Legal expenses insurance

Protection for your business with comprehensive legal expenses insurance

 
Legal Director - Your ProtectionOur research shows that members previously spent an average of £2,100 a year on external legal advice including tax, employment law and health and safety. Most of our membership packages include comprehensive legal expenses insurance with FREE legal information!

Comprehensive legal expenses insurance is now included in most membership packages, plus access to a legal helpline. We can provide you with information on most business-related legal matters, including employment disputes, health and safety prosecutions and tax enquiries, ensuring you and your business are fully protected and reassured at all times.
 
Benefits to members
  • Reassurance that you and your business are legally protected
  • Access to legal information when you need it, through a telephone helpline
  • Confidential information from professional advisers
  • Comprehensive legal expenses insurance which provides indemnity of up to £50,000* per section of cover, per year
PLEASE NOTE: the limit of indemnity for members whose most recent renewal date fell before 1 September 2011 is £75,000.
 
 * Jury service is limited to a maximum of £100 per day and £1,000 per claim

Sections of cover
  • Legal costs, awards and expenses incurred in disputes with workers
  • Health and safety prosecution
  • Tax enquiries and disputes
  • Criminal prosecution
  • Statutory licence protection
  • Jury service
  • Property protection
  • Data protection
  • Personal injury
  • Disputes with landlords
 
Policy documents
 
Existing members whose most recent renewal date fell before 1 September 2011:
New members joining, or existing members renewing on or after 1 September 2011:
 
Frequently asked questions
 
Read our frequently asked questions if you have questions about this policy that aren't answered on this page.
 
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Legal telephone helpline

Comprehensive legal expenses insurance cover

Discounted rates on a range of commercial insurance policies
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Upgrade to the Forum's enhanced legal expenses insurance product
 
If you already have our standard legal expenses insurance, you can upgrade your policy to include the following additional areas of cover:
  • Contract disputes
  • Debt recovery
  • Restrictive covenants
  • Motor disputes
  • Insolvency
  • Tax protection - aspect enquiries
We have negotiated this legal expenses insurance for our members to protect their businesses, brought to you through our partner Qdos Consulting, specialists in business compliance and insurance services.
 
If you have this cover and want to make a claim or contact the legal helpline, click here.
 
You can find out more about how to enhance your legal expenses insurance here.
 
What our members say
 
"The Forum's legal helpline gave us invaluable help on disciplining a member of staff. We thought our procedures were sufficient and our understanding of the current regulations were up to date, but it turns out they would have counted for nothing at a tribunal because we failed to use the correct terminology whilst holding performance reviews. After following their advice, should the worst happen and we were taken to tribunal, we would be safe in the knowledge that the Forum's legal expenses cover would pay for any bills and awards against us. As a small business, this kind of peace of mind is invaluable."
Forum member Tracey Hoather, Sameday plc
 
"It's a sign of the times, unfortunately, but I had to use the Forum because I had to make two people redundant. I needed information and guidance, and the Forum's legal people held my hand and helped me through the process. Though a very painful process for both me and the staff, they made sure it was done to the letter of the law and eased my worries. I don't think I could have done it without the Forum's help. My annual subscription is well worth the expenditure."
Forum member Michael Ivens, Bray and Co
 
"We used Qdos and the service was second to none. As a small business, it was fantastic. Win or lose, it was a good service. Fortunately we won. It's nice to have the Forum at the end of the phone. It makes life a lot easier; forewarned is forearmed."
Forum member Peter Wells, Euroclean Contractors
 
Find out more
 
Choose the option that is most convenient for you:
 
1. Call the Forum's member helpline on 0845 130 1722.
2. Email your question or contact information to benefits@fpb.org and we will respond on the next working day.
3. Complete the short form below and you will be contacted as soon as possible.
 
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