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The first Team Evie annual ball was held on Saturday 7th February 2026 at the Garden at Eden, Crosby-on-Eden. The event was the first of what will hopefully be an annual event for the charity. Team Evie are a registered charity whose mission is to help support sick children and their families. You can read more about who they are and what they do here . We were thrilled to be able to support the event, and judging by the photographs it was quite a night! Staff from our Keswic

Update from 6th February 2026 - Intervention Agents have been appointed following the closure of PM Law and Butterworths Solicitors. The most up to date information is available from https://www.sra.org.uk/news/news/pm-law-clients/  and includes the Agent's contact details.

Following the closure of PM Law on Monday 2nd February 2026, all of the Cumbria branches of Butterworths Solicitors have ceased trading. We appreciate that this is incredibly distressing for Butterworths clients with urgent matters. We have already spoken to a number of clients in this situation and will do our utmost to help. It is being reported this morning that the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) are intervening into PM Law, meaning they will be taking possession of

We're proud to be sponsoring a new competition allowing parents the chance to win £1000 for a local school. Full details will be included in the Times & Star on Thurs 5th March, including collection points for the vouchers required.

We are proud to announce that in September 2025 we have successfully achieved Cyber Essentials accreditation , a UK government-backed certification that demonstrates the firm’s commitment to protecting client data and maintaining the highest standards of cybersecurity.   Cyber Essentials, developed by the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) , is designed to help organisations guard against the most common cyber threats and ensure that sensitive information is handled safely

The Keswick Solicitors, Oglethorpe & Broatch have moved to 32 St John’s Street. Oglethorpe & Broatch Solicitors amalgamated with Brockbanks Solicitors in 2007, and the new office will trade as “Brockbanks Solicitors” to bring the Keswick office in line with all of our other offices within the company.   We also have offices in Whitehaven, Workington, Cockermouth & Carlisle.   Our new premises at St John’s Street offer improved disabled access and facilities, but we are still