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Welcome to the Website of Rowland Tildesley & Harris. Having gained a wealth of experience acting for clients in the Midlands area for in excess of 100 years we are an established firm offering a comprehensive legal service to private and business clients. The Community Legal Services Commission (formerly the Legal Aid Board) has approved our firm as a Quality Marked service provider. Our aims are to provide a highly efficient legal practice whilst maintaining traditional values of friendly and personal service and sound advice to all our clients. Everyone at some time needs to consult a solicitor and at Rowland Tildesley and Harris you can consult us in confidence knowing that we will ensure a fast and professional service at reasonable cost. Your satisfaction is our goodwill. This web site provides a guide to some of the legal services we offer. Please do not hesitate to contact us on any of these or other matters. We are only a phone call away. Where appropriate such as conveyancing we can provide fixed fee quotations and on certain matters Legal Aid may be available. If you are unable to attend our office due to an accident or illness our home visiting service allows us to come to you. Let our legal training and experience assist you and rest assured not forgetting the human side of our work such service will be provided in a friendly and helpful manner.We are able to advise employers on a variety of topics relating to the conduct of their business in so far as it affects their work force including . statutory requirements such as working conditions, liability insurance, PAYE, national insurance and pensions, contracts of employment, redundancy, dismissal, equal pay and discrimination.

Many of these matters apply equally to employees and we are able to advise and represent either party before Industrial Tribunals particularly in cases relating to redundancy and unfair dismissal. We can also advise on the rights of employees following the sale of a business and the employment implications of purchasing a business.Leases and tenancy agreements cover a wide range of situations and can vary from medium term leases of commercial premises such as department stores, office blocks and factory premises, to shorter term leases of shops and offices, domestic leases for the letting of a house, short term tenancy agreements, agricultural tenancies, tenancies of allotment gardens and even licences to occupy.

The law relating to landlord and tenant in both business and domestic properties is extremely technical and the regulations relating to them must be strictly observed if the client’s interests are to be best protected. We can advise and prepare leases and tenancy agreements for you whether you are a landlord or a tenant, deal with rent reviews, renewals, claims for dilapidations, proceedings for possession, arrears of rent, breaches of covenant, for example to repair and insure, or to use only in a specified manner, and generally advise you on all aspects of your lease or tenancy.We offer advice and representation in legal proceedings in the matters listed below. Click on any particular matter that interests you in the list for further information.Commercial Conveyancing.Company and Commercial Matters. Criminal Litigation. Divorce & Matrimonial. Employment Matters.Leases and Tenancy Agreements. Wills, Trusts & Probates. The importance of making a will cannot be overstressed. Each will is tailor made for the client, taking into consideration his or her personal financial circumstances, family and commitments and the possible incidence of taxation and in particular inheritance tax..After a death it is important to those who are left behind that the estate is administered with sympathy as well as with efficiency. It involves obtaining valuations of all of the assets of the estate, agreeing the tax liability, applying for the Grant of Probate (or Letters of Administration in the event that there is no will) and then with the benefit of that Grant gathering in the assets of the estate and administering them according to law as the case may be. In many cases a trust may arise under the provisions of a will or an intestacy and that trust could last for many years. It will normally require the advice and assistance of a solicitor and in many cases a skilled financial adviser. In dealing with the personal affairs of clients it is appropriate to mention powers of attorney and Court of Protection Orders. These are normally granted to enable relatives, friends or professional advisers to administer the affairs of elderly or infirm persons who, for whatever reason, are unwilling or unable to manage their own affairs. P.O. Box No. 18
11 Mount Pleasant,
Bilston West Midlands
WV14 7ND
DX: 23553
BILSTON
Tel: (01902) 493631
Fax: (01902) 495765

198 High Street
Bloxwich,
Walsall,
West Midlands.
WS3 3LA
DX: 13811
BLOXWICH
Tel: (01922) 400100
Fax: (01922) 713573

1 New Road
Willenhall
West Midlands
WV14 7ND
DX: 24405
WILLENHALL
Tel: (01902) 366571
Fax: (01902) 608097

We have been awarded a matrimonial franchise by the Legal Services Commission (formerly the Legal Aid Board) and we can therefore offer Legal Help and Community Legal Service Funding (formerly Legal Aid) in matrimonial cases. This means that we have been designated as a Quality Marked service provider in the area of family matters. Many clients wishing to take proceedings in matrimonial or child cases will be eligible for Legal Help and or Community Legal Service Funding and we can assist in completing the necessary forms of application.

It is an unfortunate fact of life that not all marriages are successful. When a relationship breaks down it is notunusual for one or both parties to seek to dissolve the marriage or to obtain a formal decree of judicial separation. If there are children of the family under 18 the court must be satisfied that proper arrangements are being made for their welfare. A fair division of the family assets, including the matrimonial home must be worked out. In the majority of cases this is achieved by negotiation between solicitors and agreement between the parties. We emphasise negotiation and agreement rather than conflict and confrontation in the application of the principles of matrimonial law to the special circumstances of each individual case .We can also advise you on family protection, domestic violence, injunctions, wardship, adoption, child and care proceedings.