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HCR Hewitsons

01223 581429
4.9/5
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We understand that we are part of key moments in your life, whether these are connected to a company acquisition or sale, a change in your relationships, a marriage or divorce, your expansion into a new area, or the purchase of a new home. As an award winning Top 60 UK law firm we provide the full range of services that you would expect to organisations, business leaders and individuals. Our sector experts provide specialist advice nationally and are leaders in their field, recognised with industry award nominations and for their contributions to national conferences. Read more...

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HCR Hewitsons
have 9 other locations

Lancaster House
Northampton
NN1 5GE

Suite 4a
Cardiff
CF10 1DY

5 Deansway
Worcester
WR1 2JG

62 Cornhill
London
EC3V 3NH

Aquis House
Reading
RG1 1PL

Cornerblock
Birmingham
B3 2DX

Thorpe House
Hereford
HR4 9AR

Overross House
Ross-on-Wye
HR9 7US

Ellenborough House
Cheltenham
GL50 1YD

Lancaster House
Northampton
NN1 5GE

Suite 4a
Cardiff
CF10 1DY

5 Deansway
Worcester
WR1 2JG

62 Cornhill
London
EC3V 3NH

Aquis House
Reading
RG1 1PL

Cornerblock
Birmingham
B3 2DX

Thorpe House
Hereford
HR4 9AR

Overross House
Ross-on-Wye
HR9 7US

Ellenborough House
Cheltenham
GL50 1YD

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Available lawyers at HCR Hewitsons

Laura Upshall

5.0 out of 5
(67)
Head of Residential Property Reading (non-solicitor)

Carla Sanders

5.0 out of 5
(27)
Licensed Conveyancer

John Banky

5.0 out of 5
(22)
Solicitor

Emma McCarthy

5.0 out of 5
(12)
Solicitor

Alice Gathern

5.0 out of 5
(10)
Solicitor

Kathryn Grant

5.0 out of 5
(8)
Solicitor

Gwenllian Sian Reeves

5.0 out of 5
(6)
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Samantha Houlden

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Nayna Mahon

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Chartered Legal Executive

Sarah Loveridge

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Christopher Finch

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Rebecca Welton

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Rosa Manzur

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How HCR Hewitsons Compares

Value for money

This firm - 97%
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Excellent does not necessarily mean ‘cheap’. It means that clients thought that the level of service received was Excellent for what they paid.

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As part of our review questionnaire we ask reviewer questions about the value for money they felt they received by using HCR Hewitsons. These questions include:

  • Value for money (a rating of 1-5)
  • How much were you initially quoted or how much did you expect to pay?
  • Approximately how much did you end up spending for the legal services provided (ignoring disbursements and court fees)
  • Did you think this was underpriced, overpriced or about right?
  • Overall experience

We use data science to amalgamate the answers to these questions and create a ‘ReviewSolicitors score’ out of 100. The above chart representation score is a simple percentage representation of the averaged score across those who have reviewed this law firm.

Underpriced 0%
Overpriced 0%
About Right 100%

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Would recommend to
friends and family

This firm - 98%
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You can use this data to see how HCR Hewitsons performs against other law firms nationally. A score close to 100% indicates that this firm is highly valued by their clients.

As part of our review questionnaire we ask the question:

"Would you recommend this firm to somebody else?"

The reviewer can select either “Yes” or “No”.

The above score is a simple percentage representation of the total amount of clients who selected the “Yes” option:

Yes 98%
No 2%

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Satisfied with
outcome of matter

This firm - 98%
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You can use this data to see how HCR Hewitsons compares to the national average of clients being satisfied with the outcome of their matter after instructing a solicitor.

As part of our review questionnaire we ask the question:

"Were you satisfied with the outcome of your case?"

The reviewer can select either “Yes” or “No”.

The above score is a simple percentage representation of the total amount of clients who selected the “Yes” option:

Yes 98%
No 2%

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Rankings by area of expertise

The rankings below show the areas of expertise that HCR Hewitsons offers to clients. You can see how good the service offered is in comparison to all other law firms nationally.

