Contact our Solicitors in Newark

OUR PERSONAL LEGAL AND WEALTH MANAGEMENT SERVICES IN NEWARK INCLUDE:

CONVEYANCING

When buying or selling a residential property, your priorities will normally be to ensure that the sale process goes ahead swiftly and cost-effectively and that no issues are found later that could cause you problems.

Chattertons has one of the largest and most experienced residential conveyancing teams in the area, meaning we have the skills you need to make sure your residential property transactions are carried out reliably and efficiently.

Our residential conveyancing solicitors in Newark can help you with:

• Buying and selling properties
• Gifts and transfers
• Joint ownership & owning in shares
• Landlord & tenant
• Evicting tenants
• Mortgages and remortgages
• Leasehold property deals
• Equity release
• Landlord and tenant matters

Find out more about our conveyancing services.

FAMILY LAW

We know how confusing and emotionally draining ending a relationship can be and how important it is to ensure that your interests and those of your loved ones are protected. We also understand how time-consuming, expensive and stressful divorce and separation can be if the wrong approach is taken.

Our highly experienced divorce solicitors in Newark take a sensitive but efficient approach to resolving the issues surrounding your divorce on separation, including the legal process of ending your relationship and related considerations, such as financial settlements and arrangements for children. We can help you find a fast, cost-effective solution that matches your needs.

Our family law solicitors in Newark can help you with:

• Cohabitation disputes and cohabitation agreements
• Pre and post-nuptial agreements
• Divorce and separation
• Civil partnerships and dissolution
• Arrangements for children
• Financial settlements
• Divorce and business assets
• Independent financial advice via Chattertons’ Wealth Management team

Find out more about our family law services.

WILLS, PROBATE & ESTATE ADMINISTRATION

Planning how your estate will be divided after you are gone and how your loved ones will be provided for is highly recommended. If you do not have a Will, there is no guarantee your wishes will be respected when you pass away, and you could be leaving your family and friends with a difficult probate process to sort out.

Our expert Wills and Estate Planning solicitors in Newark can help you create a legally sound Will and assist with all aspects of planning your estate, including creating trusts and inheritance tax planning.

Our Wills, estates and lifetime planning solicitors in Newark can help with:

• Wills, trusts & probate
• Care Fees
• Powers of Attorney
• Inheritance Tax
• Probate & Estate Administration
• Trusts
• Wills
• Contested Wills & Probate
• Property Gifts and Transfers
• Corporate Lasting Power of Attorney
• Court of Protection
• Tax, trusts and estate planning
• Elderly client services

COURT OF PROTECTION ADVICE

Our Court of Protection solicitors in Newark can help with:

• Compensation Protection Trusts
• Court of Protection Deputyship
• Statutory Wills
• Applications to Sell Property
• Disputes in the Court of Protection
• Inheritance Tax
• Powers of Attorney
• Probate & Administration of Estates
• Trusts

Find out more about our Court of Protection services.

EMPLOYMENT ADVICE FOR INDIVIDUALS

Our employment law solicitors in Newark can help you with:

• Harassment & bullying
• Settlement agreements
• Constructive dismissal
• Discrimination
• Employment Tribunal representation
• Maternity, paternity & parental rights
• Redundancy
• Unfair dismissal
• Unlawful wage reductions
• Whistleblowing

ROAD TRAFFIC LAW AND MOTORING OFFENCES DEFENCE

Our motoring offences solicitors in Newark can help you with:

• Penalty points & your licence
• Endorsable offences
• Dangerous or careless driving causing death
• Drink and drug related driving offences
• Driving without insurance
• Sentencing guidance
• Speeding
• Tailgating
• Offences & guidance
• Sentencing guide

Find out more about our road traffic law services.

