Our Lyme Regis office is located on Broad Street, near to the sea front. We are easily accessible by car, public transport or on foot. We offer specialist legal services for individuals, families and businesses in Lyme Regis and across Dorset.
We also have our Head Office in Axminster and another local office in Chard, which allows us to reach a wide pool of clients across the South West region.
To get in touch with our team in Lyme Regis, use the contact details below, or fill in our enquiry form on the right-hand side of the page.
- Scott Rowe Solicitors
- 29 Broad Street
- Lyme Regis
- Dorset
- DT7 3QE
- UK
- Tel: 01297 443777
- Fax: 01297 445616
- SRA ID: 599365
- Email: enquiries@scottrowe.co.uk
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How to find our solicitors in Lyme Regis
Reaching us by car
There is parking available at the NCP Car Park Lyme Regis Pitthouse, which can be accessed from Broad Street on the opposite side of the road from our office.
Reaching us by bus
There is a bus stop directly opposite our office on Broad Street, which is served by the bus numbers 9A, 71, A3, X51 and X53.
Accessibility
We strive to make our services as accessible as possible for all of our clients. So, if you have any specific requirements prior to visiting our solicitors in Lyme Regis, please get in touch with a member of our team so we can discuss how to best accommodate you.
Our legal services in Lyme Regis
Our Lyme Regis solicitors offer a wide range of legal services for both individuals and businesses in Lyme Regis and throughout Devon.
Services for you
Wills
A Will not only lets you ensure your estate will go to the people you would wish, it can also allow you to minimise your estate’s Inheritance Tax liability and make it much simpler for your loved ones to deal with your estate when the time comes.
Our Wills solicitors in Lyme Regis are experts in matters including:
- Making a Will
- Updating your Will
- Mirror Wills
- Tax planning
- Advance decisions
- Will, inheritance & trust disputes
Our Wills solicitors are Law Society accredited for Wills & Inheritance Quality.
Lifetime planning
Proper planning for your future can give you peace of mind and make sure your needs will be met, whatever challenges life might bring your way.
Our lifetime planning solicitors in Lyme Regis are experts in matters including:
- Lasting Power of Attorney
- Acting as an Attorney
- Acting as a certificate provider
- Business Lasting Power of Attorney
- Equity release mortgages
- Deputyship orders
- Life interest trusts
Probate and estate administration
When someone dies, the process of dealing with their estate can be a daunting task, especially at a time when you are already dealing with the emotional impact of your loved one’s death. Getting expert legal advice can make things much easier.
Our probate and estate administration solicitors in Lyme Regis are experts in matters including:
- Securing grant of probate or letters of administration
- Liaising with HMRC over payment of Inheritance Tax and any other tax owed on the estate
- Closing accounts, collecting estate funds and resolving any debts and liabilities connected to the estate
- Preparing final accounts
- Distributing bequests
Family, matrimonial & relationship
Family law issues tend to be challenging, both from a legal and practical standpoint, but also in terms of navigating the emotions and needs of the various parties involved. The right approach can help you to get the outcome you need, while keeping conflict to a minimum.
Our family law solicitors in Lyme Regis are experts in matters including:
- Divorce
- Dissolution of a Civil Partnership
- Matrimonial finances
- Separation agreements
- Financial issues for unmarried couples
- Pre-nuptial and cohabitation agreements
- Children matters
- Parental responsibility
- Grandparents
- Change of name
- Domestic abuse
Employment law for employees
If you have a concern about the way you have been treated at work, it can be hard to know what you can do and it is easy to feel powerless. Seeking early legal advice from an expert in employment law can empower you to take action and effectively challenge unfair treatment.
Our employment lawyers in Lyme Regis experts in matters including:
- Discrimination
- Harassment
- Workplace bullying
- Unfair dismissal
- Wrongful dismissal
- Redundancy
Dispute resolution
Legal disputes can be costly, time consuming and very stressful if they are not handled the right way. However, with the right legal advice and a constructive approach, many disputes can be resolved quickly and cost-effectively without the need for contentious court proceedings.
