A. L. Hughes & Co.
Solicitors and
Commissioners for Oaths

Introduction
A. L. Hughes
& Co. is a small firm of Solicitors in Streatham, South
London, founded in 1950. The photograph shows a view of Streatham
from more or less outside our offices, but taken in the 1960s. Currently the
road is a red route, with perpetual congestion and no-one lurking on the road
as shown above. Although Streatham High Road was voted the least
attractive high street in Europe, or was it the world(?), the architectural
features of the frontages are such that the Council decided that it should be a
Conservation Area, a judgement which raised a few eyebrows, but is a fair one.
By all means look up at the attractive gabling and tilework,
but watch out for potholes and abandoned debris beneath your feet.
To get to us,
why not start by clicking on the hyperlink
Location Map of our offices
You'll then
need to arrange transport. The area is well served by trains and
'buses.
What are we about?
We aim to
provide our clients with a quality of service which they would expect from a
central London legal
practice, but with the personal touch of a small firm, and at a reasonable cost
to them.
Our Client
Information Notes and Terms of Business are available on-line. Just click on
the hyperlink.
Client Information Notes
Our fields of work.
We specialise
in Property Law work. In essence that means:
- Commercial Property:
Leases, Assignments, Renewals.
- Domestic Property: Conveyancing,
Re-mortgages, Lease extensions, collective enfranchisements.
- Development Property:
Setting up developments, Building land.
- Town and Country Planning.
- Wills and Probate and Estate
Planning.
- Powers of Attorney and Public
Guardianship Office applications.
- Partnerships and Shareholder
agreements.
People
Norman
Mann (Consultant)
Has been at the
firm since 1968 and was admitted as a Solicitor in 1969 at a time when people
used quill pens and sacrificed goats to ensure successful house moves. Now part
time (Tuesdays and some Thursdays), he plays a lot of Golf between commercial
leases.
Laurence Mann, LLB, FRSA (Partner)
First worked at
the firm in 1977 before going to University. Qualified as a Solicitor in 1984.
Deals with Commercial and Residential Conveyancing, Leasehold Enfranchisement
and Planning. Is a Governor of a Community Comprehensive Secondary School
in Twickenham.
Frances Holton (Partner)
Trained at the
firm from 1980 and was admitted as a Solicitor in 1983. Specialises in
Residential Conveyancing, Wills and Probates, Powers of Attorney and applications
to Public Guardianship Office (which is the newish name for the Court of
Protection).
Contact Information
We aim to be
accessible. If you are calling or faxing from outside of the UK, please use
(+44) 20 instead of 020 as our telephone and fax prefix.
Telephone
020 8769 7100
FAX
020 8677 6644
Postal address
340 Streatham High Road, London, SW16 6HH
Document Exchange
DX 58457 Norbury
Electronic mail
General Information: mail@alhughes.co.uk
Webmaster: laurence@alhughes.co.uk
- By all means email one of our
Partners with your enquiry, unless you are trying to sell something, in
which case please read this.
- Our firm is regulated by the
Solicitors' Regulation Authority and our ID is 51553
We
also have a Blog with information and articles written in spare moments.
www.alhughes.blogspot.com
Information
You can
download pdf versions of our Information Sheets from these links.
Survival Kits
Housebuyers'
Survival Kit
Sellers' Survival Kit
New Property Survival Kit
Flat Buyer's Survival Kit
Ex-council Flat Survival Kit
New Business Survival Kit
Information Sheets
Auction
Information Sheet
Permitted Development Leaflet
Whose fence is it? A
guide to boundary issues
Searches: what are they are for?
Making a Will Guide
How you can help
Local Links:
Interesting and possibly useful links
Important Notes:
- We
are regulated by the Solicitors’
Regulation Authority.
- A
list of partners can be inspected at our offices (see above for address).
- Cookies.
We don't think there are any cookies on this website, and we prefer
custard tarts anyway, but if there are, then your use of this website may
involve their getting into your computer.
- We
don’t accept service of documents by fax or email without prior
arrangement.
- It
is important for you to note that any information in our Information
Sheets is not to be treated as formal advice.
- We
have only one office, in Streatham. We are aware that Solicitors' firms
are targeted by fraudsters who claim to be operating from another office.
We do not have such an office and so if you get any such fraudulent emails
or letters, please refer them to the police and send us a copy too. All of
them offer things which are too good to be true. Our advice is that
if something appears to be too good to be true, then it is very likely not
to be true, and not likely to be good either. Obvious, eh?
- If you are trying to sell us
something, we beg to inform you that we never ever buy anything or
commission any services whatsoever from people who write to, email or
telephone us offering such things. You are wasting your time if you think
you will be the one exception to this rule. You won't be. No,
really. That means:
- We
are not interested in photocopiers. Is anyone?
- We
are happy with our stationery supplier.
- Our
office furniture is servicable.
- We
do not need a franking machine.
- If
you sent us a letter about your services or products, thanks. it's been
recycled.
- We
don't want to speak to people pretending to be from BT.
- We
organise our own training.
- We
do not want to borrow any money.
- We
are allergic to recruitment agencies.
- We
see no need to outsource our work to far off
places. We like our staff.
- We
do not pay referral fees Not
now, not then, not never.
- We
love our current electricity supply arrangements.
- We
never advertise. Our Google ranking bores us.
- If
you say you are calling on behalf of local hospitals, police forces,
schools, etc., about adverts in brochures or plasma TV screens, we know
what sort of scam you are seeking to perpetrate, so forget it.
- Our
website is the best in the universe, and no, you cannot improve on that.
- We
do need people to meddle with our computer equipment and charge us for
it. Like a hole in the head.
- Please
note that the content of this website is out of date just as soon as it is
posted. We are always happy to supply the latest versions of any of
our materials. The last revision was in July 2013.
- The
reason this website does not have floating frames, CSS, RSS, ISS,
drop-down interactive and context sensitive menus, and other bells and
whistles is that we are more interested in getting on with legal stuff
than playing with these things. And who really wants them? Do you?