Modern thinking, traditional values
Cognitive Law is a contemporary law firm built on foundations that empower our team to think client first, every time. Our collective mission is to provide our clients with the highest quality service at a reasonable and transparent cost.
What We Do
Outsource your legal service requirements to us and build your own in-house legal team.
Cognitive, Law Outsourced allows you to use our legal services only when you need them and in accordance with your budget, in place of a permanent internal resource and cost centre.
We understand that conducting business in this fast paced society means you need pragmatic and effective legal support to meet your business needs. Our commercial solicitors have an astute understanding of the law and will provide you with straight forward legal advice to suit your business.
Our specialist commercial property solicitors know a proactive and dynamic approach is required to get a property transaction completed quickly and smoothly. We always put your business interests first when dealing with your commercial property requirement.
Dealing with the death of a loved one is an extremely distressing time, and can be made even more traumatic if there are disagreements between those involved.
Our contentious probate solicitors are here to help you resolve your dispute as quickly and painlessly as possible.
We have extensive experience in delivering an efficient and effective debt recovery service, every time. Our debt recovery solicitors provides a service that helps your business collect unpaid debts as quickly and efficiently as possible.
As specialists in the resolution of financial and contractual disputes for commercial clients, our primary aim is to resolve your dispute, whether by litigation, negotiation, or mediation; with minimum impact on your business.
Our team of specialist employment law solicitors bring a wealth of experience in providing legal advice to both employers and employees, taking a holistic view of the factors that affect both sides, and ensuring the best results are achieved for you, as the client.
We understand that a breakdown in the family is an emotional and stressful time. A sensitive and delicate approach is required when resolving family issues as quickly and painlessly as possible.
As insolvency specialists, we understand that dealing with insolvency issues can be complex and stressful. Protecting your interests is our first priority. We take a tenacious and honest approach to ensure the best possible outcome for you.
We understand that planning for and dealing with later life issues can be an emotional and stressful time for you and your loved ones. A practical, sensitive and delicate approach is required from solicitors you can trust.
In addition to the wide range of legal services we offer for individuals and businesses, we have specialist knowledge of working with clients from the recruitment industry. Having represented a large number of recruitment companies, we understand the legal issues you face on a daily basis.
We understand that with the ever-changing and increasingly competitive nature of the tech and digital sector, making efficient and effective legal decisions is as important now as ever.
Having represented many tech, digital, and software companies in Brighton and beyond, our team understands the legal issues you face on a daily basis.
Unfortunately, there are occasions when professionals can and do make mistakes. These mistakes can be extremely stressful for those involved and can lead to serious consequences. Victims of professional negligence may be entitled to claim compensation.
We are here to help anyone experiencing property disputes. Whether you are a home owner, landlord, or tenant our expert Sussex property litigation solicitors will work closely with you to help resolve your problem quickly and effectively.
Wherever you're headed next, we’ll help you get there with certainty and reassurance.
Buying, selling, or managing a residential property can be one of the most significant financial transactions you make. At Cognitive Law, we specialise in high-value residential property matters, ensuring that every transaction is handled with the precision, care, and attention it deserves.
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As a client centric law firm, outstanding levels of service are at the core of our business. We operate a fee-sharing model which is industry leading and designed to reward you incrementally on how much legal work you choose to undertake. We’re looking for entrepreneurial lawyers to join our professional network. We want to engage with individuals who share our vision to work in a new way in delivering the very best in legal services to their clients.
Cognitive Law is not just a place to practise law differently. It is a place to build something of your own.
Our consultants are ambitious, experienced lawyers who want more control over their working lives, their clients and their income, while still being part of a supportive and carefully curated team.
Are you Cognitive?
Our lawyers are aspirational, passionate about working with, not just for, clients and in control of their personal career development.
We’ve got your back
Everyone needs a little help every now and then and we have the team and systems in place to offer support when you need it.
The financial bit
Free from billing targets and hourly rate brackets, Cognitive solicitors set their own charging structures appropriate to their clients.
Cognitive community
Our Cognitive community is made up of individuals who share a vision to work in a new way in delivering the very best in legal services.
Current Openings
We are looking to appoint an experienced recruitment lawyer who has experience in working across all aspects of the law that affects the ...
We are looking to appoint an experienced commercial lawyer who has experience in working across a range of corporate work, including merg...
We are looking to appoint an experienced intellectual property lawyer who has experience in working across a range of intellectual proper...
We are looking to appoint an experienced family lawyer who has experience in working across a range of family law work, including divorce...
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Our Team
Lucy Tarrant
Solicitor & Managing Director
Alison Edwards
Consultant Solicitor
Alistair Rustemeyer
Consultant Solicitor
Amy Harvey
Consultant Solicitor
Annabel Cole
Consultant Solicitor
Brigitte Shakespeare
Consultant Solicitor
Caroline Knowles-Ley
Consultant Chartered Legal Executive Litigator (Civil)
Darren Stone
Consultant Solicitor
Jenny Walker
Consultant Solicitor
Karen Blakesley
Consultant Solicitor
Mayumi Hawkes
Consultant Solicitor
Mandy Tourle
Consultant Solicitor
Richard Bates
Consultant Solicitor
Sara Le Grove
Consultant Property Lawyer
Francesca Damario
Practice Manager
Amy Pulling
Marketing Manager
Angela Heath
Operations Manager
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