Chadwick Lawrence Solicitors

Chadwick Lawrence Solicitors: legal advice for businesses and individuals in Yorkshire

Chadwick Lawrence Solicitors is a law firm with a presence in several locations across the north of England. Its work is organised into two main areas: services for businesses and services for individuals. The firm presents itself as "We Are Yorkshire's Legal People" and maintains offices in Leeds City Centre, Bradford, Guiseley, Halifax, Horbury, Huddersfield, Morley, Wakefield and Darlington.

Business services

The business area covers a broad range of matters. In employment law, the firm advises on managing dismissals, disciplinary and grievance procedures, contracts and company policies, restrictive covenants and business protection, restructures, redundancies and business transfers (TUPE), as well as sickness and capability. It also offers representation before employment tribunals and a service called BoxHR.

In commercial property, the firm handles commercial property transactions, development and new build sales, property dispute resolution, sales and purchases of property, commercial land development, boundary disputes, land ownership and rights, breach of contract, misrepresentation and damage to property. It also advises on leases of commercial premises for landlords and tenants, land acquisition for residential development and new build sales, breaches of leases, rent and service charge issues, mortgage finance and security, option agreements and conditional contracts, claims against property professionals, leasehold management, planning agreements, judicial review, lease renewals, termination and dilapidations.

Corporate recovery and insolvency is another service line: administration, fraudulent trading, wrongful trading, preferences, transactions at an undervalue, director disqualification, company restoration, winding-up petitions, statutory demands, individual voluntary arrangements, bankruptcy, validation orders, administrative receivership, company voluntary arrangements and liquidations.

In intellectual property, the firm works on contracts and licences, trademarks, design rights, enforcement and restrictive covenants, as well as intellectual property litigation. In business litigation it covers contractual disputes, construction disputes, professional negligence, restrictive covenants, banking and finance, debt collection and recovery, internal disputes between directors and partners, social housing management and media law and reputation.

The regulatory area includes coroners' inquests, licensing, sports regulation, health and safety investigations, trading standards, data protection (Box GDPR), immigration and workers, transport law and sports law, with services for clubs and for players and coaches. It also offers commercial contracts, commercial legal retainer, consultancy agreements, loan agreements, franchise agreements, agency and distribution agreements, NDAs, contract drafting and terms and conditions, as well as corporate services for buying or selling a business, business restructuring, succession planning, shareholders' agreements, partnership and LLP agreements, employee share incentives, business funding and company formations.

Services for individuals

For individual clients, Chadwick Lawrence offers advice on road traffic and motoring law: drink driving, speeding and disqualification, driving without due care and attention, use of a mobile phone, driving without insurance, drug driving, dangerous driving and failure to provide information.

In family law, the firm handles divorce, civil partnership, financial settlements after divorce and dissolution, pre-nuptial and post-nuptial agreements, adoption, grandparents' rights, mediation, financial support for your children, separation agreements, cohabitation agreements and collaborative law.

In home and property services, it advises on remortgaging and buying and selling property. In clinical negligence, it covers accident and emergency, amputations, birth injuries, brain injuries, cancer cases, cardiology, ear, nose and throat, eye conditions and surgery, gastroenterology, general practitioner (GP), genetic conditions, gynaecology, neurology and nerve damage, orthopaedics and rheumatology, paediatrics, respiratory disorders, spinal cord injuries, surgery, urology and renal, and vascular conditions and vascular surgery. In personal injury, it handles slip, trip or fall accident claims, accident at work claims and road traffic accident claims.

In wills and probate, the firm deals with disputed wills, international legal matters, lasting powers of attorney (LPA), succession planning, trusts and UK tax planning. It also provides Court of Protection services, lay deputyship advice, personal injury trusts, professional deputyships and statutory wills.

Awards and publications

The firm's website includes sections dedicated to prizes and awards, as well as a media space called Media Hub and a periodic publication titled Monday Morning Dispatch. The firm also maintains sections on vision and values, health and wellness, and charity and community.