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WHAT WE CAN DO FOR YOU

(1) Buying and Selling houses:
(2) Buying and Selling Commercial land and
.... Premises and Incorporated or Unincorporated Businesses

(3) Personal injury
(4) Problems with your marriage your Partner or with the children?
(5) Problems at work or problems with your workforce?
(6) Will's and Probate
(7) Elderly Clients
(8) Free Legal Advice


(1) Buying and Selling houses:

Moving house is stressful enough without having problems with the legal process. Our aim is to move matters along quickly and efficiently whilst keeping you informed throughout - thereby making your house move as seamless as possible.Our prices are competitive. Telephone us or e-mail us for a written quote.

Are you building up a property portfolio. We can help you with the acquisition, financing arrangements, the renting out of the property and rent and property recovery should your tenant let you down and fall into arrears.

As well as buying and selling property we also deal with Re-mortgages, Equity release and Gifts of properties.

Written, e-mailed or telephone calls are available on request and we guarantee that the price we quote will be the price we charge.

Contact John Petrie at our Wigan office on 01942 206060 or click here
Contact Grainne McGuinness at our Ashton office on 01942 767700 or click here

(2) Buying and Selling Commercial land and Premises and Incorporated or Unincorporated Businesses

Thinking of buying or setting up in business? Whether as a limited Company, Partnership or as just a sole-trader, we can help. Thinking of buying an existing Business or aquiring the shareholding in an existing company that is already trading then speak to us first on the options that are available to you.

Do you wish to buy land for Development. Do you wish to set up a Building Development or a Development of Apartments. These are all matters in respect of which we already act for many local builder/developer clients.

Are you wishing to buy or sell Commercial or Industrial Premises or Offices. Do you wish to Lease out or take a Lease of these types of property. These are all matters upon which we can give you specialist advice.

Thinking of buying a Business, whether it is simply a Shop a Trading - Company or Partnership or Sole Trader. We can help.
We also deal with the purchase and sale of businesses that require Licensing by the Local Authority e.g. Hot Food Take-aways, Off- licences, Fish and Chip Shops etc We can help you with the S.106 Agreement and other Licences that are required.

We can also assist you in the formation of a Company with Commercial Contracts, Commercial disputes, Partnership Agreements, Deeds of Dissolution, Company and Partnership disputes, Liquor,Gaming and Betting Licensing.

Contact John Holland at our Wigan office on 01942 206060 or click here or Mark Boon on the same number or click here

(3) Personal injury

If you have injured yourself, your primary concern is probably to get better as soon as possible. If you have been injured as a result of somebody else's negligence you are entitled in law to recover damages to compensate you for your pain and suffering, any loss of amenity and any other expenses or losses that you have incurred. This includes the cost of treatment to speed up your recovery. This is something that we can help you with, usually on a no-win no fee basis with you keeping all the compensation you receive without any deduction for legal expenses.

The advantage of using us rather than someone who approaches you in the street or who you hear of on the radio is that with us it will be a Partner and Solicitor and not merely a claims handler who will deal with your case from start to finish.

Contact Paul Aynsley at our Wigan office on 01942 206060 or click here

(4) Problems with your marriage your Partner or with the children?

Our Family partners will deal with your divorce, separation matters, financial settlements and child related matters with sympathy and efficiency. Choose whether you are happy confiding in a male or female solicitor

Contact Janet Long at our Wigan office on 01942 206060 or click here
Contact Paul Aynsley at our Wigan office on 01942 206060 or click here

(5) Problems at work or problems with your workforce?

Yes, we're not embarrassed by it, we act for Employer and Employees alike in respect of employment problems. Indeed this enables us to see both sides views.

If you are an employer consult us sooner rather than later if you have or foresee a problem with an employee. Don't be tempted to take the easy option which is to do nothing

If you wish to bring a claim against your employer seek our advice at the earliest available opportunity. There are time limits after which you cannot bring a claim, so act quickly. If we believe that you have good grounds to bring a claim we will usually act for you on a no-win no fee basis though you will have to pay us an agreed percentage of your damages by way of legal fees if your claim is successful.

We can also help employers and employees in the drafting of contracts of employment, written statements of terms and compromise agreements.

Contact Paul Aynsley at our Wigan office on 01942 206060 or click here

(6) Will's and Probate

We provide a full wills drafting service and are able to advise you on basic tax planning matters, Inheritance tax, Discretionary Will Trusts and the various ways in which you can hold property to maximise your tax allowances.

We handle a large number of probate matters some of high-value and some of low value. Whatever the value you still receive the same service and the same high degree of care. We appreciate that this is a difficult time for families and our advice is both practical and sensitive.

We can offer either a full Estate Service including the obtaining of a Grant of Probate or Letters of Administration and the administration and distribution of the estate thereafter or alternatively in more straightforward matters we are happy to obtain probate or letters of Administration on your behalf on the basis that you can then deal with the administration yourself. The latter is a less expensive option if you feel up to being able to do with the paperwork.

Contact Mark Boon at our Wigan office on 01942 206060 or click here

(7) Elderly Clients

More and more people are now becoming proactive in terms of planning for their old age. Everybody should consider, when preparing their Will whether they wish to also have an Enduring Power of Attorney. This is the means whereby you can appoint someone to take control of your affairs in the event of your losing the capacity to do so either because of an accident or through the ageing process. Putting an enduring power of attorney in place makes it easier for your family to deal with your affairs in those circumstances.

We also provide advice on Registering Enduring Powers of Attorney and on Applications to the Court of Protection.

We work closely as a practice with the local branch of Age Concern. We provide advice on wills, gifts of property to children, minimising Residential Home or Nursing Home fees.

Contact Mark Boon at our Wigan office on 01942 206060 or click here

(8) Free Legal Advice

For all clients new to the practice we offer a 30 minute free interview. If there is a matter on which you feel you need to seek legal advice that simply contact us to arrange an appointment. Never leave a problem. It is much better to seek advice early on and doing so can save you considerable time and expense later

Try us out, you will not be disappointed.

McCarthy Bennett Holland Solicitors