Travlaw LLP Solicitors
Travlaw LLP Solicitors is a niche legal practice specialising in travel and holiday law formed in 2003 by Stephen Mason. Formally Stephen Mason Solicitors, the change to Travlaw occurred on 1 April 2009 when the firm also became an LLP.
Profile
Operating out of their Horsforth office in Leeds, the firm specialises in travel and holiday law, and is widely regarded as being a top firm in this field.
Travlaw primarily act for the travel and holiday industry in the UK, advising a range of Tour Operators, Travel Agents, Airlines, Hotel Companies and even Theme Parks and their insurers on a wide variety of issues. They also advise companies from outside of the UK on the law in England & Wales relating to holidays and travel.
Travlaw is an ABTATravel Industry Partner and continues to be ranked as “Top Rated” in Chambers 2009.
In 2006, The Law Society Practice Standards Authority visited the firm and interviewed all members of the team, reporting that they were one of the “best organised and happy law firms they had audited”. Furthermore, Chambers 2008 ‘Client’s guide of the Legal Profession’ praised the firm’s ‘extensive knowledge of travel law’ and rated Stephen Mason as one of the top 3 travel industry lawyers in the Country.
Main practice areas
The firm’s main areas of practice are:
- Litigation, in particular holiday and travel related
- Acting for defendants in group illness claims
- Trading Standards
- Employment
- Booking Conditions
- Marketing Support
- Commercial Agreements
- Health and Safety
- Regulatory
- Intellectual Property
- Data Protection
- E-commerce
- Corporate
External links
- Travlaw LLP – Official Site: http://www.travlaw.co.uk
- Travlaw LLP – Travel Law Blog: http://blog.travlaw.co.uk/
- Travlaw LLP – Facebook Site: http://en-gb.facebook.com/people/Travlaw-Solicitors/1503535423
- ABTA: http://www.abta.com/home
- ABTOF: http://www.abtof.org.uk
- AGTA: http://www.agta.co.uk
- Year Out Group: http://www.yearoutgroup.org
- BETA: http://www.betauk.com
- GTOA: http://www.gtoa.co.uk
- ITT: http://www.itt.co.uk
- Chambers UK: http://www.chambersandpartners.com/uk/firmprofile.aspx?fid=84557
- Solicitors Code of Conduct: http://www.sra.org.uk/solicitors/code-of-conduct.page
- Travel Law Quarterly: http://www.tlq.travel