Everys Solicitors

⛳🏌️ Tomorrow's the day! Everys Solicitors is entering two teams into the Hospiscare Golfathon challenge. ⛳🏌️

The first team taking on 72 holes in one day at Sidmouth Golf Club are Cameron Evans-Grainger, Paul Hazeldine, Chris Lake and guest, Ben Gibbs of Redferns Property. ⛳

The second team taking on 36 holes at Exeter Golf Club are Donna Hart, Kathy Trist, David Wood and Isabella Stylianou who will be completing the challenge at Exeter Golf Club. ⛳

For anyone wishing to sponsor our teams at this event, please follow the link below.

You can donate in support here: https://www.justgiving.com/page/everys-solicitors-1717765269934

Thank you for helping us support Hospiscare - because every day matters. 💚

Meet Justin Osei. Justin joined the Family team as a Solicitor at our Tiverton Office in February 2024 and has worked within the family law sector since 2021. He was admitted to the roll on 12 February 2024, having trained at a specialist family law firm based in North Devon. Justin attended the University of Bedfordshire and was awarded a 2:1 with Honours LLB Law Degree. Following this, he studied the Legal Practice Course alongside a master’s degree in law at the University of Law in Bloomsbury, London. Justin is also an accredited Police Station representative.

Justin has experience working with clients who are going through divorce, financial separation, domestic abuse, and private children matters.

Justin appreciates that family matters can be difficult and stressful and empathises with every client who is in a difficult situation and requires his assistance. Given that these circumstances are often difficult, he aims to try to resolve most issues as swiftly and cost-effectively as possible where the desired outcome can be achieved. Where this is not possible, Justin will take more robust options to ensure that there is progress, where possible. Justin enjoys providing his clients with friendly reassurance in times of uncertainty and delivering great outcomes.

Outside of work, Justin enjoys spending time with his family and friends as well as cooking and going to the gym.

Get in touch with Justin here: https://www.everys.co.uk/our-team/justin-osei/

Last week, we proudly sponsored Crewkerne's Running Club annual 10km & 5km races. The weather was glorious and there was a fantastic turnout and show of support for the runners.

Well done to everyone who took part! 👏🏃‍♂️🏃🏃‍♀️

📣 Everys Solicitors current vacancies

Everys has been providing high-quality legal advice to families and businesses across the region for many years. Offering a full range of legal services delivered professionally yet personally, we place great value in the ongoing relationships we have with our clients.

We believe in developing and maintaining strong links with the communities in which we work and live and are strong supporters of a wide range of sporting and charitable organisations across Devon and Somerset.

We also believe in supporting and developing our staff, and there is a strong collegiate atmosphere with clear career progression. 🤝

📣 Please find our current vacancies below:

Secretary - Honiton, Full Time
Conveyancing Paralegal – Exeter, Full Time
Conveyancing Paralegal – Taunton, Full Time
Commercial Property Paralegal – Crewkerne
Litigation Lawyer – Full Time

We are always interested in hearing from anyone wishing to join Everys in a legal advisory or support role, either speculatively or in response to a vacancy. If you believe you have the right experience and qualities to work for Everys, send a copy of your CV to The HR Department, Everys Solicitors, The Laurels, 46 New Street, Honiton, EX14 1BY, or email [email protected].

🔗 View our current vacancies here: https://www.everys.co.uk/everys-careers/

Looking to start your divorce and feeling overwhelmed? Speak to our Family Team to put your mind at ease; they will deal with the process for you from start to finish. At Everys, we offer a fixed fee divorce for £300 plus VAT (excluding any disbursements) which includes advice and updates at every stage.

Find out more here: https://www.everys.co.uk/fixed-fee-divorce-2/

Many people own second homes which they let out or, occasionally, they may let part of their property. If the relationship breaks down between the occupants of the property and the owners, it is necessary to seek urgent independent legal advice so that you can take steps to serve notice to instigate possession of your property, sooner rather than later. 🏡

If you would like any advice in regards to landlord and tenant property disputes, please contact Kathy Trist via email on [email protected] or call 0800 8840 640.

Meet Gay, who has been a Partner at the firm for many years, and is based at both our Exeter and Tiverton offices. She has acted in a large number of complex Will and Estate Disputes over the last two decades, representing family members, beneficiaries, and professional trustees, often in the High Court.

She has wide-ranging knowledge and experience in this area and focuses on finding a solution to even the most seemingly intractable disputes, where emotions are often running high. She also deals with lifetime disputes regarding capacity, undue influence, and fraud, and the exercise of powers by Trustees and Attorneys.

