Top Tips Around Lasting Powers Of Attorney

Plan early While you have capacity, it's vital that you get your affairs in order and choose the best people to manage your affairs, in case of an accident or illness. You can't appoint an attorney once you lose capacity. Choose carefully Think carefully who you want to appoint as your attorney and have an open conversation with them so they understand your wishes and what their responsibilities will include. Consider appointing more than one person as your attorney so they can share the responsibility. Consider appointing a professional A family member might not always be the best person to act as your attorney. Instead, you can appoint a professional such as a solicitor. They can act as a neutral third party and make unbiased decisions that are in your best interests. Bear in mind…

Rights Of Way Problems And Remedies

When buying freehold premises or taking on a lease you will need to ensure that you have sufficient rights of way in order to gain access to and from those premises.  "It should not be assumed that your premises adjoin an adopted highway, giving you statutory rights of access, although a local highways search will confirm the publically adopted roads in your area,"  Many premises will require access over private roads, for example estate roads on industrial estates will very often be privately owned, and so you will need to ensure that legal rights of way benefit the premises you are acquiring. Establishing your rights of access In order to establish your legal rights, you need to investigate the title to the premises. The title will confirm if any rights have been expressly granted.  If…

Making A Formal Complaint At Work

Most people will experience a concern about their work, working conditions or a colleague at some point in their working lives.  Gillian Reid Head of Employment at Ware & Kay in York, Wetherby & Malton advises how handling it properly can mean that it can be resolved quickly, before it escalates.  If you have a problem at work, how should you tackle it? Do you have a grievance? A grievance is a problem or concern that you have about your work, working conditions, pay or relationships with colleagues.  For example: you believe that your overtime has been calculated wrongly and you have been underpaid; you feel that your workload is excessive and you are struggling to cope; a colleague is harassing you because of your religion; or following an illness or injury, you would…

Local Solicitor One Step Ahead

Ware & Kay Solicitors is proud to announce that Sian Foster has been admitted to full membership of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (known as STEP for short), a professional body which is committed to helping people manage their affairs. Sian is now holding an internationally recognised qualification that demonstrates her practical and detailed understanding of the law and the procedures involved in trust and probate procedure, tax and accounting.  She is entitled to use the designation STEP to showcase her specialist expertise and give her clients the confidence and peace of mind of knowing that she has reached the exacting standards which are required by this body. To qualify, Sian spent three years writing three 5,000 word papers which were researched and written around her work commitments. York-based Sian Foster qualified as…

Triathlon Success For Yorkshire Law Society And York Against Cancer

The Yorkshire Law Society Triathlon Challenge held on Saturday 23rd July at Castle Howard was a huge success and expected to raise over £1000 for York Against Cancer. Peter Kay, Senior Director of Ware & Kay and President of the Yorkshire Law Society and six teams made up of members of the Yorkshire Law Society took part in the 'Super Sprint Triathlon'.  The challenge was for the participating relay teams to beat Peter's Champion, William Kaye from Harrowells and for every minute that William beat the relay team, Peter pledged to pay £1 to his chosen charity York Against Cancer. Teams from Andrew Jackson, Quality Solicitors Burn & Co, Harrowells Solicitors, Ware & Kay Solicitors including two relay team from Dere Street Chambers competed against William. William and the teams pushed themselves to…

The Race Is On

For the first time ever, the Yorkshire Law Society is organising a Triathlon Challenge to raise money for York Against Cancer. The event will take place on Saturday 23rd July at Castle Howard and Peter Kay, Senior Director of Ware & Kay Solicitors and President of the Yorkshire Law Society has invited members to take part in a 'Super Sprint Triathlon'.  It comprises a 400m open water swim in Castle Howard's Great Lake, a 23km cycle and a 4km run through the Estate with the Howardian Hills providing the backdrop. The challenge is for the participating relay teams to beat Peter's Champion, William Kaye from Harrowells.  William who is a serious triathlete has agreed to compete instead of Peter for this great cause.  Peter pledges to pay £1 to his chosen charity York Against Cancer…

Beat The President

THE YORKSHIRE LAW SOCIETY TRIATHLON CHALLENGE SATURDAY 23RD/SUNDAY 24TH JULY, 2016 WHAT: Time to take part in the World's fastest growing sport and join BBC Sports Personality of the Year winner, Bailey Matthews. WHO: Members of the Yorkshire Law Society HOW: Peter Kay, the President of the Yorkshire Law Society has invited all the members to take part in a 'Super-Sprint Traithlon. All the law firms with a member in the Yorkshire Law Society can sign up a relay team (two or three team members) to take part in this "Super-Sprint Triathlon" 400m swim………23km cycle ride…………4km run The Challenge will be for Relay Teams to beat the President's Champion (William Kaye from Harrowells) For every minute that William beats a relay team the President pledges to pay £1 to York Against Cancer The winning team will…

Pearsons Ward Solicitors Support Acorn Community Care

Pearsons & Ward, the Malton office of Ware & Kay Solicitors Ltd have donated £500 to local charity Acorn Community Care centre at Whinflower Hall Farm, based in Norton.  The charity provides a range of services which are a vital lifeline for young adults with learning and/or physical disabilities in the Ryedale and North Yorkshire areas. Pearsons & Ward have supported Acorn Community Care centre by organising a corporate fun day out for itself and the other Ware & Kay offices in York and Wetherby at a Hog Roast on Saturday 16th July to help raise the profile of the charity.  Staff and family members got involved in a whole range of activites from holding barn owls, stroking alpacas and piglets to welly wanging, tug of war games, tractor rides, air rifle shooting and much…

Sign Of The Times As York Law Firm Goes For Greater Visibility On Landmark Building

New signage at Ware & Kay Solicitors in York has now been erected which is designed to improve visibility for visitors to their offices. David Hyams, Director said "The Ware & Kay offices occupy a highly prominent site on the York inner ring road due to the distinctive 'Red Clock' which is an important feature of the building and our profile.  We were delighted to work with Property Consultants Lawrence Hannah who helped to achieve a successful application with York City Council.  As we are in a Conservation Area the signs could not be overly intrusive in terms of positioning and size, but we were able  to improve the prominence of the signage by  lightly increasing the size of the lettering and changing the colour scheme.  The important aspect to the new signage is that…

Final Countdown For David Kershaw Preparing For York 10k

THE countdown to the third Jane Tomlinson 10K run in York has begun. In only three day's time, more than 6,000 people will line up at York Racecourse to take part in the race set up in memory of the inspirational fundraiser, who dedicated the final years of her life to raising money for charity while suffering from cancer. Joining the start line this year will be David Kershaw, Solicitor at Ware & Kay who is running with the Yorkshire Law Society Team to help raise funds for Martin House Hospice. Michael Peach, Director at Ware & Kay and President of the Yorkshire Law Society chose Martin House Children's Hospice near Wetherby as his chosen charity and his aim is to promote the fantastic work that it does for children and young people with life-limiting illnesses…