Newport Office - 01633 251801
Pontypool Office - 01495 763333
Our team of criminal lawyers In Newport and Pontypool have had extensive experience dealing with fraud investigations and prosecutions. We have also assisted our clients with a wide range of matters ranging from Department of Work and Pensions prosecutions to complex alleged financial frauds.
What is a Settlement Agreement (formerly known as a Compromise Agreement)?
If you are being made redundant or your employer wants to agree to terminate your contract they may ask you to sign a Settlement Agreement. This is a legally binding confidential agreement setting or the rights and responsibilities of both parties. It is important you receive advice from a specialist employment solicitor before you do this. Your employer will pay for this as part of the agreement.
Our specialist employment lawyers in Newport and Pontypool can assist you if you have been dismissed and feel that you have been treated in a way that is unfair. The focus is always to find the right solution and remedy for you as quickly as possible to try and help you at what is a stressful time.
Being made redundant or being put at risk of redundancy can be very stressful. Both employers and employees need advice to be sure that any redundancy process is being conducted properly and fairly.
How can we help?
We aim to offer practical advice about the available options that can be considered during a consultation that can sometimes avoid the necessity of a redundancy.
Buying and selling properties are potentially some of the most traumatic and stressful experiences in one’s life. At such a time it is essential to be confident that the process is being dealt with by experienced professional advisors who understand the needs of their clients
If you or someone in your family have suffered an injury or contracted an illness as a result of someone else’s negligence, you may be able to claim compensation for lost earnings, your pain, suffering and other losses.
Our specialist family and divorce solicitors, based in Newport and Pontypool advise on all family issues, including divorce, children and family matters.
Our specialist employment lawyers in Newport and Pontypool act for both employers and employees in disputes that range from disciplinary meetings to representing unfair dismissal claims at the Employment Tribunal.
A Will gives you the power to decide who should benefit from your estate but also allows you to appoint executors and guardians.
A Lasting Power of Attorney for Property and Affairs allows you to name the person or people whom you wish to look after your financial affairs during your lifetime, should you become mentally or physically unable to do so yourself.
An Advance Directive, commonly known as a “Living Will”, is a document which allows you to express your wishes regarding your future medical care now, in case you are unable to do so later.
We will give advice and will represent you in planning appeals. The issues are often complex, but the rewards for winning a planning appeal can be high.
Where Inheritance Tax is an issue, our solicitors in Newport and Pontypool can advise on how you can maximise the use of the exemptions and reliefs that will be available to your estate.
Our litigation department handles a wide range of disputes and aims to provide practical advice and assistance to achieve your objectives.
Your home is your castle, whether you’re Welsh or English. But arguments occur about boundaries and other property rights, such as rights of way or permitted use of the land. Boundary and property disputes can get very complicated and bitter.
If you rent a house or flat, from the Local Authority or from a private landlord, we can deal with disputes about rent, the condition of the house or about possession.
If you rent a house or flat, from the Local Authority or from a private landlord, we can deal with disputes about rent, the condition of the house or about possession.
Our specialist family lawyer mediators, based in Pontypool and Newport (South Wales) can offer mediation on all family issues, including divorce, children and financial matters.
Our criminal department has expanded over recent years and is now able to offer a wide range of advice and advocacy to both publicly and privately funded clients.
Over recent years we have seen a dramatic increase in the number of clients who need advice about road traffic matters. The approach to the Severn Bridge tollbooth, the M4 in South Wales and the A449 have become notorious ‘hot spots’ where thousands of speeding offences are being captured on camera every month.
If you have suffered an injury as the result of a violent crime or a criminal activity you may be entitled to claim compensation from the Criminal Injury Compensation Authority (CICA).