Latimer Hinks Solicitors

Latimer Hinks Solicitors is fielding its first enquiries about leaving a digital legacy on Facebook and Twitter. Clients at the Darlington-based company are asking whether they can include instructions about social networking sites in their will.

“Blended families” are partly the cause of the steep rise in the number of wills being contested in court, according to Darlington law firm Latimer Hinks.Latest figures from the Ministry of Justice show a staggering 83% rise in probate dispute

Latimer Hinks Solicitors are delighted to have received national recognition from one of the UK’s most influential legal guides – The Legal 500.

Lawyers at Latimer Hinks have sent an open letter to Chancellor George Osborne, demanding urgent changes to Inheritance Tax rules which they say discriminate against the childless.

The Darlington-based company is one of just nine legal firms across the country to have made it onto the shortlist in the Excellence in Private Client Practice category of The Law Society Excellence Awards 2015.

Interest-only mortgages have been widely blamed for inflating the housing market ahead of the 2007 financial crisis.

The famous quote by To Kill A Mockingbird Author Harper Lee says that you can choose your friends but you can’t choose your family. But, does that necessarily mean you’d want to buy a home with friends?

Latimer Hinks has strengthened its property team with a new appointment. Jonathan Sturgeon has joined the firm as a residential and commercial property solicitor.

Leading County Durham lawyers Latimer Hinks has awarded three of its graduates trainee solicitor positions.

Twelve members of staff from Latimer Hinks Solicitors, one of Darlington and County Durham’s longest established law firms, are helping to beat cancer by getting their running shoes on.