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The new PPI Is your Landlord registered with the local authority under their licencing scheme? Have you been paying rent, over and above any housing benefit or universal credit to a landlord who is not licenced?  Did you know that such rent paid to an unlicensed land...

HOLDEN & CO - SOLICITORS AND ADVOCATES Holden & Co is a firm of solicitors and advocates based in Hastings, East Sussex with a branch office in Ashford, Kent. A number of solicitors work within the specialist legal departments, but one golden thread linking them all is the firm's specialis...

Recent data issued by the Land Registry indicates an annual increase of 4.6% in property values in England & Wales. The Land Registry’s figures, issued in May 2015, shows that the average property value is now £179,696. The data from the Land Registry statistics show that London and the S...

Holden & Co has recently acted successfully for a number of tenants who have taken claims against their landlords for unlawful eviction. Unlawful eviction can be defined as being evicted or excluded from a tenancy without the landlord having obtained a court order.Within the jurisdiction of the ...

HOUSING LAW UPDATE JUNE 2015 Notices Under Section 21 Housing Act 1988 1. There will be a prescribed form of section 21 Notice that landlords will be required to use in respect of any tenancy that starts on or after 1 July 2015. 2. Section 21 Notices will be time-barred, that is to say ...

For transactions up to £750,000 in value, our online quote gives you our costs and details of the disbursements that you can expect to incur if you choose to use our firm for your sale or purchase. For transactions above £750,000 a bespoke estimate will be needed. This will be refer...

The table below sets out in brief the most relevant stages of the Conveyancing Process. This is to be used simply as a guide so that you are able to recognise at all times the stages in the transaction which have been reached. Please use this table only as a point of reference as ther...

Basis of our charge If you instruct Holden & Co LLP to deal with an uncontested probate you will be charged for the time we spend on the matter at our usual hourly rates (link?) plus VAT and disbursements. No ‘percentage of estate’ fee Unlike some other firms we do not m...

Initially we will see you at a half hour appointment at a cost of £75 to determine whether you have a reasonable chance of success and whether we will take on your case. Our matters involving employment tribunals for employees are dealt with under a Damages Based Agreement. Under th...

If in the unlikely event you have a complaint and you are unhappy with the outcome from our in-house solutions you can complain through the website link of the Legal Ombudsman as set out below. Before contacting the Legal Ombudsman you should make every attempt to resolve your issues with the firm ...

Holden & Co LLP are pleased to announce their business relationship with  Tetrabyte . Tetrabyte  are a Leading  Managed IT Company  who provide Computer Solutions and Support to Businesses and Solicitor practices. If you would like further information, call free on ...

Here you will find contact details of our staff : Jo Holden               Managing Partner/Solicitor/Housing Law       law@holdenandco.co.uk Robert Denman       Partner/Barrister          ...

We are committed to meeting the needs of all our customers. If you have a hearing or speech impediment we can organise type talk to be available whenever you contact us. For the visibly impaired we can provide documents in large print or on audio cassette. We can also arrange home visits. Pleas...

Following the conclusion of a transaction or case on behalf of a client, Holden & Co will retain the client's file of papers for such a period as they shall deem appropriate in their absolute discretion. This normally means that probate and purchase of property files will be retained for 12 yea...

We will need to hold personal data about you in order to conduct your case and to satisfy our Anti Money Laundering obligations. Your data will be held confidentially and we will only disclose any personal data to a third party in order to progress your case or according to our legal obligations...

Our VAT numbers are as follows: Holden and Co  - 702867923 Holden Law LTD  - 970630619...

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS The Law Society is the governing body of solicitors. Professional rules laid down by it require that clients of solicitors be informed of certain terms of business. Accordingly, this formal statement sets out the basis on which this firm carries out professional s...

Here is a disclaimer that is sent with our emails. If you require further information about email please contact us. This e-mail and any attachments are confidential and intended solely for the addressee and may also be privileged or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the a...

The present hourly rates applied within the firm are set out below Partners and Senior Solicitors £220.00 Assistant Solicitors/Legal Executive over 4 years experience £195.00 Assistant Solicitors/Legal Executive under 4 years experience £165.00 Trainee Solicitor/Legal Executive £120.00 E...

SETTING OURSELVES STANDARDS We try to set ourselves standards against which others can judge our work. We will strive to do the following for you: We will strive to respond in writing to your letters within 5 working days of receipt of your letter by us. We will strive to return your call wit...

Holden and Co is committed to providing you with a first class service. We are however bound by certain rules and statutes imposed on us. These are incorporated within the policies that we set out in this section....

Any recruitment agency that wishes to present candidates to Holden and Co should understand that they will need to meet some of our terms and conditions if they wish to introduce staff to us. Holden and Co will not pay success fees in advance or as a lump sum. Holden and Co will expect to receive ...

You can download an information sheet on money laundering from the download section on this site. Please read the information. Why does the firm have a Money Laundering Policy? The firm must safeguard against becoming involved in the processing of illegal or improper gains for clients. As a profes...

The relationship between a solicitor and client is privileged. What that means is that except under extreme circumstances we cannot be required to disclose what you have told to us, unlike a doctor or even a religious advisor To ensure that your affairs are kept private and only discussed between ...