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Land Registry Chief Visits Ridley & Hall
Ridley & Hall were pleased to welcome Malcolm Dawson OBE, Chief Land Registrar and Chief Executive of Land Registry, to thei

Love-struck or Love stuck?
This Valentine’s Day, don’t let affairs of the heart blind you to the realities of life.  After all, love makes

Whose side are the courts on? Can legislation make shared parenting work?
When a relationship breaks down, do the Courts take sides when issues of residence or contact have to be sorted out? Some father

Scandal of Pay Day Lending
Debt advisers are becoming increasingly concerned about the millions of low earners who are relying on payday lenders to see the

County Council treats Grandparent as Second Class Carer.
A 44 year old Northampton grandmother is to file a complaint about the “Second Class” treatment she claims she recei

The changing world of adult children and inheritance disputes; current legal position
When a parent dies it can be a devastating experience for an adult child.  If they then find themselves disinherited or hav

Merry Christmas from Ridley & Hall
Please find attached our final newsletter of 2011 with the best wishes of all of us at Ridley & Hall for a very merry Christ

Our visit to Kyema Mustardseed Nursery
If you have 7 minutes to spare, this gives a flavour of our visit to Kyema in November click here

Growing number of over-60s seeking divorce
An article in The Telegraph shows a growing number of British couples are divorcing in their 60s. Click here Source: The T

Grandparents' hopes dashed
When parents separate it can be an extremely emotional time for children.  Having contact with grandparents can help. 

Victory for cohabitees but battle for equal rights far from over
A case that has hit the headlines recently is that of Kernott v Jones.  Mr Kernott and Miss Jones began living together in

A v Kent County Council
A v kent county council View more documents from Ridley & Hall Solicitors. Kent's council tax payers are to bear

Not married - not protected?
A case in the news recently highlights the brutal but necessary advice that must be given to co-habitees. They must not assume t

Does Nigel Priestley have the X Factor?
Nigel Priestley with his colleagues Ranjit Uppal and Claire Monkhouse met a surprise co-visitor at Entebbe Airport in Uganda&nbs

Cycling in the Dark
The days are rapidly getting shorter and this means danger for cyclists. Many cyclists choose not to ride out after the clocks g

Grandparent Carer 3: Kent 0! Grandmother wins 6-year battle with Kent CC
A GRANDMOTHER who has battled for 6 years with Kent County Council to be paid the same rate as a foster carer for looking after

Local grandparents take on Barnsley City Council and win leave to appeal to the High Court.
This case involves a child who should have been looked after by Barnsley Council but the child and the grandparents were badly l

York City Council back down and pay almost £20,000 to grandparents
The case involved two children who should have been looked after by York City Council but the children and their grandparents we

Children waiting longer for adoption in Kirklees
Huddersfield adoption expert Nigel Priestley comments in the Examiner on the subject of the current adoption situation (page 2)

Cycling accident law update
Cyclists are often criticised for their riding -  indeed a new law may be introduced soon to create an offence of causing d

The Price of Justice
The Huddersfield Examiner's report today on the ‘cash for crash’ raids across Huddersfield contains a comme

Launch of Grandparents Legal Centre
Breakfast time at Lucy’s will never be the same again. Her 2 bed roomed bungalow had always been so quiet apart from when

Huddersfield Law Firm receives National Recognition
Huddersfield based solicitors Ridley and Hall have been recognised as national experts by a legal publication. The Legal 500,

World Alzheimer's Day
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Buyers must consider worst case scenario when Buddying up on property ladder
Home-buyers who "buddy up" with a friend or relative in order to afford their first home must factor in all worst case

A Kent carer is celebration victory payout from Camden
A  Sittingbourne carer who took on the London Borough of Camden is celebrating the payment of a five figure back-payme

Second homes can be legal minefields, warns Ridley and Hall Solicitors
Ridley and Hall in Huddersfield says the popularity of second homes in the UK, which are often used as holiday homes, could expo

Solicitors for the Elderly Call For Urgent Regulation of Will Writing.
Solicitors for the Elderly fears thousands of people are putting themselves at risk of being cheated by unscrupulous salesmen wh

Property Team pleased to be working with the Safe-Move team at Yorkshire Water
The Property Team at Ridley and Hall are pleased to be working with the Safe-Move team at Yorkshire Water. Not only do we order

