Legal Advice, Will Writing and more for you and your horse
Made accessible with the free Legal Helpline and LawAssure legal document platform included as standard for Gold and Platinum members
Get free help with all your legal issues
Legal Advice Helpline
Owning and riding a horse comes with its risks. Exclusive to One Club Gold and Platinum members you can speak to experienced legal professionals for sympathetic and jargon-free advice.
They have a wealth of experience in equestrian issues such as disputes with suppliers, contractual or property disputes that may arise from the provision of stabling or livery. We can also provide a convenient online legal document when buying a horse. We also offer a free and fully legally binding will-writing service all completely free to Gold and Platinum One Club members*.
Whether you’re already a member or want to join, get started below.
Legal issues you can tackle
Legal Advice Helpline
Horse Sale Agreements
Free Wills & Legal Documents
Please note: LawAssure legal document and will writing service exclusive to Gold, Gold Plus and Platinum members over the age of 18 who joined or renewed after 1st February 2024
Comprehensive and tailored legal advice helpline and documents for all Gold and Platinum members
Harry Hall is here to help. We know that legal issues can crop up at any time and dealing with them can be stressful, so we’ve made access to confidential and expert advice easy for you with our free legal helpline and access to over 70+ legal documents. We help with:
- Wills, Codicils and Expressions of Wishes
- Horse and pony sale agreements
- Employment issues and grievance letters
- Motoring Fines
- Prenuptial, housemate and cohabitation agreements and disputes
Save on solicitor costs with legal documents you can produce in LawAssure.
It’s quick and simple: answer questions online and a legal document will be drafted based on your needs. You can even create documents on evenings and weekends.
Why you might call our legal advice helpline?
The legal helpline is operated by Epoq Legal***. Its helpline professionals are experienced in all aspect of the law and offer sympathetic and jargon-free advice. They have a wealth of experience and deal with many equestrian issues when selling a horse or pony, plus contractual or property disputes that may arise from the provision of stabling or livery.
This service is exclusive to Gold and Platinum members who join or renew from 1st February 2023 and a fair usage policy applies
How to use the legal advice helpline
Step 1
Find your membership number from your welcome email, in the app or in the One Club portal
Step 2
Call the legal helpline on 01274 711 111 from Monday to Friday 9am – 5:30pm
Step 3
Quote your membership number and speak to Epoq Legal’s helpline professionals
Free will writing service
Making a will is essential to protect your loved ones and avoid disputes after your death. It’s the only way to ensure your money, property and pets are distributed exactly as you would want.
- Easy to follow questions with smart logic to tailor the will to your requirements
- No legal knowledge required and lots of helpful prompts along the way
- Fully legally binding
- Access the platform 24/7 and go back and make changes for as long as you’re a member
- Complete a joint will or will for someone in your household for no extra cost
How do Gold and Platinum members use the free will service?
Step 1
Select ‘Manage my Policy’ from the menu
Step 2
Log in to the One Club portal
Step 3
Select the ‘Will Writing’ tab and then click ‘Get Started’
Step 4
Start, save and print your will or wills from the LawAssure platform
Our legal support services are completely free to Gold & Platinum One Club members
You can buy a Gold or Platinum One Club membership online in minutes and benefit from:
- £10m Public Liability Cover
- £10k Personal Accident Cover
- Free UK delivery on HarryHall.com
- Exclusive discounts and access to additional insurance policies
- Legal Document & Will Writing
- Legal Advice Helpline
Horse Legal Advice.
Online and over the phone.
At Harry Hall, we’re committed to helping our members enjoy their life with horses and ride safely. We know that legal issues can crop up at any time and dealing with them can be stressful, so we’ve made access to confidential and expert advice easy for you.
What legal advice is on offer for horse owners?
Members with access can use our legal helpline to talk through disputes or take the advice of a legal professional, put together a horse sale agreement online that is legally binding or includethe wishes for your horse into your will with the LawAssure platform.
What will happen to my horse if I die?
Without specified wishes or provisions for the care of a horse or pet in a will any decisions will be left to the executor. Alternatively, the horse owner can specify in their will who they’d like to leave the horse to, whether they’d like to set up a trust to help support the horse’s life or whether they’d want the horse to be rehomed.
