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“The Corporate and Commercial team are described as “experienced” and “recommended”, highlighting Kaye Whitby and Andy Booth as individuals alongside Corporate team head Jeremy Orrell who “is very responsive and clear in his advice, which is always jargon free and easy to understand.”

Legal 500, 2016

“Thank you very much for everything. Apologies for being so unorgansied most of the time! You have been wonderful and I shall highly recommend SAS Daniels in the future.”

Yolanda Lynes

“SAS Daniels’ Family Law team provides “clear advice and is very responsive.” Shelley Chesworth heads the team and is praised for her “high level of attention to detail.””

Legal 500, 2016

“Their strengths were their knowledge of the law, managing the clients’ expectations, being fair in their approach and explaining complex legal matters in simple terms.”

Chambers UK, 2014

“Just wanted to say a huge thank you for getting it all sorted for us! I’ve been singing your praises to my colleagues so you might find yourself getting some more calls. When we come to move from this house I know who to call!”

Hollie Watson

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Law firm SAS Daniels in a strong position and poised for further growth

Cheshire law firm SAS Daniels has smashed through its £9m billings target and is poised for further growth. The firm, which has four offices in Stockport, Chester, Macclesfield and Congleton, recently moved into a prominent, extensively refurbished office in Chester,...Continue Reading

SAS Daniels Announce Millie’s Trust as Charity of the Year 2019/2020

SAS Daniels are extremely excited to announce that their chosen Charity of the year for 2019/2020 is Millie’s Trust. Staff from SAS Daniels’ Chester, Congleton, Macclesfield and Stockport offices will take part in various fundraising activities to support the work...Continue Reading

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Landowners Beware of the Electronic Communications Code 2017

The Electronic Communications Code 2017 (‘the Code’) controls the relationship between landowners and companies who run communication networks through cables and masts. This new code has generated more litigation in two years than the previous code had in over 20 years....Continue Reading

Term Time Workers’ Holiday Pay Should Not Be Pro-rata

The Court of Appeal has confirmed that term time workers’ holiday pay should not be on a pro-rata basis, but should instead be calculated using their average earnings over the preceding 12-week period. Lord Justice Nicholas Underhill stated that the...Continue Reading

How we have helped our clients

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...

What to do with a Will with a Trust

Our Trusts team were approached by executors who had been appointed as trustees of a Trust that was created by the terms of the Will. They had never acted as trustees before and we were able to help explain to...

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...

Acting for maintained schools

A community school undertook a review of its HR provisions that were available to the school. A number of external providers were considered by governors and they focused on an understanding of the distinct school teachers pay & conditions and...

Alleged failure to comply with the UK TSE monitoring scheme

Our Food Regulatory team successfully appealed against the conviction of an abattoir for an alleged failure to comply with the UK TSE monitoring scheme. In this case, an abattoir was convicted of failing to hand over sheep brain samples as...

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...

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’...

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...

Disposal of Land to a National House Builder

We represented a group of landowners in the multi million pound sale of their land to a national house builder. The land had the benefit of outline planning permission for 196 houses and was split in to two parcels. There...

A complex commercial debt

We acted in relation to a dispute between a successful company who supplied fixings and other products in the building industry. A complex dispute arose involving issues of contract and the terms of a consignment agreement. The other party to...

A Sole Trader Who Loved Cats

Our Estate Administration & Probate team acted as executors with a lay executor for a generous patron who lived in the Chester area, who loved his cats and wanted to be cremated with the remains of his former feline companions....

The Pros of Having a Professional Trustee

Our Trusts team were appointed as a professional trustee under the Will of a client who wanted to ensure that his adult children were appropriately provided for, but taking into account their differing needs and financial positions. They wanted 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 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...

Preparing for 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...

Surrender & Grant of New Lease

We acted for a large pension fund who own mixed use premises in central London. The premises had been vacated by a national brand, in breach of their lease and a new tenant had been found. There were ongoing negotiations...

Condemnation of unfit food. Is a court order required?

We are currently acting for the Association of Independent Meat Suppliers (AIMS) and a red meat slaughterhouse in an appeal to the Court of Appeal in a case concerning the application of section 9 of the Food Safety Act 1990....

Landlord & Tenant Dispute

We advised a client with a long lease on a residential property concerning breaches of covenant by an occupational tenant. There were two issues: a) Damage to the property and unpaid rent from the occupational tenant; b) The management company’s...

A Generous Testator

Our Estate Administration & Probate team acted as executors for a generous patron of the arts and science in the Manchester area who was also an avid collector of fine art. He left most of his estate to a number...

Settlement for design work

We acted for the proprietor of a new design business who wished to continue his relationship and work he had established whilst he worked for a previous employer. The previous employer sought an interim injunction to prevent the use of...

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