2013

A team of lawyers, staff and estate agents from Hartley & Worstenholme beat off competition from rival teams in a charity ‘It’s A Knockout’ tournament on Sunday 14th July in aid of the Prince of Wales Hospice – raising over £600 in the process. The day began with warm-up exercises (including some questionable dancing from […]

The Green Deal These days we are all expected to be experts in climate change and matters of environmental importance, we are advised that making the “green choice” is the “right choice”, but it is sometimes difficult to make sense of the enormous amount of information which is out there. People generally want to make

The Ministry of Justice is changing the way people can bring a claim if they have been injured. An injured party would not be able to keep 100% of the compensation they are due but would have to pay their own legal costs. The Ministry of Justice suggests the changes to the regulations in relation

It may not have been given too much attention in the national media, but legal aid will soon be changing drastically due to the implementation of The Legal Aid Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012. From the 31st January 2013, firms which deal with civil matters under Legal Aid schemes will be forced to

Hartley & Worstenholme Solicitors have helped raise a record sum of £3,525 for Will Aid this year. Solicitors in the private client team at Hartley & Worstenholme’s Castleford and Pontefract offices drafted almost 50 wills free of charge throughout November to reward generous donations to the Will Aid charity. Will Aid supports 8 diverse charities,

Despite trying times for the property market and the tendency for the Christmas period to be slow for buyers and sellers, Hartley & Worstenholme Estate Agents are continuing to go from strength to strength. Throughout November and December, our estate agents have seen solid and reassuring sales figures where other firms are winding down for