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CORPORATE lawyers at Mace & Jones have advised Harrow Estates on the £15m sale of its business to house building giant Redrow in a transaction forming part of Redrow's fund raising of £150m announced today.

Mace & Jones Liverpool based corporate partner Ian Hodgkinson worked on the sale of Preston Brook based Harrow Estates from the Bridgemere group of companies owned by Redrow chairman Steve Morgan.

The deal involves the acquisition of five freehold land assets and options to acquire seven further strategic land assets, together with the business of Harrow Estates, for £15m.

THE ROYAL family "made the right judgement" on Prince Harry's inheritance from his mother, Diana Princess of Wales' estate, a Merseyside lawyer said today.

The third in line to the throne has only started receiving the money after turning 25, it has been reported.

Mace & Jones trusts specialist Paul Bricknell said by law young people can gain access to their inheritance aged 18 but in many cases the youngster is too young to handle the cash sensibly.

A MERSEYSIDE law firm is urging recession stricken small firms not to "bury their head in the sand" as a second wave of business collapses looms in the autumn.

Mace & Jones insolvency unit partner Graeme Jump said while many exposed companies have already succumbed to the pressures of the recession, a new round is inevitable after the summer break.

Official figures show that North West insolvencies dropped to 35 in June, compared to an average of 48 per month since the start of the year.

A MERSEYSIDE law firm is urging families to review their wills as the credit crisis wreaks havoc with the value of estates.

Mace & Jones private client team warns that with investments and property prices tumbling, wills drafted during the economic boom of the 90s and 00s need urgent review as their provisions may well now be out of date.

"Many assets in wills have plummeted in value," said Mace & Jones private client Associate Paul Bricknell.

A LEADING North West law firm says it is seeing an upsurge in aggressive debt collection techniques among the region's small firms.

Mace & Jones insolvency unit partner Dominic Vincent said small businesses are increasingly being hit with county court claims and insolvency procedures initiated by creditors as a debt collection technique.

Equally small businesses are using the same mechanisms to claw back owed cash.

LIVERPOOL-BASED writer Cathy Roberts was crowned winner of law firm Mace & Jones's inaugural short story competition last week, at an awards evening at St George's Hall.

Ms Roberts, a guide at the Whistlefish Gallery, saw off stiff competition from more than 90 entries from around the world to win the £1,000 first prize.

Phil Redmond, creative director at Liverpool Culture Company, handed out the award for her story, The Appointment.

A PROTRACTED legal battle which saw a wrongly-drafted will tear a family apart is proof of the increasing need for fragmented families to take thorough legal advice over estates and trusts, according to a Liverpool law firm.

India Buildings-based Mace & Jones is launching a new contentious trusts and estates unit in response to increased demand for the service.

Private client partner Peter Houghton said this week's high profile case of the Sprackling family, which saw three adult children fall out spectacularly with their step mother, is a strong example of why "modern" families need good legal advice.

MERSEYSIDE'S Territorial Army and law firm Mace & Jones are celebrating the fruits of a unique deal to build the military outfit new head quarters.

The reserves and a troop of cadets are moving into their new £5m building after it was completed in August.

The two-storey TA Centre and Joint Cadet Building on Netherton Way, Bootle, was constructed thanks to a developers agreement hammered out with supermarket chain Asda.

DISPUTES over children are one of the most difficult and distressing areas of relationship breakdown.

Almost all disputed cases involving contact or residence are emotionally charged and complicated.

And as the Fathers for Justice campaign demonstrates men, as well as women, can be left feeling deeply aggrieved by the process.