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For Families & Children

Family, Matrimonial & Children

One of the most complex and emotive of all legal subjects, Issues relating to the family need specialist input from experts with the sensitivity and understanding to handle your case with the care and attention it deserves.

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Residential conveyancing

Residential conveyancing

Our residential property solicitors are specialists and take you through the process of buying or selling with the minimum of stress, keeping you informed and communicating with all involved to ensure a smooth transaction.

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Wills & probate

Wills & probate

Our expert wills,trust and estate planning solicitors offer a personal service and expert advice helping you to plan for the future and safeguard your financial security and provide a smooth transfer of wealth.

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For Businesses

For Businesses

We focus on your business and our specialist team delivers commercial advice to you promptly with clarity on your case and on costs.

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Disputes

Dispute Resolution and Litigation

Our expert solicitors are here to help you achieve a solution to problems with clarity and an eye on minimising disruption, risk and cost.

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Welcome to Walker Foster.This site is designed to be clear, easy to navigate and informative.This reflects our approach to work for our clients.Walker Foster solicitors was established in 1919 and now has offices in Skipton, likley, Silsden and Barnoldswick and provides expert quality legal services in the specialist areas described.

We act for individuals and business and our business clients range from sole traders to national companies and PLCs.Our priority and focus is on our clients and we value the relationships and trust that we have built with thousands over the years.We look forward to working with you.

 

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Make an offer to settle - CPR Part 36
The Civil Procedure Rules govern the conduct of litigation and Part 36 of those rules provides for consequences of offers made in accordance with that Part. Whether and at what figure you pitch an offer depends upon many variables and the facts of your case and you should take advice on this. Read more

Small Claims change on 1 April 2013. So what?
The upper limit is £10,000 (formerly £5,000) from ‘April Fools Day’ but this is no joke..   You can still benefit from legal advice without full representation and at reasonable cost.   Sometimes referred to by clients as ‘Small Claims Court’ the Small Claims Track is a less formal process by which the parties and the Court deal with proceedings. It is meant to allow access to justice without the need to involve solicitors and substantial legal costs. If successful you can recover fees for experts (now increased to £750) and court fees but you cannot recover the legal costs of a lawyer. Read more

Divorce – A Non-Confrontational Approach
The recent criminal trial of Chris Huhne and his ex-wife, Vicky Pryce, threw into the spotlight the potential repercussions of an acrimonious and bitter divorce.  A woman scorned, Miss Pryce attempted to bring down her former husband by exposing his unlawful actions to the press, some 10 years after they occurred.  It was well reported throughout the media that Miss Pryce had, at her husband’s request, taken responsibility for his penalty points during the course of their marriage.  Miss Pryce’s actions ultimately back-fired as she and her former husband are now serving prison sentences for perverting the course of justice. As a divorce lawyer with over 20 years experience, I am all too aware Read more