Askews Legal LLP

Askews Legal LLP, law firm in Coventry and Warwickshire

Askews Legal LLP is a law firm based in Coventry operating throughout the Coventry and Warwickshire region. It presents itself as a full-service firm recommended by the Legal 500 guide and regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA). It holds the Lexcel accreditation from the Law Society of England and Wales, which recognises its commitment to client care, case management, and investment in technology and staff training.

Legal services for individuals and families

The firm offers a broad range of services for individual clients. In criminal law, it covers offences such as assault and grievous bodily harm, benefit fraud, burglary, conspiracy, drug offences, firearms offences, human trafficking and modern slavery, mortgage fraud, murder and manslaughter, as well as pre-charge advice and proceedings under the Proceeds of Crime Act (POCA). It also handles robbery, sexual offences, terrorism, and theft.

In civil litigation for individuals, the firm handles insolvency disputes (bankruptcy), wills and probate disputes, debt recovery, property disputes, professional negligence, and defamation and media.

The family law area includes care proceedings, child abduction and relocation, child arrangement orders, divorce and civil partnership dissolution, domestic abuse, financial settlement, applications under the Children Act, and mediation. In motoring offences, the firm advises on cases of careless or dangerous driving, causing death by driving, drink and drug driving, driving without insurance, and speeding.

The firm also provides employment law services for individuals, including discrimination, settlement agreements, unfair dismissal, and whistleblowing. In residential conveyancing, it handles buying and selling residential property, buy to let, remortgages, ID1 forms, guarantees for residential property tenancies, landlord and tenant disputes, lease extension and leasehold enfranchisement, and transfer of equity. It offers a stress-free conveyancing quote service and conveyancing sales forms.

In estate planning and probate, Askews Legal LLP offers deputyship and Court of Protection services, estate planning, lasting power of attorney, probate, trusts, wills, and wills and probate disputes. It also has a notary public service.

Services for businesses

For business clients, the firm covers civil litigation such as contract disputes, debt recovery, property disputes, insolvency disputes, defamation and media, and professional negligence. In company law, it advises on company formations, shareholders' agreements, share sales, mergers and acquisitions, directors' service agreements, directors' duties and disqualification.

In business crime and regulatory investigations, the firm handles fraud, money laundering, regulatory investigations, corporate manslaughter, and proceedings under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (POCA). In employment law for businesses, it covers unfair and wrongful dismissal, redundancy, employment contracts, discrimination, and TUPE. In commercial property, it advises on negotiating a lease, break clauses, dilapidations, repossession and forfeiture, renewing a lease, site development, acquisition and disposal, and personal guarantees.

Approach and recognition

The firm describes itself as a full-service firm that invests in technology and talent to provide practical, commercially astute advice while remaining compassionate. It states that its family lawyers are members of Resolution. Askews Legal LLP indicates that it can offer a free 30-minute consultation for new clients in certain matters, and that if it does not have the necessary expertise or there is a conflict of interest, it refers the case to another firm. For certain matters, such as conveyancing, it offers fixed fees. The firm also makes home visits, for a fee, for clients who cannot travel, and arranges videoconference meetings. It serves clients nationwide, not only in Coventry.

The website shows a Google rating of 4.8 based on 759 reviews. Among the highlighted comments, clients mention the speed and professionalism in property sales, the management of complicated property chains, the sale of a business, and assistance in criminal matters. The firm publishes a fees page on its website with information on pricing for civil litigation, estate planning, conveyancing, employment law, and motoring offences.

Location and contact

Phone: 02476 231000 · Hours: Monday to Friday: 9:00–17:00; Saturday and Sunday: closed