Property fraud has been in the national news lately, including the distressing discovery by more than a few home owners that theirs have been 'hijacked' and apparently no longer belong to them. Read on for the Scott Bailey property laywers' words of wisdom to protect your property!

Twenty Four Hours, One Hundred and Seven Kilometres and Four Thousand, Five Hundred and Fifty Pounds: on Saturday 2 May, five colleagues at Scott Bailey Solicitors in Lymington completed the Isle of Wight Ultra Challenge and raised over £4,550 for Macmillan Cancer Support.

On Saturday 2 May, five colleagues at Scott Bailey Solicitors in Lymington will be taking on the Isle of Wight Ultra Challenge – a 106 km continuous walk around the island, all to be completed within 24 hours.

If you've been meaning for ages to get  your legal affairs in order, consider spring cleaning them: any or all including wills, lasting powers of attorney, property, family arrangements and business succession planning.

This article by the Wills, Trust and Probate solicitors at Scott Bailey LLP about the different types of gifts you can leave in your will, is also helpful background to Make a Will Month.

A delightful and richly deserved write-up by Scott Bailey Solicitors about the wonderful Solent Music Festival which graced Lymington's St Thomas Church for the week of 24-30 May this year. Read on...

Scott Bailey LLP is delighted to welcome Sarah French to its growing Family Law team in Lymington. An experienced solicitor, accredited mediator, and collaborative lawyer, Sarah joins well-known family lawyers Sarah Unsworth and Ann Herd in Scott Bailey's Lymington office. Sarah has a particular focus on helping clients resolve financial and child matters in a way that reduces conflict and puts the long-term well-being of any children at the centre of the process. She works with clients to find the most appropriate way forward, whether that’s mediation, negotiation, or a collaborative approach, always with a view to avoiding court where possible.

Sarah’s appointment reflects Scott Bailey’s continuing investment and belief in non-court dispute resolution and expands the team’s capacity for family mediation, a valuable and often more constructive alternative to traditional litigation for separating couples who want to work things out with less acrimony and more flexibility. Read on...

It's six months since Emily Drew became a fully fledged solicitor at Scott Bailey Solicitors in Lymington and, following the interest shown in her previous article about behind the scenes as a trainee solicitor, she's written another about her new working life since qualifying. It's as entertaining as the first - read here!.

Scott Bailey's article for February focuses on families navigating the challenges of separation and relationship breakdowns. Solicitors Ann Herd and Sarah Unsworth explain how Mediation, designed to help couples resolve disputes amicably, provides a cost-effective, less stressful, and future-focused alternative to the often adversarial court process.

As many will already have spotted, the lawyers at Scott Bailey love the festive season! In fact this year they love it so much that that they've turned the windows of their Lymington offices in the High Street into a giant advent calendar. As our leading local firm of solicitors, Scott Bailey is also a big believer in playing its part in the community. And in keeping with  the 12 Days of Christmas, we report on 12 of the team's community highlights from the year.

Read on to find out more!