End of the line for ‘meal tickets for life’?

A High Court Judge has ruled that spousal maintenance payments should not be relied upon as a meal ticket for life. On Wednesday, Lord Justice Moylan decided to vary the Order which granted Kim Waggott, ex-wife of multi-millionaire accountant William Waggott, annual lifetime spousal maintenance of £175,000. The ruling comes after Mrs Waggott claimed the […]

KEN DODD HAS LAST LAUGH WITH THE TAX MAN

“They sent me a self-assessment form the other day. To me! I invented self-assessment.” Legendary tax-dodging comedian Ken Dodd married Anne Jones, his Partner of 40 years, just 2 days before his death to ensure the tax man could not take up to £2million from her in death duties, thereby having the last laugh. Forty […]

Birstall St Georges Day Competition

Come and find the friendly dragons hiding in the shop windows from 14th April. Carefully look in all the windows and write on your entry form the name of the shops where you find a friendly dragon. Some of the dragons will be holding a letter. Collect all the letters and it will spell the […]

When Financial Orders aren’t taken seriously

An 83 year old millionaire ex-husband has been sent to prison receiving a 14 months sentence for ‘deliberate and sustained’ breaches of a financial Order made in 2015, following contested Court proceedings.  The financial Order gave his ex-wife £3.5 million equating to 38% of the couple’s wealth, with the ex-husband retaining the balance.  The ex-husband […]

Brearleys Solicitors Celebrates being reaccredited by WIQS

In choosing a solicitor to undertake work on your behalf you always want the best firm to deal with your matter. At Brearleys Solicitors we pride ourselves on being experts in our fields and therefore providing the best possible service to our clients.  Don’t just take our word for it. What better way to demonstrate […]

Check For A Safety Recall Before Buying A New Car

The Government has launched a new service to check if a vehicle has an outstanding safety recall. The service allows anyone wanting to buy a used car, and existing car owners, to check for an outstanding vehicle safety recall. All you need to do is enter your car’s registration number. By law, car dealers must fix safety recalls […]

Fame

Dewsbury based drama company Acorn are bringing the smash hit 80s tv series Fame to stage this April, with their youth theatre company. With leg warmers in place the show charts the successes and otherwise of the kids of the New York High School for Performing Arts. Bringing back the show’s much loved characters such […]

Tripping Along

Mrs P went round to see her neighbour for a chat and a cuppa. They both live in rented accommodation and have the same Landlord. As Mrs P was walking up the footpath to her neighbour’s front door, she tripped and fell. This was because the flag stones forming the path were not in a […]

MOT reminder

Can you remember when your MOT is due? Well there is no reason to forget as you can sign up to receive a reminder by text or email 1 month before its due by going to the following website and entering either your phone number or email address. www.gov.uk/mot-reminder

1st Aid Saves Lives

Staff from our offices recently went on their 1st aid refresher training with the lovely people at St John’s ambulance in Ossett. We had a fun day getting to grips with bandages, learning some new techniques and refreshing our memory of previously learnt ones. But whilst it was a fun day, it was also a […]