Chadwick Lawrence continues to grow its presence across the North of England with the opening of its new Darlington office in County Durham. The new location strengthens the firm’s commitment to providing accessible, high-quality legal advice to businesses and individuals throughout the North East.
From Darlington, clients will have access to the full range of Chadwick Lawrence legal services, including employment law, commercial and despute resolution services, property, family law, sports law and private client support. The office forms part of the firm’s continued strategic growth and reflects its ambition to build on over 190 years of legal expertise.
Leading the new office is Partner Daniel Krigers, who brings more than two decades of experience within the firm.
Leading the Darlington Office
Daniel Krigers is an Employment Law Partner at Chadwick Lawrence and a member of the firm’s Management Board. Having joined the firm as a trainee in 2005, Daniel has played a key role in the firm’s development and growth over the past 20 years.
He now heads up the firm’s Darlington Office, supporting Chadwick Lawrence’s expansion beyond Yorkshire and helping to establish the firm as a leading legal provider across the wider North of England.
Alongside his leadership role, Daniel continues to advise businesses and organisations on a wide range of employment law matters and works closely with colleagues across the firm to ensure clients benefit from the full depth of Chadwick Lawrence’s expertise.
Daniel Krigers
Partner
Supporting Businesses and Individuals
Chadwick Lawrence works with a diverse range of clients across the region, including SME’s, national organisations, professional bodies and private individuals. The Darlington office will play an important role in building new relationships throughout the North East while continuing to support the firm’s existing national client base.
Daniel’s leadership and long-standing experience within the firm helps ensure that the same high standards of service, commercial understanding and practical advice are delivered to clients in this growing region.
About Us
For Business For You For over 170 Years
We don’t make bold claims about being a “revolutionary” law firm. We don’t say “we’re not like other law firms”. We are. We do law, to the high standards we set for ourselves. We take pride in what we do and we care.
Each and every one of us at Chadwick Lawrence takes pride in:
Our environment
Our work
Our approach
As a Firm, we’re proud of:
What we’ve built
Our relationships
Our people
Our communities and the diversity of the people we serve
Vision and Values
We have created a way of working which we call The Chadwick Lawrence Way. We all commit to our vision and values which are at the heart of everything we do.
Our Vision
We want to be recognised as the best legal practise in the North. We employ colleagues with personality, who are approachable, understand our business needs and those of our clients – people who are capable of conversing in plain English, but are skilled in their profession and confident in their approach. A people culture made up of those who will do what they say they will do, within a timescale that they agree.
Our Values
Our values are at the heart of what we do.
We recognise that we are different and celebrate our differences. Whatever our background, our values foster a creative and innovative culture and a sense of community and wellbeing, where we look after each other and collectively contribute to a happy and enjoyable place to work.
Corporate & Commercial
We have a team of experienced, dedicated Corporate and Commercial lawyers who have the specialist skills to provide you with the quality advice and assistance you require, whenever you require it. We have a track record of serving a diverse range of clients across various sectors, whether you are a large corporation or a small business, our specialists offer tailored advice to suit your unique needs.
