Lawyers Serving Individuals and businesses

  • Our Successes

    Rainer Hughes has successfully acted for claimant and defendant companies and individuals in obtaining landmark judgements in the areas of Excise/VAT, Commercial and Criminal Litigation. These cases have been brought and defended in the lower criminal & civil courts, Queens Bench & Chancery Division of the High Court, and the Court of Appeal for both civil and criminal matters.

    Our pro-active stance from the outset has led to a string of high profile successes.

    Examples of our Success

  • Rainer Hughes

    We are a professional dedicated team that offers a variety of legal services to help both individuals and businesses.

    We have specialist departments who offer practical advice to clients over a broad range of services from the purchase of a first property to multi-million pound fraud matters.

  • Providing Reassurance to you and your family

    We provide a personal and professional service and help our clients plan for all aspects of their personal lives including the preparation of Wills, from standard Wills to more complex Wills involving tax planning. We help clients plan for the latter years of their lives including planning for the cost of care, Powers of Attorney, Trusts and can handle the finances of our elderly clients ensuring they are well protected. We also can guide you through bereavement and administering Estates.

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  • Rainer Hughes achieves landmark judgment

    Over the last 30 years Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs have on a daily basis detained goods where they believed or suspected that they may be liable to forfeiture because of the non payment of VAT or excise duty, purportedly under s. 139(1) of the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979. In the recent case of Eastenders v HMRC [2012] EWCA Civ 15 the Court of Appeal have declared that practice to be unlawful.

  • Buying of Selling your home ?

    It may be the biggest financial commitment you undertake, but we will guide you through the minefield. We can help with your freehold or leasehold property, residential tenancy agreements and remortgaging. We offer a personalised conveyancing service, keeping our clients in touch at all times with the progress of their sale, purchase or remortgage transaction. We are committed to providing you with the detailed practical advice you need, in order for you to properly understand the process and make informed decisions about your transaction. We go the extra mile on everything we do!

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Rainer Hughes is regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority.
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