New Partner joins Ridley & Hall
Ridley & Hall, have appointed solicitor, Adam Fletcher, as a Partner. Adam was previously a partner at Harley & Worstenh

Ridley & Hall host the Legal Sector Alliance Huddersfield Environment Forum
Ridley & Hall Solicitors are delighted to host the Legal Sector Alliance Huddersfield Environment Forum on 21st September. W

'Unregulated Will writers 'ripping off' thousands' says Legal Ombudsman
The findings of a report from the Legal Ombudsman have been published today in which it is said that thousands of people are bei

Launch of Elderflower a great success
Last month saw the launch of a unique service for the so called “sandwich generation” - Elderflower will be a One St

Landmark ruling for Children's Guardians
Landmark judgement re-asserts the independence of Children’s Guardians as a vital element in protecting children. In a l

Kinship carer's successful fight takes media by storm
The case of a Kirklees Aunt who won a 9 month battle to have her niece and nephew placed with her has been widely covered in the

Michael George gains national recognition at the Legal Aid Awards 2011
Michael George, one of the partners at Huddersfield Solicitors Ridley and Hall was named as one of the top 3 Family Legal Aid la

DIY Probate Runs Risk
It is entirely possible to apply for probate and deal with an estate, without seeing a lawyer, but it’s not without risks

Expanding Property Team at Ridley & Hall gains Law Society endorsement
Ridley & Hall has become one of the first law firms in the country to gain accreditation for the Law Society’s Conveya

The Grandparents' Association and the effects of drink and drug addiction on families
Article from e-zine -   DDN - Drink and Drugs news. May 2011. Written by Tony Trueman The trauma that parents ca

Business profile; Ridley & Halls' Sarah Young
by Henryk Zientek, Huddersfield Daily Examiner Apr 26 2011 Read More http://www.examiner.co.uk/business/business-profiles/201

Merger news: Motorcycling lawyer motors into growing firm
Local Solicitor Kevin Ludgate, a former British motorcycling champion, has joined Ridley & Hall. Commenting Mr Ludgate sai

Kinship Care and Grandparent Kinship Carers: messages from research
Presentation from the Children in Wales Conference, Cardiff, 31st March 2011 - Source Professor Bob Broad Kinship care an

Bleak news for injured people
Research published yesterday suggests that personal injury solicitors will be less likely to offer No Win No Fee Agreements to a

Animal charities lose out to estranged daughter in disinheritance appeal
Yesterday the Court of Appeal found in favour of a daughter who challenged her late mother’s Will which left £486,00

Grandparents will get legal right to see Grandchildren after divorce battles
See article in the Telegraph below: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/family/8417354/Grandparents-will-get-legal-right-to-see-grandch

Julia Kerr Prize for Human Rights and the Law
This prize has been generously founded in the memory of Julia Kerr a graduate of the Law School in 1975. Each December, a priz

Nigel Priestley invited to speak at major conference on grandparent and kinship carers rights
Nigel Priestley, Senior Partner with Ridley and Hall Huddersfield has been invited to speak at a major conference organised by C

Foster carer grandmother wins battle against city council
A 69 year old Grandmother, who cannot be named for legal reasons, from Altrincham, has been battling against Manchester City Cou

why we won't pay referral fees
  The cost of motor insurance was investigated in a report published on 11th March 2011by the House of Commons Transport

Special Guardianship Orders Conference - Presentation slides
Are sgo's a minefield worth crossing 2.1 View more presentations from Ridley & Hall Solicitors

Nigel Priestley invited to address a major conference on Special Guardianship Orders
Nigel Priestley, Senior Partner at Ridley and Hall has been invited to address a major conference organised by Community Care ma

Can't Take It With You - BBC2
Prime Time BBC TWO Programme: 'Can't take it with you' Friday 14th January 2011 9pm http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00xk05j Ch

Huddersfield woman given substantial award to care for nephew
Pamela Mclean took over the care of her nephew in 1999 when he was a few months old. Kirklees Council asked her to take over the d

Christmas Cracker - Kirklees Council to pay granny 10,000 pounds in carer backpay after court battle
Nov 25 2010 Huddersfield Daily Examiner A YOUNG boy is set for an extra-special Christmas. The eight-year-old is cared for by

Care Home Fees
Mounting care home fees could wipe out wills The Law Society have warned this week that increasing care home fees could mean elde

Forgotten army of carers who need support as cuts hit home
Yorkshire Post Published Date: 31 October 2010 By Chris Bond THEY have been dubbed the "forgotten army" of carers.