Corporate
Corporate Advisory
There is no “one size fits all” solution and your business should be structured and organised to meet your needs. Corporate Advisory requirements might include:
• Shareholders’ Agreements
• Tailored articles of association
• Restructure of share capital, “alphabet” shares, redeemable shares, capitalisation of loans
• Sub-division, consolidation and re-denomination of shares
• Creation of different classes of shares
• Shareholder and directorship issues, nominees, alternates, shadows
• Existing management teams in MBO, MBI, VAMBO, VIMBO
• Structured or “two-tier” buyouts
• Investment by venture capitalists
• Appointment and instruction of corporate finance brokers
• The creation of Joint Ventures
• An international dimension
Banking & Finance
Partner with our legal specialists in M&A, corporate recovery, insolvency, commercial property, and banking litigation to ensure a seamless and efficient process for your deal. We offer expert assistance in all aspects of finance and banking, including:
• Advising on pro forma bank documents
• Negotiating facility letters
• Putting in place security, from real estate to asset-backed finance
Commercial
Commercial Contracts
Contracts are the backbone of any business. Our emphasis on effective and clearly written contracts prevents costly disputes and protects your interests. We specialise in:
• Standard terms and conditions for the supply of goods and/or services
• Standard purchasing terms
• Terms and conditions for online sales
• Introducer agreements
• Consultancy agreements
• Collaboration agreements
• Lease/hire agreements
• Confidentiality and non-disclosure agreements
• Subcontractor agreements
• Sponsorship agreements
• IT contracts
Intellectual Property
Protecting your intellectual property is crucial for business success. Our services include:
• Contract and Licenses – assisting with IP sales, transfers, and licensing
• Design Rights – determining and registering design protections
• Enforcement – if you believe someone is infringing on your intellectual property or brand, we can take action, defending you in court and before the Intellectual Property Office
• Trademarks – registering and protecting brand names, logos, slogans
• Restrictive Covenants – these are a vital way to protect your business. They must be carefully drafted to be enforceable, our services include drafting, enforcing, defending, and reviewing restrictive covenants. We specialise in the following types:
1. Confidentiality to protect sensitive information
2. Geographical to prevent former employees working in competition
3. Non-Solicitation and No Contact Covenants to prevent former employees contacting customers or suppliers to entice them away
4. Enticement Covenants for preventing former employees enticing existing employees to join them in their new business ventures
Commercial Retainer
With our comprehensive service, you can confidently focus on managing your business while we handle the legal complexities. The commercial retainer may include:
• A review of your commercial contracts
• Drafting/amending commercial contracts
• Commercial review of your terms and conditions
• Unlimited telephone advice relating to your commercial contracts
Court of Protection
Our Court of Protection team can provide expert advice and assistance when an individual or their loved one has lost capacity to manage their finances. This may be due to a diagnosis of dementia, a learning disability, or an acquired brain injury.
We work closely with our clients and their loved ones to support them to achieve their goals and to ensure that their needs are met. Recognising the uniqueness of each client’s circumstances, we tailor our services to meet their specific needs.
Professional Deputyships
At Chadwick Lawrence we offer a full professional deputyship service which includes the following:
• Acting as property and affairs deputy for clients of all ages
• Providing expert witness evidence on the costs of having a professional deputyship in place
• Working alongside litigators to manage sums awarded during a personal injury or clinical negligence claim
• Obtaining investment and tax advice
• Working closely with case managers, support workers and therapists to meet rehabilitation goals
• Managing the purchase and adaptation of suitable accommodation for our clients
• Providing advice on entitlement to state benefits and local authority funding
Lay Deputyship Services
We also work closely with family members who have been or wish to be appointed as deputy for their loved ones to provide the following assistance:
• Obtaining and reviewing capacity evidence to determine whether a power of attorney, trust or deputyship is most appropriate in the circumstances
• Drafting applications for lifetime gifts, the sale and purchase of properties and high value property adaptations
• Advising on and assisting with health and welfare deputyship applications
• Completing annual deputyship reports and responding to queries from the Office of the Public Guardian
Providing expert witness reports on deputyship and trustee costs.
Personal Injury Trusts
If you are due to receive damages in connection with a personal injury you may wish to consider setting up a personal injury trust for the following reasons:
• To protect entitlement to means tested benefits
• To protect entitlement to funding from the local authority towards care needs
• To reduce the risk of financial exploitation
Our team can provide assistance with the execution of a personal injury trust and the appointment/retirement of trustees. We can also act as professional trustee for both adults and children.
In all our services, we prioritise a personalised approach, ensuring that each client’s unique needs and circumstances are fully understood and addressed. Our dedicated team is committed to providing the highest level of support and guidance, making complex legal processes as straightforward and stress-free as possible for our clients and their families.
Employment Law
We act for both Companies and Individuals on a wide range of employment law issues on both contentious and non-contentious matters.
Our business employment service is primarily delivered under our BOX HR banner. We have delivered support to hundreds of businesses across the region and nationally for nearly 20 years. We know what you want from your provider, but we also know no two businesses are the same. We are trusted to provide commercial, decisive advice.
Our Tribunal Litigation team is proud of our expertise and commercial acumen. Our approach considers not only the merits of your claim, but also the commercial context to the situation. Such is the range of clients we act for; we appreciate that the objectives can vary greatly, particularly considering cost, time, personnel and commercial sensitivities.
