We’re your friendly local law firm!

We handle all sorts of legal issues on behalf of people and businesses across Sheffield. So, whether you want to move house, you’re having problems at work, you need some business law advice or anything else, you’re in safe hands with our team.

Our Attercliffe office is based at the John Banner Centre on the fittingly named Attercliffe Road. You can easily reach us by car or public transport, or on foot if you’re just round the corner.

We have another couple of offices across Sheffield in Gleadless, and Hillsborough as well as an office in Barnsley. So if it’d be easier for you to reach us there, check out our other location pages for contact details and directions.

How to find us

Reaching us by car

There is free parking just a stone’s throw from our office at the Shortridge Street council car park.

Reaching us by bus

Attercliffe Road is served by a number of bus services, including numbers 9, 9a, 52, 52a, 208, 608, 752, X1 Steel Link and X10, so we can be reached from all over Sheffield.

Reaching us by tram

Our nearest Supertram stop is the Attercliffe stop on the yellow/TT line. The Attercliffe stop can be accessed via Shortridge Street, just a 3-minute walk down the road from our office.

Reaching us by train

Our nearest railway station is Darnall station on the northern line, which is a 24-minute walk from our office or around an 11-minute bus journey on the number 52 or 52a bus.

Making our services accessible to everyone

No legal problem is too small or too complex for us to handle and we work hard to make our services easy to access.

So, if you have any particular needs or accommodations, please do not hesitate to get in touch for a friendly, confidential discussion with a member of our team.

Our office is on the ground floor of the John Banner Centre and is wheelchair and pushchair accessible. Shortridge Road is quiet and marked with double yellow lines, so is a convenient place to park if you have a blue badge.

Our nearest tram stop, Attercliffe stop, has level access for wheelchairs and pushchairs.

Our services for you

Moving house

Moving house is an exciting time. But wouldn’t it be great if you could just wave a magic wand and sort all the boring legal stuff so you can pick up the keys and get into your new home without delay?

Well, our Attercliffe conveyancing solicitors are here to make your move as hassle-free as possible. There’s no magic involved, but we specialise in fast, straightforward conveyancing to cover all your legal needs.

Our expertise includes:

• Buying and selling freehold and leasehold property
• Specialist first time buyer advice, including help to buy
• Remortgages
• Buy to let conveyancing
• Landlord & tenant advice, including tenancy agreements
• Buying and selling at auction
• Leasehold licences
• Restrictive covenants
• Registration or correction of title
• Amanah/Islamic/Shariah compliant finance
• Property trust Wills
• Freehold reversions

Probate & estate administration

Losing a loved one is one of the worst experiences a person can go through. When you’re grieving, it may also feel overwhelming to be responsible for sorting out your late loved one’s final affairs.

Our Attercliffe probate solicitors are here to take the weight off and support you through the process. We can handle as much of the probate process as you need us to, whether you just need a bit of advice about where to start or you want us to handle the whole thing.

Our service includes:

• Obtaining the Grant of Representation (Grant of Probate if there is a Will or Grant of Letters of Administration if there is no Will).
• Handling the estate administration process, such as contacting organisations, paying off debts, selling property, distributing inheritance and handling Inheritance Tax.
• Advice about intestacy if the deceased person did not leave a Will.

We offer an affordable fixed fee probate service for straightforward estates. Visit our Estate & Probate costs page and Probate Guide for more information.

Wills & trusts

Do you know who will inherit your money and property after you pass away? Your partner? Your children?

If you don’t leave a Will, you cannot control who will end up inheriting. Much of it may end up going to HMRC as Inheritance Tax. Some of your family, such as your partner if you are unmarried, could end up with nothing.

We know that thinking about your own mortality is difficult; you may also be worried about doing right by your family and not causing any upset. But taking the plunge and making your Will means you and your loved ones can get on with life with peace of mind.

Our friendly Will solicitors in Attercliffe offer a quick, convenient Will writing service to help you put your final affairs in order and make your estate as tax-efficient as possible.

We also offer a specialist trust creation and management service, allowing you ultimate control over who gets your money and how they use it, during your lifetime and after you die.

We can advise on:

• Single and mirror Wills
• Property protection Wills
• Business Owners Wills
• Lifetime trusts
• Long-term care issues
• Resolving estate matters after death

We can also securely store your Will for free.

Powers of Attorney

Writing a Will protects your interests after you die, but what about during your lifetime? A Power of Attorney allows the people you trust the most to take care of your finances and your health & welfare if you lose your mental capacity or cannot manage your own decisions.

The future is a big question mark for us all, and while that does make life more exciting, it also means that we cannot foresee our challenges. An illness such as dementia, an injury, or simply old age – these are all reasons why you may become unable to make your own decisions later on.

Our Power of Attorney solicitors in Attercliffe can help you make a plan for every future possibility, putting in place a strong legal document that fully reflects your wishes and authorises your loved ones to provide the care you need when you need it.

In the absence of a Power of Attorney or necessary legal authorisation, we also assist people with Court of Protection applications.

Personal injury

Let us help you minimise the impact of an accident that wasn’t your fault. We can help you make a personal injury claim to obtain the compensation you need to restore your quality of life and make up for any financial loss.

Our Attercliffe personal injury solicitors will take our role in your case extremely seriously. We’ll work quickly to understand the impact of the accident on your life, ruthlessly negotiate with those responsible to secure a suitable settlement, and (if necessary) handle any court proceedings on your behalf.

We know that the impact of an accident, both physically and mentally, can be devastating. As well as helping you claim compensation, we are here to listen and signpost you towards any appropriate support services.

