“Employer 123” is the trading name of Collingwood Legal Limited. Collingwood Legal Limited is a limited company registered in England and Wales with registered number 08010129. Its registered office is 30 Riverside Studios, Amethyst Road, Newcastle Business Park, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE4 7YL. The word Principal or Partner refers to a director or shareholder of Collingwood Legal. Collingwood Legal Limited is authorised and regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority. The firm’s SRA number is 590854. We are subject to the provisions of the Solicitors Code of Conduct. Our professional rules and code of conduct may be accessed at http://www.sra.org.uk/handbook/.

Our VAT registration number is 998422368

We maintain compulsory professional indemnity insurance of at least £3 million. The name of our primary layer insurer is Travelers Professional Risks Limited. Their contact details are Exchequer Court, 33 St Mary Axe, London, EC3A 8AG; telephone: 020 3207 6000.

We recognise that one of our primary strengths is in attracting, retaining and developing the finest people from a range of backgrounds and experiences.

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Quality is at our core. Our clients benefit from high quality advice and service as a result of our lawyers experience and our continued investment in technology and our staff. We work closely with our clients to achieve the best possible results.

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If you have a complaint please contact Paul McGowan, our Client Care Partner, who will provide you with details of our complaints procedure. Clients of the firm are entitled to a copy of the firm’s complaints handling procedure on request. A complaint may include a complaint about our bill or the level of our costs. We shall look at any complaint carefully and promptly and do all we can to explain the position to you. If we have given you less than satisfactory service, we shall try to do everything reasonable to put it right.

You may raise your complaint with the Legal Ombudsman. They are the independent body that deals with complaints involving solicitors. Their address and other contact details are: Legal Ombudsman, PO Box 15870, Birmingham, B30 9EB; telephone: 0300 555 0333; email: enquiries@legalombudsman.org.uk

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