Stamp Duty Holiday puts Conveyancing Solicitors in Demand Month on month the number of home loans has increased since the Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) Holiday was introduced. Now, public figures and industries are calling for the holiday to be extended. SDLT is a tax usually incurred when you buy a house over the value of £125,000. The Government, under pressure to show decisive action during the Recession, raised the Stamp Duty Land Tax to houses over the value of £175,000. These measures are ...

Wolstenholmes Solicitors New Managing Partner Launches New Commercial Property Division. September saw in a new man at the helm of Wolstenholmes Solicitors and October already heralds a new Commercial Sector Division to the firm. Imran Hussain’s ambitious expansion plans continue to buck the trend of recession. This very month Bill Knight, judge of the British Legal Awards 2009, said that law firms can “pull this country out of a recession.” Word of mouth recommendations and lucrative cases ...