Areas of Legal Expertise
Whatever your legal need, you’ll enjoy the benefits of expert and experienced service from BBW. This page gives you a brief overview of our services. For more details of a particular service, please click on its heading. Alternatively, you’re welcome to call any of our offices for a personal and helpful response.
Company & Commercial
Think of BBW not just as legal advisers, but also as your partners in business. With our wide-ranging commercial experience, we can help at every stage from initial start-up, to management buy-outs, joint ventures, group reorganisations and sales. As well as advising on all aspects of company law, we also offer a comprehensive company secretarial service, leaving you free to focus on running your business.
Commercial Property
Whether you’re a tenant in a small property or have a multi-million pound property portfolio, you can trust in our expertise and commercial acumen. We’ll help you with acquisitions, safeguarding your assets as a landlord, or protecting your interests as a tenant.
Commercial Litigation
By getting good advice early on, you can avoid disputes and great expense later on. But if things are starting to go wrong, don’t worry; we’ll make sure we understand the situation and advise on the best course of action to resolve it, via negotiations or, if necessary, through the courts.
Residential Conveyancing
At BBW, we do our best to make buying or selling your home a smooth-running process. By paying personal attention to each transaction and aided by our ongoing investment in technology, we help ensure fast accurate results, at very cost-effective rates.
Employment
Continual changes in employment law make this area a minefield. BBW can help you to a safe conclusion, whether you’re starting from an employer or employee’s point of view. That includes drafting terms and conditions of employment, meeting regulations such as the Working Time Directive and anti-discrimination laws, as well as dealing with Employment Tribunals to resolve disputes.
Disputes
Our work on disputes covers a vast area of litigation, including personal injury, road traffic accidents, accidents at work and debt recovery. With extensive experience of handling cases for claimants and defendants, you can trust us to provide a realistic assessment of your success. We always aim to be cost-effective and can handle some cases on a No Win, No Fee basis.
Family and Children
In what’s often a delicate and difficult situation, you can rely on BBW to be fair, sensible and sensitive. In matrimonial matters we take a non-confrontational approach and try to minimise court proceedings, always putting any children’s welfare first. We can help you with, divorce or separation proceedings, maintenance and financial settlements, pre-nuptial or co-habitation agreements, and domestic violence issues.
Personal Injury claims are just part of the vast area of litigation that we cover, including road traffic accidents, accidents at work and debt recovery. With many years of handling personal injury cases for defendants and claimants, our assessment of your chances will be honest and realistic. We always aim to be affordable and can handle your case on a No Win, No Fee basis.
Crime
BBW can help ease the pressure of being charged with a criminal offence. Whatever the incident, we’ll support you with our experience from the police station through to the Crown Court and Appeal Courts. We can also recommend specialist barristers and experts to help prepare your case.
Licensing Matters
Obtaining a licence can be complex and distract you from running your business. By calling on our experts, you’ll benefit from practical advice and a fuss-free, prompt application process.
Wills, Tax and Financial Planning
We understand why many people put off making a Will; it can seem complex and involves deciding who should benefit, and how. Yet with the help of our experts, producing a Will is straightforward and gives you the confidence that your estate will be settled as you want it to be, with the minimum of tax liability.
Probate
We take a personal, supportive and sensitive approach to settling the affairs of the deceased, whether they’ve made a Will or not. Our services, which cover estates in the UK and aboard, can range from helping with funeral arrangements, to drawing up accounts for HM Revenue & Customs, to resolving disputes – all with quiet, calm efficiency.
Notarial Services
Notarisation and Legalisation, especially for foreign property transactions, international licences and foreign powers of attorney, is becoming increasingly common. BBW can offer a complete service, with lawyers who are registered as general notaries with all the appropriate organisations.