Box HR –Additional Services
We build our services around your needs. In addition to our employment law support, box up your additional HR services to include:
Your people can be your greatest asset; they can be your competitive advantage. You want to attract and retain the best; you want to motivate them to perform to the best of their potential. The foundations for achieving this depend on the way you manage this resource, from before the relationship has begun right through the employment cycle. We understand that, with the wealth of management challenges businesses have, you may need external support in certain areas.
Employment Law Support
Our primary support function is delivered through our Employment Law Supporting offering. We have been supporting clients for 20 years by offering unlimited day-to-day employment support, delivered by qualified lawyers.
Under our retainer scheme we provide unlimited employment law support assisting clients with a myriad of issues including:
• Contract and Handbook Reviews
• Advice on disciplinary matters
• Suspension of employees
• Conducting grievances
• Sickness absence management
• Performance management
• TUPE
• Virtual HR department
• HR Software
• Legal expenses insurance
• Training
Employment Tribunal Support
No matter what the dispute is, we use our expertise and resources to represent you in the best way possible. We take control of your claim at the outset, leaving you to concentrate on your priorities.
We have represented clients in every conceivable claim in the Employment Tribunal but commonly advise clients in issuing and defending claims in:
• Unfair Dismissal
• Wrongful Dismissal
• Discrimination
• Breach of Contract
• Unlawful deductions of wages
• Equal Pay Claims
We offer our clients a range of fee options to suit every circumstance. These include:
• Insurance
• Fixed Fees
• Hourly Rates
• Conditional Fee and Damaged Based Agreements
Employee Services
Employment problems or disputes can be resolved informally, but not always. Which is why you need to know what your employment rights are, and how to achieve the best result.
We also understand the devastating impact an Employment Dispute can have on your everyday life, and are here to guide you through it, and help resolve it as quickly as possible.
We advise employees on a range of employment law issues including:
• Disciplinary
• Exit Packages
• Grievance Advice
• Restrictive Covenants
• Settlement Agreements
DiversiTest
A diverse and inclusive workforce can reap meaningful rewards for businesses and employees. Our DiversiTest team assist businesses to meet their commitments to diversity and inclusion through:
• An audit and benchmarking assessment
• Policy, process and change recommendations
• Assistance and advice on implementation of a pathway which leads to meaningful progress towards a more diverse and inclusive workplace
Family Law
We are specialists in all area of Divorce and Family Law. Our experienced Team is recognised for the high quality service we provide with much of our work coming from recommendations from for clients. Our depth of experience is recognised through our inclusion in Legal 500.
Wherever possible we try to resolve cases without needing to involve the Court in an effort to supporting our client to reaching amicable and cost effective agreements. However, when Court Proceedings are unavoidable our broad range of experience ensures our clients have high quality and robust representation, no matter what area of Family Law you require help with.
The areas of work we advise on are as follows:
• Divorce
• Civil Partnerships
• Financial Settlements on Divorce
• Separation Agreements
• Matters affecting unmarried couples
• Pre-Nuptial and Post Nuptial Agreements
• Children Law Disputes
• Mediation
• Collaborative Law
• Grandparents Rights
• Financial Provision for Children
Dispute Resolution
The Dispute Resolution Department assist commercial and individual clients to resolve disputes across a comprehensive range of specialist areas of law.
We provide our clients with a clear path to achieve their objectives with a commitment to adding value to every client. We stand out because of our commitment to our clients. We provide informed, pragmatic and commercial advice across each of our specialist teams.
The Dispute Resolution Department consists of the following specialist teams:
At Chadwick Lawrence, mediation is a core part of our Dispute Resolution offering, providing clients with an efficient and commercially focused alternative to court proceedings. It enables parties to resolve disputes more quickly, reduce costs and retain control over the outcome, often achieving settlement without the need for litigation.
Our mediation services are delivered by experienced solicitors who understand both the legal issues and the wider commercial or personal considerations behind every dispute.
The Partner leading this is Peter Harling, an accredited mediator and senior member of our Dispute Resolution Team.
Our Approach
Chadwick Lawrence’s approach to mediation is solution-driven and client-focused. Our mediators:
• Act impartially and independently
• Provide clear, practical and commercial guidance
• Keep matters progressing efficiently
• Create a confidential space for constructive dialogue
• Empower parties to reach resolution on their own terms
Peter became an accredited mediator after seeing first-hand how effective mediation can be in resolving disputes early and successfully.
