Pengelly and Rylands Solicitors is incorporated by Hatten Wyatt giving us access to a broader range of legal expertise, while we retain our own identity and established a local presence in Tenterden. This allows us to offer the benefits of a larger firm, without sacrificing the local knowledge and personal touch clients throughout the Ashford District have come to expect from our team. Our additional offices are in Gravesend, Chatham, Maidstone, and Tonbridge.
If you’d like to get in contact with one of our solicitors in Tenterden, you can fill in our quick and easy enquiry form on the right side of this page, and we’ll be in touch with you soon.
You can arrange an initial consultation with a member of our team in Gravesend from £150+VAT.
Alternatively, you can find our contact details below to call or email the team.
Get tips on how to reach our Tenterden office.
Our offices are open 9am - 5pm Monday to Friday.
Our Legal Services for you in Tenterden
Residential Conveyancing
Our conveyancing lawyers in Tenterden offer reliable, expert residential property services for people throughout Ashford District and further afield. We can assist with buying and selling, remortgaging, transfer of ownership, leasing, lease extensions and all other types of residential property transactions.
Pengelly and Rylands Incorporated By Hatten Wyatt is accredited by the Conveyancing Quality Scheme (CQS), reflecting the high standards of our residential property services.
You can also use our free conveyancing calculator to get an instant estimate of our conveyancing fees.
Family Law
Our Tenterden family law team can provide sympathetic, practical support for dealing with all areas of family law, including no-fault divorce and separation.
Pengelly and Rylands Incorporated By Hatten Wyatt is accredited by the Law Society for Family Law and Family Law Advanced. These accreditations recognise our exceptional skills with handling standard family law matters, such as divorce, as well as more specialist matters, such as cohabitation, complex assets and international considerations.
No Fault Divorce
Our no-fault divorce solicitors understand how difficult a divorce can be for everyone involved. Our team will always approach your situation in the utmost sensitive manner, delivering advice tailored specifically to you and your needs. Whether you need assistance with the divorce process, arrangements for children, or divorce financial settlement, our team of specialist no-fault divorce lawyers are on hand to provide their expertise.
Wills, Trusts & Probate
Our Will writing solicitors in Tenterden can assist with creating or updating your Will, while our team can also assist with matters such as setting up a trust and guiding you through all aspects of probate.
Employment Law
We help employees of all levels with both contentious and non-contentious employment issues, including contracts of employment, director’s service agreements, redundancy, Employment Tribunal claims, and settlement agreements.
Dispute Resolution
Our litigation and dispute resolution solicitors in Tenterden can expertly resolve various types of personal legal disputes, including landlord & tenant disputes, inheritance disputes, contract disputes, and professional negligence claims.
Personal Injury Claims
Our Tenterden personal injury lawyers have many years of experience helping clients to pursue compensation for accidental injuries. We offer conditional fee agreements (no win, no fee), so there is typically no cost to you for making a claim unless we secure compensation for you.
Medical Negligence Claims
Our specialist medical negligence claims team can support you in claiming compensation for a wide range of clinical errors, including misdiagnosis and late diagnosis of cancer as well as other serious illnesses, surgical errors, prescription errors, and birth injuries.
Professional Negligence Claims
If you need to make a compensation claim against a professional, such as an architect, surveyor, accountant, or another solicitor, our professional negligence lawyers in Tenterden can advise you on your rights and guide you through the entire claims process.
Immigration Law
Our immigration lawyers in Tenterden assist individuals and families with various types of immigration issues, from visa applications and appeals to securing your long-term right to stay in the UK.
Criminal Defence
Our criminal defence lawyers can support you at all stages of criminal investigation and prosecution, including offering 24/7 police station representation. We also offer legal advisory services on all types of motoring offences.
We are accredited by the Law Society for Criminal Litigation, which reflects our ability to effectively represent clients on a wide range of criminal cases.
Our Tenterden commercial law services
Company & Commercial Law
If you are starting a business, expanding an existing enterprise, merging, or disposing of a company, our company and commercial lawyers can guide you through all legal issues and processes you need to consider so that you can operate effectively and profitably while staying within the law.
Employment Law Advice for Employers
Our employment lawyers in Tenterden support employers of various sizes across a range of sectors with everything from creating contracts of employment to establishing policies/procedures for dealing with contentious matters, such as redundancies and terminations, Employment Tribunal claims and settlement agreements.
Commercial Property Law
Our commercial property lawyers in Tenterden help businesses, property developers and investors in Ashford District, throughout Kent and further afield to handle all aspects of commercial property law.
Business Immigration Advice
Our immigration lawyers in Tenterden can advise your business on all manner of immigration issues, including sponsoring employees and meeting your obligations to ensure all of your employees have the right to live and work in the UK.
Notary Public Services
Our efficient, reliable Notary Public service is able to swiftly authenticate all types of business and personal documents, so you can act effectively in other jurisdictions, safe in the knowledge that your essential documents will be accepted as genuine.
Business Debt Recovery
Our business debt recovery solicitors in Tenterden are able to quickly and cost-effectively secure payment of various types of outstanding payments, saving you time, money and frustration.
Business Dispute Resolution
Our commercial litigation and dispute resolution lawyers in Tenterden can advise you on the best ways to resolve all types of business disputes, helping you to achieve an outcome that protects your interests and aligns with your commercial strategy.
Licensing
Our licensing solicitors in Tenterden have extensive experience in helping businesses navigate a range of licensing issues, including applications and responding to alleged breaches of license terms.
Business Lasting Power of Attorney
Our business power of attorney solicitors in Tenterden can work alongside you to appoint someone to take care of your business in the event that you lose the capacity to do so yourself.
Business Consultancy
If you want to expand your businesses’ operations but aren’t sure what approach to take, our business consultancy solicitors in Tenterden can lend you their expertise and talk you through your next steps.
Legal Resources for Tenterden
Hastings County Court and Family Court
Based at the Court Hearing Centre in nearby Hastings, this is where cases are heard that involve issues related to divorce, children, adoption and domestic violence.
Medway Country Court and Family Court
Based in Anchorage House on Chatham High Street, this court hears cases related to issues including divorce, children, adoption and domestic violence.
How to Reach our Tenterden Office
Reaching us by Car
There are a number of free parking bays in the town centre which are subject to prohibitions and restrictions. Most of these are restricted between 8am and 6pm Monday to Saturday (when parking, please check the signs relating to the particular bay or set of bays).
Please note that most bays are subject to a maximum stay of one hour during the day (again, please refer to signs when parking).
There are also a number of designated disabled bays on the High Street, with a maximum limit of three hours for each stay, to increase the number of blue badge holders that might use the bays during the day.
Station Road and Bridewell lane long stay car parks are a short 4 minute walk to our office.
Arriving by Bus
We are just a short walk away from The Vine bus stop, which is served by the numbers 2, 2A, 12, 27X, 292, 293, 294, 295, 297, 299, A1, AS3 and Tenterden Hopper.
Arriving by Train
We are a 5 minute walk away from Tenterden Kent train station.
Accessibility
If you have any specific requirements regarding accessibility, please get in touch so we can accommodate you before your visit. Pengelly & Rylands are committed to making our legal services accessible to all.
Contact our Solicitors in Tenterden
If you’d like to get in contact with our experienced team of solicitors, you can get in touch by calling 01580 762248 or you can quickly and easily make an enquiry by using the tool at the top right of this page.
You can arrange an initial consultation with a member of our team in Gravesend from £150+VAT.