Hannays Solicitors and Advocates
Community-focused law firm offering conveyancing, family law, and private client work. Conveyancers are accredited by the Law Society Conveyancing Quality Scheme (CQS).
About Hannays Solicitors and Advocates
Hannays Solicitors and Advocates is a community-focused law firm on Beach Road in South Shields. The firm offers conveyancing, family law, children services, wills and probate, elderly client services, Court of Protection work including Lasting Powers of Attorney, and Notary Public services. Its conveyancing team is accredited by the Law Society Conveyancing Quality Scheme, and the firm also holds the Lexcel legal practice quality mark and the Law Society Children Law accreditation. It is a member of the Safe Buyer Scheme, is Cyber Essentials qualified, and is a Legal Aid Agency contracted provider. Regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority, Hannays provides a broad range of private client and family legal services.
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