Commercial Property Management – South East Shopping Centre

Senior Associate Solicitor, Sophie Robins is retained to advise on all the legal aspects of the ongoing management of a 20,000+ square foot shopping centre. Her work involves the grant of new leases, lease renewals, the grant of licences to assign and underlet and deeds of variation to leases.
It also includes dealing with leases to major high street retailers alongside leases to a...

No Fault Divorce

Last week over 150 Resolution members gathered in Parliament to call for ‘No Fault Divorce’.

Resolution represents family justice professionals including the Family Solicitors at Girlings Solicitors who are committed to supporting couples to achieve a solution to family disputes in a non-confrontational way. Currently parties...

Setting up a New Business: Getting a Fresh Start

Corporate & Commercial Solicitor, Jonathan Masucci, looks at new opportunities emerging from the COVID-19 crisis and gives advice to those who may be thinking of starting a new business or venture.

Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, businesses have faced numerous and unprecedented challenges resulting in...

What COVID-19 Means for the Events Industry - Updating Ts&Cs

Corporate & Commercial legal expert, Caroline Armitage shares her top three tips and explains why in the context of COVID-19 updating Terms and Conditions of Trading is so important for operators in the events industry.

When did you last look at or update your terms of trading? It’s one of those documents...

#First100 Years – Join our Celebration

Girlings Solicitors and Girlings Personal Injury Claims are celebrating the #First100 years of the first equal opportunities legislation to enter the statute book, which has particular significance for the legal sector.

The Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act...

A male and female solicitor from Girlings photographed in Canterbury

Expert legal advice for both your business and personal life >

Male and female Corporate & Commercial solicitors photographed outside Ashford International Station

Expert legal advice for both your business and personal life >

Expert legal advice for both your business and personal life >

Expert legal advice for both your business and personal life >

Get in touch

01233 664 711 - Ashford

01227 768 374 - Canterbury

01227 367 355 - Herne Bay

Home

Girlings Solicitors is an established and well-respected Kent law firm, serving individuals and businesses in London and the South East from our three offices in Ashford, Canterbury, and Herne Bay.

Our lawyers and legal advisers are all acknowledged experts in their specific fields of law. Find out more about our Personal Law and Business Law services below and why you should choose Girlings Solicitors.

Meet the experts

Business Law

Keeping businesses on track

Our Business Law solicitors and legal experts are trusted advisers to businesses throughout Kent and the South East. They work closely with businesses of all sizes across a range of sectors which include agricultural, manufacturing and property development, among others.

They offer expert advice on matters such as employment law, commercial property, corporate and commercial issues, dispute resolution and debt recovery.

Why choose Girlings Solicitors?

Clear-cut legal advice

Each of our senior advisers typically has over 15 years’ experience. Our clients benefit from a combination of high-quality advice, excellent service, and our friendly, approachable culture.

Our reputation ensures that we attract the best talent, and we regularly invest in senior hires to develop our practice and deepen our expertise. It’s our people that make us different from other law firms - bright, friendly and down-to-earth people who focus on delivering effective advice based on your specific needs at a fair and transparent price.

We work hard to build good client relationships, and 99% of our survey respondents say they are happy with our services. We are also Lexcel accredited, which is the Law Society’s legal practice quality mark for excellence in legal practice management and client care.

I have been very impressed with the legal advice given, and subsequently the letter sent from Girlings has resulted in a positive result. Mrs Browne

The thought of trying to sell my home and purchase another was a daunting prospect for me as I have no family, however with the kind help and advice from Shehaam it was much easier than I expected. Mrs Makepeace

‘Carl Vincent was amazing and I would highly recommend him. He was very knowledgeable, a great advisor, made you feel that you had his undivided attention and gave wise counsel.’ Director – Investment Management firm.

Both Chris Neeve and Suzette Mullins are lovely people, very helpful and nice. Mrs E Mangan

May we take this opportunity to thank you for all you have done regarding the new lease, and the clear and efficient communication which has made it all much easier for us. Mr and Mrs Turner

Sarah Finnis was excellent. A true support over a very difficult situation. She listened and understood perfectly. Her advice was really helpful and exactly what I needed to learn about my situation. She is a great asset to Girlings in this particularly sensitive area of family support.

You managed to get everything sorted exceptionally quickly and I wouldn’t hesitate to use you again. Ms J Rice

I just wanted to say thank you for your help over the past 7 or 8 years in dealing with our parents’ affairs. I think your calm, professional, matter-of-fact explanations helped them get comfortable with the idea of signing POAs. I dread to think how we would have coped without the POAs in place. Mr William K

Always helpful and sympathetic to business issues

Although you always maintained a professional standard, you were always friendly and made the whole matter feel less daunting. Client in dispute with a finance company