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Eaton Smith LLP

01484 821300
4.8/5
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Based in Huddersfield town centre with its own car parking, and easy access from the M62 and M1 motorway network, Eaton Smith is large enough to enable clients to obtain specialised and effective legal help and support when required, yet small enough to retain the personal touch at a realistic and competitive cost. Read more...

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James Johnston

5.0 out of 5
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Senior Litigator (non-solicitor)

Megan Quigley

5.0 out of 5
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Private Client Advisor

Rachael Wilkinson

4.9 out of 5
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Nick Berry

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James Clarkson

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Lindsay Preston

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Deborah Melluish

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Kay Johnston

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Adele Whitfield

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Jamie Humpheson

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Zahra Nawaz

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Chris Taylor

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Julie Beales

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Lisa Wainwright

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Matthew Dickerson

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Ben Cooper

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Ian Holdsworth

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Phil Clarke

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Russell Kaunz

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Elle Hoddinott

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Hayatun Barker

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Martha Khan

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Sam Crich

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Abby Drew

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Amaani Quaddus

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How Eaton Smith LLP Compares

Value for money

This firm - 94%
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  • 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 3%
Overpriced 7%
About Right 89%

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Would recommend to
friends and family

This firm - 96%
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You can use this data to see how Eaton Smith LLP 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 96%
No 4%

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outcome of matter

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As part of our review questionnaire we ask the question:

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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 96%
No 4%

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Rankings by area of expertise

The rankings below show the areas of expertise that Eaton Smith 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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Nationally

Consumer
3rd / 20
325th / 4527
Company & Commercial
2nd / 29
93rd / 4303
Housing & Property
5th / 17
451st / 4220
Family Law
2nd / 20
119th / 3827
Wills, Trusts & Probate
2nd / 16
220th / 3472
Commercial Property
2nd / 13
107th / 3278
Employment
2nd / 13
164th / 3068
Personal Injury
1st / 30
36th / 2351
Money & Tax
3rd / 11
204th / 1834
IT & Intellectual Property
1st / 4
120th / 1041
Dispute Resolution
3rd / 8
137th / 1032
Clinical Negligence
3rd / 7
131st / 937

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

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Client Reviews

4.8/5

Reviews summary

  • Excellent

    437

  • Very Good

    18

  • Average

    3

  • Poor

    0

  • Awful

    15

Overall experience

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Ryan & Colette Coles

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Ryan & Colette Coles

June 04, 2025

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Purchase of holiday home

Myself and my wife purchased a holiday home recently and required expert advice. Ian and Anna were really thorough, professional and always came back to us quickly. Would definitely recommend!

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Robin
Company & Commercial

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Corporate Law

Robin

May 30, 2025

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Very helpful

I have not had a solicitor in this field before and Sam was very patient and understanding with me. Making sure that I understood everything and completing work speedily as needed

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Tom Bradshaw
Company & Commercial

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Corporate Law

Tom Bradshaw

May 30, 2025

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Client Onboarding Document Mark-Up

I met Sam at a networking event. I found him to be a very approachable, friendly and knowledgeable resource in helping to improve my company's onboarding documents. I look forward to working with him again in the future.

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Josh Martin
Company & Commercial

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Corporate Law

Josh Martin

May 30, 2025

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Industry Leading without the Complexity

For any SME owner, dealing with global clients and finding the right solicitor is an important, and defining decision.

Sam has been exceptional. He far surpasses other solicitors we've considered, demonstrating remarkable skill in everything from negotiations, contract review and through to providing strategic general counsel.

Sam invests the time to deeply understand our business, anticipating our future needs as much as he addresses our current ones.

I've been pleasantly surprised by how much subject matter research he's done on our industry, and we would recommend him to anyone looking for an Solicitor.

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Anonymous
Family Law

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Domestic Abuse

Anonymous

May 29, 2025

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The best of the best

I had a great experience with Elle Hoddinott at Eaton Smith. She really was so welcoming and warm and talked me through everything, the situation I was in was not great and she really was so lovely throughout the whole experience. She answered any questions I had promptly and was very knowledgeable.