To find out more about mediation or our wider Dispute Resolution services, please contact our team.
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Peter Harling
Partner & Accredited Mediator
Peter Harling is a Partner at Chadwick Lawrence and an accredited mediator, based across our Leeds City Centre, Wakefield and Huddersfield offices. He plays a key role in delivering the firm’s mediation services, particularly in complex commercial, contractual and insolvency-related disputes.
Practical, organised and commercially focused, Peter works closely with clients and their advisors to facilitate constructive discussions and achieve workable, lasting resolutions.
Why Mediation?
Court litigation can be costly, lengthy and uncertain. Mediation offers:
• A quicker and more cost-effective process
• Confidentiality and flexibility
• A high likelihood of settlement
• Reduced stress and disruption
As a firm, Chadwick Lawrence encourages clients to consider mediation at an early stage wherever appropriate, as a means of avoiding unnecessary escalation.
Commercial and Personal Litigation
Business Clients
• Banking and Finance
• Contractual Disputes
• Directors and Shareholder Disputes
• Professional Negligence
• Defendant Personal Injury
• Insurance
• Judicial Review
• Mediation
• Intellectual Property
• Data Protection and GDPR
• Post Termination Restrictions
Personal Clients
• Contractual Disputes
• Professional Negligence
• Data Protection and GDPR
Media & Reputation Law
Business Clients and Personal Clients
• Pre Publication
• After Publication
• Online Reputation & Presence
• Defamation
• Harassment
• Privacy and Confidence
Complete Property Solutions (Property Disputes)
Business Clients and Personal Clients
• Boundary Disputes, Land Ownership Rights, Breach of Contract, Misrepresentation and Damage to Property
• Judicial Review
• Claims against Property Professionals
• Residential Landlord and Tenant Disputes
Business Clients
• Breaches of Leases, Rent & Service Charge Issues
• Lease Renewals, Termination and Dilapidations
Corporate
Recovery and Insolvency
Business Clients
• Administration
• Administrative Receivership
• Company Restoration
• Company Voluntary Arrangements
• Fraudulent Trading
• Liquidation
• Preferences
• Statutory Demands
• Transactions at an Undervalue
• Validation Orders
• Winding – Up Petitions
• Wrongful Trading
Personal Clients
• Bankruptcy
• Director Disqualification
• Individual Voluntary Arrangements
Contentious Probate
We act for executors, beneficiaries, trustees and charities involved in disputes over land and money which arise following a death.
Navigating the complexities of family estates and trusts can be challenging. Our team deliver strategic, empathetic and jargon free advice to clients, combining expert legal knowledge with common sense and understanding.
Common issues which arise include:
• The interpretation of trust deeds and wills
• Correcting mistakes in trust deeds and wills
• The removal and replacement of executors and trustees
• Challenges to the validity of wills
• The enforcement after a death of promises made before
• Claims for financial provision on death
• Disputes over the ownership of land
• Trust Disputes
DiversiTest
A diverse and inclusive workforce can reap meaningful rewards for businesses and employees. Our DiversiTest team assist businesses to meet their commitments to diversity and inclusion through
• An audit and benchmarking assessment
• Policy, process and change recommendations
• Assistance and advice on implementation of a pathway which leads to meaningful progress towards a more diverse and inclusive workplace
Construction Disputes
Our team are specialists in dispute risk management of construction and engineering projects of all shapes and sizes. We align our strategic approach to your aims, objectives and industry sector requirements, to alleviate risk and provide a cost effective commercial resolution.
We support our clients no matter what stage the project is at, including an early risk evaluation and strategic guidance to enable you to make the right commercial decisions.
We typically provide advice in relation to:
• Payment disputes
• Contract disputes
• Professional Negligence
• Expert Determination
• ADR and Enforcement
Social Housing Litigation
Our Social Housing Management Team has extensive experience of assisting Registered Providers of Social Housing in relation to:
• Housing conditions and disrepair claims
• Unlawful eviction and breach of covenant actions
• Discrimination claims
• Trusts issues
• Homelessness and allocations
• Judicial review
• Anti-social behaviour
• Possession claims
• Complaints
• Policy drafting
• Complex litigation
Our team is particularly well known for its client-focussed and commercial approach across all aspects of housing litigation.
