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“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

“The Trusts team are definitely SAS: Small enough to be personal, Able to deal with all sorts of complex trust issues, Seriously professional in everything that they do. Great people to work with.”

Andy Nevett

“We can have direct contact with experienced solicitors – they get to know us and our needs and give us pertinent advice and tailor-made solutions.”

Chambers UK, 2015

“Paul Formby frequently acts on personal insolvency cases involving significant property considerations. He is also well versed in handling issues arising from deceased estates.”

Chambers UK, 2020

“I’m glad that I went down the collaborative law path as your help and expertise has been invaluable, and has made the potential emotional issues minimal.”

Chris Alexander

Latest News

SAS Daniels Welcomes Eight New Starters for 2020

SAS Daniels Solicitors are delighted to announce the expansion of our team with the addition of eight new starters for 2020. The commercial property team has welcomed solicitors Marina Banks from Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP to work in Stockport,...Continue Reading

SAS Daniels Assist Sellers in Acquisition of Police Software Firm

SAS Daniels has successfully completed a company acquisition involving Crewe-based Force Information Systems Limited (FIS) which has been bought by Acceo Solutions, a wholly owned subsidiary of Canadian-based software company N Harris Computer Corporation, for an undisclosed sum. Harris is...Continue Reading

Insight & Opinion

Increase in Statutory Legacy and What It Means for You

It is a common misunderstanding that in the event of a married individual dying without a Will, then their widow, widower or surviving civil partner would inherit everything. This is not always the case. What Happens If You Die Without...Continue Reading

Civil Partnership Option for Opposite Sex Couples

Opposite sex couples can now take advantage of the recent change in the law allowing them to enter into a civil partnership. Ann Chamings and John Eccles became one of the first couples in the UK to become opposite sex...Continue Reading

How we have helped our clients

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...

Maximising agricultural and business property relief

We acted for executors following the death of the farmer and worked alongside property valuers in claiming and negotiating agricultural and business property reliefs with the Inland Revenue. This maximised the value of the farmer’s estate, which was to pass...

Covenants

A covenant that is placed on a property in a previous transaction and binds the land and anyone who takes that land, can have great financial implications, though often disregarded by clients as ‘just on paper’ until the real implications...

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...

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...

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’...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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...

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....

Protecting a Mother’s Assets

Our Elderly, Care & Mental Capacity team act as Court of Protection Deputy for a client who can no longer deal with her own financial affairs. It is a sad case and the client concerned has a long history of...

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...

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...

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...

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...

No more sleepless nights

A client was in the process of a divorce who owned their own business and wanted to protect the estate for the benefit of the children. They also wanted to mitigate the potential for a claim being made against the...

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