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HCB staff from the North offices came out to support Reuben’s Retreat 10th Anniversary Charity Ball hosted at the Bolton Whites Premier Suite. The event was supported by over 400 guests including Coronation Street actors Andy Whyment and Julie...
Christine Quinlan has been re-accredited to the Law Society’s Children Law panel. Well done Christine! The Children Law Accreditation is a recognised quality standard for practitioners representing children in children law proceedings. The...
HCB staff came together to celebrate Christine Davies ’ 50 years at HCB Solicitors (previously Berry & Berry Law and Berry & Berry Cocker Smith & Co Solicitors). Christine is base in our Walkden office and is...
Emma Gardner and Becky Wesson from our Leicester office, completed the “100k Challenge” by running 100k recently, to raise awareness and fund raise for Cancer Research UK. In recognition of their achievement, HCB Solicitors contributed...
We welcome Daniel Rourke to HCB Solicitors as the new Head of Private Client in the North. Daniel is based at our Leigh office and leads a team of 5 experienced lawyers and 3 legal assistants across the North West, specialising in Wills, LPAs, Probate,...
For the first time, sobriety ankle tags are to be worn by offenders leaving prison in England to either control their drinking or enforce alcohol bans. Nearly 2,000 offenders whose criminal behaviour has been linked to drinking will be given the ankle...
The NHS has recorded an increasing number of “never events”.... these are so-called because they should, "never happen". The equivalent of nearly eight weekly “never events” were recorded in the NHS in England...
The Universities minister, Michelle Donelan, has told Vice-Chancellors that they must not just protect, but must actively promote freedom of speech. She further warned them, “not to be on the wrong side of history.” Campus chiefs will no longer...
House prices have hit a fresh high amid a rush to buy ahead of rising mortgage costs, jumping by nearly £6,000 in a single month. According to the property website Rightmove, the average British home is now worth £354,564...
Hundreds of students will have their qualification as solicitors delayed following the regulator’s quiet announcement that they will not be able to take both parts of the professional exam this year. The SRA (Solicitors Regulation Authority)...
