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Coronavirus – an update from Four Oaks Legal
After many months of doing business a little differently than normal, we are making small steps to start safely re-opening our offices to you.
We have put in place measures to keep anyone visiting our offices, and our staff, safe. We are keeping our meeting room well-cleaned and sanitised (including sanitising tables, chairs, door handles and even our pens every day and after every meeting). There is now a screen across our meeting room table to protect you, together with wipes and hand sanitiser in our meeting room for you to use. Hand washing facilities are available on site, should you wish to make use of these.
Whilst we usually love you dropping in, our offices are not fully staffed as yet, so that we can keep some of our staff safely working at home, so we would ask that if you wish to visit us, please make an appointment first.
Some of our staff will still be working from home on the days they do not need to be in the office but all of our Solicitors have a direct mobile number and these numbers are listed on our website. Please do use these, as well as using email to contact the members of our team.
Our staff have been instructed not to shake hands or offer drinks to any visitors at the moment, so please do not think we are being rude. We truly want to keep everyone safe.
If you happen to feel unwell, we would ask you not to attend an appointment at our office but to contact us so we can re-arrange until a more suitable time. Our staff have been asked not to attend the office if they feel unwell either.
Should you prefer not to come to the office and would like us to visit you at home instead, please ask, as we can offer “socially distanced” visits in your garden (weather dependent!). We can also offer telephone and video conferencing appointments, so again, please tell us how we can help you safely access our services.
We hope that by putting in place these measures that we can continue to support you with your legal needs in the safest way possible in these difficult times.
Should you need to contact us and cannot get through on the office number, please call Stuart on 07969 929452 and we will ensure you speak to the relevant member of our team to assist you.
Stuart McIntosh & Rebecca Head
Directors of Four Oaks Legal Services Ltd
About Us
We are unlike your average firm of Solicitors....
We have all worked at larger firms, but decided we preferred a more down to earth, friendly, approach with personal and regular contact; a direct dial number; a friendly face; fixed or capped fees and straight-forward jargon free advice from well qualified Solicitors.
It's what we do best, so talk to us to see how we are "clearly different".
At Four Oaks Legal Services (FOLS) we specialise in providing comprehensive legal services to individuals, as well as new and established businesses, their directors and owner/managers. We are an independent niche law firm that trades alongside Four Oaks Financial Services Limited. The benefit to our clients is that when financial advice is needed, alongside legal advice, these services are available under one roof.
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What Our Clients Say
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You had always dealt with each requirement in the same way - efficiently
News
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The Small Business Online and CopyrightOn Thursday 4th June, Four Oaks Legal Services Director, Stuart McIntosh, ran an online Zoom session aimed at small businesses. The session covered copyright issues that affect small businesses online. The feedback from the session was fantastic, so for those of you who missed it but would like to watch it, click on the...Read more -
Stuart McIntosh and EBM are inviting you to another webinar....After the success of last week's webinar, Stuart is back this week with another session for small businesses. This time the topic will be "Your Website and Social Media Output – it is your property ?" The webinar will take place via Zoom on Thursday 18th June at 9am. If you would like to submit questions...Read more
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Stuart McIntosh of Four Oaks Legal Services in association with EBM is inviting you to an online Seminar“THE SMALL BUSINESS ONLINE and COPYRIGHT.” Because of the pandemic, small businesses should be looking carefully at the way they do business and how they may benefit from increasing use of online facilities. Stuart McIntosh, from Four Oaks Legal Services in Lichfield, invites you to attend a virtual seminar covering some of the key legal...Read more -
Disposing of Personal Items in your WillDuring our lifetime, we collect many personal items (or chattels as we lawyers like to call them), such as our breakfast bowl, jewellery, cars and, perhaps even, works of art. We dispose of some of these items too, as they either wear out; cease to be of interest to us or when we have...Read more -
“Lost” Wills following Closure of Law FirmIt is not uncommon through the passage of time, that law firms re-locate or sadly close down. This can result in other law firms inheriting their Will Banks and on occasions, this can sometimes result in the original Will Writer not knowing the current location of their Will. The law firm who “inherits” the Will...Read more -
Homemade Wills Are Ok? Aren’t They?We often get asked to comment on Wills that a person has drawn up themselves or has prepared via an internet based provider. The number one question asked is “Are they legally valid?”. The second is “Are they worth the paper they are written on?”. To be legally valid, a Will must be written on...Read more -
Chulo to Join the Ranks!You’ll all know what dog lovers we are at Four Oaks Legal and you’ll remember that just over 3 years ago, Director Beckie Head welcomed Greek rescue dog, Lena, into their home. Lena is, of course, a regular visitor to the office, and often accompanies Beckie on her home visits too. She has become...Read more -
Lloyds Weren’t Banking on This!Lloyds Banking Group has discovered hundreds of Wills within their archives that they did not know they had. Revealed by the Financial Times, the mistake has left Lloyds hurrying to re-unite around 9,000 families with their loved one’s Wills. The fact of the Wills not coming to light until now may mean that families could...Read more -
Probate FeesThe Law Society has welcomed the lapse of a planned increase in probate fees as a result of parliament being suspended. Fees would have risen from the fixed amounts of £215 (personal applications) or £155 (Solicitor applications), to a sliding scale of up to £6,000 depending on the size of the estate. The motion to...Read more -
Probate Registry Office ClosureHM Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) has announced that the Probate Registry Office in Birmingham will be closing at the end of the month. This is the first announced closure with further closures expected across the country as the Probate Service attempts to undertake more work electronically. There will therefore no longer be a...Read more