Her other specialist area is high-value Personal Injury Claims, sometimes involving life-changing injuries such as loss of sight, limbs, or permanent back damage. She deals with these with empathy and understanding whilst aiming to procure help with rehabilitation, and access to private medical tests and treatment, together with maximum damages for the client

Get in touch with Gay here: https://www.everys.co.uk/our-team/gay-cherryson/

Take a look at this wonderful feedback recently sent in for Hilary Askew, a partner within the Wills, Tax, and Probate team in our Private Client department at Crewkerne. 👏👏

We are thrilled to be supporting the Exeter Musical Society & the launch of their new Pay-it-Forward scheme. They are working with Exeter Foodbank to gift tickets to their clients who might otherwise not be able to visit the theatre. Our contribution has enabled more people in the local community to enjoy the wonderful shows Exeter Musical Society create & deliver. 🎶

What a brilliant scheme. 🤝

⛳🏌️ Here at Everys Solicitors LLP we are thrilled to be entering two teams into the Hospiscare Golfathon challenge. ⛳🏌️

The first team, taking on 72 holes in one day, are Cameron Evans-Grainger, Paul Hazeldine, Chris Lake and guest, Ben Gibbs of Redferns Property. They will be taking part in the challenge at Sidmouth Golf Club on 21st June 2024.

The second team, taking on 36 holes are, Donna Hart, Kathy Trist, David Wood and Isabella Stylianou who will be completing the challenge at Exeter Golf Club.

Thanks to both clubs for accommodating our teams and for allowing our players to play at heavily discounted rates, further assisting our efforts supporting Hospiscare.

For anyone wishing to sponsor our teams at this event, please follow the link below. Please do ensure you opt to gift aid any donations, if eligible.

Keep an eye out on our socials for details of additional fundraising competitions to further support our two teams in this upcoming challenge.

You can donate here: https://www.justgiving.com/page/everys-solicitors-1717765269934

Thank you for helping us support Hospiscare - because every day matters. 💚

Here at Everys Solicitors LLP we sponsor Crewkerne Bowling Club & yesterday they held a Sponsors Match Day which many of our time were thrilled to attend.

Hilary Askew, Michelle Norris, Marie Singleton & Karen Mace each gained a certificate for runners-up for “a great performance as a member of the runners-up team” & Nicola McIntyre was part of the winning team. 👏

Great also to see the team Ballantine Wealth Management in attendance.

Meet Julia who is a partner in the Commercial Property team and joined Everys in 2024. Julia splits her time between the firm’s Exeter and Tiverton offices.

Qualifying in the South East in 2005, Julia has been practising in the South West since 2009 and has nearly 20 years’ experience of dealing with a wide range of commercial property work. Julia’s work includes sales and acquisitions, including options and conditional contracts, the taking and granting of leases, and secured lending.

Outside of work, Julia enjoys being by the sea, the theatre, and spending time with her young son.

Get in touch with Julia here: https://www.everys.co.uk/our-team/julia-knight/

Take a look at this amazing feedback that has recently been sent in for Nicola McIntyre & her team - so well deserved!👏👏

Nicola is a friendly, understanding, and highly knowledgeable lawyer whose popularity with clients, both young and not-so-young, is evidenced by a vast array of glowing testimonials.

Get in touch with Nicola here: https://www.everys.co.uk/our-team/nicola-mcintyre/

Last Thursday evening marked another WTGT event in Exeter! The networking session was well-attended by old & new faces alike, & the room was buzzing all evening with lively conversation. 🤝

If you would like to be invited to our next event, please get in touch with your email address & you will be among the first to know. Let’s connect! 🤝

📸 Photo credit: Rees Jenkins.

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Save the date! 📅 We would love to see you & your local connections at our next Crewkerne Work Together Get Together event on Wednesday 3rd July. Hope to see you there! 🤝

Here Everys Solicitors LLP we always strive to support our local community & recently we were proud to sponsor the Under 10s football kit for the Brixington Blues football team, based in Exmouth. ⚽ We hope to be a good luck charm - how wonderful are these photographs! 🍀

Meet Alex Whitmore, an Associate in our Residential Property team based in Tiverton. He joined Everys as a paralegal in 2017 and embarked on his training contract in 2018. Alex was admitted as a solicitor on 1st April 2020.

Alex has a broad experience of residential property, from freehold and leasehold sales and purchases to dealings with unregistered land, transfers of part, and residential lease extensions. Alex also has experience working for a wide range of clients, from first-time buyers to those purchasing leasehold retirement flats.

