To discuss your Brass Band related legal requirements, please contact:
Simon Oates
Business Development Manager Tel: 01522 518888 Fax: 01522 534728 Email:sdo@bmcf.co.uk
Bridge McFarland is the first firm of solicitors in the UK to provide a bespoke service for brass bands and their members.
The service brings together lawyers from a wealth of legal disciplines to provide specific advice to brass band committees, individual players, contest administrators, conductors, composers and arrangers.
Our Business Development Manager has served on brass band committees and is a soprano cornet player for a Championship Section band. He was also co-founder and CEO of The English Federation of Brass Bands and was instrumental in raising the profile of the need for an English Championship contest later accepted by the British Federation of Brass Bands.
Our services tailored specifically to the Brass Band fraternity and associated businesses can provide quality legal advice based upon a true understanding of the brass band movement.
We have specialist lawyers and accredited mediators available to accept instructions from you whether you are an individual brass player seeking any form of legal advice, a brass band seeking advice, a composer or arranger in need of copyright advice or whether you are the owners of competition rules and seek an independent review of an appeal submitted by a brass band.
Services for Brass Bands:
Services for Players:
Constitutional advice
Copyright Law (Broadcasts, CD Recordings, Intellectual Property)
Debt Recovery
Employment advice (Conductors, Retained Players, Composers / Arrangers in residence)
Mediation
Property Law( Purchase or leasing of Rehearsal premises)
Sponsorship Contracts and / or negotiations
Accident Claims
Business Law
Criminal Law
Employment Law
Family Law (Matrimonial and Childcare Law)
Mediation
Medical Negligence
Probate and Administration of Estates
Wills and Powers of Attorney
Services for Contest Administrators / Associations:
Services for Conductors, Composers and Arrangers:
Constitutional advice
Employment Law
Mediation
Independent Judiciary service for rule disputes
Employment Law
Intellectual Property Law (Copyright, Royalty Payments etc.)
Private Client Services
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