The owner of the documents in the client file depends on the role in which the solicitor is acting, either as an agent of the client or as a professional adviser. In the instance that the solicitor is acting as an agent to the client, the nature of the documents is primarily correspondence between the…
We are pleased to welcome Zoe Bowers as our new Private Client Paralegal. Zoe started her new role just one week after her big move to Reading from Stoke-on-Trent. She is definitely not a stranger to relocating, having lived in 4 different Asian countries growing up. Zoe says she has adapted quite quickly and is…
Richard Ince of Barrett and Co Solicitors in Reading maintains top three property conveyancing ranking according to independent website Three Best Rated. With conveyancing, the legal element of buying and selling property, under intense pressure because of the Stamp Duty Holiday until March 31st (on properties up to £500,000) it’s great to know that Barrett…
I hope that this article explains some of the work that we do as a Private Client Solicitors in the award-winning Barrett & Co team. It is a rainy Wednesday in November and in the main I am working from home. As a Will writer I have been given ‘key worker’ status, so I go…
In response to increasing demand for our Private Client services, Barrett & Co is delighted to make a new partner announcement. Senior Solicitor, Jane Whitfield, has stepped up as the firm seeks to develop further the specialist area in which Jane practises. Senior Partner, Hilary Buckle, said of Jane’s promotion: “In this incredibly unsettling and…
Charity Fraud Awareness Week is an award-winning campaign which ran from 19-23 October 2020. Now in its fifth year, it is run jointly by the Charity Commission and the Fraud Advisory Panel, and is led by a coalition of over 40 charities, regulators, law enforcers, representative bodies and other not-for-profit stakeholders from across the world….
The Reynolds Report – October 2020 Feeling a bit like the bar hostess in the film The Blues Brothers who proudly announces, “We have both kinds of music here, Country and Western…,” I can confirm that we do both kinds of work in the Property and Commercial Department at Barrett & Co – Property and…
We are pleased to welcome Emma Docking as our new Trainee Solicitor. Emma intends to specialise in property matters and will be working primarily in the residential property department for the duration of her training contract. Emma has gradually worked her way up through the firm. She started within the Family and Litigation areas as…
At the start of September 2020, the Private Client department expanded with Charlotte Corcoran qualifying from Trainee Solicitor to Solicitor. Having qualified, Charlotte joined the Private Client team to work alongside Hilary Buckle, Jane Whitfield, Vanessa Ruparel and Juliette Spanner on various matters including Wills, Probates, Trusts and Lasting Powers of Attorney. Charlotte has a…
Hilary has been with the firm now for 25 years and is the longest serving member of Barrett & Co, hence any queries about issues arising in the past tend to head in her direction! Hilary read law at University College London and after training and working in London initially, was a salaried partner with…
