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Slee Blackwell Solicitors are an award-winning law firm, offering a full range of legal services to individuals and businesses throughout England and Wales. We are recommended by the Legal 500, the Independent and highly influential guide to the legal profession. We also have Lexcel accreditation by the Law Society for excellence in legal client care. Read more...

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Slee Blackwell Solicitors LLP
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3a Oaklands Court
Tiverton
EX16 6TG

1 Marco Polo House
Taunton
TA2 6BJ

2-6 South Street
Braunton
EX33 2AA

Broadwalk House
Exeter
EX1 1UA

10 Cross Street
Barnstaple
EX31 1BA

2 Lime Court
South Molton
EX36 3LH

3a Oaklands Court
Tiverton
EX16 6TG

1 Marco Polo House
Taunton
TA2 6BJ

2-6 South Street
Braunton
EX33 2AA

Broadwalk House
Exeter
EX1 1UA

10 Cross Street
Barnstaple
EX31 1BA

2 Lime Court
South Molton
EX36 3LH

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Available lawyers at Slee Blackwell Solicitors LLP

Jen Law

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Samantha Millington

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Carly Sylvester

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Anya Hoyland

4.9 out of 5
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Debbie Fernandez

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Joanna Smith

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Chris Holten

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Brett Lawrence

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Caroline Webber-Brown

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Clarissa Ellerington

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Erin Thorne

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How Slee Blackwell Solicitors LLP Compares

Value for money

This firm - 97%
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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.

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About Right 96%

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

Yes 99%
No 1%

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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 99%
No 1%

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Rankings by area of expertise

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

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Consumer
1st / 8
15th / 4665
Company & Commercial
1st / 5
60th / 4426
Housing & Property
1st / 5
122nd / 4272
Family Law
1st / 7
14th / 3864
Wills, Trusts & Probate
1st / 6
61st / 3536
Commercial Property
1st / 7
90th / 3354
Employment
1st / 4
133rd / 3129
Personal Injury
1st / 6
9th / 2408
Crime/ Criminal Defence
1st / 3
36th / 2127
Money & Tax
1st / 6
10th / 1853
Professional Negligence
1st / 3
2nd / 1214
Dispute Resolution
1st / 2
25th / 1035
Clinical Negligence
1st / 3
6th / 946
Agriculture
1st / 6
25th / 598
Driving offences
1st / 2
13th / 353
Actions against the police
1st / 1
3rd / 80

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

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4.9/5

Reviews summary

  • Excellent

    1159

  • Very Good

    30

  • Average

    4

  • Poor

    2

  • Awful

    7

Overall experience

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Sue Benbow

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Sue Benbow

November 17, 2024

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Highly recommended!

In 2023 I found myself in an unexpected situation of having to deal with the estate of a relative who had passed away intestate.l didn't know where to start! Living in Shrewsbury I needed a solicitor in Barnstaple and triggered by a vague childhood memory I contacted Slee Blackwell. My case was assigned to Holly Hampton (now Gilbert) to whom I cannot give high enough praise. She has dealt with everything professionally, competently and swiftly and the estate has been settled. Also worthy of top marks are Kay and Rosie. Thank you all and please will you relocate to Shrewsbury?!

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Hannah Bound

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Hannah Bound

November 15, 2024

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House purchase

Amazing service from Joanna, thank you for making our experience smooth and stress free!

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Anonymous

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Anonymous

November 07, 2024

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Very Positive Experience

I had a very positive experience with Samantha from Slee Blackwell and would recommend the firm wholeheartedly.

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Mrs Lee

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Mrs Lee

November 07, 2024

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Excellent service

Efficient, professional and friendly. We highly recommend the Slee Blackwell team.

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jay
Wills, Trusts & Probate

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Disputed Probate

jay

November 04, 2024

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FANTASTIC SOLICITOR

Brontë, guided us through a very difficult time, and always gave the best advice even if it wasn't what i always wanted to hear. I really appreciated her honesty,her knowledge and experience. I'd highly recommend

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Jay Hall
Housing & Property

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Residential Conveyancing

Jay Hall

October 30, 2024

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5 star service ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️

Both Samantha and Rosie were incredibly helpful, professional and clear with their advice.

I have used Samantha to buy and sell numerous properties and will be using them again in the future and recommending them to others.

