Our offices will be closed on Thursday 30^th September as the big move takes place, but you can still contact the team with any urgent matters throughout the day by emailing info@sthelenslaw.co.uk.

Then, from Friday 1^st October and beyond, you can find our team in our brand new headquarters, so please be sure to update your records:

SHL Solicitors
Enterprise Centre
Salisbury Street
Off Chalon Way
St Helens
WA10 1FY

New telephone number:  01744 385171
New fax number:  01744 742380

We’d be grateful for your patience during the move, and we look forward to sharing further updates with you over the coming days as we settle into our new surroundings.

The post We’re moving! appeared first on St Helens Law.

Working from home

Our staff are now working from home if they can, and they have been wonderful throughout the whole process. I just wish that there was more that we could do to help them.

We have been inundated with requests for wills and powers of attorney and our staff are working very hard to process them. We are currently processing basic wills, and offering invitations to come back to us once all of this madness has ended if more complicated documents are required.

Let’s look at what a Will has to have…

• It has to be in writing
• It has to be properly executed under the Wills Act 1937
• It has to be intended to be a Will, not just a note or a record of thoughts.

The “properly executed” requirement is the tricky part. It would not be suitable to share the guidelines in full here, but that is usually where homemade wills fall down.  If you need a simple will however, we are able to do it for you securely without any need for face-to-face contact.

What is a Power of Attorney?

It is a document that authorises someone to deal for you if you are unable for some reason to deal for yourself. You can limit the extent of control that your attorney has over your affairs.

Final thoughts

Listening to LBC Radio at the moment – James O’Brien – really is top drawer, as he was during the Brexit discussions. All that seems a little unimportant now in light of what has happened. The discussions on LBC show the desperate state of the nation in relation to support for people who don’t or can’t work. Asking someone to live on £94 per week is just a joke. Surely everyone should receive a wage to allow them to live to a reasonable standard. If some good is to come out of this, it might be that it shows that capitalism on its own will not work. The State does need to intervene to guarantee standards where money doesn’t make the world go around.

The post Coronavirus Blog – Thoughts from the legal world appeared first on St Helens Law.

With the unprecedented impact that the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have on UK businesses, we have decided that our business premises will temporarily close.

We are still here for you and if you require to contact us during this difficult time, please feel free to email info@sthelenslaw.co.uk and we will be in touch, or you can telephone 01744 385171 and your call will be diverted to a mobile and we would be happy to discuss your enquiry.

Please stay safe in these difficult times.

The post Coronavirus Information appeared first on St Helens Law.

Statement of Defendant re : RTA on Christmas Eve

I was driving down the A580 on Christmas Eve, it was about 12.10am. 

Suddenly, from behind a huge fluffy cloud, I saw an enormous sleigh.  It was then I heard tinkling bells and noticed that there was a rather large gentleman sat in the sleigh (which was incidentally being pulled by a number of what appeared to be reindeers – the front one having a bulbous shiny red nose)!

The large gentleman was dressed in red velvet (I remember this clearly as I thought it was odd that a man with such a large belly would choose to accentuate his physique with such a bold colour) and was shouting at the top of his lungs “HO, HO, HO”. 

As a result, I had what I can only describe as a momentary lapse in concentration, and allowed my vehicle to swerve into the adjacent lane, and collided with the side of the Claimant’s vehicle. 

I can confirm that all my efforts to contact this gentleman to give a statement, have so far failed.

If you know anyone who may have witnessed this incident, please share our updates on Twitter or Facebook. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

The post Call for witnesses re: Christmas RTA appeared first on St Helens Law.

“Thank you, I really enjoyed it. I found it interesting how you became a Solicitor and enjoyed being shown around. I learnt about all the different jobs and how you all work together.”
Hannah

“Thank you for showing us around the building it was very interesting how different people’s jobs all linked up. Thank you.”
Jack

“Thank you for letting us experience how an office works and how you all work together. I really enjoyed it because the atmosphere was great. The facts and the cases were so interesting.”
Giuliana

The post Rocket Training at SHL appeared first on St Helens Law.

The offices at St Helens Law will be closed for Christmas from 5.00pm on Friday 20th December, and will re-open on Thursday 2^nd January 2020.

Throughout the Christmas period, legal support FOR EMERGENCIES ONLY will still be available via our out of hours contact number. Simply call our main telephone number on 01744 385171 and you will be diverted to one of our solicitors who will be only be to happy to help with your enquiry.

All regular enquiries will be dealt with when the office is reopened on 2 January 2020.

Happy Christmas!

The post Christmas Opening Times 2019 appeared first on St Helens Law.

Organised in aid of Alder Hey Children’s Hospital, please see below for the official event poster.

We look forward to seeing you on the day!

The post Charity Cake Sale appeared first on St Helens Law.

Our office closes for Christmas at 12 noon on Friday 22 December, and will re-open on Tuesday 2 January at 8.30am. But our team is still here to help over the festive period. Simply call our office number on 01744 385171 and you will be diverted to one of our solicitors who will be only be to happy to help with your enquiry.

The post Out of hours support for Christmas 2017 appeared first on St Helens Law.

As one of the most successful chambers in the UK, St Helens Chamber has more members for its size than any other in the country, providing support to help local businesses to start, grow, survive and succeed, in addition to delivering a range of employment and enterprise initiatives for local people.

To find out more about our work with St Helens Chamber, please call Neil Ryan on 01744 385171 or email neil.ryan@sthelenslaw.co.uk

The post Proud to be a St Helens Chamber Member appeared first on St Helens Law.

Age UK Mid Mersey is an independent, registered charity working with and on behalf of older people in St Helens, Halton, Knowsley and Warrington. Age UK Mid Mersey operates to promote and provide older people in these areas with a holistic range of health, wellbeing and care services so that individuals have more choice and control in their everyday lives.

Neil Ryan, St Helens Law Marketing & Commercial Manager said, “St Helens Law is a local company providing a wide range of legal services to clients both regionally and nationally, and we are looking forward to working closely with Age UK Mid Mersey to offer older people within the region a caring service. We will be offering legal clinics within Age UK Mid Mersey shops, so whatever the legal query older people may have, we will provide a personal legal service enabling them to make informed decisions. I feel that there is a lot of synergy between both our organisations and our core values of Quality, Experience, Reliability, Pride and Client Focus resonates closely with Age UK Mid Mersey. We are all looking forward to supporting Age UK Mid Mersey and forging strong relationships within the community”.

Commenting on the relationship, Mark Lunney CEO Age UK Mid Mersey said, “We are delighted to be able to offer clients an opportunity to benefit from excellent access to good quality legal advice around important matters, that may effect them in later life. Giving older people sound advice and choice is paramount to us. The legal clinics that St Helens Law are running have proven really effective and flexible to meeting our clients needs when considering such things as Wills, Lasting Power of Attorney, Probate or any other legal matter. We are glad to see a local company like St Helens Law supporting Age UK Mid Mersey in helping to deliver essential unmet needs to our ever aging population. Local support for a local cause, services that will at some point undoubtable effect everyone as we grow old”.

For more information call Neil Ryan on 01744 385171 or email neil.ryan@sthelenslaw.co.uk

The post St Helens Law supporting Age UK Mid Mersey appeared first on St Helens Law.