Peter Mills

Over the Christmas and New Year holiday season all our offices will be closed at 12pm on Tuesday 24 December 2024 and then reopen on Thursday 2 January 2025. This means all our offices will be closed during the period...

Every year Legal 500 publish a report which aims to assess the quality of advice and work undertaken by the UK’s leading law firms, including Harrowells. The assessment process is thorough, including examination of case studies and crucially, gaining...

We attended the York St John University Graduate Careers Fair on Wednesday 24th April - offering insights into our work culture and information about career pathways at our firm. This is our second year at the Fair and is part of a wider programme of...

Over the Christmas and New Year period, all our offices will close at 4pm on Friday 22nd December 2023 and reopen as normal on Tuesday 2nd January 2024. Thursday 21st December – All offices open as normal Friday 22nd December – All offices...

Each year Legal 500 publish a report focused on the quality of advice and nature of work undertaken by leading law firms in the UK, including our own. Legal 500 base their assessment, to a significant extent, on feedback given directly to Legal 500 by our...

Over the Christmas and New Year holiday season all our offices will be closed at 4pm on Friday 23 December 2022 and then reopen on Tuesday 3 January 2023. This means all our offices will be closed during the period between...

Last Sunday Peter Mills dropped by Wigginton Tennis Club, just to the north of York, to see some of their Finals Day action and catch up with Phil Langley and other committee members. Wigginton Tennis Club is thriving and always looking at ways to move...

Legal 500 have just published their latest report (‘the 2023 edition’) and the firm has, once again, achieved a strong showing. We have received formal recognition of our excellent service delivery and high technical standards across nine...

Over 75% of our instructions are from returning clients or those personally recommended to us by previous clients. So it is really important that we take client service very seriously. When we complete a matter for a client, we always ask for...

The Great Legal Bake is one of several fundraising initiatives co-ordinated by the Access to Justice Foundation with the objective of supporting legal advice clinics and related support services for vulnerable members of society. Solicitors’...

The Legal 500 publish a study each year assessing the technical strengths and service ethos of top national and regional UK law firms. We feature each year and the latest report was released at the end of September. We are recognised in the following...

2021 saw the return of the York Legal Walk which raises money for the Access to Justice Foundation. This charity, in turn, supports local citizens' advice bureaux, law centres and independent advice agencies and ensures the most disadvantaged members of...

Harrowells has strengthened its Private Client Department’s senior team with the promotion of Monika Bone to partner and the appointment of Philip Williams as an associate solicitor. Philip joins from the private capital group at Addleshaw...

Our Agricultural, Commercial and Private Client Teams have been successful in winning new instructions in the Ryedale area in recent months. As a result, we have opened a base in Malton so that we can more easily look after our clients and contacts in the...

It was great to report in an earlier post that, with Sophia Bell joining us, we are expanding our Corporate and Commercial team so that we can provide our particular blend of practical, expert legal advice to an even wider range of businesses and...

Legal 500 undertake an independent assessment of the reputation and quality of service of leading UK law firms. Their latest report, published in September 2020, recognises the quality of our service across seven practice areas, as defined by their research...

​Well done to (the now streamlined...) Matt Rowley and his supporters for raising over £600 for The York Mind Coronavirus Appeal as part of his sponsored head shave, courtesy of his two sons. Donations are still coming in so if you would...

All our offices are open for pre-arranged appointments as well as for telephone or video meetings. Contact us as normal by phone or email and we will happily arrange a scheduled meeting to discuss your matter. Please bear in mind that, with...

One of Yorkshire’s best-known agricultural solicitors has joined Harrowells Solicitors. Jenni Bartram, a long-standing member of the Agricultural Law Association and former president of the Yorkshire Law Society, joined Harrowells in February...

Having previously only ever exited an airplane via the covered gangway at an airport, Jo Chesher is doing a very brave and bold thing this month; she is undertaking a sky dive from 10,000 feet in aid of the Alzheimer's Society. As part of her...

We are long term supporters of Fashion City York, an initiative to co-ordinate the promotion of York’s fashion retailers to locals and visitors alike. The centrepiece of that promotion is York Fashion Week with a series of workshops, runway shows and...

Decision makers in business constantly warn suppliers and advisers against pushing offerings solutions without reference to the actual needs and priorities of their business. This point was well made at the launch of the York Rail...

Every year Legal 500 assess the reputation and quality of client service of the top 10% of UK law firms using a mix of primary research and feedback from a sample of law firms’ clients. The latest report has just been published and I am pleased to...

We won 'Overall Conveyancing Firm of the Year - Gold Award' at the Law Firm Services National Conveyancing Awards at The Vox Conference Centre, NEC Birmingham on Wednesday 19th September. This follows on from winning the silver category at last...

We are long term and active supporters of the ‘Ageing Without Children’ (AWOC) initiative and would encourage those with an interest in this to visit www.awoc.org where there is lots of helpful information about the number and diversity of...

In recent years the Alzheimer’s Society has organised a number of successful ‘Memory Walks’. These allow families and friends to show their support for relatives living with dementia and to raise funds for the vital work undertaken by the...

We are delighted to announce that we have been shortlisted for this year's Yorkshire Legal Awards in two categories: Private Client and Residential Property . Organised by Barker Brooks Communications, publishers of Leeds & Yorkshire Lawyer ...

Harrowells has been shortlisted for the ‘Best Marketing, Website and Social Media’ category in this year’s Law Firm Services annual conveyancing awards. To be shortlisted, law firms have had to demonstrate to judges a coherent approach to...

Fine Bank Holiday weather drew the crowds for this year’s Haxby and Wigginton Scarecrow Festival, with record numbers attending and helping to raise funds, through the sale of trail maps and other activities, for a range of local and national...

York is a city in an enviable position - it is a visitor destination with an international reputation. However, it also means it has to work hard to demonstrate that its tourist ‘draw’ runs beyond major attractions like the Minster, the Yorvik...

In an environment dominated by a shift from physical to online contact and where many private and public services are being progressively centralised, how do market towns maintain their role as economic ‘kingpin’ in their locality? The key may...

Each year Legal 500 undertakes a research-based assessment of the reputation and quality of work of leading law firms in the UK. The 2017 results were announced in October and we have received formal recognition in a number of practice areas. These...

Players at one of Yorkshire’s most successful village cricket clubs will be able to see their scores more clearly, thanks to funding from Harrowells. A brand new digital computerised scoreboard has been installed at Woodhouse Grange Cricket...

Advice from successful local business owners and key national and international players teased out three big ingredients to business success at the 2017 York Food and Drink Festival. Have a narrative about your business and products that customers,...

2017 marks the 40th anniversary of the York Early Music Festival, which draws international artists and audiences - as well as a strong local following - to a series of performances of baroque and pre-baroque music across the city each summer. The...

The Dales Festival of Food and Drink (Leyburn 17-18th June) is a fantastic celebration of the vitality of food production in the Yorkshire Dales. Always an important feature of the Dales' economy, the range and quality of local food and drink...

The state secondary schools in Thirsk, Easingwold and Pocklington (Woldgate) act as vital 'hubs' for their respective areas. In recognition of this, we have forged links with each school by...

Last Friday's Hambleton Business Conference was waffle-free, for all the right reasons - and I'm not talking about the catering. This year's conference, at The Hawkhills, near Easingwold, was particularly strong on useful data and...