Alex prides himself on his work ethic and his down-to-earth manner. In his spare time, Alex is an enthusiastic rock climber as well as a student of traditional Jiu Jitsu.🧗🏻‍♂️

Get in touch with Alex here: https://www.everys.co.uk/our-team/alex-whitmore/

How wonderful is this feedback recently received on behalf of Jules Griffiths Jones & her team here at Everys Solicitors. 👏

“Thank you to you and your colleagues for dealing with the details of the purchase so efficiently and enabling our stress levels to remain low. We will certainly recommend your practice to any of our friends needing the services of a solicitor.”

You can get in touch with Jules here: https://www.everys.co.uk/our-team/jules-griffiths-jones/

🏎️🏁 The thrill seeking members of team Everys had another furiously fantastic time taking part in the Hilton Ames Devon Business League Karting Competition at Raceworld . The competition takes part over a few months with the Grand Finale set for November.🏎️🏁

Go Team Everys, it’s all for a fantastic cause, supporting local charity Hospiscare.

📸 Team Everys: Liz Kendall, Kathy Trist, Cameron-Evans Grainger, Kerryann Widger, Olga Gvozdarkova, Linda-Lora Vilbaste

We are absolutely thrilled to share that James Griffin, our Managing Partner here at Everys Solicitors has been shortlisted for the Devon & Somerset Law Society's Leader of the Year award. 👏👏

The awards ceremony will be held at The Great Hall, University of Exeter on Thursday 20th June, please join us in wishing him the very best of luck.

Huge congratulations on your shortlist, James! 🥂

Find out more about the awards here: https://daslsawards2024.co.uk/

Meet Rozina Eulberg, a Solicitor in our Private Client department who is based at our Tiverton office. She joined Everys in January 2023 from a large regional firm in Taunton and works on complex estate administration. She enjoys working with agricultural clients, family businesses and working with families to administer estates in a timely and tax-efficient manner. Rozina particularly enjoys building warm and supportive relationships with her clients. 🤝

Interesting fact: Rozina is a trained archaeologist, ask her about it next time you see her!

https://www.everys.co.uk/our-team/rozina-eulberg/

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Thank you to Everys Solicitors LLP for their support of the show. Sponsoring the Primitive & Rare Breeds in our Livestock Competition
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Check out this amazing feedback recently received on behalf of Joan Pullin & Kerryann Widger, here at Everys Solicitors. 👏

“You have both been so kind and efficient. I would certainly give both yourself and Kerryann top marks from start to finish for everything you both have done for me. I will definitely be recommending you to others.”

Get in touch with Joan & her team here: https://www.everys.co.uk/our-team/joan-pullin/

It has been a long time coming, but today sees the implementation of mandatory mediation for small claims matters, i.e. monetary claims with a value of up to £10,000. Parties to a litigated dispute will need to have attended a mediation appointment to try and settle the matter before being able to proceed to a Court Hearing.

It is anticipated that this free telephone service provided by the Courts will result in at least half of small monetary claims settling amicably within a matter of weeks, rather than up to a year via a Court Hearing. It is important to note that issuing a Claim Form will still attract the usual Court Issue fee. It is noted that the intention is to increase the use of mediation in higher value claims as well using external mediators.

On the basis that it is still cheaper and speedier to mediate pre-litigated cases, Everys Mediation Service firmly advocates the use of mediation at an early stage to settle disputes amicably. We can assist on both pre-litigation and issued small claims matters and higher value claims at a competitive rate.

Please contact Liz Kendall on [email protected] or Kathy Trist on [email protected] for further information.

Here at Everys Solicitors LLP we loved attending the Devon County Show. A big thank you to everyone who chatted to our team over the duration of the show, it was fantastic to meet you. 🚜🌾🐮

Check out this wonderful feedback that has recently been received on behalf of Michael Brierley - well deserved & always gratefully received. 👏👏

“From the very beginning of our partnership, Michael demonstrated an exemplary level of professionalism and dedication. First and foremost, Michael’s deep understanding of probate law was evident in every aspect of his work. He navigated the complex legal terrain with ease, providing us with clear explanations and guidance at every step of the process. This not only gave us confidence in his abilities but also ensured that we were well informed throughout the entire ordeal. Ultimately, Michael’s hard work paid off, and we achieved a successful resolution to the probate issue. Michael’s expertise, dedication and exceptional client service made a significant difference in a difficult situation. We cannot thank him enough for his efforts and would wholeheartedly recommend him to anyone in need of legal representation.”

