CKE Law

Corporate Law

Whatever the nature of your business, whether you’re buying or selling an existing business, starting a brand-new venture or want advice on which form of business entity suits you best, CKE Law has the experience and expertise at your disposal.

We all know running a business brings many challenges and opportunities. Some will be relatively simple to manage in-house, but others will be more complex and it is these transactions that can benefit from sound legal advice and an expert, external viewpoint. CKE Law have a team of highly experienced commercial and corporate solicitors that act for businesses all sizes to make things as straightforward as possible.

Whatever your business objectives are, we see it as our role to help you achieve your goals. We also understand the importance of getting the most out of any deal and our approach is always positive, transparent and tailored precisely to your needs.

With no jargon, no fuss – just commercially balanced and down-to-earth advice relevant to you and your business.

We support our national, regional and local clients, ranging from entrepreneurs to SMEs to PLCs across a wide variety of fast growing and developing companies in all sectors including manufacturing, retail, services, energy, engineering and IT, as they deal with issues such as:

• Asset Purchases & Sales
• Business Advisory
• Business Formations
• Business Start-Up
• Companies Act Compliance
• Corporate Re-Organisations
• Corporate Reorganisations
• Company Secretarial Services
• Directors’ Duties
• Joint Ventures
• Limited Liability Partnerships
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Management Buy-outs
• Management Buy-ins
• Partnership Agreements
• Public Company Mergers
• Corporate Governance
• Shareholder Agreements
• Shareholder Agreements
• Stock Exchange Listings

The team at CKE Law are here to provide the guidance you need to make sure every aspect of business dealings are carried out correctly. For more information on how we can help with your corporate transactions, contact us on 0161 503 1717 or complete our online form and we will call you back.

Debt Recovery

In these uncertain economic times it is critical that collection of your outstanding debts is managed efficiently to assist your cashflow. Maintaining cash flow is an imperative part of running a successful business. CKE Law understands that recovering a debt owed to you quickly and efficiently is vital to the effective management and operation of your business.

Here at CKE Law have award-winning team of solicitors with a proven success rate in recovering debts. We do this by simply understanding you and your business and providing the right strategy for proceedings.

Unlike debt collection agencies, who provide a short-term service, we offer a lifelong commercial connection to your business. We offer a personal approach and pride ourselves on getting to know your business so we can provide a service tailored to suit your needs view to achieving a recovery in the most cost-effective manner. If a case becomes defended, our experienced litigators will review the defence carefully, consider your prospects of success and discuss the options available to you including other procedures such as mediation which can be more cost effective than having the outcome of a case decided by the Court at a final hearing. If we consider it is in your interest not to proceed, we will tell you as early as possible and explain why.

Whether the debt is disputed or not, we will recommend the appropriate procedure to enable you to recover funds as quickly as possible at a sensible cost. It is often the case that the longer a debt is left unpaid, the less likely it is to be collected.

We will take the stress away and guide you through the entire process offering practical and commercially focused advice.

• Disputed Debts
• Non-Disputed Debts
• Judgement
• Enforcement
• County Court Proceedings
• Pre-Litigation
• Letter Before Action
• Staturoty Demands
• Bankruptcy Petitions
• Winding Up Petitions
• Court Representation
• High Court Enforcement
• Cross-Border Debts
• Interest Rates
• Third Party Debt Orders
• Bailiffs

For more information please call our expert commercial debt recovery and litigation solicitors on 0161 503 1717, or complete the below enquiry form and one of our team will contact you at a time that suits you.

Our Fees

Claims up to £10,000.00

Review of papers – Hourly Rate

Letter of Claim – £300.00 plus VAT

If negotiations are required after a Letter of Claim hourly rates would apply and be agreed with you.

Issuing a claim and obtaining Judgment on an undefended basis – £500.00 plus VAT.

If the matter is issued and becomes defended we would review the position with you and either agree staged Fixed Fees through to a final Hearing or agree hours rates.

Claims over £10,000.00 and up to £100,000.00

Review of papers – Hourly Rate

Letter of Claim – £450.00 plus VAT

If negotiations are required after a Letter of Claim hourly rates would apply and be agreed with you.

Issuing a claim and obtaining Judgment on an undefended basis – £1000.00 plus VAT.

If the matter is issued and becomes defended we would review the position with you and either agree staged Fixed Fees through to a final Hearing or agree hours rates.

Our Fixed Fees include our time and VAT but do not include disbursements such as Court Fees, Counsel/Agents fees and enforcement agents fees – any such disbursements would be agreed with you before they are incurred.

