The Legal 500

Parker Bullen LLP is a highly regarded firm that delivers results. It boasts an extensive and loyal client base. It has notable strengths in commercial litigation, commercial property, company and commercial, employment, family, franchising, intellectual property, probate and trusts.

The firm: Parker Bullen LLP is an established, forward-looking firm of solicitors with offices in Salisbury and Andover, providing high-quality legal advice to business and private clients within the UK and internationally. It offers all clients a first-rate service that is friendly and accessible. It aims to ‘treat the whole patient’, that is by gaining an understanding of the entire legal needs of a client and providing appropriate services based on that understanding. Clients include Capita SIP Services, Clayesmore School, James Hay Pension Trustees, the Dean and Chapter of Salisbury Cathedral, Salisbury Diocesan Board of Education, clients in the clearing bank, mortgage bank and invoice discounting sectors.

The firm recruits mainly from London and large regional firms. It has an affiliate of the British Franchise Association at each of its offices. Partners are members of STEP, ACTAPS, SFE, the Personal Finance Society, the Chartered Insurance Institute, the Employment Lawyers Association and Resolution, are accredited by Business Link, and include an associate trade mark attorney, the holder of an advanced diploma in corporate finance, an associate member of the Institute of Patentees and Inventors, a member of the British Maritime Law Association, a member of the British Marine Federation and three notaries public.

Agency work is carried out for other solicitors, principally in family, litigation and property transactions. Some administration of estates agency work is dealt with.

Types of work undertaken: Company and commercial services provided include corporate finance advice, acquisitions and disposals, share sales and purchases, commercial contracts, employment matters, marine work and advice on trade marks, patents, copyright, designs and other intellectual property and franchising.

A wide range of commercial property issues are handled, including work for pension scheme trustees, licensed trade property work for corporate and individual pub, restaurant and hotel operations, school sites, and nursing and residential care home acquisitions and disposals.

Litigation includes all types of commercial and property disputes, banking litigation with specialist expertise in acting for mortgagees and invoice discounting companies, and professional negligence. The firm also deals with personal injury claims.

The firm advises on family and relationships law; cohabitation and pre-nuptial agreements; cohabitation disputes; Children Act matters and collaborative law; employment; licensing; immigration; and defence of road traffic prosecutions.

The private client department advises on trusts, formation and management for private trusts and local and national charities, tax planning for individuals, the drafting of complex wills, the administration of estates and will and trust disputes.

The firm also deals with residential conveyancing, offering a highly experienced and personal service on a competitive basis.

Parker Bullen LLP continues to expand its local, national and international client base. This goal will be achieved by continuing to provide excellent services and delivering results for clients. The firm makes use of first-class IT infrastructure.

Breakdown of work %
Company and commercial 12
Litigation 11
Private client 34
Property 24
Employment 6
Family 13

Number of UK partners 9
Number of other UK fee-earners 15