Star Legal

Star Legal, legal advice for individuals and businesses

Star Legal is a law firm headquartered in Bristol with a presence in several locations across the UK. It presents itself as an approachable firm offering tailored legal services and fair fees, and states that it supports both individuals and businesses with their legal matters, from start to finish.

Practice areas for individuals

The firm structures its work for individual clients into several areas. In accidents and injuries, it covers accidents at work, medical negligence, road traffic accidents and serious injury. It also handles children and Court of Protection matters.

In regulatory and criminal defence, it takes on investigations and proceedings by regulatory bodies, complex financial investigations, Financial Conduct Authority actions, animal welfare, firearms law, road traffic, military proceedings and legal aid defence work.

Dispute resolution includes building disputes, cohabitation, contract disputes, defamation, insurance, landlord and tenant, probate and inheritance, professional negligence and property disputes. In addition, it provides family law and divorce services, employment law (contracts, employee restrictions, termination and tribunal claims), lasting powers of attorney, mental health, buying, selling and renting property, and wills, trusts and administration of estates.

Legal services for businesses

For corporate clients, Star Legal offers a broad catalogue of commercial services. In company law, it handles partnership agreements, commercial agreements and terms, starting a business, mergers and acquisitions, reorganisations and restructuring, shareholders agreements and share capital, shareholders and directors' advice, setting up a company or business entity, buying a business and selling a business.

In commercial disputes, it covers building disputes, contract disputes, defamation, landlord and tenant, professional negligence, property disputes and shareholder disputes. In commercial property, it covers agricultural land, development, investment, landlord and tenant management, new homes, planning and sale and purchase. The firm also advises on employment law (contracts, restrictions, HR advice, termination, tribunal claims and TUPE) and on regulatory and criminal defence, including investigations and proceedings by HSE, Trading Standards, environment agencies and planning authorities, as well as HMRC investigations and proceedings, road traffic and haulage, serious fraud and serious crime.

Team and offices

The firm has a structure of local offices and a head office in Bristol. Among the professionals identified are Richard Vaughan, solicitor and director, head of the Abergavenny office; Elizabeth Nash, consultant solicitor in Clifton; Harriet Smith, partner and solicitor, head of Corporate in Clifton; Jodie Ramplin, Darren Burleigh and Rowland Body, in Clifton; Bethany Reid, trainee legal executive in Thornbury; and Jon Evans, partner and solicitor, head of residential property in Clifton.

The office network includes Abergavenny, Aldridge, Bradley Stoke, Bromsgrove, Cheltenham (by appointment only), Chepstow, Clevedon, Clifton, Fishponds, Haverfordwest, Nailsea, Swindon, Tewkesbury, Thornbury, Tiverton, Walsall and Westbury on Trym.

Contact and transparency

The head office can be reached on 0117 905 9262 and at info@star-legal.co.uk. The Clevedon office has its own contact details. The website includes information on the SRA transparency and fee rules, as well as legal notices, a cookie policy and a privacy policy.