If for any reason there is a need to review the Fixed Fee we will advise of this and explain the reasons why, and provide a further fee quote for your consideration and agreement. Any such revised fee quote will be based on our hourly rates.

Intellectual Property

Brand, reputation and intellectual property (IP) affect every business.

We can help you to protect and capitalise on your brands, trademarks, creativity, ideas, know-how and inventions, ensuring that others do not benefit from your intellectual property. The improved procedures we put in place will help you generate the revenue you deserve, and the tools we provide will enable you to continue this process long after you have used our services.

Copyright protection in most areas is covered by the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 and lasts for the life of the author, plus 70 years from the end of the calendar year of his death.

Many underestimate the importance of protecting a company’s corporate identity and intellectual property rights, but in a society where identity theft is becoming more prevalent than ever, the commercial world is also at risk.

Copyright infringement occurs if the work is copied, performed, shown or played in public or communicated to the public or copies are issued to the public, without the consent of the copyright owner.

No matter what kind of business you are, we will invest the time and effort to understand what matters to you and your business. We will keep talking through and reviewing your objectives as your situation changes. You will always have an up-to-date strategy that matches your needs, so you can rest assured that you have the right people behind you.

Intellectual property issues can take up a lot of time, money, and energy. The role of our IP lawyers is to manage those issues for you, so that you can focus on what is important to you.

• Inventions
• Trademarks
• Passing Off
• Copyright
• Confidentiality
• Intellectual Property Strategy
• Resolve Disputes
• Enforce Your Rights
• Trademark Infringement
• Confidential Information Rights
• Copyright Infringement
• Domain Name Disputes
• Design Rights
• Patent Infringement

If you need advice about an intellectual property issue, call us today on 0161 503 1717 or fill in the contact from below to find out how we can help you and your business.

Litigation & Dispute Resolution

In an increasingly regulated world, disputes are unavoidable in business. We aim to prevent and resolve disputes by providing in-depth, tailored, and practical advice to suit your requirements and focuses on your personal strategic and commercial objectives.

Dealing with a dispute, be it small or large, can be a particularly stressful experience, especially if you are unsure about the costs and procedures involved.

Our litigation and business dispute teams regularly handle a wide range of disputes, we provide practical and specialist advice with the aim of resolving your dispute quickly and cost-effectively.

We are able to assist in all ranges of disputes in ways to suit you, whether that is by negotiation, mediation or a vigorous courtroom strategy. We will implement a plan without delay which will in turn maximize your chances of success.

The team have a reputation for providing a high quality and professional service with regular communication to ensure you are kept informed about the progress of your case.

We approach all of our cases by creating close working relationships with our clients and getting to know their business objectives and preferred working practices. This is so we can find realistic and tailored solutions to business disputes.

• Debt Recovery
• Contract Disputes
• Breach Of Contract
• Breach of Misrepresentation
• Construction Disputes
• Civil Fraud
• Injunctions
• Intellectual Property
• Alternative Dispute Resolution
• Mediation
• Asset Tracing
• Director Disputes
• Partnership Disputes
• Property Litigation
• Banking and Finance Litigation
• Insolvency
• Professional Negligence
• Alternative Dispute Resolution
• Dilapidation Claims
• Lease Disputes

If you are currently involved in a dispute with your landlord or tenant, or you simply wish to find out more information on how to resolve a potential dispute that may arise, then contact the CKE Laws Dispute Resolution team today on 0161 503 1717 for a no-obligation, confidential discussion. Alternatively, you can fill in our online form and one of experienced lawyers will call you back at a time that suits you.

Family Law

Whether you are undecided about your divorce or separation, and want to know more about the financial implications before separating, we can provide you with specialist family law advice to guide you through the entire process.

Divorce and separation can be one of the most emotionally challenging times for separating couples. Our approachable and professional solicitors will aim to keep conflict and upset to a minimum, ensuring the process is as stress free as possible, whilst obtaining the best outcome for you and your family.

The breakdown of a relationship often results in a divorce for married couples, and sometimes a complicated division of the family assets. Divorcing parties need to consider what will happen to the family home, how the other assets will be divided fairly, the arrangements for the children and financial provisions for the future.

There can be times in all of our family lives when we need help from legal experts.

Whatever your legal needs, our family lawyers will support you and fight to protect your best interests. Our team includes expert negotiators, able to help you to find an agreement that suits everyone, keeping disputes out of court where possible.

