Specialist dispute resolution and family law
solicitors in Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham.
Case Studies
Business people are good at running their own business and expect their accountants to be good at theirs. Unfortunately, Bell Lax’s client discovered his accountants failed to appeal his VAT assessment in time which meant the client could not dispute...
Mr G had taken out a lease over a commercial property and later assigned it to a company. The conveyancing solicitors failed to advise Mr G that the assignment of the lease would not release him from his personal liability for the rent. The company...
Mr S purchased his home on the understanding that it included a car parking space. His conveyancing solicitors found out that the car parking space was not included but failed to tell Mr S. Bell Lax successfully persuaded the conveyancing solicitor’s...
Mr B was entitled to purchase his property from the local council under the Right to Buy scheme. Mr B instructed conveyancing solicitors to purchase the property from the council and placed the solicitor in funds to enable to the purchase to complete. The...
Mr and Mrs F purchased a new home with space to build a home office. Their solicitors failed to notice that the expansion land belonged to someone else and allowed them to purchase their home thinking they would own that land. Under a ‘no win, no...
A local restaurant took out a new lease to expand its business. Their solicitors failed to register the new lease within the legally required time limits. The restaurant owners did not discover this until they later tried to sell the restaurant – the...
Our clients approached us because a survey revealed there was mine shaft under their house. This was a surprise to them because they had paid their conveyancing solicitor for a coal mining search when they bought the property and he hadn’t said that...
A firm of solicitors failed to notice a mistake in a commercial lease that changed when their clients could end the lease. This meant that the client missed the deadline and was exposed to an additional £40,000 in rent. With the benefit of a ‘no...
A landlord instructed solicitors to prepare lease of own of his premises to some restaurateurs. The restaurateurs failed to pay the rent and, when the landlord tried to evict them, he found that his solicitors had not included provision in the lease to do...
“He doesn’t listen to me” – an all too common phrase in divorce cases but generally not about another solicitor! It became apparent that the solicitor had ignored his client’s concerns that her husband would sell the...
A businessman instructed solicitors to recover money he had loaned to fund the purchase of a property. The claim was complicated and the solicitors briefed a barrister to help with the court proceedings. Both the solicitors and the barrister underestimated...
Ms A jointly owned a property with her partner Mr B. Unfortunately, the relationship broke down and they wanted to sell the property and split the proceeds of sale. Ms A’s interest in the property was worth £40,000. Ms A instructed solicitors to...
A local business purchased some new premises. However, their solicitors failed to notice that the premises did not enjoy a right of way over neighbouring large enough to deliver goods by vehicle. To try to cover up their negligence, the solicitors allowed...
Our client’s former litigation solicitors successfully obtained judgment against a company but failed to enforce it. By the time the solicitors tried to enforce the judgment two years later, the company had become insolvent. Under a ‘no win, no...
Imagine spending almost £700,000 on your dream home only to be told that the roof faces catastrophic collapse. Mr and Mrs C paid for a Homebuyer’s Report before going ahead with the purchase of their new home. However the report failed to...
