and toast their successes as a club. The evening was a real success, marking 10 years of achievements for the...
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A Matter of Life and Death Festival 2019
As a part of the Dying Matters Awareness week, BrumYODO (You Only Die Once) are again running the well-received “A Matter of Life and Death” festival in Birmingham – “everything you wanted to know about death and dying but were afraid to ask”. Elisabeth Whybrow, Head...
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Government Guidance on Buying and Selling a House
As the government called for greater transparency in the conveyancing process, clear guides to buying and selling a house were issued by the government and endorsed by the Law Society. “Consumers need to know more about the process for home buying and selling,...
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Check your eligibility for LPA refund
We are urging people to check their eligibility for a lasting power of attorney (LPA) fee refund after almost two million people were overcharged by the Office of the Public Guardian (OPG) between 2013 and 2017. Claimants can expect to receive a refund of up to £54,...
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WBA Partners’ Dinner
Silks Solicitors’ Director, Martin Thomas, and Senior Associate, Elisabeth Whybrow, attended a Partners’ Dinner at West Bromwich Albion FC on 26th February and were treated to a champagne reception and dinner, followed by an interesting and entertaining Q&A with...
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Gurdas Dhadwal Awarded by the District Governor
Gurdas Dhadwal took on the privilege and challenge of being the President of the Sandwell Lions Club last July. This week, at the Sandwell Lions meeting, the team had a visit from the District Governor Stewart Sherman Kahn. Gurdas was thrilled to be commended by the...
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Cure Leukaemia 15th Anniversary Accolade Awarded to Kevin Jones
The Cure Leukaemia family came together for a fantastic afternoon to celebrate an extraordinary year for the charity at the annual CL Champions Awards at Malmaison in Birmingham last Friday. At the end of another hugely successful fundraising year for Cure Leukaemia,...
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Christmas Opening Hours
The offices of Silks Solicitors Limited will close for the Christmas Season on Friday 21st December 2018 at 12.00 noon and re-open on Thursday 27th December 2018 at 8.30am. The office will close on Friday 28th December 2018 at 5.30pm for the New Year holiday and...
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Sandwell Lions Collect for the Smethwick Food Bank
A group of Sandwell Lions members including President and Solicitor at Silks, Gurdas Dhadwal volunteered to help the Smethwick foodbank to collect at Tesco’s annual collection in West Browmich. The Smethwick Foodbank is based in the Holy Trinity Church in Smethwick...
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PLANit Global and WBA Expo Event
As proud sponsors of West Bromwich Albion we were delighted to be invited to participate in the PLANit Global Expo event on Wednesday at The Hawthorns. The event was organised by PLANit Global to introduce their partnership with WBA. The partnership will see the...
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Breakfast with Santa and the Sandwell Lions Club
Silks were pleased and proud to support the wonderful work of the Sandwell Lion's Club on Saturday as we sponsored the coffee morning and "Breakfast with Santa" at Thimblemill Library. There was a great turnout of people from the local community with visitors coming...
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The Retirement of John Burn
In 2018 John Burn celebrated the 50th anniversary of qualification as a solicitor. This achievement was marked by presentations to him from both the Law Society and the Birmingham Law Society. John joined Silks in 1962 and over the years he became well known in the...
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Invitation to join us at Thimblemill Library 24th November for Breakfast with Santa!
This Saturday 24th November from 10am - 12pm, along with the Sandwell Lions Club, we will be sponsoring a Breakfast with Santa event. It's an opportunity for you to bring your whole family out to meet people from your community. There will be face painting for the...
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Silks Secures Cyber Essentials Accreditation
As the Law Society sagely reminds us all in the legal profession, the legal sector is at significant risk of cybercrime, cyber attacks and scams. This is partly because of the sensitive data and significant monies held by law firms. It tells us that 62% of law firms...
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Silks Wins Prestigious British Wills and Probate Award
It is with great pleasure we can announce here that due to the hard work and dedication of our private client team we have been presented with the British Wills and Probate Award 2018 in the category of Solicitor Firm of the Year (Midlands). Colleagues Sandra Buffam...
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Hannah Jones on Exercise and Mental Health
We're proud to share the second part of Hannah Jones' blog written for Cure Leukaemia... Everyone should look after their mental health wellbeing whether you have a diagnosed mental health illness or not. It is important for us to take time for ourselves to ensure our...
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