Morgan LaRoche Practice Areas
Morgan LaRoche is able to advise in relation to:
Commercial Property
Site assembly, development, financing, investment, planning, landlord & tenant related issues and litigation, all in the context of offices, retail parks, industrial estates, social and other housing development, leisure projects and hotels and the law relating to agricultural land.
Company
Joint ventures, projects, mergers, acquisitions, disposals, reorganisations, banking and finance transactions, as well as constitutional (including rules and vires) and public law issues, commercial agreements, terms of trade and the protection and exploitation of intellectual property rights.
Construction
Non-contentious construction work related to building and engineering contracts, professional appointments and collateral warranties, as well as contentious construction matters in the Civil Courts and in Arbitration, Adjudication, Conciliation and Mediation proceedings.
Employment
Providing support in corporate transactions including advising on TUPE regulations, dealing with all aspects of Employment Tribunal work including advocacy. Wide and varied expertise in non-contentious employment law including the preparation of all employment documents, including conditions of employment, consultancy agreements, grievance and disciplinary procedures, appeal procedures, health & safety policies and procedures and employee handbooks.
Environmental
Contaminated land, waste management, landfill and mines/minerals, both risk management from the perspective of commercial agreements and property transactions. Our Regulatory team provides representation defending prosecutions brought by enforcing authorities and health & safety proceedings in the Criminal Courts.
EU Competition & Procurement
The impact on commercial agreements of restrictive trade practices and the free movement of goods and services within the European Union, as well as national competition law and related intellectual property issues. Commercial agreements, intellectual property issues and procurement rules, all within a European context.
Health & Safety
Dealing with regulatory based Council proceedings including attendance at PACE interviews concerning product liability, trading standards compliance, weights and measures and food/hygiene investigations and advising on all aspects of health, safety and fire law.
Representing clients facing investigations by the Health and Safety Executive and Local Authorities following workplace accidents including particular expertise in fatal accidents. Representing the corporate client and its key individuals throughout every stage of the investigation from PACE interviews to trials before both Magistrates and Crown courts. We also provide a rapid response service, deploying a solicitor on-site immediately following a critical incident.
Insolvency
Representing companies and officers in corporate rescues, receiverships and liquidations, advising lenders in relation to corporate customers in insolvency situations, personal insolvency and recovery work as well as acting for accountants in their capacity as administrative receivers, administrators, supervisors liquidators and trustees in bankruptcy.
Licensable Activities
All types of licensing applications and appeals in relation to premises as diverse as pubs, nightclubs, ships, hotels, restaurants, members’ social and sporting clubs, multiplex cinemas, bingo halls and large, multi-purpose leisure projects on behalf of major breweries, property companies and developers, off-licence multiples, restaurants, and leisure organisations.
Litigation
All types of major commercial property litigation and commercial disputes whether through formal Court or arbitration proceedings or all forms of alternative dispute resolution.
Planning
Retail, residential, leisure and office schemes for a variety of clients including retailers, developers, operators and institutional investors.
Regulatory Investigations
Representation of corporate and institutional clients in both private and public sectors who may face investigations by various regulators such as Local Authorities, devolved agencies such as the Care and Social Services Inspectorate Wales (CSSIW) and other prosecuting agencies such as the Health and Safety Executive.
Wills, Succession Planning & Estates Administration
Contentious Probate, inheritance tax planning, estate administration, Public Guardianship and Court of Protection matters, Wills and succession planning and Powers of Attorney.