Nigel Priestley, Solicitor of the Year - Law Society Excellence Awards
Many outstanding solicitors were honoured at last night’s law Society Excellence Awards, attended by almost 600 guests and p

Highly commended: Huddersfield Law Society Uganda Twinning Committee
Last night the Huddersfield Law Society Uganda Twinning programme was recognised at the Law Society Excellence Awards presented by

English Courts to give due consideration to prenuptial agreements
Legal history was made this week when the Supreme Court recognised the validity of prenuptial agreements. The Appeal Court ruled

Nigel Priestley to address Campaign Meeting in parliament
Nigel Priestley, Senior Partner at Ridley & Hall Solicitors has accepted an invitation to speak at a campaign meeting at the H

Merger Strengthens Centre of Family Law Excellence
The merger of Huddersfield Solicitors Ridley & Hall with Dewsbury based Michael George & Company has created one of the st

Huddersfield Solicitor shortlisted in Law Society national awards.
Nigel Priestley has been shortlisted for the 2010 Solicitor of the Year (private practice) in the national Law Society excellence

Huddersfield Solicitors receive recognition on a national stage
Nigel Priestley, senior partner at Ridley and Hall Solicitors in Huddersfield, who has been honoured in the past for his work with

Danger of Using Will Writers
  Panorama Highlights Dangers of Using Will Writers In this week’s Panorama programme, presenter Vivian White highlig

Nigel Priestley is made a Solicitor-Advocate
Nigel Priestley, Senior partner at Ridley and Hall has been granted the award of the Higher Courts Qualification in Civil cases. H

Fantastic effort in the Leeds 10k
The Jane Tomlinson Appeal was set up by a very determined Yorkshire woman to help children's and cancer charities across Yorkshire

Family Rights Group battle the heat for charity
Nigel Priestley, Senior Partner of Ridley & Hall Solicitors in Huddersfield, completed a gruelling London 10k run last Sunday

Victory for Christian foster mother struck off after Muslim girl converts
Victory for Christian foster mother struck off after Muslim girl converts A foster mother with 10 years' experience has won he

Will Aid
IT’S OFFICIAL – HUDDERSFIELD PEOPLE ARE THE MOST GENEROUS!   Huddersfield based Ridley and Hall solicitors have

Breaking news on HIPs!
Following the Government's recent announcement Home Information Packs have been suspended with effect from 21st May 2010. Any pro

Grandmother wins 5 year battle with Kent County Council
A GRANDMOTHER who battled for five years with Kent County Council to be paid the same rate as a foster carer for looking after h

Kent council made to pay
KENT MADE TO PAY AS LOST CHILDREN FINALLY FIND A HOME  A Kent family who came to the rescue of a sister and brother have had

Kinship Carers Welcome Budget News
The charity Family Rights Group today hailed the Chancellor's announcement to tackle discrimination in the benefits system which a

Grandparent Carer Smashes Key Kirklees Policy
GRANDPARENT CARER SMASHES KEY KIRKLEES POLICY After a 4 year battle, a Huddersfield’s Grandmother’s court action has

Kinship Care case
COUNCIL ACCEPTS DEFEAT DAYS BEFORE HIGH COURT HEARING in Kinship Care case. Oldham Council has accepted defeat over a legal chall

Battling Grandma wins Court fight for support
Bradford Council is facing a double financial whammy after an order was made in the Administrative Court today in Leeds following

Will Warning for Gay Couples
SAME SEX ISSUES ARISING OUT OF CONTENTIOUS PROBATE Peter Ikin was a successful executive in the music industry who died on 12th N

Changes to legal costs for Personal Injury Claims
Huddersfield lawyer says proposed changes to civil legal costs could affect those injured CONCERNS have been raised about changes

Doncaster Children's Services
Yet another report criticising Doncaster's Children's Services as grieving parents forced to end negligence claim The parents o