Locally

Nationally

Consumer
1st / 3
276th / 4585
Company & Commercial
1st / 4
251st / 4363
Housing & Property
1st / 25
106th / 4238
Family Law
1st / 3
334th / 3838
Wills, Trusts & Probate
1st / 3
338th / 3498
Commercial Property
1st / 4
338th / 3311
Employment
1st / 3
337th / 3101
Regulations
1st / 7
128th / 2565
Personal Injury
1st / 9
258th / 2369
Crime/ Criminal Defence
1st / 18
176th / 2105
Immigration
1st / 5
161st / 2004
Money & Tax
1st / 3
178th / 1837
Professional Negligence
1st / 15
134th / 1197
IT & Intellectual Property
1st / 2
98th / 1054
Dispute Resolution
1st / 4
170th / 1031
Clinical Negligence
1st / 2
156th / 941
Human rights
1st / 3
45th / 748
Notary
1st / 5
66th / 711
Banking
1st / 2
50th / 701
Agriculture
1st / 3
149th / 595
Construction
1st / 3
83rd / 581
Charities
1st / 5
75th / 564
Energy & Transport
1st / 2
41st / 520
Education
1st / 4
44th / 263

Data shown above is based on the reviews and client feedback collected by ReviewSolicitors over the last 12 months.

Review Sources

Client Reviews

4.9/5

Reviews summary

  • Excellent

    363

  • Very Good

    7

  • Average

    1

  • Poor

    1

  • Awful

    6

Overall experience

  • Value For Money
  • Communication
  • Initial Impressions
  • Approachability
  • Documentation Accuracy
  • Legal knowledge
Charlotte
Housing & Property

Matter Type:

Residential Conveyancing

Charlotte

January 29, 2025

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Highly recommended - a pleasure to deal with.

We have just completed on our home and cannot recommend Alice Gathern highly enough; she is efficient, diligent and proactive. Furthermore, her communication was always polite and helpful. We were kept informed at every stage. We would not hesitate to use her services again.
Charlotte and Steve Lambert.

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A
Housing & Property

Matter Type:

Residential Conveyancing

A

October 11, 2024

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Sale and Purchase of House and Home

Excellent, polite, professional and personable service throughout and very reassuring throughout process.

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C
Housing & Property

Matter Type:

Purchase and Sale

C

September 28, 2024

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Excellent Service

Alice Gathern of HCR was very efficient and managed to complete the purchase of our property (from instruction to completion) in 14 days.

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Elizabeth
Housing & Property

Matter Type:

Residential Conveyancing

Elizabeth

September 12, 2024

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Sale of apartment

Responsive and timely to queries from both parties concerned; patient over a lengthy sales process and very thorough.

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Hannah
Housing & Property

Matter Type:

Purchase and Sale

Hannah

August 24, 2024

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First house sale

Alice supported us through the sale of our first house. She kept us up to date and in the loop with all aspects of the sale and when extra information was requested Alice was fast to act. Alice was approachable and was timely with her communications. We would highly recommend Alice and will be using her again when the time comes.

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Alex
Housing & Property

Matter Type:

Residential Conveyancing

Alex

August 06, 2024

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Good results of an awkward sale

Sold a flat through HCR Law. It had many challenges as was on the 6th floor and there are now many more regulations on it than when I bought it. The freeholder also changed halfway through the sale and there were other unexpected issues. Alice Gathern kept the whole process moving and kept me up to date with developments. She was easy to get in touch with and always stopped to help when needed, talking me through how to fill out the more complicated forms, clearly explaining the issues and calming me down when I panicked over one particular issue. After all the challenges that arose, I didn’t think the flat would sell, but it did and I’m very grateful to Alice and her team for keeping it moving.

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Steve
Housing & Property

Matter Type:

Purchase and Sale

Steve

July 15, 2024

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Very professional and efficient

We have used Hewitsons for almost 35 years and whilst not the cheapest are incredibly professional and take out some of the stress of a house move. It’s important when spending so much on your next house that you trust your solicitor. The last house move went very quickly without issues thanks to Alice Gathern at HCR Hewitsons. Thanks Alice

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Madhan
Housing & Property

Matter Type:

Residential Conveyancing

Madhan

June 27, 2024

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Fantastic support and help from Alice Gathern

Buying a house and moving home is a time and energy consuming, but our solicitor Alice Gathern
gave us full support and constant help throughout the process. It was an absolute pleasure to get help from Alice and made the whole process easy by providing us detailed explanation and documents. Taking the time to explain things clearly and answering all questions I had was definitely helpful during the critical steps of home purchase. Many thanks to Alice.

