What happens when you don’t appoint an attorney? Every month we hold free legal clinics in Kingsbridge and Dartmouth, the Salcombe clinic will be back in September. Often people ask about a lasting power of attorney (LPA). This legal document appoints a person to make decisions on your behalf when you no longer have capacity to make decisions yourself. People … Read More
Why worry about Digital Assets
The Gazette, 19 June 2019 Every month we hold free legal clinics in Kingsbridge and Dartmouth, and in April, May and June we held a clinic Salcombe Library. We recently met a couple concerned about newspaper articles reporting a story involving a widow who had to take court proceedings against Apple to get access to the photographs that her deceased … Read More
St Luke’s Hospice Make a Will Week
Every month we hold free legal clinics in Kingsbridge and Dartmouth, and in May and June will be holding a clinic Salcombe Library. We specialise in helping people make provision for their family when they die, we draft Wills, advise about Inheritance Tax liabilities and help executors to carry out their duties after someone has died, we also help resolve … Read More
What is Inheritance Tax?
The Gazette, 12 April 2019 What is Inheritance Tax? Every month we hold free legal clinics in Kingsbridge and Dartmouth, and last month we held our first of two special dates in Salcombe Library. We are often asked questions about inheritance tax, and whilst everyone has heard of inheritance tax not many people understand it. Back to basics Inheritance … Read More
Making Kingsbridge Dementia Friendly
Rebecca Weare and Beccy Bristow are both solicitors at Start Point Law and both are Dementia Friends Champions. This means that they were trained by the Alzheimer’s Society to deliver the Dementia Friends Information Session and help create more dementia friends. Dementia is an important topic as it is a disease that was responsible for the largest number of deaths … Read More
Reviewing Wills and Dame Hannah’s Will Week
Free Legal Clinics January 2019 In January we held free legal advice clinics in Kingsbridge and Dartmouth. We have added two extra dates for a free clinic at Salcombe Library between 11am and 1pm on 13th February and 13th March. A lot of people talk to us about their Will, they are concerned to know if it still does … Read More
Relaxed and friendly networking in February
Everyone that braved the rain and dodged the showers enjoyed another great morning networking yesterday. If you are in business in Kingsbridge, South Hams or further afield the Kingsbridge business breakfast is a great way to start your month. A great variety of people working in various sizes of businesses from the very large to the very small attend and … Read More
February breakfast
Who is joining us for breakfast next Thursday? We will be at the Regal Club in Church Street from 9.15am for friendly and relaxed networking and a delicious breakfast. This is not a club and there are no joining fees. You just pay for your food and drink from The Regal’s fabulous breakfast menu. It is a great opportunity to … Read More
Free Legal Clinic Salcombe
We are holding a free legal clinic in Salcombe Library in February and March. Anyone is welcome to drop in and ask for advice or guidance on their legal issues. We hold monthly free clinics in Kingsbridge and Dartmouth and have added two dates in Salcombe to see if there is demand for a more regular event. At previous clinics … Read More
When do you use a lasting power of attorney?
Legal clinic round up – December 2018 We hold free legal clinics in Kingsbridge library on the third Tuesday each month and in Dartmouth library on the first Friday each month. At the clinics we speak to people with a wide variety of legal issues. In December we met a lady who had agreed to be appointed as an … Read More