The Litigation Specialists

The Litigation Specialists

Ballantyne Grant is a niche litigation practice established by Andrew Grant. As a Chester based commercial litigation practice with 20 years experience we are confident that we can deal with just about any problem that you may have covering a wide range of practice areas. For details of what we can do for you please [...]

Without prejudice

Without prejudice

But not without opinion. We hope you find our website a useful resource and our senior partner Andrew Grant’s regular editorials, ‘Grant-Ed’ offer additional comment and insight. If you’d like to receive our updates automatically then register to receive our short e-newsletter, subscribe to our RSS feed, or follow Andrew Grant on Twitter where he is @agrantlitigator.

Commercial Legal Consultancy

Commercial Legal Consultancy

For most companies incurring a lawyer’s fees is a last resort. The reality is that good advice, contractual documents and processes can drastically reduce the likelihood of disputes and minimise the likelihood of them leading to formal litigation. Ballantyne Grant offer fixed price consultancy allowing companies to ensure they have the right tools for the job.

Legal Document Packages

Legal Document Packages

For many businesses the expense of having their basic legal documents drawn up means that they trade with cobbled together contractual documents pinched from a competitor or from a website. Unfortunately, when you need them they tend to let you down. Ballantyne Grant offer a range of pre-prepared document packages guaranteed to ensure that your [...]

Employment Litigation

Employment Litigation

Redundancy or dismissal are rarely a pleasant experience for either side. Over the years Ballantyne Grant have acted both for employees and employers large and small successfully negotiating amicable compromise agreements for individuals and groups, or when things are less amicable establishing potential grounds for litigation and preparing and litigating cases at Tribunals. Read more [...]


Debt Collection Service

Debt Collection Services

As a commercial-savvy legal practice, we can offer you a comprehensive debt recovery service.

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What is litigation?

What is litigation?

What do we mean when we call ourselves litigators and why does it take a specialist to do the job right?

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Clients & Work

Clients & Work

Read more about the sectors in which we work, the clients we work with and examples of cases we have dealt with.

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Contact Us

Contact Us

 Ballantyne Grant practice in the ancient city of Chester with offices in Mollington on the outskirts of the city.

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Recent Articles

Statutory Payments Increase.

The 1st February 2012 will see an increase in the amounts payable under employment legislation. The following changes wil be made – 1. The maximum amount of a weeks pay for redundancy purposes increases from £400 to £430. 2.The compensatory award for unfair dismissal increases from £68,400 to £72,300. 3. The statutory guarantee payment increases [...]

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Christmas Opening Times

Please note that this firm will close at 12 pm on the 23rd December 2011 and re open for business at 9 am on the 28th December. We close for new year on Friday the 30th December and re open at 9 am on the 3rd January 2012. We would like to wish all of [...]

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Property rights – Don’t leave them to chance.

The Supreme Court decision in the case of Jones v Kernott was delivered yesterday. The case concerned the property rights of an unmarried couple after separation. Whilst some may take comfort from the decision the better advice is to make sure you deal with matters properly in the first place !. In Jones v Kernott [...]

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Ballantyne Grant move to new premises

Please note that as of the 26th October 2011 we will be moving to new offices in the centre of Chester. From the above date our new offices are located at 1 Kings Buildings , King Street , Chester , CH1 2 AJ. Our telephone numbers remain unchanged.

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