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ELP Arbuthnott McClanachan is an amalgamation of two long established Edinburgh law firms known for providing quality expert advice to their clients with a strong personal touch.
Both ELP Solicitors and Arbuthnott & McClanachan were specialist law firms who represented their clients in the areas of estate agency, conveyancing, wills, powers of attorney, and executries. ELP Solicitors’ Employment Law Practice was also well known for providing specialist employment law advice and representation to employer and employee clients.
The partners of ELP Solicitors and Arbuthnott & McClanachan, Duncan McFadzean, Laura McFadzean, Bob Arbuthnott and Catherine McClanachan, decided to join forces with a view to providing their clients with an even better service across the city of Edinburgh and beyond. As a result, ELP Arbuthnott McClanachan is able to provide expert advice and strength in depth, and our clients are safe in the knowledge that we are continuing our philosophy of offering the best possible advice direct to our clients from experienced specialist solicitors. The quality of the advice we give and the strong personal relationship between our solicitors and our clients is paramount for us, and we believe that this adds real value for our clients.
ELP Arbuthnott McClanachan offer our clients experience and expertise in the following areas:
We are a two partner law firm who do not specialise in Employment law. We have referred a number of our clients to Duncan McFadzean at ELP and those clients have always expressed their satisfaction at the work which ELP have done for them. We have also used ELP for any advice and guidance which we ourselves have required as a firm and have always found that advice to be accurate and tailored to our particular needs. ELP’s advice can be timely, cost effective and pragmatic. We have no hesitation in recommending them.
We have been using the services of ELP, especially their employment law advice service for employers, for more than 3 years. The reason we chose ELP is previous firms of lawyers we used were very aloof and did not offer practical guidance. We have a great relationship with them and trust Duncan’s advice implicitly. The reason for this is he knows our business and understands our style of management. This is invaluable when you are dealing with staff issues. The advice given is straight forward and to the point. ELP have also helped us develop our staff handbook and other procedures that are relevant to our company over the years.
I just wanted to thank you for your professional service you provided me during what is a very difficult time for me. Your experience, diligence and knowledge have resulted in a larger settlement of which I am very grateful . I also appreciated your patience and understanding of my situation. I would have no hesitation in recommending your services to others.
I cannot thank ELP Arbuthnott McClanachan’s dedicated solicitors enough for the advice, support and speedy resolution they secured for me when I was informed of my impending redundancy. At that difficult time, their advice gave me strength, their expertise gave me belief and their professionalism secured a satisfactory outcome for me and my family.
I was a Managing Director of an acquired business, going through a long protracted settlement agreement when I approached Duncan McFadzean and his ELP team at Arbuthnott McClanachan to take over my case as there had been an issue with the initial firm of lawyers I had engaged. Duncan very quickly got up to running speed with my case and managed it very pragmatically with great control. He judged his approach with me absolutely perfectly and always explained clearly and concisely, the different courses of action with his recommendations. I have used many different employment lawyers throughout the years, (both for the business and for myself), but have never found a more complete professional approach than the ELP Arbuthnott McClanachan experience. I cannot recommend their services enough. Simply fantastic, thank you!
Don’t go anywhere else, just use the ELP team at Arbuthnott McClanachan, great service and great results!
Bob, thank you for guiding us through what turned out to be a relatively stress-free experience – much credit goes to you & your team.
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