PERSONAL INJURY CLAIMS

Our personal injury lawyers in Newark can help you with:

• Accidents at work claims
• Accidents in public places claims
• Asbestos claims
• Back injury claims
• Brain injury claims
• Car accident claims
• Cosmetic surgery claims
• Criminal injury compensation claims
• Defective product claims
• Fatal accident claims
• Holiday injury claims
• Manual handling claims
• Medical negligence claims
• Slip, trip and fall claims
• Spinal injury claims
• Sports injury claims
• Vibration white finger claims
• Whiplash claims

Find out more about our personal injury claims services.

MEDICAL NEGLIGENCE CLAIMS

Our medical negligence claims solicitors in Newark can help you with:

• Mistakes during surgery or aftercare (both private and NHS treatment)
• GP and Community Health (including misdiagnosis or delayed diagnosis)
• Birth and pregnancy-related claims, including fatalities
• Avoidable fatalities (including representation at Inquests)
• Accident and emergency treatment
• Cancer misdiagnosis, delayed diagnosis or treatment
• Cauda equina spinal injuries
• Dental claims
• Eye injuries (including laser surgery)
• Cosmetic surgery
• Hospital infections
• Product liability claims, including the side-effects of medicines

Find out more about our medical negligence claims services.

PERSONAL DISPUTE RESOLUTION

Our personal dispute resolution solicitors in Newark can help you with:

• Employee rights
• Data protection and GDPR
• Wills, probate and inheritance disputes
• Debt problems and bankruptcy
• Landlord-tenant disputes
• Property and neighbour disputes
• Professional negligence claims
• Educational disputes
• Town and country planning issues

Find out more about our dispute resolution services.

NOTARY SERVICES

Our notary publics in Newark can help you with validating personal documents, including:

• Powers of attorney for use overseas
• Sale and purchase agreements relating to overseas assets
• Affidavits and similar documents for use in foreign court proceedings
• Copies of passports and other documents of identification
• Certifying degree and educational certificates for use abroad
• Verification of documents relating to births, deaths and marriages
• Verification of adoption papers
• Statutory declarations and supporting documents for marrying abroad
• Certified translations
• Certificates of residency
• Administration of oaths and declarations

Find out more about our notary services.

CHATTERTONS LAWYERS FOR FORCES

We also offer a dedicated legal and wealth management service for current and former Armed Forces personnel through Chattertons - Lawyers For Forces LFF.

PERSONAL WEALTH MANAGEMENT

We offer a comprehensive Wealth Management service for clients in Newark, Nottinghamshire and throughout the UK. Our expert wealth managers can assist you in planning your personal finances so your money can perform better for you.

Our personal wealth management experts in Newark can help you with:

• Accessing retirement savings
• Capital gains tax planning
• Charitable investments
• Equity release advice
• Income tax planning
• Investments
• Life insurance
• Pension sharing orders
• Trustee investments
• Saving for retirement

Find out more about our personal wealth management services.

OUR BUSINESS LEGAL AND WEALTH MANAGEMENT SERVICES IN NEWARK INCLUDE:

AGRICULTURAL LAW ADVICE

Our agricultural law solicitors in Newark can help you with:

• Agricultural cooperatives & joint ventures
• Compulsory Purchase Orders
• Agricultural holdings & tenancies
• Employment law
• Energy & renewables
• Farm & land sales & purchases
• Regulatory offences

Find out more about our agricultural law services.

CORPORATE LAW ADVICE

Our corporate lawyers in Newark can help you with:

• Buyouts
• Company takeovers
• Corporate finance
• Corporate insolvency
• International Investment Agreements
• Joint ventures
• Mergers, acquisitions and disposals
• Private equity and management
• Restructuring

Find out more about our corporate law services.

BANKING AND FINANCE LAW ADVICE

Our banking and finances solicitors in Newark can help you with:

• Acquisition finance
• Asset finance and leasing
• Banking dispute resolution
• Banking regulation and supervision
• Banking investment
• Capital markets
• Corporate lending
• Corporate restructuring and recovery
• Directors’ disqualification defence
• Derivatives
• Insolvency (business and personal)
• Project finance
• Property finance
• Structured finance and securitisation

Find out more about our banking and finance services.

