Rugby League World Cup 2013

This week Christiaan Roets of the Wales Rugby League World Cup squad and the North Wales Crusaders took some time out of his busy schedule to come and have a photo in our Wrexham office with Directors David Parry and Ian Lewis. 

As ever we are thrilled to be a part of Rugby League in the Wrexham area, and when we found out the biggest competition of all, the Rugby League World Cup was coming to Wrexham, we simply had to get involved. 

Working together with the North Wales Crusaders, we purchased 100 tickets to Sunday's match between Wales and the USA at the Glyndwr University stadium, and selected local primary school Barkers Lane to go and support the Welsh team and soak up the atmosphere. 10 lucky pupils will also get to parade around the pitch before kick off in front of what is sure to be a huge crowd, and hopefully they will catch the bug for watching the sport and maybe even giving it a try.

We are thrilled such a prestigious event has come to Wrexham and we will be there in force to support the Welsh team on Sunday afternoon! Good Luck Lads!

From Left to Right: Director - David Parry, Wales squad member Christiaan Roets and Director Ian Lewis

Fees Cut for Lasting Powers of Attorney (LPA)

Anyone applying to register a Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA) at the Office of the Public Guardian will now be helped by a 15% cut in the application fee announced by Justice Minister Helen Grant.

From 1 October 2013 the application fees for registering LPAs and the older Enduring Powers of Attorney (EPA) will both be reduced from £130 to £110.

LPAs and EPAs are legal documents which allow the applicant to appoint someone they know and trust to make decisions about their health and welfare or financial affairs if they were to lose capacity in the future.

 Justice Minister Helen Grant highlighted the importance of getting legal affairs in order;

'It is really important that people consider making a lasting power of attorney – it means that as they get older, or if they have issues with their health, they have the peace of mind from knowing that the important decisions about their life will be taken by someone they know and trust, if they ever lost capacity.'

At Allington Hughes we have a team that specialises in matters such as Lasting Powers of Attorney and welcome all contact regarding questions or queries.

Wrexham - 01978 291000
Chester - 01244 312166
Llanrwst - 01492 641222

Steve Davies is a Director and head of the Managing Your Future and the Wills, Trusts and Probate departments.

Rod Spencer Joins Allington Hughes Law

Allington Hughes is thrilled to welcome another highly experienced solicitor to our team.

Rod Spencer has over 35 years of experience as a solicitor and practised on Hoole Road in Chester until retirement from sole practice in September 2013.

Rod will take up a role as consultancy solicitor in our Chester office as of 1st October, adding a great amount of experience and knowledge to the firm.

Rod has a particular interest in property transactions, wills and probate and all elderly client matters.

It is a real pleasure to welcome Rod to the firm and we wish him every success in his time at Allington Hughes.

Rodney Spencer will be a consultant practising in our Chester office

The Tour of Britain 2013

From 15th - 22nd September 2013 the Tour of Britain is visiting various routes throughout the whole of  mainland UK. The race is split up into 7 different stages, and ensures that a huge amount of people have a great opportunity to get out and watch the tour, while catching a glimpse of some modern day sporting icons.

The race involves approximately 19 teams and over 100 individual riders, including British Olympian Mark Cavendish and Olympic champion and Tour De France winner Sir Bradley Wiggins (Wiggo to the fans).

Wednesday 11th September produced Stage 4 of the race, which consisted of a 188 kilometre ride from Stoke on Trent to the finish line in Llanberis, Snowdonia. This meant that a number of Welsh towns and villages got to witness the spectacular race pass through, and allowed for a fantastic show of support for both the event and the athletes involved.

At Allington Hughes we were lucky enough to have the race pass right by 2 of our offices. In Wrexham, the race flew down Grosvenor road and provided a fantastic spectacle for crowds of people to gather and enjoy the race.

Around the corner from our new JRL Law office in Llanrwst, the cyclists had to handle the tight tricky cornering of the small town, which provided some great opportunities to grab a photograph of some cycling giants. You can view our selection of pictures here.

The Tour of Britain has created a real buzz around the whole 7 day event, and it has been great to see the level of support and excitement generated when such a big event with world recognised sporting heroes visits the more rural locations of the UK.

We can only hope the route is unchanged for next year!



Race Leader Sir Bradley Wiggins tackling the tricky corners of Llanrwst town centre.

 

Team Sky with Sir Bradley Wiggins in his yellow jersey passing our Wrexham office.

 

Allington Hughes and Cyfraith JRL Law

We are delighted to announce that as from the 1^st  September 2013 Allington Hughes will join with Cyfraith JRL Law to create an enlarged business based across three Offices.  This acquisition will strengthen our ability to provide the best possible service to Clients across North and Mid-Wales.  The values and culture of Allington Hughes and Cyfraith JRL Law are very similar as evidenced by our various professional accreditations.

                                                  

Cyfraith JRL Law is based in Llanrwst in the Conwy Valley and is renowned for its client service and its expertise across a number of specialist sectors, especially agriculture.  The National Farmers Union (NFU) has a panel of 16 legal firms throughout England and Wales chosen to provide specialist agricultural and horticultural advice to its members and Cyfraith JRL Law is the panel firm for North and Mid-Wales.

To strengthen our positions in Wrexham and Chester we will also be recruiting experienced Solicitors who will enhance the quality of services to Clients.

Allington Hughes Law based in Wrexham and Chester and Cyfraith JRL Law based in Llanrwst are the trading names of Allington Hughes Limited.

Our strength is that we will continue to provide a full range of legal services to individuals, businesses and public sector organisations.  To learn more about our services and our extended team please take a look at our website –

www.allingtonhughes.co.uk.

www.jrl-law.co.uk

Wrexham – 01978 29100

Chester     - 01244 312166

Llanrwst   - 01492 641222

Director of JRL Law - Robert Laing and Director of Allington Hughes - David Parry

Ian Lewis Joins Allington Hughes Law

It gives us great pleasure to announce that long established and highly experienced Wrexham based solicitor Ian Lewis has joined Allington Hughes and will be taking up a position as a Director at the firm.

Ian has been handling cases in and around the Wrexham area for over 25 years. He has developed a strong following among property developers due to his extensive experience and knowledge in residential and commercial property.

Kathryn Crowley will also be joining the Wrexham office as Ian's secretary and Allington Hughes are delighted to be expanding our team and subsequently the level of expert advice on offer.

Ian Lewis - Director at Allington Hughes Law

If you would like to contact Ian Lewis please call 01978 291000

Denbigh and Flint Show Prize Draw

There were over 150 entries to this year's free prize draw at the Denbigh and Flint Show. The prize of a luxury hamper proved very popular and it was great to have so many people entering and excited about the possibility of winning.

Our very own Karen Schofield of the Chester office reception picked the Lucky ticket out of the hat after a good rummage through a brimming box of tickets.

Mr Ellis of Penymynydd was the lucky winner and he happened to be in the area to come into our office and collect his luxury hamper.

We run the competition every year and we hope to have even more entries at next years festival!

The free prize draw at the Denbigh and Flint show 2013