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Contact Blackwood & Smith

SOLICITORS


Blackwood & Smith
39 High Street
Peebles
EH45 8AH

t 01721 720131
f 01721 729804

Office opening hours:

Monday-Friday
9.00am to 5.00pm










Legal Services


Blackwood & Smith has a team of five experienced solicitors able to advise on all aspects of legal services.

We have a Law Society of Scotland accredited specialist in Agricultural law.


WILLS, EXECUTRIES, TRUSTS & TAX
We have a busy private client practice, and shall be delighted to assist in the management of your personal and financial affairs. We can provide advice on succession issues, including inheritance tax, prepare Wills or Powers of Attorney. We administer estates of all sizes for executors. We can prepare and submit tax returns.
court work
We provide Civil and Criminal court representation.
personal INJURY
We can act on your behalf if you are injured and wish to make a claim for compensation. You may have had an accident at work or a fall in the street.
employment law & redundancy
We help with all kinds of employment disputes, from breach of contract to discrimination, redundancy and unfair dismissal. We offer a full service from initial advice to employment tribunals.

FAMILY law, separation, divorce & co-habitation
We provide advice on pre-nuptial and co-habitation agreements, civil partnerships, separation, divorce and its financial implications.
AGRICULTURAL LAW & farms
For land, agricultural and rural property law advice visit www.leyshonws.co.uk
RESIDENTIAL CONVEYANCING

We buy and sell properties of all types from city centre flats and terraced houses to rural cottages and large detached villas.

We can provide you with advice in connection with any issue that is causing you concern as a property owner, eg. boundaries, access rights, planning and development issues, and mortgages.

You may want to lease, rather than buy or sell. We shall prepare or revise leases of all kinds of residential property.


COMMERCIAL CONVEYANCING & LEASING

We buy, sell and lease all types of commercial property; hotels, licensed premises, shops, office space, depots.


LICENSING WORK

We offer legal advice, administrative support and representation for applications to the local Licensing Board on behalf of hotels, restaurants and public houses.