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Jordans sponsored Lisa Ollivant when she undertook a skydive in aid of Wakefield Hospice. Lisa was bought the skydive as a birthday present and decided to use it to raise money for the hospice. She did the 15,000 foot jump at Hibaldstow Airfield on 7th May, freefalling at 120mph for the first minute. Although Lisa commented that it was a terrifying experience, with sponsorship from Jordans, friends & family she managed to raise £270 for Wakefield Hospice.

A man whose calls for help were ignored by a council leaving him to be abused by his adoptive father and boyfriend has been awarded £25,000 compensation. “Mr Cannon, 23, who has waived his right to anonymity, started a claim for compensation through his solicitor David Greenwood following the criminal case. Mr Greenwood, of Jordan’s Solicitors, said: “The social work department at Wakefield Council have failed Andrew fairly seriously. “The social worker supervising Andy failed to spot risks to him and failed to heed his complaints.”” For full story from BBC News please click here 1st May 2012

PRESS CONFERENCE: 19/4/12 AT 14.00HRS, CONWAY HALL, 25 RED LION SQUARE, WC1R 4RL Alliance to STOP CHURCH CHILD ABUSE calls on the Government to commission a Public Inquiry into abuse of children and vulnerable adults by Clergy in England and Wales. Who we are The STOP CHURCH CHILD ABUSE campaign is an alliance of clergy sexual abuse survivors, charities that support survivors, specialist lawyers and interested individuals working in the field of child safeguarding. We have come together to investigate and highlight the serious safeguarding failures of church institutions, from 1954 to the present. Why we exist For 20 years…

The legal market place is changing.  Recent changes in the law mean that non-lawyers are able to set up business providing legal advice.  For consumers this has been said to mean the dawn of ‘Tesco Law’.  It remains to be seen whether consumers will want to buy legal advice with their groceries but the change is forcing us all to think about the service we provide, value for money and clients’ needs. Commercial lawyers are not unaffected by these changes and recent years have seen new businesses and old firms offering a variety of alternate ways of providing and paying…

Following the opening of their new offices on 9 Kerry Street in Horsforth, Jordans Solicitors hosted a launch event on 29th March at the Medusa Bar on Town Street, Horsforth.  The firm were keen to meet the Horsforth community and local businesses. Christine Sands commented “We can offer expert legal advice without the need to travel to the centre of Leeds or pay city prices.” Many of the local businesses and professional firms attended the event and feedback was very positive. Click here to view photos from the event.

We are pleased to announce that, following rigorous assessment by the Law Society, we have secured membership of the Law Society’s Conveyancing Quality Scheme – the mark of excellence for the home buying process. Law Society President John Wotton said that the Law Society introduced CQS to promote high standards in the home buying process, “CQS improves efficiency with common, consistent standards and service levels and enables consumers to recognise practises that provide a quality residential conveyancing service. Buying a home is one of the largest purchases anyone will make in a lifetime, so it is essential that it is…

Jordans Solicitors and Eaves & Co specialist tax advisors are holding a post budget breakfast seminar on 30th March 2012 at the offices of Jordans Solicitors, 18 King Street, Wakefield, WF1 2SQ  Arrive: 8am for breakfast Presentation: 8.30am to 9.30am Following the Chancellor’s budget statement on 21st March 2012 Paul Davison of Eaves & Co will explain what the budget means practically for owner managers and their businesses and will give an update on other key tax developments. If you are interested in attending you are very welcome simply contact Penny Reddington on 01924 387110 or by email at penny.reddington@jordanssolicitors.co.uk  giving any dietary…

The final topics were “This house supports positive discrimination” proposed by Joshua Skipworth and Julian Ostrowski of QEGS and Opposed by Hannah Warwicker and Alex Cruikshanks of Silcoates and “This house believes an unelected head of state should have no place in Twentieth Century Britain” proposed by Joe Gerrard and Joe Irvin of Ossett Academy and opposed by Max Grunewald and Oliver Hyde of QEGS.    Cathy Cook, head of company and commercial at Jordans Solicitors, Wakefield, commented “The standard of debating was extremely high for a school debating competition and there were only 5 marks difference between the winning and…

Following the opening of our new offices on 9 Kerry Street in Horsforth, Jordans Solicitors are delighted to announce that we will be hosting a launch event on 29th March at the Medusa Bar on Town Street, Horsforth starting at 5.30pm.  We are very keen to be able to support the Horsforth business community as well as offering expert advice to individuals from the local area with the convenience of not having to go into the centre of Leeds. We are looking forward to introducing ourselves to the Horsforth community and demonstrate to you our legal services. If you are…