SAS Daniels LLP

SAS Daniels LLP
Headquarters	Stockport, Greater Manchester
No. of offices	5
No. of attorneys	60
No. of employees	120
Major practice areas	Corporate Real Estate Litigation Employment Private Client
Key people	Nigel Haddon (Chief Executive) Andrew Perry (Chief Operating Officer) Andrew Deakin (Business Development Director)
Date founded	2006 (Merger)
Company type	Limited Liability Partnership
Slogan	A leading law firm in the North West
Website
www.sasdaniels.co.uk

SAS Daniels LLP is a UK law firm with offices throughout the North West. The head office is located in Stockport, with branches in Chester, Macclesfield, Bramhall and Congleton.

History

SAS Daniels was formed in May 2006 from the merger of SAS Lawyers and Daniels Solicitors to become Cheshire’s largest law firm. The firm can trace its origins back to the 19th century. A further merger with Richard Lee Solicitors in 2008 added the Chester office. The firm converted to LLP status in 2008. Since 2008 the firm has continued to grow within North West of England, increased the number of specialist solicitors through significant lateral hires and further grown its litigation team through the acquisition of Macclesfield-based personal injury specialist Berry & Co in 2011.

About some of the offices

Stockport Office

In 2003 SAS Lawyers moved into new premises in the centre of Stockport, taking 14,000 square feet (1,300 m²) of space on Greek Street. The work started early in 2003 but had to be stopped in February for a very macabre reason!! A human skull, jawbone and femur were discovered in sand excavated from the site. Police were called in, building work was stopped and the task of sifting through the remaining sand began. Fragments of bone from a skull which they believed may have come from a second body was also found. Experts carried out tests on the bones and estimated them to be about 80 years old. They believed the bones may originate from a cemetery attached to an old Baptist church on Greek Street and thought they may have belonged to a mother and child.

Macclesfield Office

The Macclesfield office is housed in County Chambers in the centre of Macclesfield. This building was originally a mansion occupied by a branch of the famous Stanley family but according to Pickford, Doug (September 2002). Macclesfield: Mysterious and Macabre. Breedon Books Publishing Co Ltd. pp. 192. ISBN 185983308X. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Macclesfield-Mysterious-Macabre-Doug-Pickford/dp/185983308X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1247817747&sr=1-1. , Streets and Houses of Old Macclesfield, the house was also inhabited by an eccentric old gentleman around 1800 who sold tea and twine. He was well-known as a miser and this gave rise to the building being popularly known as Misers Hall. He and his sister reputedly used to sit up all night in turn to protect their wealth which they supposedly buried under the cellar floor. After his death a maid was once said to have remarked that she saw the miser in the cellar ‘quite mad’. A cleaner in the 1970s walked into one empty room where she saw a number of people dressed in ‘old’ clothes working at machines she did not recognise. Had she gone back in time? In the 19th century the house was bought by Alderman J D Cooper. The premises were then known as Oakwood House and Alderman Cooper went to live there with his wife and daughter, also setting up his dental practice there. It was in the late 1920s that he retired and the building became known as County Chambers. Daniels Solicitors (then known as Daniel Ashworth and Booth) moved into County Chambers in September 1988 after extensive renovations that took over a year to complete. The original Jacobean banisters dating back to 1660 were carefully preserved and cleverly repaired and original fireplaces, panelling and beams were also retained.

Congleton Office

The Congleton office is in West Street, Congleton. Number 8 and 10 West Street – where the offices currently are - were built in the late 18th/early 19th century. David Daniel’s grandfather, Thomas Albiston Daniel, the first solicitor in the family, lived in Number 8 after his marriage. He never carried on his practice from there which at this time was in Macclesfield. David Daniel’s father and uncle (Rea Albiston Daniel) were both born in Number 8 West Street in 1895 and 1896 respectively. His grandfather subsequently moved having only been a tenant in Number 8. In 1955 when David Daniel qualified, Number 8 West Street was bought as an office, having previously been a bed and breakfast, to carry on the practice and a few years later number 10 West Street became vacant and was also bought. In November 1968 the company Daniel Ashworth Booth was formed from the amalgamation of T. Albiston Daniel, S D Potts Ashworth and Pattinson Harrison. The name was abbreviated in the early 1990s to Daniels Solicitors.

David Daniel was honoured with an MBE in the 2006 New Year Honours. Mr Daniel, despite retiring in 1990, is still a familiar face to all the staff at sas daniels. Since retiring Mr Daniel has tirelessly devoted his time to the community of Congleton, a town that has family connections for the Daniel family back to the 17th century.

David Daniel has become involved in no less than 44 local organisations including the Congleton Youth Project that he founded and was previously chairmen. His current activities include working with several charities such as Congleton Inclosure Trust, William Dean Trust and Congleton Town Trust. He is shortly to travel to Somaliland following his involvement in the fundraising work for the Horn of Africa Learning Trust which has helped build a school in the deprived country. He is still involved in many societies including Congleton Probus Club, Macclesfield and Congleton Hospital League of friends and Congleton Rotary Club. The list is endless but he still finds the time and energy to currently take on the role of warden for St Michael’s Church in Hulme Wakefield. David Daniel has worked persistently to serve the public and help improve the lives of others through his kindness and it is this that has earned him the recognition that he deserves.