Legal Advice for Opticians
Our specialist service to Opticians
Solicitor Jonathan Cobbold has 20 years' experience in providing legal advice to Opticians. Due to the depth of this experience, he can effectively and efficiently advise opticians upon all legal aspects of setting up and running an Opticians’ Practice. Jonathan has gained an unrivalled reputation, advising many hundreds of healthcare professionals throughout the UK. Jonathan is a pragmatic lawyer, whose legal advice is typically offered on the basis of a fixed price quotation, thus reducing financial concerns. Indeed his advice is primarily directed at saving money for his optician clients, and minimising the risks associated with making costly mistakes.
Impartial Advice for Opticians
We offer impartial, objective legal advice regarding the vast majority of problems experienced by Opticians as well as the more complex legal issues facing multi-practitioner multi-site optician practices.
Support for you, your Practice Managers and your Optical Staff
We can assist you and your practice manager with a range of legal queries that you may have from time to time; some points can be dealt with by a short telephone call and anything further can be dealt with either by viewing the relevant correspondence, visiting your Optical clinic or advising in greater detail whether in writing, by email or over the telephone.
Latest Developments in Employment Law for Opticians
Our legal advice can be tailored to an individual optician or a multi-partner practice and covers most aspects of both UK and European law. Common examples are issues such as unfair dismissal, redundancy, wrongful dismissal, maternity rights and health and safety law.
Partnership Agreements for Opticians
We offer effective advice on preparing agreements for Opticians, partners, associates, assistants and other staff when joining or leaving an Opticians practice / clinic.
We can either review and hone home-made drafts or prepare a bespoke Opticians partnership agreement for you.
Assistance regarding disputes between Opticians, their Staff and Others
We can focus parties on the key legal topics and if desired take cases on the Optician’s behalf, including all aspects of Partnership Law and/or UK Employment Law applicable to Opticians.
Advice on financial aspects of running an Opticians’ Practice
We regularly provide invaluable advice on practice funding. We offer specialist legal guidance on the best means to fund opticians in their acquisitions, as well as how to achieve effective valuations, sale and leaseback arrangements and practice mergers.
Buying and Selling a Opticians
We regularly act for Opticians who are retiring from, or buying an Opticians practice. When you are buying or selling a practice, we can assist in ensuring that the process runs smoothly and is as tax-efficient as possible.
A Legal Health Check for a Fixed Fee for Opticians
We are happy to put together a competitive quotation to review any of your legal paperwork or to provide more general legal advice as to what documentation we think your Opticians practice should consider using. Click here to complete our no-obligation legal health-check enquiry form for Opticians.
Alternatively, click here to email Jonathan Cobbold or telephone him to discuss your needs for your opticians in detail on 01284 763333.