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
- 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.
