All posts by Kevin Grant

Office of the Public Guardian Fee Increase

From the 17th November 2025, the fee payable to the Office of the Public Guardian for each application for a Lasting Power of Attorney has increased to £92 per application, up from £82. Powers of attorney are executed as a legally binding deed by a person (“the donor”) to enable an appointed attorney or attorneys […]

Probate Certificate Copies – Fee Increase

The amount charged by the Probate Registry for original copies of the grant of representation is increasing from £1.50 to £16.00 per copy. This will significantly increase the cost of applying for probate when there are a number of assets in a deceased’s estate since it is usually at the point of the application that […]

Will Aid – 2025

This November Harland & Co. are proud to be supporting Will Aid. For the whole of November 2025, we shall volunteer our time in drafting basic Wills for new Will clients who apply through the Will Aid website. As we need to be able to identify our clients in person, we are offering this service […]

Amanda Williams – Children Panel Accreditation

Sarah Clarkson, Amanda Williams, Nick Middleton We are pleased to announce that a member of our Child Care Team, Amanda Williams, has successfully been admitted to the Law Society’s Children Panel. The accreditation is awarded by the Law Society to Solicitors and qualified Legal Executives who have demonstrated high levels of knowledge, skill and experience […]

Staff Appointments – Christie Whincup – Private Client

Christie Whincup and Kevin Grant We are pleased to welcome to Harland & Co. our latest starter, Christie Whincup. Christie has a first class honours degree from York St. John’s University. Christie will be assisting Kevin Grant in the Private Client department as a paralegal drafting Wills, Lasting Powers of Attorney and Trust documents. Christie […]

Retirement – Stephen Morgan

After many years as the head of Private Client here at Harland & Co., Stephen Morgan has decided to retire from practice as a solicitor.  Stephen will be pursuing his hobbies of photography and motor racing (but not at the same time!) Everyone at Harland & Co will be sad to see him go as […]

Staff News – Director Appointment

We are pleased to announce that Kevin Grant has accepted an offer to become a Director at Harland & Co. Kevin has been with us since 2006 and has provided a wide range of Civil Litigation and Employment Law services to clients. Over the last 5 years Kevin has also developed a full Private Client […]