Lancashire solicitors who understand your needs
and work to build lasting client relationships
Our three partners have an enviable level of legal expertise and go the extra mile to look after the legal requirements of clients across the north west.
Our Team
The founder of our firm, David Coupe, became a solicitor in 1968. Over the last 20 years David Coupe has specialised in commercial work (acting for small to medium sized business clients) and trust and estate planning work. He is a member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP).
The growth of his estate planning practice now dictates that he concentrates primarily on this type of work. However, he continues to work alongside Colin McGlue on the more complex commercial transactions. Through careful and efficient lifetime estate planning David has guided and assisted many clients and their families in avoiding the payment of substantial amounts of Inheritance, Capital Gains and Income Tax. Knowledgeable and experienced in charity law, he acts for clients throughout the United Kingdom.
David advises a number of high-profile local charities and has assisted several high net worth clients in establishing charitable foundations. He can be contacted at our Lytham office.
Simon is the Head of the Family Law Department and is a member of the Law Society Family Law Panel and Resolution (formerly the Solicitors Family Law Association). He has practiced family law since his admission as a solicitor in 1977.
With particular expertise in the area of financial relief, Simon has acted for clients throughout the country, many with large asset portfolios. He has also considerable experience of equitable interest cases and one such matter, decided in the Court of Appeal, is the quoted case in this area of law.
Simon is a past president of the Blackpool and Fylde Law Society and is currently the Society's treasurer. He is also a member of the Legal Service Commission Appeals Committee and is a Peer Reviewer.
Simon can be contacted at our Kirkham office.
Colin McGlue has been with the firm since 1996. He was previously a partner in a successful local business. The need for the business to address legal problems attracted him to become a lawyer. Initially he worked alongside Simon Coupe in the Kirkham office, dealing with a wide range of contentious and non-contentious cases, with an emphasis on family and general litigation matters.
In 1998 Colin moved to the Lytham office with a view to taking responsibility for the firm's Commercial Department. Since that time Colin has specialised in both contentious and non-contentious commercial work. He deals with the sales and purchases of businesses. He is knowledgeable about Landlord and Tenant matters. He also acts for commercial property investors. He has a growing reputation as a lawyer specialising in employment cases which is an important part of commercial transactions (sometimes for employers and other times for employees). His litigation experience stands him in good stead and he has run many complex and successful commercial litigation claims.
As a person who has experienced the joys and tribulations of being in business on his own account, Colin brings to the tasks in hand an experience and knowledge of the business world. This enables him to readily empathise with the concerns of commercial clients.
Colin became a partner in April 2002. Should you wish to discuss a particular problem, he can be contacted at our Lytham office.
