Darling & Stephensons, Solicitors Information

Meeting small business and individual clients' needs (except crime, personal injury claims, immigration and admiralty law)

Keeping clients informed-informed as to the law, the options available, the progress of the matter and costs.

Ways we differ from most solicitors:

We deliver our conveyancing services in a different way that means we are usually ready to complete a purchase of a residential property within two weeks and a remortgage within one week of receiving mortgage instructions.

For debt recovery, we offer fixed fees for every step necessary to recover an undisputed debt from the solicitors' letter (at only £25.00 plus VAT) through to Court proceedings to enforcement of judgment.

We sue solicitors (and other professionals) too. As members of the Solicitors Negligence Panel, we provide initial free one hour consultation, including perusal of papers to see if you may have a claim worth pursuing.

How we can help small businesses:

• Business leases
• Commercial property sale and purchases
• Buying or selling a business
• Debt recovery
• Licensing
• Employment law
• Partnership agreements
• Terms and conditions of trading
• Commercial contracts
• Commercial dispute resolutions
• Agricultural property
• Professional negligence claims

How we can help individuals:

Conveyancing on:

• Residential sales
• Residential purchases
• Residential re-mortgages
• Property selling agency (from Barnard Castle office)
• Shorthold tenancy agreements

Planning for the future:

• Wills
• Trusts
• Tax mitigation
• Living Wills
• Powers of Attorney
• Winding up deceased's estates

Family and matrimonial matters:

• Divorce and separation
• Adoption
• Change of name

Resolving civil disputes:

• Possession claims
• Landlord & tenant disputes
• Boundary and other property disputes
• Breach of contracts
• Defamation
• Professional negligence claims

What clients say about us:

The three words most commonly used by clients to describe us are

"efficient, friendly and helpful"

Contact Darling & Stephensons, Solicitors, the local Darlington & Barnard Castle firm of choice for informed legal advice and assistance that meets your needs.

Try us, before they try you!

53 Coniscliffe Road, Darlington,

Tel: 01325 489000

24 Horsemarket, Barnard Castle,

Tel: 01833 630000