We're a friendly and efficient firm located conveniently between Warwick and Leamington. We offer advice and assistance with a number of different issues including:-

Residential Conveyancing and Home Information Packs
Commercial and Employment Matters
Wills, Living Wills and Lasting Powers of Attorney
Probate
 Public Guardianship applications
Landlord and tenant problems
Drafting Pre-nuptial Agreements
Litigation and debt recovery
 Medical and other professional negligence
Road Traffic offences - speeding tickets, drink driving etc
Agency services for other firms of solicitors

Residential Property and HIPS

Moving house is supposed to be one of the most stressful things that we deal with in life, but we hope that we can offer you an efficient and friendly service which makes the process a painless one.

Your geographical location is no problem for us and we can act for you wherever you are in the world - as long as the property itself is in England or Wales.

We deal with a variety of residential property related issues:

Home Information Packs - Click here for the government information website about HIPs
Buying and selling residential property - please click on the links to the left for more                information
Re-mortgaging
Transferring property into joint or sole names (commonly called 'Transfers of Equity')
Repossession advice
Giving property away

We can also help with a wide variety of issues that you may face while you live in or rent out residential property:

Boundary disputes
Consumer disputes with shops or service providers
Landlord and Tenant issues - tenancy agreements, enforcement, eviction etc (there are         more details below)
Professional negligence - issues with contractors etc

Commercial and Employment Matters

Commercial Property - granting and taking Leases on all types of commercial property
Buying, merging and selling businesses
Negotiating and drawing up commercial contracts
Contract disputes
Employment contracts and issues both for employers and employees
Accidents at work

Wills, Living Wills, Powers of Attorney, Public Guardianship applications and Probate

There are serious consequences to dying without making a will, and we would encourage everyone to take steps to ensure that their assets are dealt with as they would like, without giving the tax man too big a share.

We'd be pleased to help you with all the steps involved with managing your assets and ensuring that your wishes are carried out:

Inheritance Tax planning
Wills - please click the link on the left for more information about making a will 
Registering the existence of your will (but not the contents) on a new National Database.
Living Wills
Lasting Powers of Attorney
Applications to the Public Guardianship Office if you need to deal with someone
    else's affairs
Obtaining Grants of Probate and administering estates

You can let us know about your will by using our Fast Wills form.  We'll take the details you give us and send you a draft will to look at.  

Landlord and Tenant problems

If you are a property manager, estate letting agent or private landlord we can offer you expert, sound and uncomplicated advice about all legal aspects of renting out a property. This is to ensure your interests are protected as well as offering the best service to your tenants.

We can help you avoid the common mistakes that landlords make when trying to resolve problems with tenants. We can help you deal with these issues fairly, efficiently and through the correct legal channels so that renting is a successful and stress free venture. Some of the issues that we can help you with are:

Tenancy Agreements - The rights and obligations of landlords and tenants in law.
The Tenancy Deposit Scheme - All deposits obtained by landlords after 6th April 2007             must be safeguarded by this scheme. We advise on the purpose of the scheme, how             it affects landlords and the legal implications of not entering into one.
Problem tenants - breaches of tenancy agreements e.g unpaid rent or anti-social                   behaviour. Landlords need to be aware of the most appropriate and quickest course of         action to deal with these problems.
How to bring a fixed term tenancy to an end.
How to evict a tenant during a fixed term tenancy or after it has expired - Landlords              often make the mistake of changing the locks at the property without going through the       correct channels at court and this can end up being very costly. You have to apply to             court for a possession order to have a tenant lawfully evicted. We can advise and assist       you throughout the whole court process.  We can prepare the relevant statutory notices       and court documents, and guide you step by step through the court procedure to ensure     the eviction is carried out fairly, lawfully and without any unnecessary cost to you.

If you are a housing association, registered social landlord or local authority, we can offer you expert, sound and uncomplicated advice about all legal aspects of housing management to help you provide the best service to your tenants as well as running an efficient business. In particular we can advise you on:
 
Security of tenure - This determines what rights tenants have. You have a say as to how       much security you want to give a tenant when they first enter into a tenancy agreement       with you. This will determine the processes you have to go through if you wish to have         them evicted. We can advise on a range of tenancy types, including starter tenancies,           introductory tenancies, assured tenancies and secure tenancies.
Possession - We can help you at every stage of the possession process from the                   pre-action protocol stage through to issuing proceedings at court and enforcement of a         possession order. We can prepare all the necessary court documents and ensure that           you have the best representation at court.
Alternatives to possession - There are other ways of dealing with breaches by a tenant         other than possession. We can advise you on the options available to you such                     as Anti-Social Behaviour Injunctions and Demoted Tenancies.

Civil Litigation and private criminal matters

We are pleased to offer advice and assistance with a wide range of litigation matters:

Litigation for companies
Debt recovery
Litigation for private individuals
Personal injury 
Employment disputes and Compromise Agreements
Professional and medical negligence
Consumer disputes with shops or service providers

We can also act for you in privately funded criminal matters, the most common of which involve road traffic offences such as speeding or drink driving.