BEREAVED relatives are being pressured into signing probate contracts with companies that charge more than quadruple the going rate, it has been claimed.

Peter Gibson, managing director of Coles Solicitors, warned people left vulnerable by the recent loss of a loved one to be wary about using financial institutions, rather than solicitors, to deal with probate -which is the administration of a person's financial and property affairs after their death.

Coles Solicitors expansion bolsters family law expertise. A growing firm of solicitors has strengthened its range of legal services with the appointment of a family law specialist. 
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Coles Solicitors, the personal injury and accident specialist law firm based in Northallerton has welcomed the recommendation by Lord Justice Jackson to ban Solicitors from paying referral fees for personal injury work.
Over the past ten years, Solicitors have increasingly paid higher and higher sums of money to have injured clients brought to them, through TV advertising, campaigns in hospitals and doorstep canvassers, which have tarnished the Solicitors profession immensely.

A TRAILBLAZING firm of solicitors has hailed the arrival of the virtual lawyer with a new service that allows clients to draft key legal documents from their computers whenever they choose - and at a significant saving.

Beginning on the 1st December, Coles Solicitors - which serves a client base across North Yorkshire, Teesside and South Durham from offices in Northallerton, North Yorkshire - is the first law firm in the UK to offer a live, on-line system operated through virtual law specialist Direct Law.

The service offers a wide range of documents for both personal and business clients via www.coles-law.co.uk, from wills and business start-up documentation to powers of attorney and debt recovery.

Coles Solicitors is to waive its usual fees for preparing wills in November.

Instead, Coles Solicitors is requesting that clients donate the money to charity in return for setting out the all important details of their bequests.

The firm, which serves clients across North Yorkshire, South Durham and Teesside from its offices in Northallerton, North Yorkshire, is participating in the hugely successful national Will Aid scheme, in which solicitors give their services to raise as much money as possible for nine charities, which include ActionAid, British Red Cross, NSPCC and Help the Aged.

Coles Solicitors, one of Yorkshires leading law firms, are celebrating this week after achieving substantial sums for two of their personal injury clients.

Coles Solicitors latest newsletter is now available in PDF format. Click Here to open it now.

In this issue :

• New Head office in Northallerton
• New Branch office in Thirsk
• £50 off legal services for friends or family
• Wills online national database

Coles Solicitors is expanding with a new office in Thirsk. The move, by Coles Solicitors, comes just weeks after it relocated its Northallerton headquarters to purpose-built offices in the town. Peter Gibson, managing director and principal solicitor, said the decision to open a new office had been prompted by increasing volumes of work from the Thirsk area.

THREE businesses have brought their clients the benefits of legal, financial and accountancy services in close proximity with their move to purpose-built premises.

The Rt Hon William Hague, Richmond MP and Shadow Foreign Minister, was on hand today to cut a ribbon and formally open the new home of Coles Solicitors, financial advisers Easby Gale and Phillipson and Kenneth Easby Chartered Accountants, at Trinity House on Northallerton's Thurston Road business park.
After touring the bright, spacious offices -which have full disabled access and facilities - Mr Hague said: "I wish everyone who will be working here well. These are three well-known and reputable local firms and having three professional services together fits well."

Coles Solicitors announced today that they have just successfully recovered a sum of £50,000 for a client who was involved in a road traffic accident when his vehicle was hit in the rear.

Peter Gibson, the firm's Principal Solicitor, and a Senior Litigator with the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers said "This client chose to use us when his own insurers tried to push him into using their Solicitors at the other end of the country.  He wanted to keep his claim local and put the matter in the hands of experts".

'Certainty.co.uk, the UK's first 'on-line registry for Wills' has launched in our area with Coles Solicitors as a Founder Member, after almost 20 years' lobbying for register of this nature', says Peter Gibson, the Managing Director and Principal Solicitor at Coles. The register enables rapid registration of a Will and the ability to search for lost or missing Wills. 
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Coles Solicitors, Northallerton’s largest law firm, has taken the innovative step of moving from the town centre to state of the art premises at Thurston Rd Business Park. Speaking some two weeks after the move the firms Managing Director and Principal Solicitor, Peter Gibson said “ The move has gone amazingly well, with very few difficulties, and after two weeks we have now settled in. The clients who have visited us in the past two weeks have all commented upon how light and fresh and modern our working environment now is, which can only mean more efficiency in terms of the service we provide. In fact the move went so well we were still able to attend the Mayor of Northallertons Charity Ball part way through the move. ” 
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Coles Solicitors latest newsletter is now available in PDF format. Click Here to open it now.

In this issue :

• Inheritance Tax Will Planning
• Home Information Packs
• 110% of your Personal Injury Settlement
• Tax Changes that affect you
• Mortgages - Your 'One Stop Shop'

Coles Solicitors Limited, one of North Yorkshires most innovative law firms announced its move from its present offices on East Rd to modern purpose built premises on Northallerton's Thurston Rd.
 
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Coles Solicitors, one of North Yorkshires most innovative law firms launched its unique “10% More” service for the innocent victims of road traffic accidents.

A growing firm of solicitors based in North Yorkshire, Coles had been using valuable time making trips to the Post Office to distribute its mail. Now, with the help of Neopost, the company is making significant time and cost savings while increasing the operational efficiency of its business.

Coles Solicitors, Northallerton’s largest law firm today announced that from 1st October 2007 it would be incorporating and becoming a Limited Company.

 
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A freak accident or illness could rob you of the ability to manage your finances in an instant. 

Time is running out to save money and get the peace of mind offered by an Enduring Powers of Attorney.

Northallerton’s biggest, and fastest growing law firm, Coles Solicitors, will be exhibiting at The Great Yorkshire Show which starts on the 10th July and runs for three days at the Great Yorkshire Showground in Harrogate.

You’ve had an accident on the road, when Jonny Braketoolate hits you in the rear. Your car is a write off, and you have injuries. What is the first thing you should do? Ring your insurers? Or ring a specialist injury solicitor?

David J Cole & Company Solicitors announced today that they have acquired the business of Lauristons Solicitors of Middlesbrough, in a deal which will increase the volume of work the firm handles by some 50%.

David J Cole & Company Solicitors learned today that their firm has been accredited by APIL, or the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers. Its lawyers Peter Gibson and Simon Cole are both Senior Litigators within the Association.

Angela Mortimer, Associate Solicitor at David J Cole & Company Solicitors in Northallerton, adds another string to her bow having completed her examinations for full membership of The Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP).