Hine Downing Solicitors is a prominent law firm with deep roots in Cornwall, offering comprehensive legal services to both individuals and businesses across the region. With a heritage spanning over 225 years, the firm combines extensive experience with a commitment to providing accessible, high-quality legal support in a friendly and professional manner.
The firm takes a client-centered approach, delivering city-level expertise within a local, down-to-earth setting. Their team of dedicated solicitors specializes in a wide range of legal areas, supporting clients through personal milestones, business transactions, and complex disputes. They are particularly recognized for their work in family business matters, employment law, and lifetime planning, serving a diverse clientele that includes families, business owners, charities, and agricultural enterprises.
Services Offered
- Business and Employment Law
- Starting a Business
- Starting a Charity
- Running a Business
- Employment
- Employer Protection Scheme
- Education
- Commercial Disputes
- Commercial Property
- Family Business
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Reorganisation & Redundancy
- GDPR and Data Protection
- Buying or Selling a Business
- Commercial Contracts
- Company Structures, Formation and Constitution
- Discrimination at Work
- Employee Discipline and Disputes
- Employment Contract Negotiation
- Landlord & Tenant Disputes
- Settlement Agreements
- Succession Planning
- Unfair Dismissal
- Whistleblowing
- Winding Up & Insolvency
- Buy To Let Properties
- Commercial Lease Agreements
- Lease Renewals, Subletting and Assignments
- Rent Review
- Site Acquisition and Disposal
- Dispute Resolution
- Consumer Disputes
- Contentious Wills
- Property Disputes
- Family Law
- Children
- Adoption & Fostering
- Child Arrangement Orders, Prohibited Steps and Specific Issue Orders
- Child Maintenance
- Legal Aid
- Parental Responsibility
- Public Law Proceedings
- Special Guardianship
- Surrogacy, Sperm & Egg Donor and Transgender Issues
- Divorce & Marriage
- Divorce
- Domestic Abuse
- Financial Settlements
- High-Net-Worth Divorce
- Pre and Post-Nuptial Agreements
- Moving In Together
- Cohabitation Agreements
- Personal Injury & Clinical Negligence
- Personal Injury
- Accidents at Work
- Catastrophic Injuries
- CICA Claims
- Industrial Disease
- MIB Claims
- Personal Injury Trusts
- Road Accidents
- Trips, Slips and Falls
- Clinical/ Medical Negligence
- Birth and Maternal Injuries
- Dental Negligence
- Free Initial Advice Clinic for Clinical Negligence Enquiries
- Residential Property
- Buying and Selling a Home
- Equity Release
- First Time Buyers
- New Builds
- Remortgages
- Residential Landlord and Tenant Advice
- Transfer of Equity
- Wills, Probate & Lifetime Planning
- Deputyship
- Inheritance Tax Planning
- Lasting Power of Attorney
- Probate and Administering an Estate
- Trusts
- Wills
Hine Downing Solicitors operates from seven offices across Cornwall, including locations in Truro, St Austell, Camborne, Falmouth, Helston, Newquay, and Penzance, ensuring accessible support for clients throughout the region. The firm holds accreditation from Resolution and is regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority, reflecting its commitment to professional standards and ethical practice.
