Talk Legal
Serious about your case.
Determined to win.
Talk Legal provides focused, practical help in three areas: County Court small claims, residential leasehold and Property Tribunal disputes, and employment problems faced by employers.
The work is led by Bryan Slater, who qualified as a solicitor and formerly practised for approximately 30 years. Our experience, service and status are explained clearly before you decide whether to instruct us.
What do you need help with?
Do you have a County Court small claim?
Are you bringing or defending a claim worth between £3,000 and £10,000?
Do you have a final hearing approaching and need help to identify the important evidence, prepare properly and present the case clearly?
Small Claims Advocate offers a proportionate service for suitable claimants and defendants.
Go to Small Claims AdvocateDo you own a flat and have a leasehold or management problem?
Are service charges unexplained?
Are repairs being ignored?
Have major works been poorly managed?
Do leaseholders want greater control of the building?
Leasehold Action helps flat owners understand the lease, identify the available remedy and prepare for negotiation or proceedings before the First-tier Tribunal (Property Chamber), where appropriate.
Go to Leasehold ActionAre you an employer dealing with a workplace or Tribunal problem?
Do you need help with a grievance, disciplinary matter, capability, sickness absence or another difficult employment decision?
Has ACAS Early Conciliation begun, or have you received an Employment Tribunal claim?
Employment for Employers acts only for employers and respondent organisations. We do not accept instructions from employees or claimants.
Go to Employment for Employers
One business. Three focused services.
These areas are different. They should not be presented as though one generic service fits every dispute. That is why each has its own section, language, suitability test and enquiry route.
They remain part of one business because the underlying approach is the same:
- —identify the real issue;
- —examine the important documents;
- —give a frank view of the strengths, weaknesses, cost and risk;
- —agree exactly what work is required; and
- —prepare and present the matter clearly.
What happens when you contact us?
- —Choose the service which most closely matches your problem.
- —Send a short explanation and the essential documents.
- —We decide whether the matter is within the work we undertake and whether a conflict check or further information is required.
- —If substantive review or representation is offered, we define the work and fee in writing.
- —No paid work or retainer begins until Talk Legal has accepted the instruction and you have accepted the written terms.
Tell us what has happened
Choose the relevant service and send a focused summary of the problem. If there is a hearing, Tribunal response date or other deadline, tell us immediately. Contacting Talk Legal does not stop time running and does not create a retainer.