Contact our Solicitors in Bourne

Opening times: 9am-5:15pm Monday-Friday

DIRECTIONS TO OUR BOURNE OFFICE

Our solicitors in Bourne are located in the town centre, on West Street, near to the Post Office and a short walk from Bourne Corn Exchange and the Bourne Town Council offices.

Arriving by car – There is a public car park located behind our offices, on Burghley Street, less that 5 minutes’ walk away. Simply exit the car park into Burghley Street, head left, then turn left into Exeter Street, left again into West Street and our offices will be on your left, shortly before West Street meets North Street and South Street.

Arriving by train – The nearest train station to Bourne is in Peterborough. You can travel to Bourne from Peterborough on the 101 bus, which stops around 5 minutes’ walk from our office, on North Street.

PLAN YOUR JOURNEY

If you are planning your visit to our Bourne solicitors, you can plan your journey here.

ACCESSIBILITY

It is important to us that everyone is able to access our legal services in Bourne, so we are committed to accommodating the accessibility requirements of our clients wherever possible.

If you have specific needs that we can assist with to help you access our services, please contact us, and we will be happy to discuss this with you.

OUR PERSONAL LEGAL AND WEALTH MANAGEMENT SERVICES IN BOURNE INCLUDE:

CONVEYANCING

Buying a home or property to rent out is a significant investment, so it’s essential to have the right legal advice and guidance to ensure you interests are protected at all times.

Chattertons is home to one of the largest and most experienced teams of conveyancing solicitors in Lincolnshire, with accreditation from the Law Society’s Conveyancing Quality Scheme.

We offer efficient and highly reliable residential property services, so we can make sure your transaction goes ahead smoothly and on schedule, while making sure you won’t be hit with any nasty surprises after the deal is done.

Our residential conveyancing solicitors in Bourne can help you with:

• Buying and selling properties
• Gifts and transfers
• Joint ownership & owning in shares
• Landlord & tenant
• Evicting tenants
• Mortgages and remortgages
• Leasehold property deals
• Equity release
• Landlord and tenant matters

Find out more about our conveyancing services.

FAMILY LAW

The end of a relationship can be a very challenging time, both emotionally and in terms of dealing with all of the practical issues involved. Our team can offer the friendly, pragmatic legal support you need to make dealing with divorce and separation much easier.

We can help with everything from the legal process of ending your relationship to making a financial settlement and arrangements from children. With accreditation in Family Law and Family Mediation from the Law Society, you can be assured that we offer exceptional legal skills and the highest levels of customer service.

Our family law solicitors in Bourne can help you with:

• Cohabitation disputes and cohabitation agreements
• Pre and post-nuptial agreements
• Divorce and separation
• Civil partnerships and dissolution
• Arrangements for children
• Financial settlements
• Divorce and business assets
• Independent financial advice via Chattertons’ Wealth Management team

Find out more about our family law services.

WILLS, PROBATE & ESTATE ADMINISTRATION

While many of us don’t like to think about what will happen when we pass away, if you don’t plan for the future of your estate and your dependants when you’re no longer around, you risk leaving your loved ones in a difficult position.

We can help you to create or update your Will, making sure your wishes are clear. We can also advise you on the use of trusts, gifts and other options to protect your assets and ensure your dependants are taken care of after you are gone.

If a loved one has passed away, we can also guide you through probate, helping to make this sometimes challenging process simpler and less stressful at an already difficult time.

Our Wills, estates and lifetime planning solicitors in Bourne can help with:

• Wills, trusts & probate
• Care Fees
• Powers of Attorney
• Inheritance Tax
• Probate & Estate Administration
• Trusts
• Wills
• Contested Wills & Probate
• Property Gifts and Transfers
• Corporate Lasting Power of Attorney
• Court of Protection
• Tax, trusts and estate planning
• Elderly client services

COURT OF PROTECTION ADVICE

Our Court of Protection solicitors in Bourne can help with:

• Compensation Protection Trusts
• Court of Protection Deputyship
• Statutory Wills
• Applications to Sell Property
• Disputes in the Court of Protection
• Inheritance Tax
• Powers of Attorney
• Probate & Administration of Estates
• Trusts

Find out more about our Court of Protection services.

