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write your Will and help keep Martlets caring?
Every year, Martlets teams up with professional Will writers who offer to write your Will in return for a donation to Martlets, £150 for a single and £250 for a joint Will.
Booking Period: 3–28 April 2023 - Will Writing Month 3–31 May 2023
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Greg Hall
Barwells (Newhaven)
19 High Street
Newhaven
BN9 9PU 01273 514213 admin@barwells.com
Greg Hall
Barwells (Peacehaven)
238 South Coast Road
Peacehaven
BN10 8JS 01273 582271 admin@barwells.com
Joanna Parks
Coole Bevis LLP
79 Church Road Hove
BN3 2BB 01403 224630 joanna.parks@ coolebevisllp.com
Maureen Edwards
Burt Brill & Cardens
30 Old Steine Brighton
BN1 1FL 01273 604123 medwards@bbc-law. co.uk
Mark Stubberfield
Taylor Rose MW Sussex Innovation Centre Science Park Square
Falmer
BN1 9SB 01273 830030 mark.stubberfield@taylorrose.co.uk
Peter Tuffin
UHY Hacker Young 168 Church Road
Hove
BN3 2DL 01273 726445 p.tuffin@uhy-uk.com
Rebecca Griffiths Dean Wilson LLP
Ridgeland House 165 Dyke Road
Brighton
BN3 1TL 01273 249280 rcg@deanwilson.co.uk
Tracey McSharry
Deibel & Allen
Keasley House 10 Franklin Road
Portslade
BN41 1AN 01273 430999 tracey.mcsharry@ hensbylaw.co.uk
Tamara Abrahams
James Yates
Martin Cray & Co 177 Edward Street
Brighton BN2 0JB 01273 673226 jyates@martincray.co.uk tabrahams@martincray. co.uk
Shabana Khairi
GWCA Solicitors 29 Boundary Road Hove
BN3 4EF 01273 253500 shabana.khairi@gwca.co.uk
Just choose one of the Will writers above and contact them during April to book
For more information call Grant on 01273 916960
Tony Morcowitz
Engleharts Solicitors
Vallance Hall Hove Street Hove East Sussex BN3 2DE 01273 204411 anasthasia@engleharts. co.uk
Robert Simon
Robert Simon & Co St. Mary’s House St. Mary’s Road
Shoreham By Sea
BN43 5ZA 01273 452333 robert@robertsimon. co.uk
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