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Mark Hunt
Family Law

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Mark Hunt

October 24, 2024

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TT

Jen was fantastic from start to finish over a 5 year period. Down to earth and very honest just what people need and she tells it how it is so you understand! Will defiantly use Jen again for anything i might need in the future.

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Nick Day
Housing & Property

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October 17, 2024

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Conveyancing Property Sale

Very polite professional service. Kept us informed answered all enquires in a timely manner and provided sensible advice when needed.

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LEF
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LEF

October 10, 2024

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Excellent Solicitor

jen Law has helped me with some complex issues and has always been excellent. She is very approachable and explains issues clearly and concisely in words complete laymen understand. If you need clear competant advice and help I can't recommend her highly enough

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Jordan
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Jordan

October 04, 2024

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Great Service

Used Slee Blackwells (Bideford Office) for the purchase of our first house. Joanna made the process very smooth with clear communication. Would use Slee Blackwells again for any future needs.

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Annabel
Housing & Property

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Residential Conveyancing

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October 17, 2024

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Annabel

Efficient and communicative. Not my usual solicitors, but will use them in future now

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yvonne
Housing & Property

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yvonne

May 19, 2024

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yvonne

My brother purchased a property a few years ago and he used Slee Blackwell solicitors. Samantha provided professional services and we were very satisfied. Recently, my brother sold the property and we purchased a new one, and once again, Samantha and her team were extremely helpful. We highly recommend their services.

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Amy
Wills, Trusts & Probate

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Probate

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May 02, 2024

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Amy

Really professional, kind, supportive and friendly at the difficult time of Probate

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April 25, 2024

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Gary

Slee Blackwell went above and beyond, can only highly recommend the company and staff, answered any questions promptly.
I run a removal company myself, I understand the stress involved in moving home and businesses.
Slee Blackwell would be the only solicitors I would recommend.
Fantastic work thank you

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Kevin
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Wills

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November 14, 2023

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Kevin

Erin and Cheryl looked after the drafting of our family will and did an exceptional job in getting it ready to sign in very quick time (as we had requested). Very professional and helpful team at the Bideford office.

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Slee Blackwell Solicitors are an award winning, Legal 500 recommended practice serving clients nationwide. 2020 was our centenary year. We have come a long way in the past one hundred plus years, but we remain committed to the principles of our founder Ernest Slee to provide the highest levels of professional service. We are proud to have been awarded Lexcel accreditation, the Law Society’s legal practice quality mark for excellence in legal practice management and legal client care. Our clients therefore have the peace of mind of knowing that their legal affairs are in safe hands and that their interests are being looked after by an established, accredited law firm that is dedicated to providing a first class service. While we provide a full range of legal services, we are known nationally for our expertise in a number of niche areas of law, including inheritance disputes, medical negligence and animal law. Our work has attracted a great deal of media attention. Medical negligence Lawyer, Oliver Thorne, has for instance been celebrated for spearheading the fight for justice of hundreds of British PIP breast implant victims in the French courts, as well as campaigning for the rights of mothers and babies who have been let down by our health services. Partner James McNally (who has been shortlisted for Claimant Lawyer of the Year at the 2021 National Personal Injury Awards) has been dubbed 'The Dog Bite Solicitor' by The Guardian newspaper.

