Barnes And Partners

29/10/2025

Really interesting judgement, worth a read

Richard Scott, a father of 19 who died at 81, made a fortune running the UK's second biggest boot fair from his Cheshire farm, where ITV's Car Boot Challenge was filmed.

14/05/2025

05/03/2025

Interesting read and a reminder of the issues with home made wills whatever the circumstances

Electrician John Baverstock, 61, has won a legal battle against his sister after he was cut out of his mother's will just eight days before Margaret Baverstock, 76, passed away.

02/04/2020

COVID 19 UPDATE:
Barnes and Partners remains open for business during the Coronavirus crisis and we continue to provide our services to new and existing clients. All offices can be contacted on our general office numbers during our usual opening hours. Our solicitors and staff are working remotely where possible and are able to facilitate and organise telephone or video conferences where necessary. Please send correspondence to us via email in the first instance.

27/11/2019

Please note that due to a serious incident at the Chingford Office it will be closed for the time being. Please refer all enquires and other matters relating to Chingford to the Enfield office until further notice.
Our thoughts and best wishes are with Nicola and her team.
Thank you.

26/06/2019

Where there is a Will there is war .... its incredible that siblings would fight to the bitter end on whether to share an estate equally

Former British Airways pilot Chris Burgess, 65, of Surrey, has won an equal share of his mother's £1.5million will after a High Court battle with his sisters who claimed he 'didn't need the money as much'.

09/05/2019

Delighted Abigail has joined the team - any problems get in touch

09/05/2019

We are pleased to announce the arrival of Abigail Williams, a Solicitor within the Litigation Department at Barnes & Partners.

Abigail joins us with over four years’ experience in legal practice and assists both individual and corporate clients in a wide variety of civil disputes. She has particular interests in commercial litigation, contract law, construction disputes, employment matters and professional negligence.

Abigail prides herself in offering pragmatic, and realistic, advice and can assist during the course of any stage of the litigation process, no matter how large (or small) the dispute.

She is also keen to become involved within the greater community of North London and welcomes any opportunity to do so.

Please join us in wishing Abigail a warm welcome and do not hesitate to contact her to see how she may be able to assist you.

27/03/2019

Morning All, we have just received another call from a distraught former client of Abbotts Wills and Probate Services based in Hertford. They were instructed to deal with Wills and Probate for a deceased family member over a year ago. Probate was granted and it seems some accounts were closed but the client has never received any money and the draft Wills she has received for her and her husband are simply not fit for purpose. I cannot stress enough how important it is to get the job done properly - Abbotts were not Solicitors. These are some of the most important decisions you will make - why do people trust unqualified non professionals to carry out this work. Remember and share this post please

21/09/2018

The denim is out and jeans on in Jeans for Genes day - a workplace can make a difference. We don't often get the chance to dress down either so it was great to see our offices supporting this charity today