Legal expenses insurance

Cover to safeguard your business against the cost of legal action

What is legal expenses insurance?

Legal expenses insurance covers the cost of legal action in certain situations. It can be added to your policy or bought as a standalone product.   

This type of insurance can provide cover for a variety of legal issues, including unfair dismissal or discrimination at work, HMRC tax investigations, injury from an accident that was not your fault and contract disputes.

Legal expenses insurance can also provide access to a legal advice helpline.   

Get started today! Fill in our quote form or request a call back, and we’ll talk you through your legal expenses cover options.  

What might be included in a legal expenses insurance policy? 

Legal and tax advice

This can be useful when it comes to HMRC investigations, ensuring you know how to navigate them confidently.  

Contract and debt recovery

Get help dealing with unpaid invoices or disagreements over services provided. Recover what your business is owed. 

Compliance and regulation support

This cover can help with legal costs from certain regulatory or compliance issues, such as investigations, data breaches, and discrimination. 

Employee disputes

A dispute with a current, former or potential employee, arising from a contract of service and/or alleged breach of employment laws. 


Why consider legal expenses insurance?

Legal expenses insurance can provide you with support should disputes arise with customers, employees or suppliers. Giving you peace of mind that you are protected for unexpected events. 

    Legal expenses cover might help in the following situations:

  • Defending an employment dispute at a tribunal 

  • Legal costs associated with property protection 

  • Responding to property damage claims from businesses and/or individuals  

  • Tax inquiries and investigations by HMRC  

  • Defending allegations of non-compliance, such as data protection breaches 

  • Responding to prosecutions from the Health & Safety Executive following an accident on your business premises 

  • Legal cases related to bodily injury 

    Speak to our team 

    As a non-advised broker, we can’t tell you if you need legal expenses insurance. What we can do is talk through your concerns and the needs of your business. We can then provide you with the information you need to make an informed decision about what’s right for you.  

    You can choose standalone legal expenses insurance or add legal cover to your existing business insurance policy.

    Speak to one of our team today for more information.  


Why choose Clear Business for finding your business insurance?

We can compare prices from a panel of different insurers, so you don't have to. 

Up to £5 million of cover

Claims can be expensive, that’s why we source insurance that offers up to £5 million worth of public liability cover, with more available upon request.

Simple, specific cover

To help save you both time and money. We compare prices from a panel of different insurers, so you don’t have to. Giving you back more time to run your business. 

A team that knows your industry

We're business insurance specialists, so we know how important it is to understand your unique requirements.

Easy claims process

Accidents can happen, so when something does go wrong you can rest easy knowing our team is on hand to help make the claims process as quick and stress free as possible.  

No mid term fees

We don’t charge any mid-term fees at all during the life of your policy (though your insurer might and your premium may increase depending on the change.) 

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Be prepared for unexpected events with business insurance through Clear Business.

Looking to take out a policy?  Our team will discuss your business needs with you and search a panel of insurance providers. You'll be presented with policy options that ensure you only pay for the cover you need. Simple. 

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