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Roy
Housing & Property

Matter Type:

Purchase and Sale

Roy

May 02, 2024

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Professionally managing the property sale

We have sold and purchased a number of properties in the last few years and Alice has acted on our behalf for all of these. Alice manages the process proactively and ensures that the other parties' legal team provide timely and accurate responses.
Personally I find that what can be a stressful activity is made much more comfortable because of the confidence I have in Alice handling this in a professional and efficient manner.

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RM
Housing & Property

Matter Type:

Residential Conveyancing

RM

April 09, 2024

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Excellent Property Advice

The solicitor worked late into the Christmas period to enable us to move forward with this purchase. She was very approachable and knowledgeable, and understood quickly the particular issues concerning this purchase. She kept us informed at all stages and it all worked smoothly, thanks to her actions.

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Jill
Housing & Property

Matter Type:

Purchase and Sale

Jill

April 25, 2024

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Jill

Have had great experience of this Law firm over the years. Their conveyancing department is one of the best in Cambridge.

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Simon
Housing & Property

Matter Type:

Purchase and Sale

Simon

November 20, 2023

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Simon

Sharon Harding was recommended to me and I knew very early on in the sales process that I had made a great decision. Sharon is professional, extremely personable and an excellent communicator who keeps you updated throughout the process. She really made my recent apartment sale as stress free as possible.

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Hezzer

August 10, 2023

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Hezzer

Sharon is v professional. Her attention to detail were instrumental in ensuring an efficient transaction. Also, timely response to our queries at each stage of the process have been invaluable

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Matthew

Matthew

December 19, 2022

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Matthew

Ms. Alice Gathern helped us to buy our first home. She was conscientious, hard-working and approachable. She made many material improvements in the transaction, including a monetary allowance for repairs. We look forward to working with her in the future!

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vinny

vinny

November 24, 2022

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vinny

Excellent service provided by them and Alice was amazing and helped us throughout our journey of buying the property, she is a great asset to the company.Will definitely recommend and use their services again.
Thanks a lot.

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Although we work hard for our clients, our work in the community comes from the passion we have for making a difference. In addition to the charities supported by our own charitable foundation, our employees regularly raise money for projects and charities in the communities where they live and work. With more than 800 people across 10 locations, the impact of this care and energy is tangible.