If your case does have to go to court, we will be by your side every step of the way. We have experience of taking cases all the way to the Supreme Court if needed, so you can trust that we have the expertise needed to get the best outcome for you.

No situation is exactly the same. We’ll take the time to understand your case and tailor our service to your specific needs, while also providing a clear cost breakdown, step by step.

Our experienced team of family law solicitors can offer prompt, practical and sympathetic advice tailored to your individual needs and requirements in the following areas:

• Divorce
• Dissolution of Civil Partnership
• Pre-nuptial Agreements
• Separation Agreements
• Cohabitation Agreements
• Child Arrangement Orders
• Prohibited Steps Orders
• Specific Issues Orders
• Special Guardianship Orders
• Parental Responsibility
• Mediation
• Non-Molestation Orders
• Occupation Orders
• Domestic Abuse
• Harassment
• Injunctions
• Postnuptial Agreement
• Adoption & Surrogacy

For more information please call our expert family law team on 0161 503 1717, or complete the below enquiry form and one of our team will contact you at a time that suits you.

Personal Injury

Our specialist personal injury lawyers are here to make things easier for you and your family. Every year we help thousands of people claim for personal injury, and over the past two years we’ve helped our clients recover more than £1 billion in compensation.

Compensation is only part of the story though, and our solicitors could also help you access the rehabilitation, medical care and support you need to make the best recovery possible.

“Personal injury” is the legal term for an injury or illness that has been caused (or made worse) by someone else’s negligence. If you’ve suffered in these circumstances you may be able to make a personal injury claim to recover compensation from those responsible.

You normally have three years to start your personal injury claim.

This time limit is usually from the date of your accident. However, in some cases it can be from the date you became aware your injury was due to negligence (in the case of a workplace illness for instance).

Most of the claims we handle are on a no win no fee basis.

Our solicitors provide straightforward, practical legal advice to ensure the right decisions are made for you and your family. We can help with:

• Serious Injury Compensation
• Road Traffic Acciden
• Holiday Accidents & Illness
• Accident At Work
• Military Injury Compensation
• Illness Compensation
• Product Liability
• Rehabilitation & Medical Care
• Group Claims
• Abuse & Criminal Injury
• Air, Rail & Sea Related
• Industrial Disease Compensation
• Asbestos Compensation
• Chronic Pain Syndrome
• Accidents In Public Places
• Beauty & Hairdressing Injuries
• Spinal Injury Claim
• Fatal Accidents
• Trips, Slips & Falls
• Cycling Accident
• Motorbike Accidents
• Accidents Involving Children
• Burn Compensation

For a free consultation about your case, call us free on 0161 503 1717 or fill in out contact form below and we’ll get back to you as soon as possible.

Wills, Trusts & Estate Planning

Estate planning is essential to make sure your wealth is protected for you and your family. By structuring your assets in a tax-efficient way, you can make sure everyone is provided for in the future.

Here at CKE Law we understand the importance of planning for the future and being prepared for all eventualities. We therefore offer a range of services in Will Writing, Probate and Estate Planning.

We have a sympathetic approach and understand the importance of good service in an area of law that can prove difficult to grasp. If you want practical help and support, please contact one of the team.

Whether you wish to get your own affairs in order, or are acting on behalf of someone who has died, we have the expertise to ensure the process is smooth and productive. We regularly go the extra mile for our clients, and our client feedback shows that our sympathetic and professional approach is appreciated.

Every family is different and every estate is unique. We understand this and we work with our in-house tax specialists and, where appropriate, financial planners to create a bespoke plan that works for you and what you want to achieve.

The complexities surrounding wills, estates and probate can leave your family with a lot to deal with at an already difficult time. It is important that you have the necessary measures in place to ensure your affairs are in order when you die.

Our solicitors can help with estate planning services like:

• Making A Wills
• Inheritance Tax Planning
• Trusts & Asset Protection
• International Estate Planning
• Wealth Management
• Succession Planning
• Planning Care Home Fees
• Making a Lasting Power of Attorney
• Securing Lump Sum Protection
• Setting Up Trusts & Charities
• Creating a Living Will

With a network of chartered tax advisors and financial planners as well as solicitors, we have the capacity to deal with everything you need. Because we administer wills and trusts as well as draft them, we combine practical knowledge with legal expertise to make planning for your future as efficient as possible.

Call our Wills, Trusts & Estate Planning team today on 0161 503 171 or fill in the contact form below to find out more about how we can help.