Nockolds Solicitors

We are Nockolds, an established law firm that provides reliable, high-quality legal advice to businesses and individuals.

**The Firm**
With a history dating back to 1831, we have supported clients across generations, delivering almost 200 years of professional and personal services throughout various stages of their lives and businesses.

While much has changed in the world since 1831, we take pride in the relationships we build with our clients. We continuously listen to their feedback and evolve our services to meet their needs. So far, our journey has included:

- Launching an office in London, Liverpool Street, in 2013 to better serve City clients and those along the Hertfordshire and Essex borders.
- Expanding and diversifying our service offerings with Nockolds Wealth, a financial planning company that guides clients in maximising the efficiency of their finances, and Nockolds HR, an HR consultancy backed by our employment law solicitors, providing effective human resources solutions for small and medium-sized businesses.
- Offering alternative dispute resolution services for consumers in the optical care and veterinary sectors. Through Nockolds Resolution, we provide complaint mediation schemes, along with insights, feedback, and conflict-resolution training for regulatory bodies.

Our clients receive personalised and tailored services, whether they are individuals, small to medium enterprises, or large corporations. We focus on understanding our clients, their businesses, and their expectations—what they expect from us, and what we deliver.

**Types of Work Undertaken**
Our commercial property team is the first choice for several prominent regional residential developers. Thanks to our expertise and commitment to maintaining strong client relationships, we have remained resilient during economic downturns in the property market. By collaborating with clients, we help them secure ongoing investment, enabling both long-standing and new clients to complete high-value acquisitions successfully.

The commercial property team is regularly supported by our dispute resolution team, which provides advice and representation in contentious property issues for commercial clients, including High Court actions in various commercial disputes.

We also offer a comprehensive non-contentious commercial service. Our key strengths include advising on mergers and acquisitions, corporate structuring, contractual matters, and intellectual property protection.

Darren Hayward, our managing partner, leads the employment team, known for its commercial focus and practical application of the law in this fast-paced area. Serving large PLCs, the employment team offers bespoke services, whether as a retainer human resources advisor, conducting one-off health checks, or providing full representation in tribunal proceedings. Our work covers employment obligations, procedures, and disputes, as well as advisory services to help clients secure business contracts and tenders.

The firm is committed to serving high-net-worth private clients. Cross-referrals between our commercial clients and those seeking assistance with personal matters are increasing, reflecting their satisfaction and confidence in us. Our key attraction lies in our high standard of client care and our lawyers' ability to build strong relationships with clients, both commercially and personally.

We are also proud to offer legal and official translation services to our clients and beyond. Dalila Segador, a member of our Spanish law team, is one of the UK's most qualified legal and official translators, providing authorised services in Spanish and English. Our Spanish law team receives instructions from European and Latin American embassies and consulates, as well as commercial clients engaged in cross-border transactions and disputes, including enforcement matters.

Members of our family team play crucial roles in developing and establishing a collaborative and mediated approach to divorce and family breakdown. This allows us to offer clients a range of solution-based options, from traditional adversarial methods to collaborative and mediated resolutions. We also have international expertise for clients with foreign interests or marriages.

Our personal injury and clinical negligence team continues to assist claimants and bring claims to a successful resolution with sensitivity. We have observed a steady increase in clinical negligence work and provide patient complaint and regulatory advice.

Call Nockolds Solicitors on 01279 755777

Accreditations

Office location

Our areas of law

• Commercial Services
• Employment Law (Employer)
• Personal Injury
• Family
• Conveyancing
• Wills and Probate
• Litigation
• Medical Negligence
• Construction and Civil Engineering
• Employment Law
• Debt Collection
• Defamation Law
• Fraud
• Intellectual Property
• Landlord and Tenant
• Licensing Law
• Mediation
• Professional Negligence