–adjective
1. tending to argument or strife; quarrelsome: a contentious crew.
2. causing, involving, or characterized by argument or controversy: contentious issues.
3. Law. pertaining to causes between contending parties.
Our role is twofold: to prevent problems in the future (non-contentious) and to dig you out of holes if no precautions were taken
(contentious)
Non-contentious work
This is really anything that involves preventative or non-disputed matters.
It is our job to foresee problems and try and prevent them. This includes:
- Conveyancing (buying and selling houses)
- Wills and Probate (the planning and administering of post death estates)
- Contracts
- Company commercial matters
- Employment advice and employment tribunals (yes the rules say that this is non-contentious
- Change of name deeds
- Prenuptial agreements
- Parenting agreements
We try to stop the ground opening up beneath you...
Contentious matters
When you are arguing and trying to fight your way out of a situation then thats where we come into it. We can take care of you in the following fields:
- Civil litigation
- Family litigation
- Housing litigation
- Debt litigation
- Enforcement of Debts and resisting enforcement
- Insolvency
- Consumer Credit litigation