Nelsons Solicitors

Nelsons Solicitors: legal and financial advice for individuals and businesses

Nelsons Solicitors is a law firm with a presence in Derby, Leicester, Nottingham and London. Its activity is organised into three main areas: personal services, business services and wealth management. The firm presents itself as local support for clients who need legal and investment assistance, both in private and corporate matters.

Legal services for individuals

The personal area covers civil litigation, contentious probate, defamation, data protection and the Court of Protection, including disputes and professional deputyship for the property of vulnerable people. In employment, it advises employees on unfair dismissal, redundancy, settlement agreements, constructive dismissal, discrimination and whistleblowing.

Family law includes divorce, children, child arrangements, family mediation, domestic violence, prenuptial agreements, civil partnership dissolution and adoption. In medical negligence, the firm handles cases on a no win, no fee basis, and covers hospital negligence, medical misdiagnosis, medication errors, pregnancy and birth injuries, brain and head injuries, spinal injuries, amputation, fatal medical negligence and inquests.

The personal injury practice covers workplace accidents, road traffic accident claims, holiday accidents, brain and spinal injuries, child abuse, criminal injury compensation and inquests. It also offers professional negligence services against solicitors, barristers, conveyancers, surveyors, financial advisers, architects, accountants and insurance brokers.

In residential property and conveyancing, it handles house purchases, sales, transfers of equity, auction property purchases, right to buy, services for landlords and investors, lease extension, leasehold properties, new build and buy to let. The trusts section includes personal injury trusts, interest in possession trusts, charitable trusts and trust disputes. In wills and probate, it offers will writing, changing a will, lasting powers of attorney, probate, inheritance tax, intestacy, residential care home planning, inheritance and will disputes, notary services, vulnerable person trusts, international probate, capital gains tax and living wills.

Business services

For corporate clients, Nelsons addresses bankruptcy and insolvency, business disputes, commercial contract disputes, director and shareholder disputes, and partnership disputes. In commercial services, it drafts agency and distribution agreements, terms and conditions, IT contracts and software development, e-commerce contracts, franchising, data sharing agreements, variation agreements, supply agreements, master services and framework agreements, confidentiality and non-disclosure agreements, construction contracts and data protection for businesses.

Commercial property includes commercial leases, commercial property purchases and sales, property and pension funds, property developments, commercial development and planning law. In the corporate area, the firm advises on mergers, acquisitions and disposals, corporate reorganisations, shareholder agreements, business succession and exit planning, corporate governance, company secretarial services and corporate finance and banking. Debt recovery covers retentions collection.

In employment and HR, it offers services for employers, employee disputes, unfair dismissal, employment tribunals, contracts, policies and procedures, hybrid working policies, employment law and HR training, HR consultancy services and restrictive covenants. Intellectual property includes trade marks, licences and assignments. Property litigation covers landlord and tenant disputes, landlord legal advice, commercial landlord and tenant disputes, break clauses, lease renewals, commercial rent review disputes, recovering commercial rent payments, lease terminations and rights of way and access.

Wealth management and financial advice

Through independent financial advisers, Nelsons offers cash flow modelling, pension financial advice, retirement financial planning, financial advice for business owners and executives, intergenerational wealth management and a personal finance portal.

Sectors served

The firm directs specific services to charities, dentists and dental practices, education, family businesses, healthcare providers, manufacturers, renewable energy and residential estate and block management.

Presence and contact

Nelsons has offices in Derby, Leicester, Nottingham and London. The firm also has Fusion Legal and publishes information about its fees. For enquiries, the website indicates a contact form and the telephone number 0800 024 1976.