A spectrum of legal talent including lawyers, paralegals and legal operations professionals
We are an Associate of Counterculture LLP, a Limited Liability Partnership registered in England, number OC370322. Counterculture LLP is authorised and regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (No: 623129). Hall & Birtles Solicitors is a trading name of Counterculture Partnership LLP.
We deliver our Legal Consulting Services under the Dallas Legal branding
According to the Legal Services Act 2007, there are certain activities which are “reserved” to solicitors (and in some cases other authorised, regulated persons like barristers or licensed conveyancers).
These are:
the exercise of a right of audience (i.e. the right to act as an advocate in court);
the conduct of litigation;
conveyancing;
probate activities;
notarising; and
the administration of oaths.
We do not conduct any of these reserved activities directly in-house. Instead we refer all restricted activities to Hall & Birtles Solicitors or other affiliated solicitor firms across England and Wales.
All our affiliated firms are authorised and regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority. Any solicitor we refer you to is an independent professional, from whom you will receive impartial and confidential advice. You are free to choose another solicitor.
We directly provide legal advice in non-contentious commercial, employment and intellectual property matters, which is not an activity reserved to solicitors. We provide professional services to people, businesses and other organisations around any legal obligations or issues that they may need to be aware of. We provide legal advice by thoroughly investigating the sector that our client operates in, including drafting of legal documents.
Our legal consultants may have expertise in a particular field, but this isn’t always the case. Due to their skills and expertise, a legal consultant can represent a company on an ongoing basis and ensure that a business or organisation is in line with all of the current laws and regulations.
Legal consultants are an efficient and affordable way for businesses and in some cases their legal teams to get the assistance they need on an ad-hoc basis.
We can run leaner as a legal consultancy
Practicing as a regulated law firm requires the annual payment of various contributions (including a proportion of the relevant practice’s turnover) to the Law Society and/or the Solicitors Regulation Authority. It also increases insurance costs by a significant factor (regardless of whether or not you conduct the reserved activities set out above) and requires management time to be dedicated to prescribed regulatory administration.
By keeping our running and administrative costs down, we are able to pass on the benefit of savings to our clients and provide our services at a much more competitive rate than solicitors providing the same services.
Bar Council Licensed access
We are licensed by the Bar Council (Bar Standards Board) to instruct barristers directly, on behalf of our clients, for advice and for representation in all courts and tribunals in England and Wales, and for arbitration, adjudication, and mediation.
Navigating Legal Problems, Empowering Solutions
Based in Liverpool, with excellent access to the Motorway and rail networks, we act for businesses and individuals from all around the UK. The majority of our work is done through phone and e-mail, so we can deal with clients from anywhere in the UK, and abroad.
