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At  the recent Council of Mortgage Lenders ( CML ) Conference  a company called First Title produced probably the most comprehensive research into property purchaser preferences we have yet to have seen. The following are a summary of the results of the property study that they had commissioned from pollsters You Gov. The reason for [...]

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The Chancellor will not extend the first time buyer £250k exemption and on 24 March 2012, it will drop back to £125k. Chancellor George Osborne revealed that this tax relief had been ineffective and had failed to increase the numbers of First Time Buyers on the property ladder. This temporary exemption meant first-time buyers were [...]

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How much does a divorce cost?

by APB Law

Colchester Solicitors Asher Prior Bates family department specialises in all kinds of family legal matters including divorce.  One of the questions we are often asked is “how much will my divorce cost?”  The following hopes to guide clients of costs incurred and the fixed divorce fee Asher Prior Bates offers. Firstly this really depends on [...]

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At Colchester Solicitor Asher Prior Bates our property and litigation departments are well versed in helping clients through the trickiest of situations. One of which we sometimes come across is “squatting”. At present squatting is considered to be a Civil matter, not a Criminal one and can be distressing to deal with for both parties.  [...]

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Colchester Solicitors Asher Prior Bates have always maintained a close relationship with the military,  especially with the firms principal Roger Buston serving 40 years as TA officer, latterly in 16 Air Assault Brigade Headquarters. Last Wednesday Asher Prior Bates were offered the opportunity of presenting to the officers and families of 16 Air Assault Brigade [...]

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Wills and Weddings

by APB Law

At Colchester Solicitor Asher Prior Bates we are regularly reminding clients how important it is to have a Will, so that your affairs are in good order and that uncertainty and potential conflict is minimised should something happen to you.  Clients often forget to come back to us though when their circumstances change. These changes [...]

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How do I get a divorce?

by APB Law

At Colchester Solicitors Asher Prior Bates our family department like to keep clients informed on the legal processes involved with tricky family matters.  We thought it would be useful to put together a short blog that would help people understand the procedures involved with divorce.  If you have any questions at all, please do not [...]

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Michael Hicks who heads Asher Prior Bates family and litigation department is a man of many talents.  Not only is he arguably one of the most enthusiastic and understanding of people one would be lucky enough to meet and have dealing with the trickiest of family matters;  but he is also a pretty good cartoonist, not to mention [...]

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Colchester based solicitors Asher Prior Bates are proud to support our local Essex/Suffolk armed forces as well as army, navy and RAF personnel across the UK! Asher Prior Bates has over 30 years legal experience in assisting military personnel and their families, with some of our staff and their family members having first hand service [...]

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So you have searched through your local papers, visited your estate agents, surfed the web and finally found your dream house.  Now you are wondering “What happens next?” Well at Asher Prior Bates in Colchester our friendly team of specialist property solicitors will try and make the process of buying your house run as smoothly [...]

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Say NO to referral fees!

by APB Law

You may have seen recent headlines ‘Injury claim referral fees to be banned’ with the government clamping down on insurance companies who sell personal injury fees to lawyers. Lawyers who see no wrong in obtaining personal information in this way and simply regard such ‘referral fees’ to be part of their every day marketing strategy. Plaguing us [...]

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At Asher Prior Bates solicitors in Colchester over the years we have accumulated a large collection of Christies Catalogues from clients we have worked with.  These catalogues span subjects from Chinese Ceramics to European and British Old Masters, to Wine and Watercolors. Keen to help students in the local area we looked around for who [...]

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