Bonallack & Bishop Solicitors
Source: gov.uk (2025-11-10)

We, the undersigned, commit to honour the Armed Forces Covenant and support the Armed Forces Community. We recognise the value Serving Personnel, both Regular and Reservists, Veterans and military families contribute to our business and our country.

The Armed Forces Covenant

An enduring covenant between the people of the United Kingdom, Her Majesty’s Government and all those who serve or have served in the Armed Forces of the Crown and their families

The first duty of Government is the defence of the realm. Our Armed Forces fulfil that responsibility on behalf of the Government, sacrificing some civilian freedoms, facing danger and, sometimes, suffering serious injury or death as a result of their duty. Families also play a vital role in supporting the operational effectiveness of our Armed Forces. In return, the whole nation has a moral obligation to the members of the Naval Service, the Army and the Royal Air Force, together with their families. They deserve our respect and support, and fair treatment.

Those who serve in the Armed Forces, whether Regular or Reserve, those who have served in the past, and their families, should face no disadvantage compared to other citizens in the provision of public and commercial services. Special consideration is appropriate in some cases, especially for those who have given most such as the injured and the bereaved.

This obligation involves the whole of society: it includes voluntary and charitable bodies, private organisations, and the actions of individuals in supporting the Armed Forces. Recognising those who have performed military duty unites the country and demonstrates the value of their contribution. This has no greater expression than in upholding this Covenant.

Section 1: Principles of the Armed Forces Corporate Covenant

1.1 We Bonallack & Bishop Solicitors will endeavour in our business dealings to uphold the key principles of the Armed Forces Covenant, which are:
- no member of the Armed Forces Community should face disadvantage in the provision of public and commercial services compared to any other citizen;
- and in some circumstances that special treatment may be appropriate especially for the injured or bereaved.
Section 2: Demonstrating our commitment

2.1 Bonallack & Bishop Solicitors recognises the value serving personnel, reservists, veterans and military families bring to our business. We will seek to uphold the principles of the Armed Forces Covenant, by pledging to the following:
- Armed Forces Friendly
- UK Service Veterans And Leavers
- UK Service Spouses And Partners
- Flexible Leave For Spouses
- UK Reservists
- Armed Forces Day
- Discounts
- Armed Forces Charities
We also pledge the following:

Armed forces friendly: -Using digital and social media channels, along with local press to promote our work with the armed forces including events -Publishing our pledge on a dedicated page on our main website as well as our dedicated armed forces websites -Jane Bishop has given and will continue with a series of ‘help to buy’ talk to regiments -Our forces law network affiliation is published on a dedicated page on our website -6 relevant free legal updates sent to welfare officers every year -Display armed forces covenant logo on our website -We offer high-quality legal advice to the armed forces community, with an understanding of the unique needs of serving personnel, veterans and military families. For example we help a skype interview for serving personnel on Kandahar, on a family matter -Jane Bishop gives pre-deployment talks to any regiments and their families who request them. This has included Woolwich barracks, Salisbury plain and Germany -Welcoming applications from veterans who meet the criteria in the job specification -We send vacancies to welfare officers at local regiments, aimed at reaching service spouses Reservists: -Up to 2 weeks special leave per year is available to attend annual training camps -Fully supporting and accommodating mobilised deployment of reservist employees if required Discount: -Registering with defence discount service -We offer 10% discount off our legal fees to defence personnel and veterans -We will support local armed forces charities and will encourage our staff to fundraise for them -We offer a free family legal surgery in our Amesbury office, which is accessible to armed forces families and offers specialist legal advice regarding military divorce

2.2 We will publicise these commitments through our literature and/or on our website, setting out how we will seek to honour them and inviting feedback from the Service community and our customers on how we are doing.