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Personal areas of law

  • Clinical Negligence
    • Accident and Emergency Claims
    • Amputation Negligence Claims
    • Anaesthetic Awareness Claims
    • Birth Defect and Wrongful Birth Claims
    • Birth Injury Claims
    • Birth Injury To Mother Claims
    • Blood Transfusion Claims
    • Bowel Cancer Misdiagnosis Claims
    • Breast Cancer Misdiagnosis Claims
    • Breast Surgery Compensation Claims
    • C. Difficile Claims
    • Cancer Misdiagnosis Claims
    • Cauda Equina Syndrome Claims
    • Cerebral Palsy Claims
    • Cervical Cancer Misdiagnosis Claims
    • Clinical Negligence
    • Cochlear Implant Claims
    • Cosmetic Dentistry Claims
    • Cosmetic Surgery Claims
    • Defective Medical Device Claims
    • Dental Negligence
    • Dental Negligence Claims
    • Dermal Filler Compensation Claims
    • Diabetes Claims
    • Erb’s Palsy Compensation Claims
    • Eye Surgery Claims
    • Failed Sterilisation Claims
    • Fatal Medical Negligence Claims and Inquests
    • Faulty Defibrillator Claims
    • Fertility Negligence Claims
    • GP Negligence Claims
    • Group B Streptococcus Claims
    • Hospital Negligence Claims
    • Knee Replacement Claims
    • Laser Eye Surgery Claims
    • Laser Treatment Claims
    • Lung Cancer Misdiagnosis Claims
    • MRSA Claims
    • Medical Misdiagnosis Claims
    • Medical Negligence
    • Meningitis Misdiagnosis Claims
    • Metal-On-Metal Hip Replacement Claims
    • Misdiagnosed Miscarriage Claims
    • Nerve Damage Claims
    • Nerve Injury Claims
    • Ophthalmic Negligence Claims
    • Oral Cancer Claims
    • Orthopaedic Negligence Claims
    • Ovarian Cancer Misdiagnosis Claims
    • Pancreatic Cancer Misdiagnosis Claims
    • Periodontal Disease Claims
    • Pregnancy and Gynaecology Injury Claims
    • Pressure Sore Claims
    • Prostate Cancer Misdiagnosis Claims
    • Restorative Dentistry Claims
    • Sepsis Negligence Claims
    • Skin Cancer Misdiagnosis Claims
    • Sorin Stockert 3T Heater-Cooler Claims
    • Spinal Surgery Claims
    • Stillbirth Compensation Claims
    • Stroke Misdiagnosis Claims
    • Surgery Compensation Claims
    • Surgical and Transvaginal Mesh Claims
    • Testicular Cancer Misdiagnosis Claims
  • Consumer
    • Consumer Disputes
    • Consumer Rights
    • Dispute resolution - civil mediation
    • Libel and Defamation
    • Litigation - Breach of contract
    • Litigation - Insurance disputes
    • Litigation - M&A and warranty disputes
    • Litigation - Product liability claims
    • Litigation - Property litigation claims
    • Litigation - Trust and pension issues
    • Litigation Law
    • Malicious falsehood
    • Pre-publication advice
    • Travel rights
  • Crime/ Criminal Defence
    • Business Crime
    • Fraud
  • Education
    • Education
  • Employment
    • Agency Staff / Temp Workers
    • Constructive/Unfair Dismissal
    • Disciplinary Hearings
    • Discrimination at Work
    • Employee Team Moves
    • Employment Contracts
    • Equal Pay Disputes
    • Family Leave
    • Flexible Working
    • Gardening Leave
    • Harassment/Bullying at Work
    • Holiday Pay Issues
    • Maternity and Paternity
    • Media and Sports
    • Military
    • Part Time Workers
    • Pension Law
    • Privacy and Data Protection
    • Professional Discipline
    • Redundancy
    • Restrictive Covenants
    • Senior Executives
    • Settlement Agreements
    • Stress at Work
    • TUPE
    • Tribunal Claims
    • UK Employment Laws
    • Unfair Dismissal Claims
    • Whistleblower Protection
  • Family Law
    • Adoption, Surrogacy, Care and Special Guardianship
    • Asset protection and tax mitigation
    • Child Arrangements Following Divorce
    • Child Law
    • Child Relocation After Divorce
    • Child contact
    • Children
    • Children Act proceedings
    • Civil Partnership Dissolution
    • Civil partnerships
    • Cohabitation agreements and disputes
    • Cohabitation and Unmarried Relationships
    • Collaborative Law
    • Divorce After A Brain Or Other Serious Injury
    • Domestic Abuse
    • Family Mediation
    • Family law
    • Financial Matters
    • Grandparents' Rights
    • Inheritance Act claims
    • Injunctions
    • Matrimonial finance
    • Out Of Court Divorce
    • Parental responsibility, paternity disputes, surrogacy
    • Pension and property advice
    • Pre and Post Nuptial Agreements
    • Separation Agreement
    • Social Services
    • Unmarried Couples' Rights
  • Housing & Property
    • Anti-social Behaviour
    • Boundary Disputes
    • Buying at auction
    • Declarations of trusts
    • Deeds of Gifts
    • Deeds of easements, variation, deeds of rectifications
    • Dilapidation Claims
    • Evicting Squatters and Trespassers
    • Exclusivity and lock-out agreements
    • Extending your Lease
    • Freehold Enfranchisement
    • Housing Associations
    • Housing Management
    • Housing disputes
    • Injunctions
    • Investment and buy to let properties
    • Landlord and Tenant
    • Lease Extensions
    • Leasehold properties
    • Matrimonial transfers
    • Neighbour Disputes
    • New home purchases and sales
    • Option agreements and conditional contracts
    • Planning
    • Possession and repossession proceedings
    • Property Disputes
    • Purchase and Sale
    • Remortgaging
    • Renting and Tenancy Agreements
    • Repossessions
    • Residential Conveyancing
    • Restrictive Covenants, Easements and Wayleaves
    • Right of First Refusal
    • Right of Way and Rights to Light
    • Right to Manage
    • Service Charge Disputes
    • Service Charge Recovery
    • Tenancy Breaches, Injunctions and Forfeiture Claims
    • Tenant Eviction
    • Transfer of title
    • Transfers of equity
    • Transfers of parts of land
    • Unpaid Rent, Service or Ground Charges
  • Human rights
    • Human rights
    • Judicial review
  • Immigration
    • Administrative reviews, appeals and judicial reviews
    • Ancestry visas
    • Applications for British citizenship
    • Applications for discretionary leave
    • Applications to extend leave to remain or for settlement
    • Asylum and Deportation
    • Asylum applications and appeals
    • Citizenship
    • Deportation appeals
    • EEA Family Permits
    • EEA Registration Cards
    • EEA Residence Permits
    • Entry clearance applications and appeals
    • Family Based Visas
    • Family Reunion Applications / Appeals
    • Family Visit Visa Applications /Appeals
    • General Visit Visa Applications / Appeals
    • Human Rights
    • Illegal Workers and Civil Penalties
    • Immigration Law
    • Indefinite leave to remain applications
    • Marriage Applications/Appeals
    • Nationality, Citizenship, Registration application
    • Partner and family visas
    • Re-entry bans
    • Refugee Family Reunion
    • Settlement Applications and indefinite leave to remain appeals
    • Tier 1 (investors, entrepreneurs and exceptional talent)
    • Tier 2 (sponsored skilled workers)
    • Tier 4 (students)
    • Tier 5 (temporary workers)
    • UK ancestry
    • Visas
  • Money & Tax
    • Debt and Bankruptcy
    • HMRC Tax Investigations and Disputes
    • Inheritance Tax
    • Insolvency and bankruptcy
    • Property Holding Structures
    • Tax
    • Tax Advisory Services
    • Tax Compliance Services
    • Trusts
  • Notary
    • Notary
  • Personal Injury
    • Against The Council
    • Personal Injury Law
    • Welfare Issues After Serious Injury
  • Professional Negligence
    • Barristers
    • Financial advisors
    • IT professionals
    • Professional trustees
  • Wills, Trusts & Probate
    • Probate
    • Trusts
    • Wills