We design and deliver bespoke housing conditions and disrepair claims handling packages. These packages have a proven track record of minimising costs, claim turn-around times, and the time clients must spend dealing with these cases.
We have a range of free training courses for Registered Providers. These can be delivered in person or online. You can browse our free training courses on our website or contact us if you would like us to design a bespoke training course for your organisation.
Acclaim are proud to offer:
• A bespoke debt recovery solution tailored to your business
• A Service Level Agreement with agreed response and service promise
• Fixed or Contingency Fees
• Cost neutral recovery with cost recovery from debtors
• Flexible reporting and management information
• Portal access to view progress
• Consultancy service to assist you to improve your internal credit management processes
Medical Negligence
Treatment by Doctors, Midwives, Nurses or other Practitioners occasionally goes wrong, causing pain, injury, disability and financial loss. Our specialist medical negligence solicitors have the expertise to investigate medical negligence claims and get you answers and the compensation and care package you deserve.
Our expertise includes, but is not limited to:
• Accident & Emergency
The reputation of our highly experienced medical negligence lawyers comes from success. Our specialist team combine legal and medical expertise with compassion, knowledge and understanding to successfully guide our client’s through clinical negligence claims.
Initial advice is free, whether in person, by telephone or by e-mail. We will advise on possible funding options, including a Conditional Fee Agreement as “no-win, no-fee”, Legal Aid in the case of birth injuries.
Our medical negligence services encompass a wide range of areas, ensuring we can address various types of medical errors and their consequences.
• Amputations
• Birth Injuries
• Brain Injuries
• Cancer Cases
• Cardiology
• Ear, Nose & Throat
• Eye Conditions & Surgery
• Gastroenterology
• General Practitioner (GP)
• Genetics Conditions
• Gynaecology
• Neurology/Nerve Damage
• Orthopaedics & Rheumatology
• Paediatrics
• Respiratory Disorders
• Spinal Cord Injuries
• Surgery
• Urology & Renal
• Vascular Conditions & Vascular
Surgery
Personal Injury
Unfortunately, accidents do happen, and if this is the case, you are certainly not alone. If you have been injured within the past three years and think you have good reason to seek compensation, do not hesitate to contact Chadwick Lawrence.
Our skilled and experienced team will support you every step of the way, helping you receive the maximum compensation you are entitled to. We offer a “no-win, no-fee” service, meaning you have nothing to pay should your claim not be successful.
With offices throughout Yorkshire, we offer free initial consultations at any of our offices, at your home, place of work, or even in hospital. Chadwick Lawrence has a strong tradition in helping people injured in accidents of all kinds, and we have a specialist team dealing with serious injuries, including brain injuries and spinal injuries.
Chadwick Lawrence also has a dedicated serious injury team that has achieved significant successes in recent years, including:
• Obtaining £6 million for a claimant who sustained serious injuries, including tetraplegia and a brain injury.
• Securing £4 million for a claimant who sustained a below-knee amputation in an accident at work.
No claim is too big or too small for our dedicated team of personal injury lawyers. We are committed to providing exceptional legal support and ensuring that you receive the compensation and care you need following an accident.
Our services include:
• Accident at Work Claims
• Animal-Related Injuries
• Armed Forces Injury Claims
• Road Traffic Accident Claims
• Slip, Trip, or Fall Claims
Complete Property Solutions
Property
Our skills and expertise within the property team at Chadwick Lawrence means we offer a complete service to business clients and individuals across all sections in respect of all property matters.
Our breadth of experience and knowledge means we can tackle any project issue or development in a practical and effective manner.
Supported by resources such as access to the latest and most up to date electronic precedents and legal information services, our Property team takes pride in the quality of our legal advice.
Commercial Property
Whether you are a sole trader looking to renew a lease of business premises, an investor expanding their portfolio or a major PLC disposing of a headquarters building, our commercial property solicitors will be able to assist you. Supported by resources such as access to the latest and most up to date precedents and legal information services, our commercial team takes pride in the quality of our legal product and the commercial approach we take in advising clients. This gives our solicitors a competitive edge which we will share with you in a cost effective manner.
