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  • Spring Home Movers Offer
    Handing over the keys

    Beat the winter blues and put a spring in your step with our cracking offer!

    If you are thinking of buying or selling a house then you can benefit from this great deal!


    Created: 03 March 2010
  • Battens Feedback to Government on Retirement Age
    Retirement

    Battens Solicitors have gathered the views of local employers and fed them back to the Government as part of a review of the default retirement age.


    Created: 01 February 2010
  • Reclaiming Nursing Home Fees For Alzeimers Sufferers
    Alzeimers Sufferer

    If you know of someone who has been diagnosed with Alzheimer's and who currently pays for their care now is the time to request that the decision is reviewed.


    Created: 10 December 2009
  • Free Mortgage Advice Clinic
    A Row of Terraced Houses

    Battens Solicitors Limited are running FREE mortgage advisory clinics to help the general public beat the "Credit Crunch". The clinics will take place at their Yeovil offices, on the 3rd Thursday morning of each month starting from the 19th November 2009.


    Created: 04 November 2009
  • Fixed Fees For Planning Advice And Representation
    Building Plans

    Battens Planning Team has designed an inclusive pricing service for householders involved in the planning process.

    We can help you apply for planning permission for alterations to your house. We can undertake an appeal for you if the Council rejects your application.


    Created: 12 October 2009
  • Possession Proceedings, Do The Rules Help Everyone?
    New Homes

    In April 2009, the Civil Procedure Rules in respect of possession proceedings (Part 55) were amended to extend the length of notice a tenant or home owner was given as notification that such proceedings had been commenced.


    Created: 06 October 2009
  • Lasting Powers of Attorney
    Lasting Power of Attorney

    Lasting Powers of Attorney are documents whereby an individual can appoint another person to look after his or her financial matters, or to make decisions concerning their personal welfare, when the individual is unable to deal with these matters him or herself.


    Created: 06 October 2009
  • Battens Solicitors Appoints Taxation Specialist
    Sue Adams

    Leading Tax Lawyer Sue Adams has joined Battens Solicitors as a Director in the Tax, Wills and Probate team.

    Having previously worked for large practices in Bournemouth, Chichester and Southampton Sue is delighted to return to work in the Dorset and Somerset area.


    Created: 30 September 2009
  • The Final Part Of The Longest Act
    The Longest Act

    For companies of all sizes, the Companies Act 2006 is the single most important change in Company law for a century.

    On 1st October the last sections of the Act are coming into force representing the long-awaited final pieces of a very large jigsaw.


    Created: 30 September 2009
  • High Court Declares Dismissal At 65 On Grounds Of Age Lawful
    Dismissal

    A High Court decision handed down today (25.9.09) has made it imperative for employees to negotiate changes to their employment contracts if they wish to have a right to work beyond the age of 65.


    Created: 25 September 2009
  • Swine Flu - What Businesses Need To Know
    Woman Sneezing

    Swine flu has reached pandemic level and employers need to be proactive to ensure that they do not fall foul of health and safety legislation and to make sure they have plans in place to deal with the effect on their businesses.


    Created: 17 August 2009
  • Battens Charitable Trust Free Will Scheme
    Battens Charitable Trust Free Will Scheme

    Battens Charitable Trust has authorised Battens Solicitors to provide a free, simple will for anyone over the age of 55, dependent upon you leaving a minimum of £500 to the scheme. This will be payable upon your death.


    Created: 12 November 2008
  • Dispute Resolution Specialist
    Jeremy Chapman - Civil Litigation

    Battens Solicitors Limited, a diverse team of specialists in the region, has recruited a Dispute Resolution Specialist to join its civil litigation team.


    Created: 09 June 2008

Events

  • Battens Badminton Tournament
    Badminton Tournament

    Battens Solicitors are holding an inter-company badminton tournament, to be held at Redlands Sports Centre in Weymouth, during the evening of Wednesday 24th March 2010.


    Created: 26 February 2010
  • Buying Or Selling A Business - Getting A Result You Can Bank On
    Photograph from a previous seminar

    As it is announced that the UK is finally moving out of the longest recession since records began, confidence should once more grow in the market for buying and selling businesses. With this is mind, our speakers will be giving advice on the sales process and how to best place yourself for a successful transaction.


    Created: 03 February 2010
  • Discipline, Get It Right
    ACAS Logo

    Discipline and the management of discipline are major issues for employers of all sizes. It is not enough to know the procedures, managers need to know how and when to apply them appropriately in order to minimise the risk of employment tribunal proceedings.


    Created: 22 January 2010
  • Battens Default Retirement Age Lunch
    Man Working on Laptop

    Battens Office, Yeovil - Wednesday 20th January 2010, 12:30pm

    In 2010, the Government are carrying out a review of the default retirement age. They have commissioned a major research project to provide information on employer's age based practices.


    Created: 10 December 2009
  • Developing and Protecting your Growing Business
    Business Breakfast

    Dorchester Business Breakfast Seminar - Wessex Royale Hotel, Dorchester
    Wednesday 11th November 2009 - 8.00am to 9.30am

    Battens Solicitors and Albert Goodman are delighted to invite you to our business seminar, to be chaired by Gareth Jones of Battens Solicitors.


    Created: 14 October 2009
  • Battens Business Breakfast - Sept 09
    Business Breakfast

    We are pleased to confirm that the next Business Breakfast in 2009 will be held at Ask Restaurant, Princes Street, Yeovil on Thursday 24th September 2009.

    Our speaker will be Peter Livingstone who joined Battens as Head of Company Commercial in March this year.


    Created: 15 September 2009
  • Battens Charity Beach Volleyball 2009
    Volleyball

    After a dim forecast of heavy rain at the beginning of the week, the sun was out for the Battens charity beach volleyball tournament last week. The event, organised by the local solicitors for the second year running, took place on Weymouth beach on Thursday evening.


    Created: 17 August 2009
  • Dragon Boat Racing At Sherborne Castle
    Dragon Boat Race

    Battens Solicitors joined forces with the Dorset Wildlife Trust to form 'The Barmy Badgers' in the dragon boat racing at Sherborne Castle Country Fair on bank holiday Monday.


    Created: 15 June 2009
  • Three Wishes Pancake Race In Sherborne
    Pancake Race

    Naomi Sexton, Lauren Beasant and Christine Greengrow from Battens' Sherborne office all took part in the annual pancake race on Shrove Tuesday. They did not win but they had fun trying!


    Created: 02 March 2009
  • Make A Date For Battens Breakfast Seminars
    Business Breakfast Seminar Speakers

    Battens Solicitors Ltd held the first in a series of breakfast seminars in Weymouth on Thursday morning.

    The seminars are aimed at local businesses and provide guidance and advice upon credit control and debt recovery.


    Created: 24 February 2009
  • Open 4 Business Seminar
    Open 4 Business Seminar Speakers

    Battens in conjunction with Albert Goodman and Lloyds TSB hosted a business seminar on Thursday 9 October in Weymouth.


    Created: 24 October 2008

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