Flint Bishop

Flint Bishop, a full-service law firm in the United Kingdom

Flint Bishop is a British law firm that presents itself as one of the country's top 200 firms and operates with national coverage. Its activity is organised into two main areas, business and personal, and covers a wide range of legal specialities. The firm has offices in Derby, Birmingham, Leeds, Sheffield, York and Swansea.

The firm describes itself as a full-service law firm for business and personal legal matters, with a track record of results that it uses as a presentation argument. Its team of lawyers and legal experts offers technical advice aimed at achieving its clients' objectives.

Business practice areas

The firm advises businesses in sectors such as agriculture, charities and social enterprises, commercial litigation, contract law, commercial property, corporate and finance law, data protection, debt services, ecclesiastical law, education, employment, family businesses, finance, dispute resolution, financial and business crime, insurance litigation, intellectual property, licensing and regulatory and corporate defence.

• Agriculture: agricultural property, agricultural disputes and agricultural inheritance and succession planning.
• Business Recovery: contentious and corporate insolvency, creditor support services, personal insolvency and bankruptcy, property recovery and business reorganisation and restructuring.
• Charities and social enterprises: employment and HR support, data protection, contracts, legacy disputes, legacy administration, licensing matters and legal services for property portfolios.
• Commercial Disputes: agency disputes, agricultural disputes, contentious insolvency, intellectual property disputes, injunctions, land and property disputes, litigation costs management, corporate transaction disputes and shareholder disputes.
• Commercial Law & Contracts: IT and e-commerce contracts.
• Commercial Property: commercial leases, acquisitions and disposals, land and property disputes, overage agreements, property development, real estate finance and real estate management.
• Corporate & Finance: acquisitions and disposals, banking & finance, joint venture agreements, management buy-outs and buy-ins, and secretarial support and governance.
• Data Protection: GDPR compliance, support for the education sector, charity support and ICO investigations.
• Debt Services: DCA & pre-litigation recoveries, early arrears collections and proactive litigation: recoveries and sanctions.
• Ecclesiastical Law: Diocesan Registry Sodor & Man, Diocesan Registry York and Leeds, Provincial Registry York, overseas clergy and permission to officiate, and faculty matters and governance.
• Education Law: commercial support for the education sector, employment law in education, dealing with absence, eLearning, data protection and land & property.
• Employment Law: capability issues, disciplinary & grievance, employment contracts, mass settlement agreements, employment policies & procedures, redundancies & restructures, recruitment, employment tribunal litigation, family-friendly rights, restrictive covenants, flexible working, senior exec settlement agreements, settlement agreement reviews, terms & conditions of employment, TUPE and workplace investigations.
• Financial & Business Crime: bank fraud, boiler room fraud, Bounce Back Loan fraud, Cum-Ex fraud, furlough fraud, insider trading, MTIC & carousel fraud, corporate fraud, criminal defence for company directors, Proceeds of Crime Act (POCA) and tax evasion.
• Insurance Litigation: catastrophic loss and complex injury, counter fraud, credit hire, insurance: motor and motor indemnity.
• Intellectual Property: trade mark registrations, licensing and fixed-cost licensing support.
• Licensing: licence reviews, appeals and licensing prosecutions, licensing law matters for charities, personal licence training England & Wales and personal licence training Scotland, pub company licensing, premises licences, noise complaints and temporary event notices.
• Regulatory & Corporate Defence: bribery act and corruption, Bounce Back Loan fraud, criminal defence for company directors, competition law, coroners' inquests, corporate manslaughter, CQC investigations, director disqualification, Trading Standards investigations, deferred prosecution agreements, Environment Agency investigations, furlough fraud, HSE investigations, ICO investigations and National Minimum Wage investigations.

Personal legal services

On the personal side, Flint Bishop offers advice on conveyancing, criminal defence, estate planning, estate administration, dispute resolution, family and matrimonial law, motoring offences and residential property.

• Conveyancing: remortgaging, Right to Buy scheme, buying and selling a residential property, buying property at an auction, freehold purchase & lease extensions, and transfer of equity.
• Criminal Defence: criminal defence for company directors, coroners' inquests, financial & business crime, fraud offences, police station advice and Proceeds of Crime Act (POCA).
• Estate Planning: Court of Protection applications, inheritance tax planning, powers of attorney, trusts and will writing.
• Estate Administration: probate and deeds of variation.
• Dispute Resolution: dealing with civil fraud, personal insolvency & bankruptcy, professional negligence claims and FB Costs.
• Family & Matrimonial: business on divorce, divorce, child arrangements, financial arrangements, cohabitation agreements, cohabitation separation, LGBT family law, parental alienation and prenup & postnup agreements.
• Motoring & Driving Offences: car insurance fraud, careless driving, dangerous driving, drink driving, driving without insurance, drug driving, mobile phone use while driving, speed camera error, speeding and totting up ban.
• Residential Property: conveyancing, freehold purchase & lease extensions, transfer of equity, residential property disputes, adverse possession and landlord services.
• Wills, Trusts & Estate Disputes: Court of Protection disputes, financial abuse claims, funeral, burial & ashes disputes, Inheritance Act claims, probate disputes, trust disputes and will disputes.

National presence and offices

Flint Bishop operates from several locations in the United Kingdom. The offices listed on its website are Derby, Birmingham, Leeds, Sheffield, York and Swansea. This geographical distribution supports its presentation as a firm with national coverage.

Recognition and professional approach

The firm presents itself as one of the top 200 law firms in the United Kingdom and highlights a track record of results. Its team of lawyers and legal experts uses technical skills to help clients achieve their objectives as efficiently as possible, according to its own description.