🌟 Dementia Action Week 2024: Unlocking Minds, Empowering Lives! 🌟

🧠 What is Mental Capacity? Mental capacity is like a treasure chest within us. It holds the keys to our decisions, our autonomy, and our ability to navigate life’s twists and turns. Imagine it as a compass guiding us through the fog of uncertainty. But what happens when that compass wavers, when the treasure chest becomes elusive?

🔍 Dementia Diagnosis and Mental Capacity: During Dementia Action Week, we shine a spotlight on the one-third of people living with dementia who lack a diagnosis. Their mental capacity dances on a tightrope, sometimes slipping into the abyss of confusion. But understanding mental capacity isn’t just about numbers and legal jargon; it’s about empathy, compassion, and empowerment.

🤔 Understanding the Spectrum

• Permanent Lack of Capacity: For example, Bryan, with his mild dementia, forgets how much he has spent on his shopping. His financial decisions are forever altered.

• Short-Term Lack of Capacity: Alice, hearing distressing voices, struggles with day-to-day activities during those moments. Her capacity fluctuates - this is often referred to as someone who has good days and bad days, or good episodes and bad episodes.

🔑 Empowering Choices: Dementia Action Week reminds us that everyone deserves a voice. Whether it’s choosing what to wear or consenting to medical treatment, mental capacity matters. It’s the bridge between vulnerability and resilience.

🌈 How Can You Get Involved?

1. Learn: Understand mental capacity. It’s not just legalese; it’s the heartbeat of autonomy.

2. Support: Reach out to those affected by dementia. Be their advocate, their anchor.

3. Share: Spread awareness. Let’s demystify mental capacity together.

🚀 Together, We Can! Let’s unlock minds, celebrate resilience, and ensure that every decision counts. Because in this dance of memory and forgetting, compassion leads the way.

👉 Join the Movement: Dementia Action Week 2024 – Cuppa for a Cure! ☕

Remember, our minds are galaxies waiting to be explored. Let’s navigate them with kindness, understanding, and action. 🌟✨

🌟 Dementia Action Week: Cuppa for a Cure

As we observe Dementia Action Week (May 13th-19th), let’s not only raise awareness but also emphasise the critical connection between dementia care and estate planning. 💙

🔍 Understanding Dementia: Dementia isn’t just an “old person’s disease.” It is a complex set of symptoms affecting memory, language, problem-solving, and behaviour. Whether it’s Alzheimer’s disease or another form of dementia, the impact is profound. We need to recognise that dementia can strike at any age, affecting people’s lives and their ability to make decisions.

📝 Why Review Your Will? It is important for families to review their Wills in light of a family member's diagnosis and to ask if their Wills still do what they intended them to do given the diagnosis. For example, do you want to leave more to the person who has received the diagnosis (e.g. your spouse) to provide for the care you want them to have? Or do you want to provide less to that person and redirect your estate to other family members, e.g. from your spouse to your children, or make a different split of your estate? There is not a right or wrong way, but it is sensible to review it on receipt of the diagnosis then the focus can be the planning of care, support and time together.

🌟 Dementia Action Week (13th - 19th May): Empowering Compassionate Decision-Making

During Dementia Action Week, let’s shine a spotlight on the critical intersection of dementia care and legal protection. 💙

🔍 Understanding the Court of Protection: The Court of Protection, established under the Mental Capacity Act 2005, plays a pivotal role in safeguarding the rights of individuals who lack the capacity to make decisions for themselves. Whether it’s financial matters, healthcare choices, or living arrangements, the Court steps in to ensure their best interests are upheld.

If your loved one has not made a Power of Attorney, and lacks capacity to make decisions regarding their finances or health matters, it may be appropriate to apply to the Court of Protection to ask the Court to appoint you or someone else to be their deputy. This will allow you to act on their behalf in the same way that an attorney might.

If you are not sure what you or your loved one needs, seek legal advice from a Solicitor that specialises in later life matters.

🌼 Empathy in Action: Remember, behind every legal case lies a person—a loved one facing cognitive challenges. Let’s champion empathy, understanding, and informed decision-making. 🌟

Meet Sophie Davies, a Partner in the Private Client Department who has over 14 years’ experience dealing with all aspects of Wills, Estate and Tax Planning, Trust Creation and Administration, Powers of Attorney, and the Administration of Estates.

Sophie joined Everys in April 2022, having relocated from Dorset to Devon with her family. She is based at our Exeter & Tiverton offices primarily, although she is frequently at our Honiton, and, Exmouth offices, as well as our other offices when needed.

Sophie enjoys the opportunity her role gives her to spend time with, and get to know, her clients and their families. 🤝

https://www.everys.co.uk/our-team/sophie-davies/