Family & Children Services

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If you have experienced a breakdown in your relationship and require professional support, our highly experienced, friendly team will guide you through every step of the way to ensure a fair and acceptable outcome. 

 

Our expertise includes:

• Divorce and Separation

• Abusive Relationships / Injunctions

• Financial Proceedings / Asset Division

• Children Disputes

• Child Arrangement Orders

• Parental Responsibility Orders

• Prohibited Steps Orders

• Specific Issue Orders

• Financial Remedy Proceedings

• Pre-Marital Agreements

• Cohabitation Agreements

 

We offer a free 30-minute consultation so we can sit down with you and grasp what has happened and what we can do to help. A friend / family member is welcome to accompany you and please don't hesitate to let us know if you would prefer to speak to a male or female solicitor.

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Residential Conveyancing

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Our conveyancing service is accredited by the Law Society Conveyancing Quality Scheme and, as a local firm, our experienced team has a comprehensive knowledge of the local property market with particular expertise in purchases and sales of residential property, voluntary registrations and re-mortgaging. 

 

Our expertise includes:

• Buying Property

• Selling Property

• Deeds of Gift

• Transfers of Equity

• Registration of Land

• Mortgages / Refinance

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Agricultural Services

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Ranked No. 1 for Agricultural Services in the local area we have been supporting farmers, landowners and tenants for generations and have considerable experience in the farming sector in Northallerton and across North Yorkshire and Cumbria. 

 

Our team can assist you with:

• Purchase and Sale of Farms / Agricultural Land

• Secured Funding

• Farm Business Tenancies

• Agricultural Holdings Act Tenancies

• Grazing Licences

• Easements and Wayleave Agreements

• Promotion Agreements

• Option Agreements

• Conditional Sale Agreements

• Pre-emption Agreements

• Partnership Agreements

• Inheritance Tax Advice

• Wind Turbines

• Solar Panel Farms

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Estate Administration & Probate

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The lawyers at Eccles Heddon are here to take the burdens of administering an Estate away. We have the experience to pick up from the outset what key issues are involved, advise of any key dates and deadlines and progress the matter in a quick and efficient manner.

 

Our expertise includes:

• Attending to Probate matters including the full administration of a deceased’s estate

• Attending to Probate matters with a limited retainer (applying for a Grant of Probate only)

 

Eccles Heddon is SFE (Society for the Elderly) accredited and many of our lawyers are STEP (Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners) qualified ensuring the highest standards of service are provided.

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Inheritance Tax & Succession Planning

 

Our friendly and experienced team can provide the necessary advice to ensure that your assets are protected on death and importantly, pass to your successors in an effective and most tax efficient manner.

 

Our expertise includes:

• Inheritance Tax Planning

• Farm Succession Planning

• Advising on special Exemptions and Reliefs

• Trusts and general Trust Administration

 

Eccles Heddon is SFE (Society for the Elderly) accredited and many of our lawyers are STEP (Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners) qualified ensuring the highest standards of service are provided. We also offer home visits for infirm clients who are not able to attend the office in person. All our lawyers are fully DBS checked, so you can feel confident in asking us to attend at your home to discuss your matter.

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Commercial Property

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In the course of running your business, the premises you occupy and the basis of that occupation are important factors in the smooth running and profitability of your business. Whether you own your business premises or lease them from a commercial or private landlord, we can advise and assist you.

 

Our expertise includes: 

• Buying and Selling Commercial Property

• Commercial Leases, Assignments, Renewals, and other matters

• Residential Developments (including set-up)

• Promotion Agreements

• Options

• Conditional Contracts

• Easements

• Re-financing

• Pension Scheme Properties

• Auction Pack - Preparation and Advice

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Corporate & Commercial Law

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We are pleased to offer advice in relation to all aspects of company law, whether such advice is required in relation to your own business or company, or one which you are proposing to acquire or invest in.

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Our expertise includes:

• Mergers and Acquisitions

• Shareholder Agreements

• Partnership Agreements

• General Company Administration

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Dispute Resolution

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Our highly experienced team can help you resolve your dispute, whether on a private or commercial level and achieve settlement in the most sensible and cost-efficient manner.

 

Our expertise includes:

• Contractual Disputes

• Contentious Probate and Inheritance Disputes

• Landlord and Tenant Disputes

• Consumer Disputes

• Financial / Insurance Disputes

• Partnership / Shareholder Disputes

• Breach of Trust Disputes

• Boundary and Neighbour Disputes