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Local school children's card design helps two national charities |
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 This year Veitch Penny teamed up with Countess Wear Community School for their annual Christmas card competition, which is one of the big fundraisers for their charities of the year, Help for Heroes and Breakthrough Breast Cancer.
Veitch Penny are delighted to announce that the winner is Chloe Webber, age 10, who wins £50, with her snowman design. Second place went to Faith Bingham with 'the Dove', who won £25 and third place went to Tate Harrison Curtis with 'Christmas Eve', who won £10. With the quality of entries so high, the firm also awarded Michael Bowley with 'Jesus Christmas' and Billy Grinnell with 'Ho! Ho! ho!' with an additional runner up prize of £5 each.
All the children were winners, as they got to meet Richard Logan, Exeter City Football Club first team striker, who presented the prizes with Mark Fowles, Veitch Penny Senior Partner, at the Countess Wear Community School assembly on Friday 13 January 2012.
For the past 10 years, Veitch Penny have enjoyed working with local schools and charities to design the companies’ corporate Christmas cards. Judging was held by the firms Staff Liaison committee at the Exeter office and all were amazed by the standard and quality of entries.
In addition, Veitch Penny have donated £50 to each of their charities, Help for Heroes and Breakthrough Breast Cancer, and £100 to the schools’ charity Urafiki, as a token of thanks and appreciation. |
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Local firm helps road traffic accident victim win £3.6 million settlement |
Press Release
Local firm, Veitch Penny Solicitors are celebrating after helping the victim of a road traffic accident secure a £3.6 million settlement, plus £205,000 per year for life for future care in a complex personal injury case.
The personal injury case, which took 10 years to settle, demonstrates Veitch Penny’s determination to ensure clients get the correct care and expert assessments for fair compensation awards after a traumatic experience.
The matter involved a healthy 29 year old woman who was involved in a road traffic collision when stationary. She suffered moderate injuries, including multiple fractures and soft tissue injuries, which were serious enough to require several operations.
These injuries developed into a series of complex issues which were difficult to asses due to their complicated and changing nature, and saw the continued deterioration of our clients’ health. Her injuries included; Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, Bilateral carpal tunnel syndrome, and “Centralisation syndrome” which caused incontinence and bowel problems. In addition she also continued to suffer from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder as a result of the accident, and chronic depression as a result of her complex medical conditions and loss of career. She is now confined to a wheelchair and requires considerable assistance with personal care, bathing, dressing and housework.
It is unusual for a road traffic accident to take 10 years to settle, however Veitch Penny recognised our clients unique circumstances and endeavoured to make sure she received the maximum award for her injuries and future care needs.
Veitch Penny Solicitors also specialise in wills, probate, conveyancing, general litigation and tax and employment advice for members of the general public, as well as actively working with local businesses and employers.
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Christmas Opening Hours 2011 |
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 Please note: Our Christmas operating hours are as follows:
- Friday 23rd December to Tuesday 27th December (inclusive) - Closed
- Wednesday 28th December to Friday 30th December (inclusive) - Open
- Monday 2nd January - Closed
- Normal opening hours resume from Tuesday 3rd January
Wishing you happiness at Christmas and best wishes for the coming year from all the Partners and Staff at Veitch Penny. |
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Review of Jones V Kernott |
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On 9 November 2011 the Supreme Court delivered what most lawyers have described as a “long awaited judgment” that is of significant importance of couples that live together.
Until this recent decision the leading authority on the respective shares that people own in their houses was the 2007 case of Stack v Dowden. This had stated that the Courts were able to look at the intentions of the parties at the time they bought the property and imply that they own the property other than on a 50/50 basis. In Jones v Kernott the Court of Appeal (whose decision was later overturned) stated that Stack v Dowden had not allow the Courts to find an intention of the parties when “none was expressly uttered nor inferentially formed”
I should state at this point that these cases are based on issues that arrive when two people are said to own a property. Whether someone who is not named as a legal owner can claim an interest in a property as a result of their actions is a slightly different question altogether and, although relevant, is not what was asked in Jones v Kernott.
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Read more... [Review of Jones V Kernott]
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