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Chambers and Partners UK, 2022 James Goddard

“Thank you for your assistance. The whole process was very smooth and I would recommend and indeed instruct you again.”

Margaret Byrne

“The professional advice, support and guidance offered by Clare Bromley and the SAS Daniels team has proved invaluable in my first year of Headship. It has enabled me to lead confidently on HR issues in a fair, equitable and robust manner benefiting the whole school community.”

Lindsay J Barker, Standish Community High School

“I used SAS Daniels for my recent conveyancing needs. I used Jo Unwin and nothing was too much trouble. We had a few difficult patches along the way but Jo was excellent in all aspects of the process. Her communication was on point and she was a constant reassurance with... Read more”

Nadine Abrahams

“Shelley Chesworth is outstanding. Her work is top class and her knowledge of the law is unbelievable. Over the last two years, she has gone the extra mile for me, working weekends when needed and has always been available day and evenings for me to contact her on her mobile.... Read more”

Legal 500, 2021

News

Macclesfield FC partnership renewal

At SAS Daniels we are very happy to announce that our partnership with Macclesfield Football Club has been renewed for the 2022/23 season and extended to cover back of shirt sponsorship for the women’s first team. We look forward to... Read more

Claire Porter on divorce and menopause

Claire Porter, partner in the family law team in the Chester office, was featured on the 50Connect website recently. Claire penned a article around how menopause can potentially impact divorce and spousal maintenance orders. Read what Claire had to say... Read more

Blogs

Is long Covid classed as a disability?

In our ongoing series of employment law case studies, Katie Hodson discusses the recent case of T Burke v Turning Point Scotland in the Employment Tribunal. Long Covid was accepted as a disability in this case under the Equality Act... Read more

Social media and confidentiality policies

Employment case study: Matt Ottley talks about a recent case in which an ex-employee argued that he did not misuse confidential information or breach a previous contractual obligation in continuing to utilise contacts made via a social network after leaving... Read more

How we have helped our clients

Bankruptcy Estate

We acted for an insolvency practitioner who had been appointed as the trustee in bankruptcy of a bankruptcy estate. Further to Section 283A of the Insolvency Act 1986 (the “Act”) the client’s interest in a property needed to be ‘realised’...

Preparing a will

An elderly client wanted to make a will and Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA) but due to a fall needed a home visit as she had fractured a bone in her leg. The medication prescribed also caused some confusion which...

Negligence win for a private client

We acted for a private client who had obtained incorrect and negligent advice from a previous firm of solicitors, concerning a probate claim he had made and which arose from his late father’s estate. The previous advice resulted in the...

A Divorce & Financial Assets

Our Family Law team were instructed by a wife who had filed an application for financial remedy. The husband and wife had been married for nine years with no children, they had been separated for 12 months, and she had...

Pensions & Divorce

Pensions are complex and it is important that expert advice is received. Some pensions are ‘high risk’ which means lawyers will strongly advise you to obtain a pension report to ensure that the true value of the pension is known....

Defending a personal claim against directors

We acted on behalf of former directors in the defence of personal claims against them, which concerned financial advice provided to various clients and high net worth individuals. The claim and subsequent court proceedings against our clients involved complex and...

Care Home Contract Issues

Our Elderly, Care & Mental Capacity team acted for a client who wanted to challenge the terms of a care home contract that related to her husband. He had been occupying a room in a residential care home for over...

Recovering a Substantial Commercial Debt

We were instructed to act on behalf of a construction business to recover a substantial commercial debt. The client’s former solicitors were not progressing their cases as quickly as the client would have liked. We moved swiftly to take the...

Lasting Power of Attorney Objection

Our Elderly, Care & Mental Capacity team acted on behalf of a client who was in his 90’s, with full capacity, who had appointed his step daughter as his attorney. When it came to registering the Lasting Power of Attorney...

HR Workshop for Internal Management Team

We designed a bespoke HR workshop for Saturn Communications Limited. The workshop covered the fundamentals of managing misconduct, performance and sickness absence. The company has a strong layer of middle management, however they do not currently have a designated HR function. Prior...

Extension on a Private Property Lease

We acted for a client who was selling a private flat. Only when a sale had been agreed and we were instructed, did she realise that the lease had only 60 years to run and was not acceptable as security...

Settlement agreement with a farm tenant

We acted for the owner of an estate in the completion of a settlement agreement with a farm tenant which involved the following: Serving notice on the farm tenant to terminate the existing lease under the Agricultural Holdings Act (AHA)...

Dealing With a Breach of Warranties in a Share Purchase Agreement

We were instructed to represent the purchasers of a business who were being pursued for deferred consideration payments pursuant to a Share Purchase Agreement. The purchasers’ position was that the sellers were in breach of various warranties in the Share...

A Company Administration

We acted for the administrators of a company in relation to the pre-pack purchase of the business of the company by a third party unconnected with the former directors. The company operated a restaurant chain across a number of venues...

Breach of contract

We acted for a limited company who were facing a substantial claim from an engineering and construction company for alleged breach of contract. We were instructed to defend the claim and after assessing the legal position we were able to...

Distribution of a farmhouse and land following a death

We advised the family of a farmer on how to distribute the farmhouse and land so that everyone had an equal share following his death. A Will had been made but not updated in many years and it didn’t reflect...

A Home-made Will & a Millionaire

Our Estate Administration & Probate team were approached by the executor and main beneficiary of a home-made Will where the person who died was a neighbour with considerable wealth, but had no family and had become good friends with our...

Sale of a farm and collaboration with adjoining land owner

We were recently instructed by a farm owner to act on his behalf by providing independent advice on a conditional sale contract and development agreement. We also advised on a collaboration agreement with an adjoining land owner. We were one...

Tribunal

In a recent tribunal case we successfully defended a business facing claims of unfair dismissal and disability discrimination from a former employee. The employee had worked for our client in a manual handling role and had been signed off sick...

Defending Unfair Prejudice Proceedings for Shareholders

We were instructed to act for the majority shareholders of a manufacturing business to defend unfair prejudice proceedings. Working with Leading Counsel, we formulated a robust defence and fought our clients’ case vigorously in correspondence with the opposing solicitors. Shortly...

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