Welcome to Butterworths Solicitors
We are a firm of solicitors that work hard to look after you – not just when you come to us with a particular case, but in a wider more proactive way, and for the long term.
Our head office is in Carlisle, Cumbria. However, we have local offices in Blackpool, Carlisle, Gateshead, Hebden Bridge and Penrith.
LEGAL SERVICES FOR YOU AND YOUR FAMILY
Life can be difficult and stressful at times. Find out what services we offer to help you and your family in your time of need. .
LEGAL SERVICES FOR YOU AND YOUR FAMILYLEGAL SERVICES FOR BUSINESS
Running a business brings challenges. Big or small we are here to help so these challenges don’t slow you down.
LEGAL SERVICES FOR BUSINESSLEGAL SERVICES FOR YOU AND YOUR FAMILY
CIVIL LITIGATION AND DISPUTE RESOLUTION
Here at Butterworths Solicitors our litigation experts are here to help. We will provide you with clear advice and helpful guidance in terms of your legal position and what can be done to resolve the situation as quickly and as cost-effectively as possible.
We can help with;
– Boundary, neighbour and property disputes
– Employment
– Landlord and tenant disputes
– Debt recovery
– Breach of contract
– Professional negligence
– Inheritance Act claims
– Insurance disputes
– Motor Finance mis-selling
– Payday Loan mis-selling
– Cavity Wall insulation claims
– Delayed, Cancelled and Denied Boarding Flight claims
CONVEYANCING
– Residential conveyancing
– Auction conveyancing
– Remortgage and transfer of equity
– Buy to let
A house or a flat, your home or an investment. We’ll get matters moving.
Buying and selling property can be one of the most stressful times in your life. Whether you are a home mover or a first time buyer, remortgaging or using an auction house, Butterworths Solicitors have a dedicated, first-class team who will guide you through the process to ensure things are handled as quickly and efficiently as possible.
FAMILY LAW
– Children and contact issues
– Dissolution of civil partnerships
– Divorce and separation agreements
– Pre and Post-Nuptial agreements
We understand that matrimonial and family matters deeply affect everyone involved which is why we handle matters in a sensitive, professional and constructive manner.
Here at Butterworths Solicitors, our family law experts core service is to make sure our clients are fully informed at every stage to help you make the right choices for you and your family.
PERSONAL INJURY AND CLINICAL NEGLIGENCE
We can’t change what happened. We can change what happens next.
If you have experienced a form of personal injury or medical negligence that wasn’t your fault, we understand the impact it can have on all aspects of your life. Coping with the pain, worry about loss of earnings and having to take time off work to recover can take its toll both physically and emotionally.
We will fully advise you on the funding options available for your claim and in the vast majority of claims can offer to conduct the work on a “no win no fee” basis under a conditional fee agreement.
PROBATE
– Probate & administration of estates
– Challenging a Will
We can provide help and guidance when a friend or loved one dies and can guide you through the process of administering an estate, with as much or as little assistance as you require. Sometimes it is not always clear who is entitled to deal with an estate, and we can help establish whether a Will exists. If no Will has been made, we can assist with the appointment of administrators to ensure the estate is dealt with correctly.
Unfortunately, when someone dies, things are not always problem free; if you feel you have not benefitted from the estate of a loved one in the way you should, or if you believe an estate has been administered incorrectly, or that a Will has been made fraudulently, or under undue influence, our team can provide the advice you need.
Whatever your query, contact one of our team for helpful, sympathetic advice.
WILLS, POWER OF ATTORNEY AND TRUSTS
– Making and amending a Will
– Lasting power of attorney
– Trusts & tax planning
– Court of Protection applications
Planning for your future can be a difficult and upsetting exercise; at Butterworths, we aim to make the process straightforward and hassle free.
The private client team can give you advice regarding the preparation of your Will, whether this is straightforward or of a more complex nature.
Perhaps you want to consider preparing a lasting power of attorney, to ensure someone you trust can make decisions on your behalf if you are unable to do so. We can also assist when someone lacks capacity but has not made a power of attorney, and an application is required to the Court of Protection.
SERVICES FOR BUSINESS
Here at Butterworths Solicitors our corporate and commercial team discreetly handles the business affairs of a variety of businesses from small owner managed businesses to larger more complex businesses, each receiving a personal and highly attentive level of service.
BUSINESS, PORTFOLIO AND CORPORATE SALES
Our process-driven approach helps us to drive transactions, meeting even the most rigorous of deadlines with key stage reporting built in as standard.
Our service is flexible and dynamic and we can design bespoke processes or fit in with our clients’ own internal operational requirements.
We are experienced in both asset sales and share sales. We also have a strong background in the sale of distressed businesses. We have advised clients in many diverse sectors.
DEBT RECOVERY
At Butterworths Solicitors we are very much aware of the importance to any business of a good cashflow position. We take it very seriously therefore when a client of ours is not paid for goods or services that they have supplied.
We have designed a solution that we offer to our clients that are in this position. That solution is our “Heavy Duty” Debt Recovery service.
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DISPUTE RESOLUTION
Our litigation experts will provide you with clear advice and helpful guidance in terms of your legal position and what can be done to resolve the situation as quickly, cost-effectively, and in as conciliatory a manner as possible.
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COMMERCIAL PROPERTY AND LEASES
Our client portfolio is diverse and we work across a broad range of sectors.
We are the supplier of choice for both local business and large national corporations alike and are known for our no-nonsense commercial approach for driving through our clients property transactions.
EMPLOYMENT LAW
Our experts have significant experience of advising and representing Employers and Employees at Employment Tribunal and Employment Appeal Tribunal Hearings.
Our advice is solid, pragmatic and always business focused.
We can help with:
Constructive Dismissal
Discrimination because of Age, Disability, Race, Religion, Sex/Sexual Orientation
TUPE
Unfair Dismissal/Unfair Constructive Dismissal/Unfair Redundancy
Breach of Contract/ Unilateral Variation of Contract/Unlawful Deduction from Wages
Settlement Agreements
CORPORATE AND COMMERCIAL SERVICES
Our corporate and commercial team discreetly handles the business affairs of a variety of business from small owner managed business to larger more complex businesses, each receiving a personal and highly attentive level of service.
We can help with:
• Corporate Finance
• Management Buy Ins/Outs
• Shareholder Agreements
• Partnership Agreements
• New Business Set Ups
• Company Restructures
DEVELOPMENT LAND AND PLOT SALES
We offer a holistic service right from acquisition to disposal. Our no-nonsense approach means we are able to offer our developer clients sensible commercially focussed advice to support their land acquisitions. We are experienced in small and large scale developments alike.
We can offer a dedicated plot sales service via our corporate sales team. Our process-driven approach helps us to drive transactions, meeting even the most rigorous of deadlines, with key stage reporting built in as standard. Our service is flexible and dynamic and we can design bespoke processes or fit in with our clients own internal operational requirements.
Butterworths Solicitors – Our Offices
Butterworths Solicitors was established in 1993 with a single office in Carlisle, the firm has evolved and has six regional offices covering County Durham, Cumbria, Fylde Coast, Tyne and Wear and West Yorkshire.
Our offices are in Blackpool, Carlisle , Gateshead, Hebden Bridge, and Penrith
Head Office Address.
Address:
24 Lowther Street
Carlisle
Cumbria
CA3 8DA
Phone:
01228 59 39 39
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