Business areas of law

  • Agriculture
    • Agricultural land for sale or development
    • Buying and selling a farm
    • Commercial contracts for farming businesses
    • Employment of farm workers
    • Equestrian property
    • Farm partnerships and corporate structures
    • Farming disputes
    • Veterinary negligence
  • Banking
    • Banking
  • Charities
    • Charities
  • Commercial Property
    • Commercial Leases
    • Commercial mortgages
    • Developer disputes
    • Development plot sales
    • Environmental policy law
    • Finance
    • Investment purchases and Buy to Let
    • Landlord and tenant
    • Planning law
    • Purchase and Sale Of Commercial Property
    • Purchase of development land
    • Rights of way issues
    • Sales or purchases of shops, factories, warehouses, offices and licensed premises
  • Company & Commercial
    • Agency agreements
    • Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)
    • Asset Tracing
    • Business structures and joint ventures
    • Commercial Contracts and Agreements
    • Commercial Law
    • Commercial Litigation Matters
    • Competition law
    • Contract law
    • Contractual Disputes
    • Corporate Law
    • Corporate finance
    • Credit Control
    • Data Protection
    • Debt Recovery
    • Employment - business
    • Franchising
    • Insolvency and Bankruptcy
    • Insurance
    • Intellectual Property
    • Management buyouts
    • Merchandising and sponsorship
    • Mergers and Acquisitions
    • Mis-sold Interest Rate Swap Agreements
    • Outsourcing agreements
    • Partnership and LLP law
    • Sales and Purchases
    • Setting up a business
    • Share option schemes
    • Shareholder Agreements
    • Shareholder and Partnership Disputes
    • Slander
    • Statutory Demands
    • Summary Judgment
    • Tax
    • Unfair Loan Charges
  • Construction
    • Building contracts and professional appointments
    • Construction
    • Construction and engineering dispute resolution
    • Contracts for the supply, installation and maintenance of specialist mechanical and electrical plant
    • Crane oversailing and scaffolding licences
    • Development agreements
    • Development loan facilities
    • Due diligence audits for banks and other financial institutions
    • Engineering contracts
    • Facility maintenance agreements
    • Framework agreements
    • Guarantees and bonds
    • In-house training
    • Warranties, third party rights and reliance letters
  • Dispute Resolution
    • Mediation
  • Energy & Transport
    • Energy
  • IT & Intellectual Property
    • Advertising and Marketing Compliance
    • Anti-Counterfeiting and Anti-Piracy
    • Computer and IT Law
    • Confidential Information, Know-How and Trade Secrets
    • Copyright
    • Dealing with intellectual property infringements
    • Design rights and product designs
    • Domain Names
    • GDPR
    • Intellectual Property Litigation and Dispute Resolution
    • Patents
    • Personality and Image Rights
    • Trade Marks and Designs
  • Regulations
    • Environment
    • Health and Safety
    • Licensing
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