CONTACT OUR SOLICITORS IN STAMFORD

DIRECTIONS TO OUR STAMFORD OFFICE

Our solicitors in Stamford can be found on Broad Street in the town centre, a short walk from the Post Office.

Arriving by car – From Bath Row Car Park, turn right into Bath Row, then right again into Castle Dyke. Take another right into Castle Street, then turn left into

All Saints’ Street. Then turn right into Red Lion Street and follow this until it meets Broad Street, where you will find our offices on your left.

PLAN YOUR JOURNEY

If you are planning your visit to our Stamford solicitors, you can plan your journey here.

ACCESSIBILITY

At Chattertons, we are committed to making our legal services accessible to everyone in our local community. If you have any specific accessibility requirements, please contact us, and we will be happy to discuss how we can accommodate you.

OUR PERSONAL LEGAL AND WEALTH MANAGEMENT SERVICES IN STAMFORD INCLUDE:

CONVEYANCING

Chattertons has one of the largest and most long-established teams of conveyancing solicitors in Lincolnshire. As a result, we can offer a fast, efficient and reliable service with a high level of expertise in all areas of residential property.

Our residential conveyancing solicitors in Stamford 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

Our family law solicitors in Stamford 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

Our Wills, estates and lifetime planning solicitors in Stamford 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 Stamford 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

For employees, knowing your legal rights means you can be confident that if your employer does treat you unfairly, you have the knowledge to challenge their behaviour and seek redress where necessary.

Our employment law solicitors in Stamford 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 Stamford 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 Stamford 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 Stamford 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 Stamford 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 Stamford 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

Expert financial planning is vital to maximise the performance of your savings and investments. Chattertons Wealth Management service has a long history of helping clients in Lincolnshire and throughout the UK to effectively plan their personal finances to the best possible returns. If you need your money to do more, we can help.

Our personal wealth management experts in Stamford 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 STAMFORD INCLUDE:

AGRICULTURAL LAW ADVICE

Chattertons has been supporting farmers, landowners and rural businesses across Lincolnshire and beyond for over 200 years. As a result, we are known as one of the top agricultural law specialists in the region. We are also the appointed legal services provider to the National Association of Agricultural Contractors (NAAC), offering a full range of legal services to their members.

Our agricultural law solicitors in Stamford 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 regularly work with business clients across all areas of corporate law, including advice on mergers and acquisitions, as well as a wide range of business transactions. We also act for overseas investors regarding investments in UK businesses, ensuring all of the legal details are correctly accounted for.

Our corporate lawyers in Stamford 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 Stamford 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 Stamford 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 Stamford 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

For employers, a firm grasp of your legal responsibilities can allow you to effectively manage your workforce while ensuring that you remain within the law, thus helping you to avoid accusations of treating your employees unfairly.

Our employment law solicitors in Stamford 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 Stamford 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 Stamford 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 Stamford can help you with:

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

COMMERCIAL PROPERTY LAW

When investing in commercial property, you have to get the legal details right to ensure that your investment is protected and that you will not be hit by any unexpected legal issues that could cost you time, money and a lot of stress.

Our commercial property solicitors in Stamford regularly act for commercial landlords, business tenants, property developers and more in relation to a wide range of commercial property transactions. We can ensure that everything runs smoothly while offering fast, effective solutions if any issues do arise.

Our commercial property solicitors in Stamford 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 Stamford 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 Stamford 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 IN STAMFORD

CITIZENS ADVICE SOUTH LINCOLNSHIRE IN STAMFORD

Citizens Advice South Lincolnshire provides face-to-face advice services for local people from three different locations in Stamford.

View details for Citizens Advice South Lincolnshire services in Stamford

PETERBOROUGH MAGISTRATES’ COURT

This local magistrates’ court is 11.5 miles from our Stamford office and hears cases related to crime, domestic abuse, the single justice procedure for minor criminal offences and benefits matters.

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PETERBOROUGH COMBINED COURT CENTRE

This local combined court is 11.6 miles from our Stamford office and hears cases related to adoption, bankruptcy, childcare arrangements, crime, divorce, domestic abuse and financial remedy.

View details for Peterborough Combined Court Centre