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Done and dusted 🎉
My clients have completed on the purchase of a pharmacy in Leicestershire, with Lloyds Bank providing the finance. The company’s second pharmacy in the county.
Pharmacy deals always have a few extra moving parts (NHS, the lender's, the property, supply agreement) so there's a fair bit of relief when they all line up on the same day.
A big thank you to John McLean for his sterling work on the property side of things. It made my life a lot easier.
Congratulations to my clients.
What happens when your co-director buys the business back from the liquidator? - Padun v Dickinson 2026
stevenmather.co.uk/writing/w…
I've spent the last few weeks rebuilding my whole website.
Why?
The old one worked. Works very well, in fact. Most of my enquiries come through it, with the work shared between me and my Nexa colleagues, and it converts reasonably. Google reckons I'm on page one for thirty or forty things, depending which tool you believe.
So why rebuild it?
Shiny new thing, probably. #adhd
But also because it ran on WordPress, with the Divi page builder on top.
In 2019 that felt modern. Customisable, good looking, everything you could want. I built the first version in my lounge during my notice period, before I'd worked out whether any of this was going to come off.
By 2026 it was just slow. Slow for visitors, and more to the point slow for me to update. Which meant I updated it less.
So, with a fair bit of help from AI, I've rebuilt it on Astro. It scores 100 out of 100 on Google's speed test now, and I think it looks good too.
The rebuild also let me fix the structure. When I first built the site I based it on the work my team and I had done in the previous twelve months. Which is why there's a page on residential repossession claims. I don't do that work any more, though my colleagues still get two or three enquiries a month from it.
Now it's built around what I actually do, which is business sales.
It also links better in to the automations I've built.
I know a new website announcement isn't the most newsworthy post. It's boring and mundane.
But this one feels right. Seven years on from that first version created in my lounge, it feels like it's all come good.
Anyway. Take a look, and tell me if you find any issues.
Cos there will be issues. Link in bio.
A lovely review from Hannah, who I really enjoyed working with.
She was smart, kind, fun and very easy to work with. Exactly the sort of client I enjoy helping.
Her review takes me to 144 five-star Google reviews.
I had a look at how that compares across Leicestershire and, perhaps surprisingly, it puts me 12th overall in the county by review numbers and 2nd for the number of five-star reviews.
Considering it is just me, I’m rather pleased with that.
More importantly, I’m pleased Hannah was happy with the work. Thank you for the review.
Registering a trade mark is a small investment, but one I think has big dividends.
Take Jon at Earls Golf.
He had a vision and his venture is working on developing the best golf shoes around.
I’m pleased that I could play a small part in the journey.
More here: stevenmather.co.uk/litigatio…
Delighted to complete on the purchase of a £26 million AUM client bank for one of my clients.
She is an Authorised Representative of an FCA-Regulated Principal Firm - and so this is a big investment, with challenges to align all parties.
It was great to work with Robin Gill of Excello Law - it is always better to work with lawyers who approach matters collaboratively rather than aggressively - and the clients get a better job done through it. And someone who clearly understands financial services sales and purchases.
Congratulations to the Seller as well, who can now work on their retirement plans more.
If you're looking to buy a regulated business, or sell, get in touch. I'm regularly instructed by both buyers and sellers in this market place: stevenmather.co.uk/business-….
First day back after the summer holidays tomorrow.
How many are you getting? 😂
I’m backing myself for a full house by lunchtime.
Deadline Friday 6.30pm
Three options:
1️⃣ The Steven Mather Solicitor Championship - free league for fun - fantasy.premierleague.com/le…
2️⃣ The Steven Mather Super League - £50 entry fee, 50% to LAMP and 50% to prizes. DM for details.
3️⃣ A free last player standing game - play.switchfootball.com/c/66…
Time is ticking.
So are you going with Haaland or no-Haaland?
Tonight’s the night to pick your fantasy premier league team
And then enter the Steven Mather Super League.
Or the free Steven Mather Championship.
The charity league is just £50 for the whole season, with 50% going to LAMP charity and the rest to the prize fund for the top 3 managers.
FPL is simple: pick your squad using £100 million. Players get points for various things like goals, assists, clean sheets and so on.
I’d be super grateful if you could share this post or tag someone who likes premier league football or FPL and let’s get raising some money for charity.
Message me for details.
⚽️ 3 DAYS TO GO!
Well three and a bit - deadline is Friday 18:30.
The Premier League is nearly back. And, more importantly, so are the Steven Mather Solicitor leagues.
🏆 STEVEN MATHER SUPERLEAGUE
£50 entry.
Half goes to the prize fund.
Half goes directly to Lamp, supporting mental health across Leicestershire.
So there’s money, pride and bragging rights on the line - while raising a few quid for a very good cause.
DM or email me if you want in. Open to everyone as ling as I can find you on LinkedIn.
⚽️ STEVEN MATHER CHAMPIONSHIP
Don’t fancy putting £50 on your questionable ability to pick a football team? Understandable.
The Championship is completely FREE and open to everyone.
League code: 8jqknp - fantasy.premierleague.com/le…
Three days left to endlessly rearrange your team, convince yourself this is finally your year, and then watch your carefully selected captain blanks in Gameweek 1.
Good luck. You’ll probably need it. I know I will ⚽️
Fantasy Premier League is back.
Which means millions of otherwise sensible adults are spending their Sunday evening building a perfect team on a budget that bears no relation to reality.
Which got me thinking about Fantasy Premier Law.
£100m. Fifteen lawyers. Let’s gooooo!!
Up front:
The superstar M&A rainmaker.
£15m.
Bills £750 an hour.
Has not personally drafted anything since 2014.
Will still return 25+ goals a season. And provided you count "let me introduce you to a colleague", some assists too.
