Corporate, Business & Employment Law

Corporate and commercial services

• Buying and selling businesses
• Shareholder and partnership agreements
• Copyright, trade mark and other intellectual property rights
• Corporate finance and capital raising, including debt and equity finance
• Business start-up
• Finance agreements
• Contracts
• Insolvency
• Share schemes
• Regulatory compliance
• Franchising

Commercial property

• Acquisitions and disposals
• Landlords and tenants
• Secured lending, financing and refinancing
• Planning and development, including construction
• Estate management issues and disputes

Resolving disputes

• Building disputes
• Debt recovery
• Disputes with customers and warranty claims
• Fiduciary duty claims
• Insurance matters
• Partnership and shareholder disputes
• Landlord and tenant disputes
• Regulatory disputes and investigations

Employment law

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

Home, Tax & Personal Law

Wills, Probate, Tax and Trusts

• Drafting and updating of Wills
• Inheritance Tax planning
• Elderly client services (including trusts, Power of Attorney and Enduring Power of Attorney *
• Probate and administration of estates on death

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

Residential property

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

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

Employment

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

Family issues

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

Criminal proceedings

• Motoring offences
• Fraud and corporate crime