Our team is made up of lawyers with a proven track record in delivering the best strategic, practical and cost-effective advice and support to local authorities.

We know how the sector works and, crucially, how to work with it. This really does make all the difference. And with a fully bilingual service offered to our Welsh-speaking clients, we speak your language in more ways than one.

But we offer more than you might expect from a law firm. We have a team of human resources consultants who work with local authorities to provide on and off-site support, as and when it’s needed. And our specialist training team helps tackle legal and people-related problem areas, develop staff skills and improve workplace efficiency.

Specialisms

To see our specialisms within a particular area please click on one of the options below:

  • planning
  • compulsory purchase
  • sale and purchase of land
  • landlord and tenant
  • purchase and development of property
  • transfer of land and restrictions
  • compulsory purchase and compensation
  • de-registration of common land
  • planning, highways and drainage agreements
  • sale of properties
  • strategic land disposals
  • auction sales
  • Housing Acts advice
  • Leasehold Reform Act
  • enfranchisement
  • governance and regulation
  • development finance
  • commercial and residential development
  • land assembly and disposal
  • right to buy/right to acquire
  • lease and transfer documents
  • leasehold management issues
  • restrictive covenants
  • s106 agreements
  • s9 consents
  • shared ownership leases
  • unfair dismissal
  • discrimination
  • transfer of undertakings
  • redundancy
  • employment tribunals
  • strategic advice
  • changing terms and conditions
  • disciplinary and grievance
  • HR policies and contracts
  • sensitive internal investigations
  • trade union relations
  • compulsory purchase
  • contaminated land issues and claims
  • debt recovery
  • possession cases
  • data protection
  • anti-social behaviour injunctions and ASBOs
  • defamation
  • demotion or suspension orders
  • breach of contract/restrictive covenant
  • building disputes
  • planning and highways issues
  • injunctions
  • enforcement of judgments
  • intellectual property and information technology
  • insolvency
  • professional negligence claims
  • mediation and alternative dispute resolution
  • copyright
  • trade marks
  • patent registration and infringement
  • domain name claims and disputes
  • anti-counterfeiting
  • protecting confidential information
  • licensing and assignment of rights
  • group structures
  • ownership and licensing disputes
  • IP strategies

On and off-site HR support as and when you need it.

  • disciplinary and grievance investigations and hearings
  • strategic advice
  • change management programmes
  • management training
  • HR policies and procedures
  • redundancy processes
  • stress risk assessment
  • employment contracts and policies
  • absence management and return to work processes
  • practical instruction, training, and/or coaching
  • independent auditing of HR function
  • employee satisfaction surveys
  • HR improvement strategies including:
    • grievances
    • redundancy
    • pensions
    • absence management
    • return to work
    • succession planning
    • performance appraisal
  • recruitment and outplacement services
  • employment law
  • mock employment tribunals
  • understanding different generational styles
  • disciplinary and grievance
  • absence management
  • leadership
  • interviewee skills
  • interviewing skills
  • company law
  • disability discrimination
  • return to work interviews
  • appraisals
  • bespoke courses


Snapshot of our experience

  • Acting for local authorities in South Wales in the Welsh Development Agency funded purchase of former colliery sites
  • Acting in the sale of a large housing estate to a private residential developer for demolition and redevelopment
  • Defending a claim relating to asbestos contamination

As a matter of fact……

Head of commercial property, Helen Thomas, spent 10 years at the Land Authority in Wales before making the leap into the private sector.

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