The Oswestry office of leading law firm, GHP Legal, has appointed a new solicitor to its residential property department as home sales in the area boom.

Q: On the last day at a rented holiday apartment I scanned the carpark pass to leave. The barrier lifted but came down before I had got fully though, hitting my car. It rose again and I got out to survey the damage, but while I was looking it came down again on my shoulder. No-one was around and as the barrier was on the edge of the main road I had to drive off to avoid it happening again.

Q: I have been reading a lot recently about forestry being a good investment.  Do you have any to pay Stamp Duty on woodland?  And what legal aspects should I be aware of?

Q: I am thinking of setting up a Lasting Power of Attorney and would like to appoint my two children as my Attorneys. As one of them travels a lot with his job I wonder if they would have to make decisions and sign paperwork jointly or whether one of them could act on behalf of the other?

Q: My brother, who is a farmer, is on the verge of a nervous breakdown because the Environment Agency is bringing a prosecution against him for slurry pollution which he was completely unaware of.

Q: I have been in a civil partnership since 2006 but have just found out my partner has been cheating on me, something I have suspected for a while. Is this a legal ground for ending the partnership? And will I be entitled to half of everything we own?

A Wrexham lawyer who gave a whole new meaning to ‘cycling to the office’ when he launched the ‘Tour de GHP’ charity event last year, has sent out a plea for more donations after successfully completing the 65 mile trip for a second time during last week’s heatwave.

Leading Shropshire and North Wales law firm GHP Legal has strengthened its commercial property team with the appointment of CILEX qualified, Sêra Jones. 

Sêra’s appointment follows just months after the firm opened a new dedicated commercial property and agricultural branch at 21 The Cross, Oswestry. With around one hundred employees GHP Legal is one of the largest independent law firms in the region.