Halloween is a time for scary stories and we might have one to tell this year - a tale of two wills. It’s a story where you can decide what happens. Read on and we’ll ask you to make a choice on what happens next for Jane when something both knowingly inevitable yet...
Halloween is upon us once again and as our minds turn to ghosts and ghouls, you might be thinking of selling or buying a haunted house. You might be wondering if that Victorian House you’ve got your eye on, the one with the south facing garden, period features, high...
At Wallace Quinn, we believe in giving our staff room to grow in their professional careers with training and support. Nobody demonstrates this better than James Reid, who joined Wallace Quinn as a sixteen year old office junior from High School and is now one of our...
In this article, we'll discuss how a Trust Will can assist in protecting property assets. Many of us take comfort from the thought that our assets will pass to our children when we die. However, Scotland has an aging population and that means the number of older...
Rent freeze and eviction ban update - the Scottish Government has published its ‘Cost of Living (Tenant Protection) (Scotland) Bill’ which is likely to become law in the coming days. What’s included in the legislation? The legislation will give Government Ministers...
Most major mortgage providers have a list of what they call ‘panel solicitors’. To be put onto a panel, solicitors have to meet certain standards of service and have adequate knowledge of the policies and practices of the relevant builder/provider. Wallace Quinn are...
Each year in September, the Scottish Government publishes its ‘Programme for Government’, which outlines what it plans to do in the coming year. This year’s plans include emergency legislation to put in place a rent freeze until at least 31 March 2023 and a...
Wallace Quinn Directors Margaret McMillan and Amy Ieropoulos are founder members of a new networking organisation in Scotland. ‘Female Property Connect’ met for the first time recently with a great turnout from women keen to assist each other grow their businesses...
You made the decision to sell your house, you’ve hidden everything that moves and decorated everything that doesn’t, you’ve shown lots of people around your home and you’ve just had a phone from your estate agent with news of an offer that made you shout ‘accept!’. If...
There are any number of reasons why you might want to create a Trust, such as leaving money in your Will to transfer to your children when they reach a certain age or transferring your home to a Trust for the benefit of your children but reserving the right to live in...
Tried and tested results At Wallace Quinn, we work with Keys Estate Agents to market and sell property in Glasgow and the west. Staging is a property marketing service offered by Keys and is great if you want your property to come alive in pictures and at viewings in...
As we pass the second anniversary of the first coronavirus lockdown, there is no doubt this pandemic has given us much to think about. The speed with which Covid-19 quickly took away members of so many families, especially in the early days of the pandemic, gives us...
In this article we look at the situation where you are buying a house with a partner to whom you not married to nor in a civil partnership with. There are certain safeguards available to married couples and those in a civil partnership that are not available to...
For many years, Law Society of Scotland regulations and anti money-laundering laws have obliged us to undertake ‘source of fund’ checks for conveyancing clients. One of the final steps in the conveyancing journey is for both the mortgage companies (if using one) and...
At Wallace Quinn, we firmly believe in the importance of career development and providing opportunities and support to our staff. We run a trainee solicitor programme and we support our staff with training opportunities and career development. Solicitor James Higgins...
Wallace Quinn’s newest solicitor will complete his traineeship on 4th February and take up a full-time position with the firm. James Higgins works in our Livingston office as part of the conveyancing team. James studied law at Glasgow Caledonian University before...
Dec 2022 update: You're probably here looking for the answers we've hidden to the quiz of 2022, but if not, click here to go to the questions. Answers: JAN Daniel Craig; Tonga; James Webb, 1 million miles; Ash Barty FEB Sue Gray; Cressida Dick; Virginia Giuffre;...
Each year, over £5 billion is generated through Inheritance Tax in the UK. This is a colossal sum and only set to increase given the events of the last 18 months. It is very important to realise that HM Revenue and Customs are first in line for their share of an...