Leading law firm expands as new Wills & Probate Solicitor joins team

  Expanding Yorkshire Law firm Ware & Kay Solicitors (with offices in York, Wetherby & Malton) is delighted to announce the appointment of Deborah Gilpin, a highly experienced Wills & Probate Solicitor to its growing team.  Her appointment is a further addition to the firm’s expertise in this sector. Deborah brings with her a wealth of knowledge and has many years of experience looking after clients and helping them with the preparation of their preparation of their Wills together with guiding them and providing assistance when dealing with the loss of a loved one through Probate.  She also has particular experience in Trusts and how to avoid unnecessary Inheritance Tax together with Powers of Attorney to ensure that clients are protected in the event of physical or mental incapacity. Originally from Hull, Deborah arrives at Ware…

Ware & Kay Solicitors shortlisted for The Yorkshire Legal Awards 2023

  Ware & Kay Solicitors with offices in York, Wetherby & Malton is proud to announce they have been shortlisted for an award at the upcoming Yorkshire Legal Awards, which is to be hosted on 5th October. David Hyams has been shortlisted for Managing Director of the Year Award. This is a testament to the positive direction and growth made after seeing organisational improvements and changes over the last 2 years. David has worked with each department head to develop business plans with growth targets and continues to encourage and mentor his colleagues to make those plans a reality. David has a wealth of experience and specialist knowledge in all areas and has a clear vision for the future of Ware & Kay. It is fantastic that the firm has been acknowledged amongst the awards’…

Laura Carter celebrates passing the SFE Older Client Law in Practice Award

Ware & Kay and Pearsons & Ward Solicitors is proud to announce that Laura Carter, Solicitor in the Wills & Probate team and accredited SFE (Solicitors for the Elderly) member, has passed the Solicitors for the Elderly Older Client Law in Practice Award.  In order to be a fully accredited SFE member, lawyers must have a minimum of three years' experience advising in areas of older client law and have completed the Older Client Law in Practice Award – a qualification which demonstrates the specialist client care skills that enable lawyers to advise and support older and vulnerable clients. Members are also required to continuously update their knowledge with training and produce an annual statement of competence, which ensures they maintain their expertise. Laura qualified as a Solicitor in 2015 and joined the firm in 2018…

Yorkshire Legal Awards

David Hyams has been shortlisted for 'Managing Partner of the Year' at the Yorkshire Legal Awards. The awards are taking place on 5 October 2023 at New Dock Hall in Leeds. We wish David all the best and good luck to everyone who has been shortlisted.

Experienced Solicitor joins Ware & Kay’s Residential Property Team

Leading law firm Ware & Kay Solicitors is celebrating a new appointment which reinforces an already strong team as it looks to the future with the arrival of Solicitor Joanne Clark to its Residential Property Team in York. Joanne will assist clients with a wide range of residential property matters including property sales and purchases for both freehold and leasehold property for registered and unregistered land. She also has extensive experience of dealing with right to buy, shared equity leases, help to buy mortgages, new build, re-mortgages, equity release and transfers of equity.  She will also support clients buying and selling at auction, purchasing buy-to-lets and property registrations. Originally from Teesside Joanne arrives at Ware & Kay with over 19 years’ experience in Residential Property Law.  She completed the legal practice course at The College…

Just One More Thing….by Johanne Spittle, Director & Head of Litigation

I have been lucky to have been the President of the Yorkshire Law Society since last summer and this has given me a unique opportunity to meet with lawyers and other professionals and get an understanding of their businesses. It is all too easy to only hear the bad news and overlook all the good things that are happening around us; being able to engage with lawyers and other professionals in the region has opened my eyes to just how much positivity there is and how resourceful and creative we are!  Covid-19 certainly made it clear to even the smallest professional business that the successful businesses were those embracing technology and using it to achieve greater efficiency and a competitive advantage. You can now contact your trusted professional using an app or through a client…

Senior Family Lawyer joins Ware & Kay

Ware & Kay Solicitors (with offices in York, Wetherby & Malton) is delighted to announce the appointment of highly experienced senior Family Lawyer Stephen Carr who will provide leadership and support to the Family Team. Stephen’s specialises in all aspects of family law and relationship breakdowns and is able to deal with complex cases involving children. Stephen will be responsible for advising on all aspects of divorce, separation, arrangements and financial provision relating to children, prenuptial and postnuptial agreements together with cohabitation agreements. He has acted for many types of clients with different levels of need. The necessity to be available, showing respect, providing support and being attentive in difficult times, is at the core of the work which he does. Originally from Wakefield, Stephen arrives at Ware & Kay with considerable experience, having specialised in…

Saint Catherine's Hospice Make a Will Week 17 April to 21 April, 2023

We are delighted to support the Saint Catherine’s Hospice Make a Will Week.We have agreed to give our time and expertise for free to support Saint Catherine’s Hospice Make a Will Week Catherine’s Hospice Make a Will Week. We will happily meet with you to take your instructions for a simple Will during this week and draft a professional Will in accordance with those instructions. We will also meet with you again for your Will to be signed by the end of May 2023. In return, you will make a donation to Saint Catherine’s. Our suggested minimum is £200* per single Will and £350* per matching pair. This is payable at the time you sign your Will with us and we will forward the donation to Saint Catherine’s Catherine’s. *If your Will requires advice of a complex nature, or because of any failure on your own part to complete the Will by…

Martin House Make a Will during the month of March 2023

Leave your legacy to help us continue ours. If, like many other people you have been putting off writing your Will, this is your chance to put that right. Ware & Kay Solicitors has teamed up with Martin House to give you the opportunity to have your basic Will written for free. Legacies are vitally important to Martin House. In fact, they make up more than a quarter of our entire voluntary income, meaning the cost of caring for one in four of our children is covered by gifts left in Wills. Over half of UK adults have not made a Will. It's not always easy to think about what might happen when we die. But making a Will is an important step to ensuring the people and things you care about are taken care of after you're gone. Your Will is…

Congratulations to newly qualified solicitor - Lucy Riley

Leading Law Firm Ware & Kay Solicitors is delighted to announce that Trainee Solicitor Lucy Riley has now qualified as a Solicitor. Lucy started her legal education in 2015 at the University of Hull studying LLB Law (Hons). She completed her LLB degree after 3 years and graduated in 2018 with a 2:1. She then went on to study the Legal Practice Course (LPC) combined with LLM Masters in Professional Legal Practice at the University of Law in Leeds and completed her LPC LLM after 1 year, graduating in 2019 with a Distinction. Lucy was then fortunate enough to secure a position as a Litigation Paralegal with Ware & Kay commencing in July 2019 where she was a Paralegal for 2 years before being offered a Training Contract with the firm which commenced in July…