Frederic Hall

05/04/2023

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Please bear with us on 5th, 6th and 11th April while our phone systems are changed over to new lines. You may not be able to reach us. Do email the person you need to contact, or at [email protected].

29/03/2023

Frederic Hall are looking for a legal secretary to work in our busy and friendly office in Folkestone. We are centrally located in the town with the benefit of a car park, and near to bus station and train station.
Secretarial work in the family team is rewarding with plenty of contact with our clients.
The office is both hard working and fun with a great family atmosphere and supportive team.

29/03/2022

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-divorce-laws-will-come-into-force-from-6-april-2022

New divorce laws come into force on 6th April. After many years of waiting and hoping we finally have no fault divorce. Applications for divorce can be made jointly or individually but without any blame.

New online service for applying for a divorce available from 6 April 2022. Couples must apply under the current law by 31 March 2022 or wait for the changes to come into force.

21/03/2022

We are delighted to welcome some great year 12s from Folkestone Academy for work experience this week.

Abigail Head partner and Bryony Ritchie Trainee have also been in to Turner Free School and Folkestone Academy to talk to several groups about careers in Law. Even the year 7s asked some really great questions.

We are enjoying this relationship with local schools. Long may it continue!

06/10/2021

There is a really helpful video here on how pensions are dealt with in divorce. Have a look if this is relevant to you.

Divorce is an emotional time for everyone and one thing that is easily overlooked is pensions. Researchers at the Manchester Institute for Collaborative Rese...

30/09/2021

We are recruiting!

We are seeking a full time conveyancing secretary to work in our busy residential conveyancing department at our Folkestone office. The team is well organised, friendly and work closely together.

Responsibilities include
- typing dictation,
- taking and making calls to clients and others,
- use of Land Registry online portal,
- client management computer programme
- diary management
- other duties to support the team and the office generally.

Our office is described by our staff as their extended family. We are based in a beautiful building in central Folkestone and have parking on site.

Application with CV to [Email address hidden]

29/06/2021

Our conveyancing teams are working flat out to meet the deadline of 30th June for as many clients as possible. Here's a kind acknowledgment of their hard work.

'Thank you to Lesley and the team at Frederic Hall for going over and above on our complex exchange and complete - we appreciate how much work they had to put in!'

20/04/2021

Lovely review for our busy residential conveyancing team here:-

Fast, efficient and hassle free service from start to finish. Did everything a good solicitor should and very quickly. Would highly recommend.

19/03/2021

Couldn’t resist a picture of our beautiful cherry which brightens up our day!

03/03/2021

Lovely feedback received today from a grateful client, this time for our colleague Dominique Ritchie in the family team. We think she's great too!

"Thank you again, you are very empathic and caring professional that I felt that extra bonus being looked after while you were helping me, I appreciate this and will definitely recommend your services."

15/02/2021

Lovely review for our conveyancing team at Folkestone office. Thank you, we aim to please!

We are so grateful to Lesley, Sally, Judith and team for all of their hard work getting us our dream house. They were all amazing- we had a lot of hurdles including a tight timeline. Lesley and team dealt with all this very professionally and efficiently and we are so thankful for all of their hard work.

(This is not their actual house, it's a doll's house which we thought looked cute) 😃🏠

10/02/2021

When Court video hearings don't go as planned!

We've been involved in plenty of video and telephone hearings now and a few have even gone smoothly. Great credit though to the Judge and lawyers in this one for handling it so brilliantly.

A Texas lawyer discovered his face had been replaced by a cat video filter during a court session on Zoom