Frettens Care Home Team acts for many local and some national operators, providing advice on wide-ranging issues affecting this specialised and highly regulated sector. The main areas we cover are summarised below, please contact any of the solicitors listed for further information.

Employment Issues

With a wealth of experience in advising clients in the care sector, the employment team at Frettens is well placed to understand the day to day employment issues that care homes will face. As any care home manager or proprietor will know, there are a myriad of regulations and standards to comply with, not to mention the 'minefield' of employment law. Our specialists understand and appreciate the many pressures faced by the care industry and, in particular, how employment legislation often conflicts with care legislation and the national minimum standards in this highly regulated sector.

Kate Fretten and Jennifer Maddocks offer practical, common-sense advice which balances the commercial realities of running a care home with legal requirements.

View the employment law areas on this website or read our employment newsletter for further information.

Buying and Selling Care Homes

The acquisition and sale of care homes requires specialist commercial advice and insight to ensure that transactions and progressed effectively. Our Commercial Team, headed by Matthew Fretten, have considerable experience in this sector and act for many local and regional care home operators.

Matthew Fretten and Amy Muncer offer practical, common-sense advice on care home sales or acquisitions.

For further general information, view the commercial areas of this website or read about business acquisitions and sales.

Oonagh McKinney and Clare Hallett, from our Commercial Property Team, play a crucial role in supporting the Commercial Team dealing with sales and acquisitions in the care home sector. With planning and other regulatory issues particularly relevant in many care home deals, both solicitors call on vast general property experience and expertise with the particular nuances of care home transactions to provide practical and effective advice.   

Clare Hallett and Oonagh McKinney offer practical, common-sense advice on all property issues affecting the care home sector.

For further general information, view the commercial property law areas on the website.