Our Services

Business & Employment Law

Employment law

• Contracts of employment
• Disciplinary action and grievance procedures
• Discrimination for sex, race or disability
• 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

Resolving disputes

• Building disputes
• Debt recovery
• Disputes with customers
• Fiduciary duty claims
• Insurance matters
• Partnership disputes
• Warranty claims
• Landlord and tenant disputes

Commercial property

• Acquisitions and disposals
• Landlords and tenants
• Financing and refinancing
• Development
• Estate management issues
• Planning
• Secured lending
• Disputes

Licensing

• Alcohol licences
• Entertainment licences

Corporate and commercial services

• Business start-up
• Finance agreements
• Contracts
• Buying and selling businesses
• Shareholder and partnership agreements
• Copyright and intellectual property rights
• Debt recovery services
• Insolvency

Family, Home & Personal Law

Residential property

• Conveyancing
• Remortgaging
• Buy-to-let
• Equity release
• Tenancy and lease arrangements

Family issues

• Separation and divorce
• Unmarried couples disputes
• Arrangements for children
• Domestic violence

Personal injury

• Accidents at work
• Accidents in public areas
• Road accidents
• Industrial diseases (including asbestos claims)
• Criminal injury cases

Wills, Probate, Tax and Trusts

• Drafting and updating of Wills
• Inheritance Tax planning
• Trusts
• Power of Attorney
• Enduring Power of Attorney *
• Elderly client services
• Administration of estates on death
• Probate

* Enduring Powers of Attorney will become Lasting Powers of Attorney in October 2007

Employment

• Compromise agreements/severance terms
• Redundancy
• Unfair dismissal
• Disciplinary and grievance
• Discrimination
• Contracts of employment

Resolving disputes

• Boundary and property disagreements
• Conflicts with retailers, suppliers or service providers
• Claims on the estate of someone who has passed away
• Repayment of debts
• Problems with contracts (employment or others)
• Landlord disputes
• Personal debt management

Criminal proceedings

• Motoring offences
• Youth crime
• Fraud and corporate crime
• Arrest/advice at the Police Station
• Crown Court
• Court of Appeal

Clinical negligence

• Birth injuries
• Orthopaedic, trauma and surgical procedure claims
• Dental claims
• Cancer or other critical illness treatment claims

Our firm can provide these services under the Legal Aid scheme for individuals who are eligible to receive funding.