Business

Gifford Cairns understands that family and business go hand-in-hand, hence why we also offer a wide range of commercial legal services.
Robust, efficient and cost-effective legal advice can be the difference between surviving and thriving in today’s marketplace.

Debt

Recovery

Commercial Litigation

Business

Leases

Business

Wills & LPAs

Debt Recovery

If your business experiences cash flow problems, your finances may suffer faster than you realise

UK businesses face financial downturn due to global economic pressures. Proactive businesses have a range of legal options available to them to ensure their bills are paid, allowing them not just to survive but to thrive in the challenging commercial landscape.

We have the solutions available to ensure that your invoices are settled.

Over the years, Gifford Cairns Solicitors have helped many businesses to recover unpaid invoices totalling hundreds of thousands of pounds. In some instances a gentle reminder from a solicitor has ensured payment, in more serious cases we have successfully launched legal action to recover monies from unwilling debtors.

Our debt recovery services include:

  • Debt recovery by negotiation without the need for legal action

  • Issuing court proceedings.

  • Negotiating payment arrangements.

    Contact us and allow us to help your business thrive.

Commercial Litigation

Negotiation Skills Go Hand-in-Hand With Litigation Skills

Your Solicitor must have the experience to take a case to court if needed. However, Solicitors must have the negotiation expertise to secure an outcome that protects your business interests as a priority.

The Commercial team at Gifford Cairns has the technical knowledge and specialist legal experience to assist on a range of business disputes.

We offer legal advice and assistance on Commercial Litigation matters including:

  • Debt Recovery

  • Contract Disputes

  • Alternative Dispute Resolution

  • Property Disputes

  • Construction Disputes

  • Intellectual Property Disputes

  • Company Disputes

  • Director and Shareholder Disputes

Business Leases

Entering a Commercial Lease Can Be Serious Business

A lease on a commercial building can be fraught with serious, significant and complex clauses.

  • How long is the lease?

  • Are there any break clauses?

  • Are you responsible for dilapidations?

  • Are the repair and maintenance clauses very onerous?

  • Can the lease be automatically extended?

Without the correct advice, you can quickly become involved in a commercial property dispute that could be very expensive for you and detrimental to your business.

Often, the lease you are being asked to sign has been drafted by the landlord’s solicitors, defining the rights and obligations of the landlord and tenant.

Such leases are commonly heavily weighted in favour of the Landlord. It is important that the lease should be scrutinised by a specialist solicitor on your side.

Business Wills and Lasting Powers of Attorney

Your Business Depends on You. You Need a Plan if You are Unable to Work

People who own and operate businesses often give no regard to what happens to their company and its cash flow if they die unexpectedly or lose the mental capacity to make business decisions.

Business Wills and LPAs

Death or loss of mental capacity can, without planning, cause catastrophic commercial failure, leaving the family and business in serious hardship.

Sole Traders need Wills and LPAs that instantly come into place to protect the trader’s assets.

Partnerships need agreements to allow operational continuity, these agreements must be considered when drafting your Will and LPAs.

Limited Companies need Wills and Lasting Powers to be written in the Company’s Articles of Association. Detailed contingency plans must be considered and drafted into your Will and LPAs.

Whatever your legal needs – We look forward to working with you. Provide us with your details and we will contact you directly.

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Gifford Cairns Solicitors and PRHS are trading names of Philip & Robert Howard Solicitors Limited, registered in England and Wales: 08185212

Registered Office: 113 Wilmslow Road, Handforth, Wilmslow, SK93ER.

Authorised and regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority: 571131