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Lynne Holmes
Personal Injury

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Personal Injury Law

Lynne Holmes

May 15, 2025

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Kind and helpful

Although it was far from a pleasant experience James was very kind and helpful all the way he did all he could to make it easier

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Sarah Baldwin-Wood
Wills, Trusts & Probate

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Probate

Sarah Baldwin-Wood

May 13, 2025

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My fathers probate

Rachael was just what we needed as a solicitor in such a hard time .She was professional but endearing and gave us so much help and information,above and beyond

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Richard
Company & Commercial

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Corporate Law

Richard

May 13, 2025

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Huge support during sale of business

Eaton Smith have been our go-to legal advisors for many years. When we decided to sell our business Deborah quickly assembled and led a team to support us with the transaction.

Deborah’s advice and guidance throughout this complicated process was invaluable. I found her to be patient when dealing with all stakeholders, including me, other shareholders in my business and the parties at the Buy side. Our sale had a hard and very tight deadline and Deborah worked tirelessly to ensure we were successful in hitting the required dates. Her advice was pragmatic whilst also seeking to ensure that our interests were protected

I cannot emphasise enough how integral Deborah was to this transaction and I would not hesitate to recommend her to anyone who is looking for legal advice and support.

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Ray Higgins
Family Law

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Matter Type:

Family law

Ray Higgins

May 01, 2025

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Fast professional help

in dealing with my case Elle Hoddinott was so helpful , explaining the way forward , and then acted quickly and professionally offering support at every step of the way , cant recommend her enough

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Anissa
Family Law

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Matter Type:

Adoption, Surrogacy, Care and Special Guardianship

Anissa

April 30, 2025

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Fantastic professional firm strongly advise

My experience from start to finish was excellent linsey preston was a lovely understanding professional individual I cannot thank them enough went above and beyond to try make my journey as pleasant as possible thankyou eaton smiths

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Martin
Housing & Property

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Residential Conveyancing

Martin

April 28, 2025

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Martin

Thank you to Hayatun and Julie for great service when selling Mum’s house. In the latter stages when communication between all parties was particularly important Hayatun did a fantastic job in overcoming obstacles and getting the deal finalised. Would definitely recommend the team at Eaton Smith.

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Heidi
Family Law

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Family law

Heidi

April 15, 2025

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Heidi

Morgan Firth led me through everything. I was in a place mentally where I didnt want the hassle but this was made really easy. I am so pleased with the outcome and the professionalism was spot on. They are also really approachable especially about sensitive topics. Thank you so much! I would definitely recommend.

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Dave
Housing & Property

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Residential Conveyancing

Dave

April 03, 2025

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Dave

Hayatun and the team did a great job on my house move

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Donna
Personal Injury

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Personal Injury Law

Donna

March 17, 2025

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Donna

Amazing from start to finish, I had the pleasure of dealing with James Johnson, who was highly professional throughout. He gave perfect advice and made the process easy. I didn't struggle to get answers, he managed to get me the best outcome possible and was fabulous to deal with. I highly recommend this firm of solicitors because of James and should I have the misfortune of requiring help in the future I wouldnt hesitate to come back. Hopefully not! But thankyou so much for everything you have done. You are top class. If I could give more stars I would.

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Damo
Personal Injury

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Personal Injury Law

Damo

March 13, 2025

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Damo

I'm writing a review on behalf of my father, who recently engaged Matthew Dickenson in respect of a personal injury claim, related to the loss of teeth sustained in a workplace accident.

He has now had this claim resolved successfully by Matthew, who he found to be pleasant, informative and who kept him updated regularly and when required. He was pleased with the outcome and would have no hesitation in recommending Yes PI Lawyers to others

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Judith Ann
Housing & Property

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Residential Conveyancing

Judith Ann

September 28, 2021

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Judith Ann's experience...

