There have been a few new faces at Hughes Solicitors over the past year as the team goes from strength to strength, but we are delighted to be welcoming back a former colleague to the residential property team, Leanna Byrne. Leanna is a solicitor predominantly dealing...
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Providing for a vulnerable child in your will
If you are the parent of a vulnerable child, it is perfectly understandable that you will want to ensure that they are provided for and looked after well even when you are no longer around to oversee their care. The best way to ensure that this happens, and indeed to...
Meet our new solicitor: Hughes Solicitors welcomes James Woods to the private client team
Hughes Solicitors is pleased to announce the legal team in Heathfield is growing with the addition of James Woods, an experienced solicitor. James has been a solicitor for 11 years and brings a wide range of private client law experience to the firm. He previously...
Sussex lawyers afloat on the River Rother
On 22 July 2022, the team strapped on their lifejackets for the Hughes Solicitors’ annual summer staff outing. Partners, lawyers, support staff and their families came together for an afternoon of relaxation, team building and fun. We started with a lovely pub lunch...
Glowing feedback from 2022 Lexcel Assessment
The team at Hughes Solicitors is delighted to have received this exceptional feedback after the firm’s annual reassessment for the Lexcel Practice Management Standard accreditation, a legal practice quality mark awarded by The Law Society for outstanding client care,...
The benefits of a health and welfare power of attorney
A health and welfare lasting power of attorney is becoming an increasingly popular tool for people who want certainty about how their affairs should be managed if they lose mental capacity. It allows you, the donor, to state in a legally binding document who you would...
Trustees need to register non-taxable trusts by 1 September
Details of most non-taxable trusts must be registered with the Trust Registration Service by 1 September this year, under recent rules introduced by HM Revenue & Customs. Trustees should act now to ensure their non-taxable trusts are registered properly by the...
Hughes Solicitors supports Mayfield Music Festival 2022
Hughes Solicitors is delighted to be sponsoring a concert at Mayfield Festival of Music and the Arts, taking place from Saturday 23 April 2022 to Sunday 8 May 2022. The concert will be a tribute to Jacques Loussier, lead of the French jazz piano music group, Jacques...
Leaving a gift to charity in your will, and reduce inheritance tax
Leaving a legacy to charity is a popular way to support the causes that are important to you, without dipping into your financial reserves while you might still need them, as well as reducing your inheritance tax bill.