111 QUEENS ROAD, WEYBRIDGE, KT13 9UW, ENGLAND
- Tel:
- Work 01932 858833
- Fax:
- Fax 01932 857249
- DX:
- 30914 WEYBRIDGE
- Web:
- www.crellinscarter.co.uk
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This Surrey-based firm is a niche private client practice with a national reputation for matrimonial work for discerning individuals. It offers all private client services, including conveyancing and advice on wills, trusts and probate. A full range of company and commercial services are offered, including property, employment and business law.
The firm: Established as Crellins in 1969 in Kingsway, London WC2, it grew rapidly through acquisition and organic expansion and had a number of regional offices in Surrey and Middlesex, as well as a West End office by 1980. Crellins merged with Bryan Carter in 2007 to form Crellins Carter. It now operates from a single modern office in Weybridge, offering efficient services to upmarket private clients and to small- and medium-sized businesses and companies.
The firm aims to form a close relationship with its clients and to retain them for many years. In general it succeeds in this aim. The quality of its services is comparable with its competitors in the City of London; they are, however, supplied at a more reasonable cost, particularly for private clients.
Types of work undertaken: All aspects of divorce and separation are handled, including arrangements for the welfare of children and a fair division of family assets, including the matrimonial home. The firm has experience of pre-nuptial agreements, business valuations and offshore cases. It emphasises negotiation and agreement rather than conflict and confrontation. It also advises on family protection, domestic violence, injunctions, wardship, adoption and care proceedings for children. This department also specialises in cohabitee disputes, Children Act applications, TLATA cases and Living Together Agreements.
Domestic conveyancing is a specialism, offering sympathetic but realistic guidance and advice.
Private and commercial leases and tenancy matters are handled for both landlords and tenants, varying from medium-term leases of commercial premises to shorter-term leases and domestic leases for the letting of houses or flats and short-term tenancy agreements. Rent reviews, renewals, claims for dilapidation, proceedings for possession and rent arrears are dealt with on a regular basis.
Commercial conveyancing includes all types of freehold and leasehold property transactions, and guidance on development and option dealing at all levels. In additon the firm also specialises in all property aspects of telecommunications, which includes granting of leases, lease renewals assignments as well as specialised advice on the telecommunications code. The firm has a strong reputation for alcohol licensing providing specialist knowledge for all types of licensing act 2003.
All aspects of wills, trusts and probate are dealt with, including tax liability, as well as powers of attorney and Court of Protection orders granted to administer the affairs of those who can no longer manage their own affairs.
All types of civil litigation are dealt with on a regular basis for both commercial and private clients.
Company and commercial advice ranges from incorporating a company and managing and administering its affairs to taxation, service contracts and liabilities of directors. Takeovers and amalgamations are handled, as well as negotiation of contracts for supply of goods and services. Employment law is a specialism.
Breakdown of work %
Matrimonial/family 55
Commercial 10
Probate/trusts/wills and private client work 10
Domestic conveyancing 25
Number of UK partners 3
Number of other UK fee-earners 3
Above material supplied by Crellins Carter.