Very professional and friendly and efficient. I would recommend Eatonsmith to anyone.

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Abbas
Housing & Property

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Residential Conveyancing

Abbas

September 17, 2021

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Abbas 's experience...

Third time I have used this firm to buy and sell properties. Definitely recommend and will use again in the future.

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May 02, 2021

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A modern, efficient and well run Practice that goes the extra mile for it’s Clients. Highly recommended.

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The mergers of two large Huddersfield based law firms, Eaton Smith & Downey and Marshall Mills & Sykes, in 1997, created a strong, modern, forward thinking Yorkshire law firm that has continued to grow and develop and whose large teams of solicitors and other legal advisors have been using their extensive experience to get results for both individuals and businesses for many years, throughout the region, across the UK and internationally.

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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
    • 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
  • Employment
    • Agency Staff / Temp Workers
    • Constructive/Unfair Dismissal
    • Disciplinary Hearings
    • Discrimination at Work
    • Employee Team Moves
    • Employment Contracts
    • Employment Law
    • Equal Pay Disputes
    • Family Leave
    • Flexible Working
    • Gardening Leave
    • Harassment/Bullying at Work
    • Holiday Pay Issues
    • Maternity and Paternity
    • Media and Sports
    • 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
    • Annulment
    • 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
    • Domestic Abuse
    • Domestic Violence
    • Family Mediation
    • Family law
    • Financial Matters
    • Grandparents' Rights
    • High Net Worth Divorce
    • Inheritance Act claims
    • Injunctions
    • Lasting power of attorney
    • Legal aid
    • 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
    • Boundary Disputes
    • Buying at auction
    • Declarations of trusts
    • Deeds of Gifts
    • Deeds of easements, variation, deeds of rectifications
    • Dilapidation Claims
    • Extending your Lease
    • Freehold Enfranchisement
    • Housing Associations
    • Housing Management
    • Housing disputes
    • 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
    • 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
    • Transfer of title
    • Transfers of equity
    • Transfers of parts of land
  • Money & Tax
    • Inheritance Tax
    • Property Holding Structures
    • Trusts
  • Personal Injury
    • Accident Abroad
    • Accident At Work
    • Accidents At Sea And Cruise Injury
    • Accidents In Public Places
    • Against The Council
    • Amputation
    • 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
    • Children's Accident
    • Children's Serious Injury
    • Chronic Pain
    • Cycling Accident
    • Defective Work Equipment
    • Dog Bite
    • Fall From Height
    • Fatal Accident
    • 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
    • Motorbike Accident
    • No Win No Fee
    • Noise-Induced Hearing Loss
    • Occupational Asthma
    • Osteoarthritis
    • Pedestrian Accident
    • Personal Injury Law
    • Road Traffic Accident
    • Road Traffic Accident Abroad
    • Serious Injury
    • Skiing Injury
    • Slips, Trips and Falls
    • Spinal Injury Compensation
    • Sports Injury
    • Supermarket Accident
    • Welfare Issues After Serious Injury
    • Whiplash
    • Workplace Slip and Trip
  • Wills, Trusts & Probate
    • Disputed Probate
    • Disputed Trusts
    • Disputed Wills
    • Probate
    • Trusts
    • Wills

Business areas of law

  • Commercial Property
    • Commercial Leases
    • Commercial mortgages
    • Developer disputes
    • Development plot sales
    • Environmental policy law
    • Finance
    • Investment purchases and Buy to Let
    • Landlord and tenant
    • 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
    • Debt Recovery
    • Employment - business
    • Franchising
    • 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
    • Small businesses
    • Statutory Demands
    • Unfair Loan Charges
  • Dispute Resolution
    • Mediation
  • IT & Intellectual Property
    • Computer and IT Law
    • Confidential Information, Know-How and Trade Secrets
    • Copyright
    • Dealing with intellectual property infringements
    • GDPR
    • Intellectual Property Litigation and Dispute Resolution
    • Trade Marks and Designs
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