CHARITY LAW ADVICE

Our charity law solicitors in Newark can help you with:

• Charity formations
• Charity governance
• Commercial law advice
• Working with other charities and organisations
• Employment law
• Property law
• Charity mergers
• Closing a charity
• Dispute resolution

Find out more about our charity law services.

PUBLIC LAW ADVICE

Our public law solicitors in Newark can help you with:

• Landlord and tenant matters
• Employment law
• Dispute resolution
• Service contracts
• Planning matters
• Representing local authorities in connection with emergency injunctions to remove trespassers from local government owned/controlled property

Find out more about our public law services.

EMPLOYMENT LAW ADVICE FOR EMPLOYERS

UK companies need to comply with both UK and EU employment regulations, meaning employers need to be on top of a lot of different rules to ensure they are treating their employees fairly under the law.

Our employment law solicitors in Newark regularly work with employers to make sure they can effectively manage their workforces in a way that matches their commercial interests.

Our employment law solicitors in Newark can help employers with:

• Complete employment law advisory service
• C3 employment protection insurance
• Compromise & settlement agreements
• Contracts policies & procedures
• Corporate governance
• Employment litigation/grievance matters
• Employment Tribunal representation
• Restrictive covenants in employment contracts
• Restructuring & organisational change
• Settlement agreement advice for employers
• Training & HR support
• Transfer of Undertakings (TUPE)

Find out more about our employment law services for employers.

FAMILY BUSINESS LEGAL ADVICE

Our family business solicitors in Newark can help with:

• Business acquisitions and sales
• Director agreements
• Family business dispute resolution
• Prenuptial and post-nuptial agreements for family business assets
• Divorce and separation
• Governance
• Property matters
• Restructuring
• Shareholder issues and agreements
• Succession planning
• Tax
• Wealth management
• Wills and trusts for family business

Find out more about our family business services.

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW ADVICE

Our intellectual property solicitors in Newark can help with:

• Trademarks
• Copyright
• Design rights
• Registered designs
• Patents
• Licence agreements
• Confidentiality agreements
• Intellectual property dispute resolution

Find out more about our intellectual property services.

LICENSING, REGULATORY AND COMPLIANCE ADVICE

Our licensing, regulatory and compliance solicitors in Newark can help you with:

• Business licensing
• Data protection and GDPR for businesses
• Regulatory offences

COMMERCIAL PROPERTY LAW

Commercial property can often be a very good investment, but to protect that investment, you need to make sure you are complying with all of the relevant legislation. It is also essential to make sure that any commercial property transactions you are involved in proceed smoothly and cost-effectively.

Our commercial property solicitors in Newark work with property developers, business tenants, commercial landlords and a wide range of other enterprises to ensure their commercial property interests are protected and handled cost-effectively and efficiently.

Our commercial property solicitors in Newark have expertise in:

• Construction and developments
• Banking and finance
• Commercial landlord and tenant
• Compulsory Purchase Orders
• Planning
• Land development and new homes

Find out more about our commercial property services.

COMMERCIAL DISPUTE RESOLUTION

Our commercial dispute resolution solicitors in Newark can help you with:

• Contractual disputes
• Commercial debt recovery
• Commercial leases
• Defamation & libel
• Emergency injunctions
• Intellectual property disputes
• Partnerships & shareholder disputes
• Professional negligence claims

Find out more about our commercial dispute resolution services.

BUSINESS WEALTH MANAGEMENT

Our business wealth management experts in Newark can help you with:

• Agricultural financial services
• Company pension schemes
• Directors pension planning
• Employee benefit consultancy
• Financial review
• Key person insurance
• Succession planning advice

Find out more about our business wealth management services.

LOCAL LEGAL RESOURCES FOR NEWARK

NOTTINGHAM COUNTY COURT AND FAMILY COURT

This local court is 15.3 miles from our Newark office and hears cases related to matters such as divorce, childcare arrangements and financial remedies for separating couples.

View details for Nottingham County Court and Family Court.