Horse Sale Agreements
It’s not easy, we all have our own individual ways of looking after our horses. Disagreements can happen when horses are sold. From who the farrier should be, what bedding you should use, who the vet should be and feeding routines. Therefore it’s vital to have a horse sale agreement.
Epoq legal helpline has a huge range of experience in advising on agreements that can help protect horse owners. You can answer the questions online on LawAssure and watch as a horse sales agreement document is drafted for you. It helps to make sure there are no grey areas, and you and your horse are protected.
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Questions about our free legal service
For Gold and Platinum members who joined or renewed after 1st February 2024:
Accessing the will writing and legal documents service is as simple as…
- Select ‘Manage my Policy’ from the menu
- Log in to the One Club portal
- Select the ‘Will Writing’ tab
- Click ‘Get Started’
- You’ll be logged directly into the LawAssure platform where you can start, save and print your will or wills
Top tip: We recommend completing the service on your computer
Please note: You can only login to LawAssure through the One Club portal and the service is only available to members over the age of 18.
Horse riders and owners especially would benefit from having a will. A will allows you to designate who will take care of your horses if something happens to you. Without one, you risk your horse’s wellbeing which may then lead to neglect or uncertainty about their care.
By including your horse in your will, you can allocate financial resources, care instructions and ensure your assets are distributed according to your wishes. Doing so helps prevent disputes among family members or other individuals involved in your estate.
A will, being a legally binding document, can help protect your horse and equipment as well as offer peace of mind, knowing that you have made arrangements for the care and well-being of your horse and loved ones on your passing.
It can be worrying to think about what will happen to your horse and/or other pets when you die. If you’ve not made provisions in your will, it’s likely that your beloved horse may be left behind. It’ll then be up to the Executor of your will to try and find a new home for the horse. If no suitable person is found, your horse and/or pets will be taken to an animal shelter or charity.
If you’ve already made provisions in your will for your horse and/or other animals, then responsibility will be passed onto the person or charity of your choice.
Although many people do not update their will frequently, it actually makes sense to update your will whenever your circumstances change. This could be a change of financial circumstance, a relationship change, a new horse or pet or simply a change of heart when it comes to funeral wishes.
As well as editing a will, many amendments can also be made using a letter of wishes or codicil – luckily with the Harry Hall LawAssure service you can make these changes as frequently as you want for as long as you are a Gold member.
The not so small print
*The LawAssure platform and legal helpline is available to the following members:
- Purchased or renewed a Gold, Gold Family, Gold Plus, Gold Plus Family, Platinum or Platinum Family Membership after 1st February 2024.
- Over the age of 18 years old.
- Membership term is live, not cancelled and not in arrears.
- The legal helpline will require your membership number to enable you to use the service. This can be found in your welcome emails.
- Free advice is limited to a fair use policy of 20 minutes per call per member.
** Research conducted between April 2018 and December 2019 by Epoq Legal Ltd. Cost savings calculated by mystery shopping law firms in seven major UK regions, for comparable documents to those offered on this website. Costs shown include VAT.
*** Epoq is authorised and regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA number 645296). Epoq is not insured or set up to advise on legal issues in Isle of Man or Channel Islands. If multiple members contact the helpline in regards to the same case, Epoq Legal are unable to advise multiple people on the same case and will only be able to provide advice from the first point of contact. See below Service Provision. The legal helpline is operated by Epoq Legal who are authorised and regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA number 645296). EPOQ are not insured or set up to advise on legal issues in Isle of Man or Channel Islands. All calls are routed straight through to lawyers and if necessary a call back can be arranged, usually within the hour.
Epoq Service Provision
There may be circumstances in which the Epoq helpline is unable to provide you with legal advice. These circumstances are set out in the Terms of Use (a copy of which will be provided to you when you access the service).
As an SRA regulated firm, Epoq is required to check that there is no conflict of interest between you and any other of its clients before it can accept your instructions to provide legal advice over the phone. A member of the Epoq team will let you know as quickly as possible if it is unable to act for you. If your legal issue involves someone else (the ‘other party’), please have their name and address to hand when you contact the helpline, as it won’t be able to provide advice until it has this information.
Please note, where Epoq is unable to provide advice or refer you onto another law firm, due to conflict, the team will recommend you seek legal advice elsewhere.
