In December, our family law solicitor Nicola Whitley helped organise an auction to raise money for the Chichester Child Contact Centre. Nicola is a member of, and treasurer of, Young Resolution West Sussex who decided to raise money for the centre which is run by volunteers and provides a valuable service for the community when… Read More
The Director of the Legal Aid Practitioner’s Group (LAPG), Carol Storer, has been awarded an OBE for her service to Legal Aid. Graeme Swain, managing partner of Swain & Co has passed on his personal congratulations to Carol and, being on the LAPG committee, he was one of the first to hear Carol’s news. LAPG… Read More
We are pleased to announce that once again, Swain & Co Solicitors has been shortlisted for the Legal Aid Practitioners Group’s (LAPG) Legal Aid Firm of the Year 2013. Once again we have been shortlisted as one of the three firms from across the country that offers legal aid assistance to many clients on a… Read More
We are pleased to say that Tina Smith has qualified as a solicitor. Tina joined us in May 2010. On the 1st March 2013, she completed her training contract with us and qualified as a solicitor. She is going to continue her excellent work within the Housing department. Tina has been presented with the traditional… Read More
Dean Kingham showed that at Swain & Co, we are more than just solicitors and that we care about our clients. Two of Dean’s longstanding clients are West Ham fans, as is Dean. Dean went to Stoke on Saturday 2nd March 2013 to watch Stoke v West Ham. Whilst there he picked up two programme… Read More
We are please to report that Adrian Syms, a partner at Swain & Co has returned from an annual International shooting competition in Holland called Intershoot where he has won two gold medals and a silver medal. Congratulations Adrian!
What is universal credit? Universal credit (UC) us the Government’s new, simplified working age welfare system. It will roll several benefits and tax credits into one single household payment. When will Universal Credit come into force? It will be a staggered introduction: April 2013 – UC pathfinders will begin in the North West (Tameside, Oldham,… Read More
With the recent staff success of Christine Douglas qualifying as a solicitor, it would not be Swain & Co Solicitors if we did not uphold the tradition. So today, we celebrated and Christine received the Swain Trademark paperweight from our Managing Partner, Graeme Swain!
Happy new year to everyone. And what a great start for our team member, Christine Douglas who qualified as a solicitor yesterday (2/1/13). Christine is part of Swain & Co.’s housing and family law teams. Congratulations Christine!
Swain & Co Solicitors would like to wish all our clients, their families and our website visitors a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Please note that our offices are closed from 4pm today (Friday 21st December 2012) until 9.00 a.m. on 27th December. The office will then be closed from 5.00… Read More
