DTM Legal LLP

We are DTM Legal, a top tier firm of solicitors that takes pride in our legal excellence and down-to-earth friendly culture.

Located in Liverpool and Chester we work closely with clients to become their trusted partner.  We provide expert legal advice by combining commercial acumen, passion and a can do approach to deliver an outstanding service.

We are a regional law firm with national expertise.

Our Principles 

We continuously strive to be an industry leader within the legal sector, consistently providing quality service for all our clients.

• Trusted Partner 
  Our dynamic and quality team works closely together partnering with clients to deliver outstanding results.
• Legal Excellence 
  We provide the highest standard of legal work which is focused, transparent in-depth, taking pride in  our commercial acumen.
• Outstanding Service 
  We continually strive to give a proactive, friendly and reliable service which is always in our clients’ best interests.

Services

Corporate Commercial 

Our corporate commercial team’s prime objective is to help business owners and managers run their operation successfully to achieve tangible commercial benefit. Services include but not limited to; Sale & Purchase, Estate Management, Landlord & Tenant, Land & Property Development, Construction, Commercial Finance, Environmental Matters, Enfranchisement, Corporate Disposal & Acquisition, Corporate Restructuring & Property Innovation.

Dispute Resolution 

Our dispute resolution team’s aim is to prevent disputes becoming damaging, time – consuming and costly.  We work swiftly with our clients to identify solutions which will resolve conflict without the need for litigation.

Business Recovery 

The management of business recovery and insolvency issues requires trust and high levels of expertise and experience. Services including, but not limited to; Administrations, Insolvency Options, Compulsory Liquidation, Voluntary Liquidation, Office Holder Recoveries, Company Voluntary Arrangement, Individual Voluntary Arrangements.

Commercial Property 

Our property (contentious and non-contentious) team combines over 150 years of experience. The team provide practical and commercial advice to get the best possible outcome for clients as soon as possible. Services including, but not limited to;  Sales and purchase, Estate Management, Land & Property Development, Commercial Financing, Environmental Matters and Property Innovation.

Construction & Engineering 

We advise on the full range of commercial legal services for the construction and engineering industries, in both contentious and non contentious matters. Services including, but not limited to:  Development Agreements, Appointments, Novations, Warranties, Risk Reports, Adjudication and Arbitration.

Residential Conveyancing 

Our residential property specialists will carefully handle your sale or purchase from start to finish. We strive to take the legal stress out of the process as we understand how important buying and selling a house is to you and your family.  Services including, but not limited to; remortgaging, Help to Buy, Auctions, Property Trust Declarations and Co-ownership.

Agriculture & Landed Estates 

DTM Legal has a wealth of experience across all farming and agricultural matters and our experts provide a full legal service for farming and estates clients. Services including, but not limited to; Farming partnerships, contractual disputes, joint ventures, wills trusts and tax planning, sales and purchase, succession planning, rights of way boundary disputes

Employment & HR 

Our Employment & HR team is highly experienced specialists who will work with you to make the most of your greatest asset, your people. Services including but not limited to; Redundancy, Termination, TUPE, Discrimination, Disciplinary & Grievance, Settlement agreements.

Trusts & Estates

DTM Legal’s trusts and estates team offer specialist inheritance tax and succession planning advice for business owners, trustees, landowners and farmers.

The team is firmly focused on providing specialist, commercial, sensitive and bespoke advice. Our services include but not limited to; Wills and Probate, Inheritance Tax, Capital Gains Tax and Succession Planning, Trusts, Lasting Powers of Attorney/Court of Protection Applications, Farming Partnerships, Estate Planning in Relation to Lump Sum Pension Death Benefits and Life Policies, Contentious Trusts and Probate, Court of Protection Applications

Family

At DTM Legal, our solicitors provide advice on a comprehensive range of Family Law and relationships matters to assist you during what can be one of the most challenging times in your life. We provide clear, practical and expert advice whilst ensuring the swift and efficient resolution of the clients case.

Specialisms include Divorce and Dissolution, Cohabitation, Finances and Divorce, Prenuptial and Postnuptial agreements, Arrangements for children and Domestic Abuse.

Charity and Philanthropy

At DTM we excel in providing both contentious and non-contentious legal support for the charity sector. Our comprehensive understanding enables us to collaborate closely with charities and not for profit organisations, ensuring we can act as their trusted partner.

Services include Setting a Non-profit organisation, Governance, Policy Preparation and Operational Support, Commercial Advice,  Restructuring and reorganisation, Collaboration, Contractual, Commercial and Legacy Disputes, Debt Recovery, Property Matters, Charitable Bequests and Legacies and Insolvency and Dissolution.