Alongside them:
The commercial litigator
An absolute menace.
Can sometimes blank for six months, then produces 38 points in a single week because somebody ignored a letter before action.
Yellow card magnet.
Midfield:
The commercial contracts lawyer.
Not glamorous and rarely if ever the captain.
But seven points every week for noticing that the clause 7 and 9 are unacceptable.
Essential.
Defensive midfield:
The employment lawyer.
Nobody thinks they need one until a client director says:
"I can just sack them though, can't I?"
Suddenly the most important player on the pitch.
At the back:
The property lawyer.
Reliable. Methodical. Rarely ventures beyond the halfway line.
Still waiting for replies to enquiries.
Has been since gameweek 3.
Centre back:
The tax lawyer.
Nobody is entirely sure what they are doing.
But every time they touch the ball, everyone nods and says:
"Yes, that's probably more efficient."
£9.0m.
Left back:
The junior corporate solicitor.
£4.0m bargain.
Does 87% of the work.
Receives 3% of the bonus points.
In goal:
The prof neg lawyer.
Ideally never involved.
If they are making saves, something has gone badly wrong further up the pitch.
On the bench:
The trainee.
£4.0m.
Technically plays anywhere.
Currently doing a Companies House filing, proofreading a 146 page SPA, and trying to work out where the partner's tracked changes went.
Then the big decision.
Who gets the armband?
The rainmaker, obviously.
Double points for landing a £20m deal.
Triple captain if they know any other details beyond the client's surname.
And there is always someone in the mini league who captained a £4.5m insolvency lawyer in gameweek one because:
"I just had a feeling about the economy."
87 points.
Insufferable until Christmas.
Fancy some real Fantasy Premier League? Get in touch
Need a star player/lawyer - also get in touch.
ALT Fantasy Premier League Lawyer Edition.
Tomorrow is the Charity Shield.
Ok they call it the Community Shield these days. No one else does.
It’s the last pre-season match before the Premier League starts.
And a great time to enter your fantasy football team into my league.
Free league: fantasy.premierleague.com/le…
Paid for league: DM for details.
Rapacious lawyers are parasites feeding on the back of productive Britain.
That’s what Restore Britain’s new plan sets out.
By page two.
In the foreword.
Nice. Thanks. ☺️
By page 35 they want to amend the Immigration Act 1971.
By page 49 they’re rewriting corporation tax.
Somewhere in the middle they propose repealing twenty five years of regulation, restructuring public sector pension schemes, and abolishing five separate taxes.
What they don’t seem to grasp is every one of those is a legal exercise.
Someone has to draft it.
Someone has to work out what repealing one regulation does to everything other instrument that cross refers to it.
Someone has to defend it when it’s challenged, and it will be challenged.
This document is a manifesto for the largest expansion of legal work in modern British history.
It just opens by calling us parasites. 🪱
Forget the bad maths here. The bit that’s really daft is this.
The paper says prosperity needs the rule of law, it needs secure property rights and a predictable framework of rules.
But those things don’t just happen.
A country where a person who spent twenty five years building a business can sell it to a stranger and be confident the money arrives is not the natural state of humanity.
It’s a construction. And someone has to build it.
And that’s what lawyers do.
We build rules.
We create contracts. Systems.
We’re not parasites. Lawyers are an essential part of life.
Our legal system is undoubtedly one of the best, most respected in the world.
The headlines are about raising basic rate band limit to £100k at 20% - which sounds great. But the paper is still full of misinformation, inaccuracies and insults to lawyers.
And to attack one of the best exports the country has is odd.
Will leave the incorrect maths on taxes to @DanNeidle - but Claude’s review of it was pretty scathing. Simple maths mistakes in part.
When you lose your job, the first £30,000 of compensation is tax free.
The thing is, that £30,000 was set in 1988 and hasn’t moved since.
If it had kept up with inflation it would be north of £100,000 today.
Meanwhile the weekly pay figure used to calculate statutory redundancy goes up every April. It has to. The law says so.
It went from £719 to £751 this year.
Which sounds like good news. And for lower earners it is.
But statutory redundancy pay counts towards the £30,000.
So as that cap rises, it eats the tax free allowance quicker.
Particularly for the high earner c-suite client I generally advise with Settlement Agreements.
Max statutory redundancy is now £22,530. That leaves £7,470 of headroom before the taxman starts taking a cut of whatever else your employer offers you. Not much for a high earner.
Another way this government taxes normal working people.
If you need advice on a settlement agreement, get in touch or visit settlement-agreement.co.uk
Microsoft keeps gaslighting us all.
Every year my calendar insists on pretending there’s an early August Bank Holiday.
Every year I get excited.
Then I remember…
That’s Scotland 🏴
England still has three weeks to wait.
I love Scotland, but Microsoft really doesn’t need to keep rubbing it in.
So Microsoft Outlook - please stop.
I will now only being accepting invoices on yellow paper that arrive on a Tuesday.
Thanks in advance.
What’s your biggest work productivity killer?
Emails?
Teams calls?
Clients?🫣
Mine is quite possibly Fantasy Premier League.
And it’s back.
And the Steven Mather Solicitor leagues are back for another season.
Even though I said I might give it a rest this year 🫣
🏆 Steven Mather Championship
Free to enter.
Just for fun (although I know some will take it very seriously…).
League code: 8JQKNP
⭐ Steven Mather Super League
£50 entry.
* 50% goes to LAMP Charity
* 50% goes into the prize fund for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place
If you’d like to join the Super League, send me a DM. terms apply.
(Almost) Everyone is welcome in the Super League, except professional FPL players (eg FPL content creators).
Good luck to everyone entering.
The games begin on August 21st.
And remember…
It’s “just a game”. Until your captain scores two points. 😂