Our dispute resolution solicitors in Lyme Regis are experts in matters includes:
- Will, inheritance and trust disputes
- Dispute prevention
- Property disputes
- Employment disputes
- Contract disputes and injunctions
- Professional negligence
Residential property
Our homes are at the centre of our lives, as well as often being the most expensive of our monthly outgoings. It is therefore only sensible to make sure you get expert legal support when buying, selling, renting or dealing with any other issues involving residential property.
Our residential property solicitors in Lyme Regis are experts in matters including:
- Buying or selling a home
- Equity release mortgages
- Setting up home with your partner
- Buying and selling at auction
- Renting a home
Our residential property team is accredited by the Law Society’s Conveyancing Quality Scheme.
Services for business
Employment law for employers
All employers have a legal duty to treat their employees fairly, comply with all relevant employment laws and have the right processes in place for dealing with any issues that arise. Getting expert legal help can minimise the risk of problems, help you to achieve compliance and allow you to effectively deal with any issues that do arise.
Our employment lawyers in Lyme Regis are experts in matters including:
- Employment contracts and terms of engagement
- Drafting policies and procedures
- Working hours and holiday entitlements
- Discrimination
- Redundancy
- Compromise and severance agreements
- Maternity and paternity rights
- Sickness absence and stress at work
- Ill health and performance issues
- Business transfers and TUPE
- Confidentiality clauses
- Restrictive covenants
Small business advice
Small businesses face just as many legal challenges as any other enterprise, but without the budgets larger businesses enjoy. Getting good legal advice that adds real world value to your business is, therefore, especially important.
Our small business lawyers in Lyme Regis are experts in matters including:
- Company structures
- Business premises
- Business financing
- Tax planning
- Business insurance
- Cash flow
- Terms and conditions
- Intellectual property
- Franchising
- Business licensing
Agricultural law
The farming, agriculture and rural sector faces many unique challenges, as well as the more every day issues all business must deal with. This means specialist legal advice from experts with good knowledge of the sector as well as general commercial understanding is a must.
Our agricultural law solicitors in Lyme Regis are experts in matters including:
- Agricultural land tribunal
- Agricultural tenancies
- Arbitrations
- Farm sales and purchases
- Farming partnerships
- Fishing rights
- Holiday lets
- Milk Quota
- Notices to quit
- Prosecutions
- Shooting rights
- Succession
Business leases
Businesses that lease their premises need to have a clear understanding of the terms of their lease, what it entitles them to and what obligations and liabilities they are agreeing to. For this reason, it is essential to take specialist legal advice before signing a lease and if any problems occur.
Our business lease solicitors in Lyme Regis are experts in matters including:
- Drafting commercial lease agreements
- Reviewing the terms of commercial leases
- Break clauses
- Commercial lease liabilities and indemnities
- VAT registration
- Assigning a lease
- Commercial rent reviews
- Planning permissions
Commercial disputes
Legal disputes can cost your business a lot of time, money and effort, as well as having the potential to seriously harm your reputation and brain. It is therefore pragmatic to see expert legal help at the earliest opportunity to minimise the risk to your business.
Our commercial litigation solicitors in Lyme Regis are experts in matters including:
- Boundary disputes
- Breach of contract claims
- Building disputes
- Debt recovery
- Disputes with customers
- Landlord and tenant disputes
- Partnership disputes
Commercial property
Commercial property remains a great investment, but only if you have the right advice to make sure you get the right terms for your business strategy. Whether you are buying, selling or leasing commercial property, working with experienced property lawyers is absolutely essential.
Our commercial property solicitors in Lyme Regis are experts in matters including:
- Disputes and property litigation
- Leases
- Property development
- Sale and leaseback
- Sales and purchases
- Secured lending
- Landlord & tenant advice
Business Lasting Power of Attorney
What would happen to your business if you were suddenly unable to make key decisions about it? A Business Lasting Power of Attorney (BLPA) to nominate a trusted person to make key business decisions on your behalf if you ever lose the capacity to do so in the future.
Our Business Lasting Power of Attorney solicitors in Lyme Regis can advise on matters including:
- Making a Business Lasting Power of Attorney
- Registering a Business Lasting Power of Attorney
- Acting as an Attorney under a Business Lasting Power of Attorney
Get in touch with our solicitors in Lyme Regis
To get in touch with a member of our team in Lyme Regis, call the number below or, alternatively, fill in our enquiry form for a call back.
