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
Merry Christmas!
Local artist Jennifer Cooper designed this beautiful Christmas card especially for us. We love it and hope you do to. It has been a busy year and we are both looking forward to a break over Christmas so we are closing the office from 4pm today 21 December, but we will be available for any urgent queries at any point … Read More
Reverse Advent Calendar
We supported a family in need by creating a reverse advent calendar in December 2018. Every day through December we added a food item to a box which we gave to the Kingsbridge Food Bank on 20 December to be passed on to a local family. It is important to remember the work that the Kingsbridge Food Bank are doing … Read More
What is an executor and what do they do?
The Post, Legal Corner, December 2018 What is an Executor? Have you been appointed as an executor? Where do you start? We help you to understand an executor’s duties. Lets start as the beginning – what is an executor and what do they do? The legal definition of an Executor is “a person appointed to deal with someone’s financial and … Read More
2018 free legal clinics in Dartmouth and Kingsbridge
Throughout 2018 we held a monthly free legal clinic in Dartmouth and Kingsbridge. Our free clinics are an opportunity for people to access initial advice from a solicitor without incurring any charges. We offer free initial advice on all kinds of legal queries, in particular issues relating to wills, probate, inheritance tax and trusts or disputes. The free clinics … Read More
When can a Will be challenged?
Legal clinic round up – November 2018 Every month Rebecca Weare and Beccy Bristow solicitors at Start Point Law hold free legal clinics in Kingsbridge and Dartmouth. In November we spoke to a man who was concerned that a family member may challenge his will after he died. The man had three children and did not want one son to … Read More
Applying for a Grant of Probate
Legal clinic round up – October 2018 Every month we hold free legal clinics in Kingsbridge and Dartmouth. This month we saw people with a variety of issues including queries about lasting powers of attorney and landlord and tenant problems. We spoke to a lady who had been appointed as executor and wanted some help understanding the process to apply … Read More
The importance of lifetime planning
Legal Corner – The Post September 2018 Many people put off planning ahead for many reasons, but often simply because they don’t get around to it or feel that planning may be tempting fate in some way. It is important that we encourage people to tackle the taboos around end of life planning as the consequences of failing to plan … Read More