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1. Our contract with you

  • These Terms of Business (as updated from time to time) apply to all work we do on your It is an important document—please read and keep it in a safe place for future reference.

  • Each time you instruct us on a new matter we will send you a letter confirming your instructions and setting out the scope of the work we will carry out for you, our fees and individual contact details. This is called the Client Care Letter. These Terms of Business should be read together with the Client Care Letter—together they form the contract between us.

  • If there is any inconsistency between our Terms of Business and the Client Care Letter, the Client Care Letter will take priority.

  • Unless otherwise agreed, these Terms of Business will apply to all future instructions you give us on this or any other matter.

  • These Terms of Business are subject to change from time to time and are updated on our website at https://mandksolicitors.com

2. Definitions

  • Contract: means the agreement between you and the firm as set out in the terms of business, Client Care Letter and any other documents referred to within either the terms of business or the Client Care Letter recording the basis of our engagement.
  • These terms: means these Terms o The firm or this firm: mean M & K Solicitors and not any individual or group of individuals within the firm.
  • We, us and our (and other relevant first person terms): mean reference to the firm as a legal entity and not to any individual or group of individuals within the firm.
  • You: means each and every party to this contract (other than us).
  • In relation to the Consumer Contracts (Information, Cancellation and Additional Charges) Regulations 2013

  1. Consumer: means an individual acting for purposes which are wholly or mainly outside of that individual’s trade, business, craft or profession.

  2. Trader: means a person acting for purposes relating to that person’s trade, business, craft or profession, whether acting personally or through another person acting in the trader’s name or on the trader’s behalf. The firm is a trader for the purposes of these regulations.

  3. Distance contract:  means a contract concluded between a trader and a consumer under an organised distance sales or service-provision scheme without the simultaneous physical presence of the trader and the consumer, with the exclusive use of one or more means of distance communication up to and including the time at which the contract is concluded.

  4. Off-premises contract: means a contract between a trader and a consumer which is any of these:

  1. A contract concluded in the simultaneous physical presence of the trader and the consumer, in a place which is not the business premises of the trader;

  2. A contract for which an offer was made by the consumer in the simultaneous physical presence of the trader and the consumer, in a place which is not the business premises of the trader;

  3. A contract concluded on the business premises of the trader or through any means of distance communication immediately after the consumer was personally and individually addressed in a place which is not the business premises of the trader in the simultaneous physical presence of the trader and the consumer;

  4. A contract concluded during an excursion organised by the trader with the aim or effect of promoting or selling goods or services to the consumers,

  1. Conclusion of the contract: means the date you sign the Client Care Letter OR Form of Acceptance to confirm acceptance of our Terms of Business or the date from which you continue to provide us with instructions following receipt of our terms.
  2. Cancellation period: means 14 days from the day of the conclusion of the
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3. Terms of business

  • These terms may not be altered unless agreed in writing by a partner of the

  • You should read these terms carefully, along with your Client Care Letter and any other documents referred to within that Client Care Letter, as these documents set out the basis on which we will provide services to you and form the contract between us.

  • By accepting these terms, you are entering into a contract with the firm.

 

4. Responsibilities

  • Our responsibilities include advising you on the law, following your instructions, reviewing your matter regularly, and discussing with you whether the potential outcomes justify the expense and risks involved with your matter.
  • Once a matter has ended, unless we expressly agree in writing otherwise:

  1. we are not responsible for updating our advice or documentation to reflect any later changes in the law or practice; and

  2. we will not remind you about future deadlines or obligations relevant to that

  • You need to provide us with clear and timely instructions, the information and documents required for us to do our work, and funds required.

5. Instructions

  • If we are advising more than one person (whether individuals, companies or other entities), we will, unless otherwise agreed in writing, act for those persons jointly and severally.

  • If you are instructing us jointly, it is your responsibility to tell us straightaway if you require more than one person to give us instructions in relation to your matter. Otherwise, we will accept instructions from any one person.

  • If you are a company or other commercial entity, it is your responsibility to tell us at the outset if you require more than one director (or equivalent) to give us instructions.

6. Information about this firm

  • The firm’s contact details are:

  1. Name: M & K Solicitors Limited trading as M & K Solicitors

  2. Constitution: Limited Company, registered in England and Wales with company number 7858949

A list of Members/ Directors/ Partners is available for inspection at our registered office

 

  • Address: 278 Dunstable Road, Luton, Bedfordshire, LU4 8JN (Luton / Main Branch)

  • Contact number: 01582 732 503 (Luton)

  • Email: info@mandksolicitors.com (Luton)

  • Website: mandksolicitors.com

  • Hours of business: 9:30 am – 5:30 pm from Monday to Friday

  • VAT number: 169898816

The SRA Indemnity Insurance Rules, in force from time to time, require us to take out and maintain Professional Indemnity Insurance with participating insurers. Information about the compulsory layer of Professional Indemnity Insurance we carry, including the contact details of our insurers and the territorial coverage of our insurance, are available in hard copy at our registered office or made available upon request.

7. Scope of our legal services

  • The scope of the services we will provide is set out in the Client Care

  • We will provide legal advice and services to you with reasonable care and skill. However, the nature of many types of legal work means that it is not possible to guarantee a particular

  • Unless otherwise agreed in writing, we will advise only on English law and on European Union to the extent that it has any bearing on English law.

  • We will not advise on surveying, valuation, commercial viability, trading or marketability We only advise on tax when we have expressly agreed in writing to do so. Except as described at section 14 (Financial services), we do not provide financial services or advice.

  • If you ask us to obtain advice from another law firm, that firm will be responsible for the service and advice they provide.

  • Unless otherwise agreed in writing, our advice and any documents we prepare:

    • Unless otherwise agreed in writing, our advice and any documents we prepare:

    • are for use only in connection with the specific matter on which we are instructed, can only be relied on by you.

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