Penmarrow Legal helps small businesses with staff and premises questions, at a fixed fee agreed in writing before we start.
Most of the businesses we help call us a few weeks after the moment it would have been simple.
The reason was fair, but the steps were skipped. Now the question isn't whether you were right, it's whether you followed the process.
Five years in, the landlord sends a schedule of repairs for a building you thought you were only renting.
It looked complete until a customer stopped paying and nobody could find what it said about late payment.
Four areas, all for businesses rather than individuals. Pick what sounds like you, or read them all. If your question sits outside them, we'll say so on the first call.
Which of these is you?
Getting the paperwork right before a problem, and following a fair process when there is one.
Typical work
Taking on, renewing or leaving premises, and what you're really agreeing to repair.
Typical work
Terms you can rely on when something goes wrong, written for how you actually trade.
Typical work
Most disagreements settle if they're handled clearly at the start. We aim for that before anyone mentions court.
Typical work
The same three steps for every matter, so you know the cost and the person before any work starts.
Twenty minutes to understand what's happening and whether we're the right firm. We check for conflicts before it.
We send a short letter with what we'll do, what we won't, the fee and when it's due. Nothing starts until you agree.
The person you speak to is the person doing the work, with a colleague reviewing anything that goes out.
Three common pieces of work with example fees. Every matter gets its own written quote before work starts.
$450per template contract
A contract for a role, written or reviewed for how you work.
$1,200per lease
Before you sign a new lease or a renewal.
$600per agreement
Ending employment by agreement, done properly.
Fees shown are placeholders for this template, before tax. If a matter grows beyond the agreed scope, we stop and quote for the extra before doing it.
A small team, on purpose. You'll know everyone who touches your matter.
Founder, employment
Advises owners on hiring, handbooks and the hard conversations. Previously in-house at a regional retailer.
Commercial property
Leases, renewals and the end-of-lease repair claims that surprise people.
Contracts and disputes
Writes terms of business and handles disagreements before they turn into claims.
How we approach common matters, written from typical cases with the details changed. General information, not advice, and no outcomes claimed.
What we read first, what we ask you, and the order we negotiate in.
Why both sides take advice, what it settles, and what it never can.
A fair reason is not enough on its own. The process, step by step.
Yes. Twenty minutes, with no obligation. We'll tell you whether we can help, roughly what it would cost, and if we can't help, who might.
We stop and tell you before doing anything outside the agreed scope, with a quote for the extra. You decide whether to go ahead.
We handle disputes up to the point of a claim, and most settle there. If a matter goes to a hearing, we'll explain the options, including bringing in an advocate, before anything is agreed.
No. We only act for businesses as employers and tenants, so we never end up on both sides of the same kind of matter.
No. Most clients never visit the office. Calls, video and email work for nearly everything.
A short form, a conflict check, then a free twenty-minute call.