Cobbetts is the leading UK law firm providing advice to co-operative and mutual organisations. Our expertise on the law affecting this sector is second to none, illustrated by our provision of legal advice on the content and passage through Parliament of two Private Members Bills modernising this area of law, the Industrial and Provident Societies Act 2002, and the Co-operatives and Community Benefit Societies Act 2003.

As well as advising community benefit societies, leading co-operative societies and other organisations within the Co-operative Movement, Cobbetts regularly provides advice and support on industrial and provident society law to a variety of bodies including government departments, local councils, funders, consultants and other professionals.

Our innovative ideas on the application of co-operative, mutual and community owned structures are increasingly acknowledged both in the public sector for the delivery of public services and in a wide variety of other areas, including housing, childcare, healthcare, education, regeneration, utilities, transport, leisure services and football and other professional sports clubs.

Our team includes Ian Snaith, Senior Lecturer and Nelsons Fellow in Law at the University of Leicester, well-known author of the Handbook of Industrial and Provident Society Law.

Legal advisors to:

Co-operatives UK;

Co-operative Group Limited;

Mutuo;

Midlands Co-operative Society.