Our Services

Business & Commerce

• Forming a company
• Business start-up
• Buying or selling a business or company
• Terms and conditions of trade/Contracts
• Partnership/LLP agreements
• Shareholder agreements
• Bank guarantees and loan documentation
• Company law and Regulatory compliance
• Directors’ liabilities
• Copyright and Intellectual property
• Insolvency
• Licensing
• Employment/TUPE
• Commercial disputes

Employment

• Directors’ Obligations
• Restrictive Covenants and Injunctions
• Confidentiality
• Contracts of employment
• Disciplinary action and grievance procedures
• Discrimination
• Employment tribunals
• Family friendly policies
• Maternity and Paternity leave
• Minimum wage
• Negotiation of severance packages
• Redundancy and dismissal
• Unfair and wrongful dismissal, including breach of contract
• Whistle-blowing
• Compromise agreements

Property

Commercial property

• Acquisitions and disposals
• Auctions
• Landlord and tenant
• Commercial leases
• Financing and refinancing
• Developments and “new builds”
• Estate management issues
• Planning
• Secured lending
• Licensed premises
• Disputes and Mediation
• Charities
  - Setting up of charities both incorporated and unincorporated  and advising on the appropriate constitution or company for the charity.
  
  - Takeovers, amalgamations and dissolution of charitable organisations.
  
  - Property issues including acquisitions and disposal of freehold and leasehold land.
  
  - Advice on Regulatory matters under the Charities Acts
  
  - General legal aspects of running a charity.
  

Residential property

• Sales and purchases – freehold and leasehold
• Arranging a Home Information Pack ('HIPS')
• Auctions
• Remortgaging
• Buy-to-let
• Tenancy and lease arrangements.

Insolvency

Personal Insolvency

• Individual Voluntary Arrangements
• Bankruptcy
• Realisation of assets including the family home
• Insolvent estates

Corporate Insolvency

• Company Voluntary Arrangements
• Liquidations
• Administrations
• Receivership
• Adjustment of prior transactions
• Realisation of assets
• Sales and purchases from an office holder
• Regulatory compliance and Directors’ liabilities
• Claims and Court Proceedings

Divorce and Family

• Separation and divorce
• Financial arrangements
• Collaborative law
• Rights of unmarried couples
• Civil partnerships
• Co-habitation agreements
• Pre-marital agreements
• Residence and Contact arrangements for children
• Domestic violence

Inheritance Department

Wills, Probate, Tax and Trusts

• Drafting and updating of Wills
• Deeds of Variation
• Estate and Inheritance Tax planning
• Planning for funding of Residential care
• Trusts
• Powers of Attorney
• Lasting Powers of Attorney
• Advice concerning registration of Enduring Powers of Attorney
• Elderly client services
• Administration of estates on death
• Probate

Dispute Resolution/Civil Litigation

General and Commercial

• Boundary and property disputes
• Building and Construction disputes
• Repossessions
• Landlord and Tenant
• Commercial Property disputes
• Inheritance claims
• Commercial and Contractual disputes
• Insolvency Proceedings
• Directors’ Disqualification Act Proceedings
• Professional negligence claims
• Debt Recovery 

Personal Injury

• Accidents at work
• Accidents in public areas – slips and trips
• Injuries caused by defective and faulty products
• Holiday claims
• Sports injuries
• Road Traffic Accidents and Motor Insurers’ Bureau
• Industrial diseases (including asbestos and mesothelioma claims)
• Catastrophic injury claims
• CICA claims (Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority)
• Fatal accidents
• Inquests
• Occupiers’ liability claims

Criminal Proceedings

• Youth Court
• Magistrates’ Court
• Crown Court
• Appeals against conviction and sentence