The Real Cost of Buying a Home Buying a home comes with more costs than just the purchase price. In this blog, you'll learn the difference between lender fees and mortgage fees, what’s involved in the conveyancing process, and the types of fixed legal fees you can expect. We’ll also explain how Attwells Solicitors can make the legal side of buying a home simple with our professional conveyancing team guiding you through the process. Lender and Mortgage Fees – [...]
All the below work is included in our fixed fee. Depending upon the seniority of your chosen lawyer, our hourly rate will range from £175- £310 + VAT at 20% per hour. Fixed fees can often represent considerable savings for clients and therefore we would recommend our fixed fee service. This is payable in stages. Therefore, if the claim is resolved early in the process, you will pay less. Disbursements: these are third-party costs and often relate to [...]
Included: Initial telephone conversation Review of documentation in advance of drafting letter of advice (subject to reasonable number of documents) Letter of advice setting the legal position, our advice and an assessment of prospects of success for any potential claims Answering any brief questions subsequent to letter of advice Excluded: Meeting at your local office with a lawyer (can be arranged at additional cost). This service is subject to a fair user policy and will [...]
You will have to pay tax and national insurance on wages, holiday pay, notice pay and any other payment that is considered “earnings”. The first £30,000 of payment of compensation however is generally tax-free. Such payments are usually labelled ‘ex gratia payments’, ‘termination payments’ or ‘compensation payments’. However, there are limited exceptions. Redundancy payments can also be paid tax free.
A settlement agreement is a legally binding contract that can be used to resolve disputes between an employer and an employee. It often involves a financial settlement in exchange for you agreeing not to pursue further legal (employment-related) claims.
In your first year, you will sit in a more centralised department in the firm and get experience in various admin tasks, compliance and lean the processes within the firm. For your second year, you will move into a more transactional client-based department, for example, Conveyancing/Commercial, and assist the fee earners within these departments. In your third year onwards, you will be able to select which departments you would like to have experience in depending on commercial needs. The [...]
What do we look for in an applicant? While looking for applicants, we seek individuals who have demonstrated their research on the role and the firm and are committed and passionate about the role they applied for. We can teach you the legal part of the job so no experience is needed but practical skills are vitally important. We are looking for people who have demonstrated good communication skills both written and verbal in either their school work, charity [...]
Due to commercial needs and the length of time of the apprenticeship, we can never guarantee a qualified position at the end. However, as a small/medium-sized firm, it is in our best interest, due to the time and financial commitment we have made, to retain our apprentices and we work hard to do so. Attwells have a good retention rate. You are seen as a person and team member in the firm, not a number and have a training [...]
Our solicitor apprenticeship provider is BPP Law School. If you would like to find out more about the course and university, please click here. Our property apprenticeship provider is Total People. If you would like to find out more about the course and provider, please click here
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