Our specialist services include:
• Leases – all aspects of property lease whether it be acting for a Landlord or Tenant.
• Sales and Purchases of all kinds of commercial property
• Sales and Purchases of small businesses to include the transfer of assets and assignment of lease
• Refinancing at all levels – we can provide in depth advice and assistance throughout your refinancing and we have substantial experience in acting for institutional banks, other lenders, and borrowers in a wide range of different transactions.
Development
Our specialist Development team can assist in all aspects of both residential development and commercial development.
Residential Development
Developing new housing estates can be a very complex business and development should be sure to obtain specialist legal advice before buying or building upon the land to avoid any unwelcome surprises during the development. The Chadwick Lawrence development team has an abundance of experience and all specialist knowledge you will need to ensure that your project goes ahead without hitch from pre-planning to post completion.
We can assist with:
• Purchase and Sale of land
• Long Term Options and Conditional Contracts
• Strategic land purchases
• Planning permissions
• Section 106 Agreements together with Highways and Infrastructure agreements
• Construction documentation and warranties
• Plot sales including the setting up of management companies for leasehold developments.
Commercial Development
In respect of commercial development, our specialist team has the breath and depth of knowledge necessary to understand the complexities of a new commercial property development, dealing with transactions of all sizes for all types of clients.
We can assist with:
• Advising on site acquisitions
• Building construction and warranty documentation
• Planning permission and associated planning agreements
• Agreements for Sale
• Agreements for Lease
Property Litigation
We advise and represent clients in relation to all issues, problems, disputes and claims arising out of their ownership or occupation of all types of property. We have an excellent record of achieving desired outcomes for our clients in a cost-effective manner.
Our expert lawyers, who are all specialists, will be able to quickly grasp the issues that are relevant to their client’s case and give prompt and thorough advice at the outset. Thereafter they are able to represent their clients skilfully in discussions and negotiations with the opponents with the aim of achieving the client’s desired outcome. We cover the full range of property disputes but the work broadly falls into the following categories:
• Business loans
• Land/Building disputes relating to commercial property contracts
• Professional negligence claims arising out of property transactions
• Overage disputes on behalf of landlords
Real Estate
We act for both individuals and companies on all types of work relating to domestic property. Conveyancing describes the legal process of buying and selling houses in England and Wales. It is the means by which title or ownership to land is transferred between parties to a transaction.
Our team of over 80 colleagues, based throughout our 8 sites, can handle instructions on all types of conveyancing, from leasehold to freehold seamlessly working together to ensure your instructions are carried out. Work takes place for repeat clients, local clients who want to call into an office and remote clients – those we never meet.
Members of the Real Estate team, which incorporates a competent remortgage team, work on your file from inception to conclusion. You are not passed between colleagues in the department unless absolutely necessary. You will be given a direct dial and individual email addresses for your legal team.
We run all of our files via our App which allows you to answer and ask questions, fill in documents, provide all your ID documentation, just a few of the many useful, time-saving things the App brings to the process.
The timeline of a matter looks like this:
• Quote, acceptance of quote, new file opened by a dedicated New Business Team and thorough client onboarding, covering ID checks, money laundering checks and general assessment of you and your matter
• File is then “live” and is passed to your lawyer who will work with their assistant with you throughout the legal process part of the matter
• Completion is handled by your lawyer and then the file is passed to the;
• Post Completion team who ensure all post-completion formalities take place, such as paying stamp duty and attending to updating your title deeds at the Land Registry
Our work falls predominantly into three areas:
• Selling and buying of houses
• Remortgage work
• Transfer of equity (with or without a remortgage)
Within the above areas there are several sub-categories which include, but are not limited to, Equity Release, Shared Ownership transactions, New Build purchases, Buy to Let and Holiday Let.
We value the work we do and value all of our customers. Our friendly, approachable, straight-talking team members are on hand to guide you through what, for some, is the biggest financial decision and commitment they will make in their lives.
We’re not a removal company but we do remove the stress and hassle.
Regulatory and Crime
We are a small and personable team that acts for both individuals and companies on a wide range of regulatory and criminal issues.
