Legal Services – the ‘Racing Rate’

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The Child & Child ‘Racing Rate’ for ROA Members

 

The Racehorse Owners Association and Child & Child are delighted to announce that they have entered into a partnership for the provision of legal services to ROA members at discounted rates.

  • A 15% discount on Child & Child’s fees will be applied to all invoices (not including disbursements) issued to ROA members under the ‘Racing Rate’ scheme.
  • In addition, Child & Child are offering a free will review to ROA members. 

Child & Child

Established in 1850, Child & Child lawyers advise individuals, their families and their businesses and are trusted advisers to many in the world of horseracing.  The firm has particular expertise in the following areas:

Horseracing Regulatory

Child & Child have market leading horseracing regulatory expertise. Their lawyers regularly act for some of the leading jockeys, trainers, owners and institutions on some of the biggest and most high-profile cases involving horseracing (and gambling). They represent clients in the courts and in matters before various tribunals including those of BHA (the Disciplinary Panel, the Licensing Committee and the Appeal Board) the IHRB, the Hong Kong Jockey Club and the Emirates Racing Authority.

Dispute Resolution

Child & Child’s highly experienced dispute resolution solicitors offer a wide variety of expertise including general commercial and contract disputes, banking and finance litigation, shareholder and boardroom disputes, regulatory disputes, private and commercial property disputes, contested insolvency and media law (defamation and privacy).

Private Client

For more than 175 years, the firm has advised individuals on their estate planning and wealth preservation strategies. As trusted advisors to many families, the team’s priority is to safeguard their clients’ legacies and the financial security of future generations.  Child & Child specialises in advising high net worth individuals including in relation to their equine assets. Our expertise includes wills, trusts, estate planning, asset protection, administration of estates, lasting powers of attorney and assisting with court of protection administration.

Tax

The Child & Child tax team specialise in private client matters: trusts, tax and estates. They also assist with the management of individuals’ business interests, including on their equine assets and the tax complexities arising from VAT, CGT, IHT and other sector-specific taxation.  Clients include multi-generational families, entrepreneurs and successful business owners.

Real Estate

The firm’s Residential Real Estate and Commercial Real Estate teams regularly act on substantial property transactions, including country estates, agricultural land, farms and prime central London locations. Clients include private individuals and families as well as corporate clients; developers, institutional investors and private funds.

Immigration

The Child & Child Immigration team supports both individuals and organisations with clear, strategic advice on all aspects of UK immigration law, including Sponsor Licences, Skilled Worker visas, Family and partner visas and British citizenship and naturalisation applications. 

If you are interested in instructing Child & Child, in the first instance you should email [email protected] including a brief overview of the relevant matter and your full name and ROA membership number.

Please note …

  • Discounts shall only be applied to matters where Child & Child have confirmed at the outset (in their client care letter) that the Racing Rate shall apply.
  • Child & Child shall not at any time be obliged to accept any instruction from any ROA member. The acceptance of instructions on any terms shall be at Child & Child’s sole discretion and will be subject to, among other things, the capacity of the relevant team.
  • You must assume that Child & Child is not instructed in any matter unless and until it has been expressly confirmed in writing that they are instructed in respect of the relevant matter.
  • The terms of any instruction will be those set out in Child & Child’s written retainer in the event that one is entered into.

 

This benefit is included as standard for members with Full ROA Membership.