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Personal areas of law

  • Actions against the police
    • Actions against the police
    • Assault using a Taser gun
    • Excessive force or assault
    • Malicious prosecution
    • Police negligence
    • Wrongful arrest or false imprisonment
  • 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
    • Dispute resolution - civil mediation
    • 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
    • NHS Continuing Healthcare Funding
    • Travel - Holiday Sickness
    • Travel rights
  • Crime/ Criminal Defence
    • Criminal defence - All
  • Driving offences
    • Appeal driving conviction
    • Careless driving
    • Convicted in absence
    • Dangerous driving
    • Dangerous vehicle conditions
    • Death By Careless Driving
    • Death by dangerous driving
    • Discretionary disqualification
    • Disqualification removal
    • Drink driving
    • Driving Whilst Unfit
    • Driving Without Due Care
    • Driving whilst disqualified
    • Driving without a licence
    • Driving without insurance
    • Drug driving
    • Drunk in charge
    • Exceptional Hardship
    • Failing to notify DVLA
    • Failure to furnish identification
    • Failure to provide a blood sample
    • Failure to provide a specimen
    • Goods vehicles - operators licence
    • Goods vehicles - tachograph offences
    • Mobile phone offences
    • New Driver Provisions
    • Notice of intended prosecution
    • Recognition of disqualification
    • Restoration of licence
    • Road rage incidents
    • Serious injury by dangerous driving
    • Signs and signal offences
    • Special Reasons
    • Speeding offences
    • Stopping and reporting
    • Totting Up Driving Ban
  • Employment
    • Settlement Agreements
    • Stress at Work
  • Family Law
    • Adoption, Surrogacy, Care and Special Guardianship
    • Annulment
    • Asset protection and tax mitigation
    • Change of name
    • Child Abduction
    • Child Access
    • Child Arrangements Following Divorce
    • Child Custody
    • Child Law
    • Child Maintenance
    • 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
    • Divorce After A Brain Or Other Serious Injury
    • Divorce Mediation
    • Domestic Abuse
    • Domestic Violence
    • Elderly care
    • Elderly care home fees
    • Family Mediation
    • Family law
    • Financial Matters
    • Fixed Fee Divorce
    • Grandparents' Rights
    • High Net Worth Divorce
    • Inheritance Act claims
    • Injunctions
    • International Divorce
    • Lasting power of attorney
    • Marriage and civil partnerships
    • Matrimonial finance
    • Out Of Court Divorce
    • Parental responsibility, paternity disputes, surrogacy
    • Pension and property advice
    • Pre and Post Nuptial Agreements
    • Separation
    • 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
    • Second charges
    • 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
  • Money & Tax
    • Inheritance Tax
    • Insolvency and bankruptcy
    • Property Holding Structures
    • Tax
    • Tax Advisory Services
    • Trusts
  • Personal Injury
    • Accident Abroad
    • Accident At Work
    • Accidents At Sea And Cruise Injury
    • Accidents In Public Places
    • Against The Council
    • Amputation
    • Asbestos Compensation
    • Asbestos Lung Cancer
    • Asbestosis
    • Back Injury At Work
    • Benefits Available To Asbestos Victims
    • Broken Bone Or Fracture
    • Burns, Scars and Lacerations At Work
    • Bus and Coach Accident
    • Car Accident
    • Car Passenger
    • Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
    • Children's Accident
    • Children's Serious Injury
    • Chronic Pain
    • Cycling Accident
    • Defective Work Equipment
    • Dog Bite
    • Fall From Height
    • Fatal Accident
    • Fatal Asbestos
    • Gym Injury Compensation
    • Head Injury At Work
    • Head and Brain Injury
    • Holiday Accidents and Illness
    • Holiday Sickness and Illness Compensation
    • Horse Riding Injury
    • Industrial Disease Compensation
    • Manual Handling
    • Mesothelioma Compensation
    • Motor Insurance Policy
    • Motorbike Accident
    • No Win No Fee
    • Noise-Induced Hearing Loss
    • Occupational Asthma
    • Osteoarthritis
    • Pedestrian Accident
    • Personal Injury Law
    • Repetitive Strain Injury
    • Road Traffic Accident
    • Road Traffic Accident Abroad
    • Serious Injury
    • Skiing Injury
    • Slips, Trips and Falls
    • Spinal Injury Compensation
    • Sports Injury
    • Supermarket Accident
    • Terrorism Abroad
    • Tinnitus
    • Vibration White Finger
    • Welfare Issues After Serious Injury
    • Whiplash
    • Workplace Slip and Trip
  • Professional Negligence
    • Accountants
    • Architects
    • Barristers
    • Engineers
    • Financial advisors
    • IT professionals
    • Insurance brokers
    • Professional Negligence
    • Professional Negligence law
    • Professional trustees
    • Surveyors
    • Tax consultants
    • Valuers
  • Wills, Trusts & Probate
    • Disputed Probate
    • Disputed Trusts
    • Disputed Wills
    • International
    • 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
  • 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
    • Data Protection
    • Employment - business
    • Franchising
    • Insolvency and Bankruptcy
    • Insurance
    • Intellectual Property
    • Litigation for Holiday and Residential Parks
    • 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
    • Statutory Demands
    • Summary Judgment
    • Tax
    • Unfair Loan Charges
  • Dispute Resolution
    • Mediation
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