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March 2019 is Free Wills Month In partnership with Tenovus Cancer Care during March 2019 we’re offering anyone who’s 50 or over the chance to make a basic Will for free. If you’re a couple, only one of you needs to be over...

Lasting Powers of Attorney - February Offer Are you thinking about the future? Do you want to avoid uncertainty and to ease the stress on your loved ones? WE CAN HELP YOU. We have an exciting promotion on our Lasting Powers of Attorney for February 2019...

This week at hpjv solicitors we successfully defended a client charged with dishonestly receiving benefits. It is widely acknowledged that the benefits system is not the most straight forward or easy to access. At trial, our Advocates were able to...

Just this week our experts in the Criminal Law department successfully defended another client who argued that they had consumed alcohol post driving and as such would have been below the limit at the time they were behind the wheel. Our detailed...

Calls for increased Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA) awareness due to expected rapid rise in dementia numbers According to Alzheimer’s Research – the UK’s leading dementia research charity – the number of people with dementia is...

We are delighted to be supporting our Charity of the Year - The Wallich with their new initiative to see donation points set up across Newport. We have a donation point installed in our Banewell Road office window. Please support this amazing charity. To...

We are already seeing the dreadful effects of legal underfunding, as people are forced to defend themselves with only the vaguest idea of what they’re doing. There is a strike under way that you’ve probably barely heard about, although its...

Motoring law changes all the time, but in 2018 there are some pretty big changes afoot. Here are six new changes to the law that will affect each and every one of us, so read up to ensure you stay on the right side of the rules…to find out more ...

Did you or someone you know register a lasting power of attorney between 1st April 2013 and 31st March 2017. If you did, you may be entitled to a part refund of the registration fee. The Government announced recently that a refund scheme has been launched....

The Welsh Tax Policy Report, which was published alongside the draft Budget in October 2017, provided indicative tax rates and bands for the two devolved taxes – land transaction tax and landfill disposals tax. It was accompanied by an annex, which...