Nicholas Hancox Solicitors
Calthorpe Green
Old Road
Acle
Norfolk   NR13 3QL

Tel:  01493 754004

The Office

2011: Some of our Current and Recent Clients

Education: Schools

  • A faith group looking to start a new Academy
  • A foundation school trying to sell surplus land to a neighbour
  • An independent school fighting a disability discrimination claim
  • An independent school seeking advice on the safeguarding of children

Education: Parents and Students

  • A couple whose child was accused of indecency at boarding school
  • A mother whose child was excluded from a state school
  • A couple whose child was ‘asked to leave’ his independent school
  • A student who was refused access to Year 2 of her Diploma course

Local Councils

  • A Parish Council engaged in 'voluntary first registration' of all of its land
  • A Parish Council having problems with their allotment tenants
  • A Town Council selling an under-used play area
  • A Parish Council in dispute with mobile traders overstaying on Council land

Highways

  • A couple whose garden was claimed as highway by the local authority
  • A Parish Council concerned about a highway obstruction
  • A Town Council seeking closure of a road over the village green
  • A Parish Council unsure of the status of problem roadside land

Compulsory Purchase

  • A hotelier threatened by a Council redevelopment scheme
  • An owner whose land was taken without a proper Order
  • A Parish Council persuading the District to get some land for a burial ground
  • A company which wanted higher compensation than the Council would offer