We pride ourselves on fast, practical and honest legal advice. Our client base includes individuals, medium sized businesses, as well as large multinational companies. We are also one of the few providers in the area who are able to offer the full ambit of Sports Law advice to both athletes and sporting organisations on regulatory and personal issues.
Individuals Services
We act for individuals facing various criminal charges, including serious accusations. Our specialty is providing advice in motoring cases, such as:
• Using a mobile phone whilst driving
• Speeding
• Drink and drug driving
• Pleading exceptional hardship for those facing a driving ban
We have acted for individuals accused of careless or dangerous driving, including cases involving serious injury or death. Additionally, we represent individuals accused of more serious crimes, such as:
• Sexual crimes
• Serious assaults
• Fraud and theft
We do not take cases on a Legal Aid basis and only accept private paying instructions. Our services include regularly attending Interviews Under Caution by the police and other authorities such as:
• Department for Work and Pensions
• Rail Companies
• DVLA
Corporate Advice
We assist businesses facing investigations by any regulator, including:
• Health and Safety Executive
• Financial Conduct Authority
• Care Quality Commission (CQC)
These agencies have the power to bring about prosecution, enforcement, and disciplinary proceedings. We guide businesses through these difficult times, including any subsequent inspections and reviews. Our wide-ranging experience also includes:
• Local Authority investigations
• Trading Standards enforcement
• Licensing and Environmental Health investigations, enforcement, and prosecution
Sports Law
Sports Law
We are one of the few local providers capable of acting for both athletes and sports clubs, offering a full range of advice.
Our experience includes:
• Representing athletes facing criminal charges and professional charges by bodies such as the Football Association, Rugby Football League, and Rugby Football Union
• Assisting clubs with day-to-day advice, representing professional football clubs, rugby league, and rugby union clubs, as well as netball franchises
• Acting for amateur athletes in grassroots sports
• Handling high-profile anti-doping cases
Non-Contentious Work
Our team also deals with non-contentious business immigration work, advising companies on:
• Acquiring immigration licences
• Issuing visas
• Data protection matters
At Chadwick Lawrence, we are committed to delivering exceptional legal support across a broad spectrum of regulatory and criminal issues. Whether you are an individual, a business, or a sporting organisation, our dedicated team is here to provide the expertise and guidance you need.
Wills and Probate
Wills
All our highly approachable practitioners have extensive experience in advising on and preparing Wills. A Will is one of the most important documents you may ever make to ensure your loved ones are protected and your assets are dealt with in accordance with your wishes. It is essential that you review your Will regularly, particularly on any change in your financial or personal circumstances such as on marriage, entering a civil partnership, divorce or welcoming new additions to your family.
We are also experts on inheritance tax and estate planning. We have team members who are accredited with the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners and Lifetime Lawyers and we are proud to be a Dementia Friendly firm.
Lasting Powers of Attorney
Our team are experienced in the preparation of these essential documents by which you can appoint one or more attorneys to make decisions on your behalf if you become unable to do so for yourself. We can prepare LPAs to deal with both property and financial as well as health and welfare decisions.
There are other powers of attorney which exist that our team will be able to discuss with you such as Enduring Powers of Attorney and General Powers of Attorney.
Probate
When there has been a death in the family or of someone else close to you, we appreciate that it is a sad and stressful time. Our highly trained team can help guide you through what is often an emotional minefield and help you understand what needs to be done. We aim to administer an estate as quickly and as efficiently as possible, explaining the process to you every step of the way. We can handle the complete process of full estate administration or, alternatively, deal with specific aspects of the administration process such as the application for Probate, helping you draft the complex inheritance tax forms or preparing a Deed of Variation.
We are also able to apply for special grants such as, for double probate, limited and ad colligenda bona grants.
Trusts
Our practitioners can advise on the inclusion of trusts within the structure of Wills or, on the preparation of trusts in your lifetime. These are significant documents which can have an effect on inheritances and the tax position of individuals.
We provide advice and assistance in relation to all areas of Wills and Probate as follows:
• Preparation of Wills
• Probate and Administration of Estates
• Lasting Powers of Attorney
• Estate and Inheritance Tax Planning
• Estates with an International Element
• Living Wills/Advanced Directives
• The Use of Trusts
As an experienced team we also work closely with our colleagues in our Court of Protection, Contentious Probate and Corporate Teams.