EMPLOYMENT ADVICE FOR INDIVIDUALS

Our employment law solicitors in Bourne can help you with:

• Harassment & bullying
• Settlement agreements
• Constructive dismissal
• Discrimination
• Employment Tribunal representation
• Maternity, paternity & parental rights
• Redundancy
• Unfair dismissal
• Unlawful wage reductions
• Whistleblowing

ROAD TRAFFIC LAW AND MOTORING OFFENCES DEFENCE

Our motoring offences solicitors in Bourne can help you with:

• Penalty points & your licence
• Endorsable offences
• Dangerous or careless driving causing death
• Drink and drug related driving offences
• Driving without insurance
• Sentencing guidance
• Speeding
• Tailgating
• Offences & guidance
• Sentencing guide

Find out more about our road traffic law services

PERSONAL INJURY CLAIMS

Our personal injury lawyers in Bourne can help you with:

• Accidents at work claims
• Accidents in public places claims
• Asbestos claims
• Back injury claims
• Brain injury claims
• Car accident claims
• Cosmetic surgery claims
• Criminal injury compensation claims
• Defective product claims
• Fatal accident claims
• Holiday injury claims
• Manual handling claims
• Medical negligence claims
• Slip, trip and fall claims
• Spinal injury claims
• Sports injury claims
• Vibration white finger claims
• Whiplash claims

Find out more about our personal injury claims services.

MEDICAL NEGLIGENCE CLAIMS

Our medical negligence claims solicitors in Bourne can help you with:

• Mistakes during surgery or aftercare (both private and NHS treatment)
• GP and Community Health (including misdiagnosis or delayed diagnosis)
• Birth and pregnancy-related claims, including fatalities
• Avoidable fatalities (including representation at Inquests)
• Accident and emergency treatment
• Cancer misdiagnosis, delayed diagnosis or treatment
• Cauda equina spinal injuries
• Dental claims
• Eye injuries (including laser surgery)
• Cosmetic surgery
• Hospital infections
• Product liability claims, including the side-effects of medicines

Find out more about our medical negligence claims services.

PERSONAL DISPUTE RESOLUTION

Any type of legal dispute, whether person or business-related, can take up a lot of your time, energy and money if not handled correctly. Our lawyers are experts in dispute resolution, being able to offer a variety of approaches and creative thinking, helping you to find a positive way forward as quickly and cost-effectively as possible.

We have a strong focus on alternative dispute resolution, including negotiation and mediation, meaning we can resolve most disputes without the need for court action. However, we also have extensive experience with court proceedings, so can offer the best available support no matter what approach is needed to secure the right result.

Our personal dispute resolution solicitors in Bourne can help you with:

• Employee rights
• Data protection and GDPR
• Wills, probate and inheritance disputes
• Debt problems and bankruptcy
• Landlord-tenant disputes
• Property and neighbour disputes
• Professional negligence claims
• Educational disputes
• Town and country planning issues

Find out more about our dispute resolution services.

NOTARY SERVICES

Our notary publics in Bourne can help you with validating personal documents, including:

• Powers of attorney for use overseas
• Sale and purchase agreements relating to overseas assets
• Affidavits and similar documents for use in foreign court proceedings
• Copies of passports and other documents of identification
• Certifying degree and educational certificates for use abroad
• Verification of documents relating to births, deaths and marriages
• Verification of adoption papers
• Statutory declarations and supporting documents for marrying abroad
• Certified translations
• Certificates of residency
• Administration of oaths and declarations

Find out more about our notary services.

CHATTERTONS LAWYERS FOR FORCES

We also offer a dedicated legal and wealth management service for current and former Armed Forces personnel through Chattertons - Lawyers For Forces LFF.

PERSONAL WEALTH MANAGEMENT

We offer strategic Wealth Management services for clients in Bourne and throughout Lincolnshire. Our team can advise you on the best ways to efficiently plan your finances, helping to achieve more with your savings and investments.

Our personal wealth management experts in Bourne can help you with:

• Accessing retirement savings
• Capital gains tax planning
• Charitable investments
• Equity release advice
• Income tax planning
• Investments
• Life insurance
• Pension sharing orders
• Trustee investments
• Saving for retirement

Find out more about our personal wealth management services.