Local Care Home Neglect
HUSBAND ANGRY ABOUT LOCAL CARE HOME NEGLECT A husband has won damages for his wife over the care she received at a private care

Warren Jobling's parents respond to the Serious Case Review published by Doncaster County Council
This morning the Serious Case Review (SCR) into the death of 7 year old Warren Jobling was published by Doncaster’s Safeguar

Hair dye left Paddock girl blind and swollen
WARNING ABOUT HAIR COLOURING IN SALONS On 29th April 2004, 16 year old Charlotte Gilchrist went to her local hair salon in Hudder

Solicitors for the Elderly
SUE CASH AND JILL WADDINGTON OF RIDLEY & HALL BECOME MEMBERS OF SOLICITORS FOR THE ELDERLY Sue Cash, head of the priv

Bradford Council warned
Bradford Council warned about costs as child takes first step to make them pay. Bradford Council is facing a double whammy after

Local Solicitors attend National Award Ceremony
Huddersfield solicitor, Sarah Young, Managing Partner of Ridley and Hall, pictured with Senior Partner Nigel Priestley, attended t

New Partners for Ridley and Hall
Huddersfield law firm Ridley and Hall have promoted three of their solicitors to partners. On 1st October James Cook, Meena Kumari

Solicitor fights for "underpaid" gran
Huddersfield Solicitor Nigel Priestley is fighting for a grandmother caring for her teenage grandaughter. Nigel Priestley of Ridl

Sarah Young receives national Managing Partner's award
ASSOCIATION OF WOMEN SOLICITORS ANNOUNCE AWARD WINNERS Celebrating women solicitors in business The Association of Women Solicit

Senior Solicitor joins national legal group
Sue Cash head of the private client department at Ridley and Hall has satisfied the rigorous requirements to join the specialist n

Family Feud Settlement has lessons for all.
Local Solicitors Ridley and Hall have completed the final steps in a settlement of a family fight over a Will. Two sisters have su

De -registered Foster Carer to challenge Kirklees
  DE-REGISTERED FOSTER CARER TO CHALLENGE KIRKLEES AFTER OVER PAYMENT A Kirklees Foster Carer who has been de-registered af

Doncaster Child Care service failures - Sarah Young on Newsnight
The story can be viewed on the BBC iPlayer by clicking this link Council was warned 'children would die' Council bosses in

Foster mother 'struck off' after Muslim girl converts
A foster mother has been struck off by a council after a teenage Muslim girl in her care became a Christian. The carer, who ha

Angry mother battling for answers
Andrea Jobling is an angry woman who wants answers. Her son, Warren died aged 7 on 12th April 2008. He is one of the 7 children wh

The Special Educational Needs and Disability Tribunal operates to new Regulations.
New rules now operate in matters concerning the Special Educational Needs and Disability Tribunal. From Monday 3rd November, new

Highly Commended Solicitor of the Year Award for Nigel Priestley
Nigel Priestley , Senior Partner at Ridley & Hall Solicitors has received the Highly Commended Award in the Solicitor Of

Double Excellence Award nominations for Ridley & Hall
Ridley & Hall have been shortlisted in two categories for the national Law Society Excellence Awards 2008. Amongst record num

Ridley & Hall win top law firm award!
For the second time in three years, Ridley & Hall have won the Specialist Law Firm Award at the prestigious 2008 Yor

Widows and widowers to get cash increase!
It can be difficult to find the time to make a will, and all too often, people die without one. But dying without a will can leave

Nigel Priestley on BBC Radio 4 MoneyBox kinship care feature
Nigel Priestley was interviewed on BBC Radio 4’s MoneyBox programme with Paul Lewis following the successful challenge to tw

blood ties - kinship care article from the guardian april 2008 by robert bullard
This article appeared in the Guardian on Wednesday April 02 2008 on p7 of the Society news & features section. http://www.gua

local firm goes national
With the Government pressing for more children to be adopted, Nigel Priestley Senior Partner and James Wilson, Community Care Lawy

substandard care at kirklees care home
A Kirklees local authority care home has agreed to an out of court settlement including compensation and legal fees. An independen

Fantastic effort in the Leeds 10k
The Jane Tomlinson Appeal was set up by a very determined Yorkshire woman to help children's and cancer charities across Yorkshire


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