Our expertise includes helping people claim for:

• Road traffic accidents (including pedestrian, cyclist, motorbike and passenger accidents)
• Accidents or illness abroad (including holiday accidents and food poisoning)
• Accidents at work
• Medical negligence
• Accidents in public places (such as slips, trips and falls)
• Serious injury and fatalities

Problems at work

A job isn’t just a job. It’s your livelihood, your career, possibly even your passion in life. So when things go wrong at work, it can feel incredibly demoralising and stressful.

Our employment law solicitors in Attercliffe can help you address all types of problem with your employer or former employer, including:

• Grievances, disciplinary issues
• Unfair dismissal
• Maternity and paternity rights
• Discrimination
• Working time and pay
• Bullying and harassment
• Employment contracts
• Redundancy, transfer agreements and transfer of undertakings
• Employment tribunal claims

Personal Insolvency

If you feel like your debts are spiralling and you’re losing control, you’ve come to the right place for help and support. Our insolvency solicitors based in Attercliffe are here to provide all the guidance you need to get your life back on track. We can help you with:

• Re-organising your finances
• Negotiating with creditors
• Individual Voluntary Arrangements
• Advising on what bankruptcy means for partners and children
• Petitioning for bankruptcy and support afterwards

Immigration & visas

We can help you with a wide range of immigration and visa matters, including:

• Visas and appeals for husbands/wives, fiancés, dependent relatives, students and visitors
• Naturalisation
• Registration
• Home Office travel documents
• Certification of documents
• Sponsorship and declarations
• Appeals

We know that the immigration process can be daunting, involving loads of long, technical forms and difficult language even native English speakers would struggle to understand.

Our Attercliffe immigration solicitors are some of the most experienced immigration specialists in the country. We are multi-lingual and can speak to you in:

• Urdu
• Punjabi
• Mirpuri
• Mandarin
• Polish
• English

We’ll handle all the paperwork and legal matters on your behalf, so you don’t have to worry about a thing.

Our services for businesses

Business start-up

Getting started on your next business venture? Our commercial lawyers have a strong reputation for helping young local businesses thrive. We’ll help you with:

• Deciding the best business structure for you
• Registering the new company
• Shareholder and partnership agreements
• Dealing with franchise agreements
• Personal guarantees
• Joint ventures with third parties
• Employment contracts
• Leases for new premises

Combining technical legal expertise with a creative, commercially-focused mindset, we can make sure your business gets the best possible start.

We’re also the proud founders of the Wosskow Brown Foundation, a charitable organisation devoted to helping businesses grow and scale. Together with our legal support, we’ve assisted over 900 businesses to date forge connections, access finance, plan for the future and more.

Employment law for employers

Our Attercliffe employment lawyers can help your business manage every aspect of being an employer, from putting in place your employment contracts to resolving contentious disputes about discrimination, pay or any other issue. Our expertise includes:

• Contracts of employment
• Terminating contracts of employment
• Disciplinary procedures
• Employment tribunal procedure
• Defending an unfair dismissal claim
• Maternity and paternity rights
• Allegations of sex/age/racial/other discrimination
• Equal pay
• Bullying and harassment
• Health and safety
• Transfer of undertakings
• Advice on redundancy and compromise agreements

Commercial property

Our highly experienced team of commercial property solicitors in Attercliffe can provide specialist advice about all aspects of commercial property, including:

• Commercial leases
• Commercial landlord & tenant law
• Acquisitions and disposals of freehold and leasehold commercial property
• Commercial mortgages and secured lending facilities
• Plot sales and property development
• Overage clawback agreements
• Option agreements and conditional contacts
• Shared ownership of freehold and leasehold property
• Any other complex or novel commercial or residential conveyancing transaction requiring specialist advice

Your commercial property interests will likely represent your most valuable business interests, so getting the right advice is essential. We provide practical, commercially-minded advice tailored to suit your business’s individual needs.

Corporate & commercial law

Our Attercliffe corporate & commercial solicitors provide practical, forward-thinking legal advice to businesses of all sizes across all industries. Many of our clients instruct us on a needs-must basis, trusting us to provide the right advice when important decisions need to be made.

From the inception of your business, to its day-to-day management, to its disposal, we will be by your side when you need us. Our expertise includes:

• Company formation
• Shareholder agreements
• Partnership agreements
• Company law matters and directors’ duties
• Banking & finance documentation and guarantees
• Drafting and reviewing commercial contracts

Debt recovery

Just one unpaid invoice can cause disruption to your cash flow. If you’ve exhausted your credit control procedures and your debtor still will not or cannot repay, we can provide a robust debt recovery service.

Our Attercliffe debt recovery solicitors take quick, decisive action to help businesses recover debts, from engaging in settlement negotiations to conducting court money claims. We can also help you take a wide range of enforcement action, from instructing bailiffs to securing debts over property.

We don’t take a ‘one-size-fits-all’ approach to debt recovery, we tailor our advice to suit each business’s individual needs, taking proactive steps to protect your reputation and preserve valuable commercial relationships wherever possible.

Business rescue & restructuring

Every business faces challenges during its lifetime. While many market factors are out of your control, the way you respond to challenges can define the outcome of the situation. Our specialist business rescue and restructuring solicitors in Attercliffe take a pragmatic, no-nonsense approach, helping businesses find a way forward even in the bleakest of times.

Our expertise includes:

• Sole trader, partnership & company restructuring
• Time to pay arrangements
• Individual & Company Voluntary Arrangements (IVAs and CVAs)
• Schemes of arrangements
• Administration and receivership
• County Court Judgment (CCJ) help & advice
• Voluntary liquidation
• Winding-up Petitions & Compulsory liquidation
• Personal guarantees
• Directors’ disqualification