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At Harrowells, we offer expertise in various areas of personal and business law, delivering practical and effective legal advice to individuals families and businesses within the agricultural sector.
We take pride in delivering an exceptional personal service, having built strong relationships throughout the local community over many years. We always focus on going the extra mile for our clients.
Our Thirsk office is conveniently located in Finkle Street and offers a wide range of legal services for you and your business, whether you are based in Thirsk or anywhere in North Yorkshire and the surrounding area, with many of our clients being based in Northallerton.
To contact our solicitors in Thirsk, email advice@harrowells.co.uk or call us on 01845 522278. You can contact individual members of staff by email within the ‘Our People’ section of our website.
Harrowells Solicitors
17 Finkle Street
Thirsk,North Yorkshire
YO7 1DB
Tel: 01845 522278
Fax: 01845 522799
DX: 61620 Thirsk
Office hours: Mon – Fri 8.30am – 5.00pm (meetings and document drop-off are by prior appointment).
At Harrowells, we have spent many years helping the community of Thirsk and surrounding area with their legal needs, forming lasting connections in the region with individuals and companies alike. In 2011, we were delighted to merge with Hileys Solicitors, bringing together two legal firms to expand our legal expertise and local knowledge even further.
Our reputation precedes us, with 80% of our work coming from personal recommendations or returning clients. If you’d like to read more about our friendly service, please check out some of our client testimonials.
Our firm are people focused and will always strive to deliver the best client care, always putting your needs first and maintaining total transparency about fees.
We regularly get involved with local community initiatives to help North Yorkshire market towns like Thirsk thrive, including supporting a variety of charities, clubs, and initiatives both practically and financially—check them out here.
Our accreditations and memberships also speak to the exceptional standards we hold ourselves to at Harrowells.
We are Lexcel accredited, meaning that we meet the highest standard of practice management.
Furthermore, we have been recognised for our expertise in both the Legal 500 and Conveyancing Quality Scheme. You can read more about our awards and accreditations here.
Family law
Family law matters require discretion and understanding to be dealt with, which is why it is important that you work with a legal professional as soon as possible.
Our family law solicitors in Thirsk offer a free 30-minute appointment for all of our family law clients, regularly assisting with a range of separation and divorce issues.
Residential conveyancing
For many people, their home is their most valuable asset, and so, when it comes to conveyancing matters, it’s vital to protect your interests, by working with experts.
Our residential conveyancing solicitors in Thirsk provide proactive, reliable and supportive guidance through buying and selling property, as well as remortgaging, transfer of equity and all other residential property transactions.
Our residential conveyancing solicitors are members of the Law Society Conveyancing Quality Scheme, which recognises our expertise in property law and our high client care standards.
If you would like an estimate of potential conveyancing costs, feel free to use our conveyancing quote calculator.
Wills, trusts and probate
Harrowells’ Wills, trusts and probate solicitors in Thirsk can advise you on creating or updating your Will, setting up and managing trusts and dealing with every aspect of probate.
Our expert Wills, trusts and probate team includes members of STEP (Society of Trusts and Estate Practitioners), meaning you can be assured of an excellent service.
Contentious probate
Unfortunately, after a death disputes may arise over the contents of a will, the validity of the will, or how the estate of the deceased individual should be divided.
Our team of contentious probate solicitors includes members of ACTAPS (the Association of Contentious Trust and Probate Specialists), reflecting our recognised expertise in this complex area of law and our commitment to providing clear, practical advice in inheritance disputes.
Employment advice for employees
Our employment law solicitors in Thirsk provide specialist employment law advice to employees dealing with issues including unfair dismissal, constructive dismissal, redundancy and discrimination claims.
Our team includes members of the Employment Lawyers Association.
Powers of Attorney and Court of Protection
Our Powers of Attorney team have strong expertise in supporting vulnerable people and their loved ones, including with Lasting Powers of Attorney, Court of Protection deputyship, Statutory Wills and personal injury trusts.
No matter the complexity of your needs, we will help you to make sure that should you become unable to manage your own affairs, you will be looked after.
Our team includes members of Solicitors for the Elderly, demonstrating our experience in supporting older and more vulnerable clients.
Personal injury claims
Our personal injury solicitors Thirsk provide a sympathetic legal service to help clients recover substantial compensation for a wide range of serious injuries and accidents, including spinal injury claims, traumatic brain injury claims and other complex injury claims.
Medical negligence claims
Our medical negligence lawyers in Thirsk deal with all types of medical negligence claims (also referred to as ‘clinical negligence’), offering a compassionate and highly effective service. We are accredited by the Law Society for Clinical Negligence and have particular expertise in dealing with birth injury claims, cancer misdiagnosis claims, cauda equina claims and amputation claims and fatal injury claims arsing from medical negligence.
Personal dispute resolution
Our personal dispute resolution solicitors in Thirsk can assist with resolving a wide range of personal legal conflicts, including inheritance disputes, professional negligence claims and property disputes.
Our team include members of the Association of Contentious Trust and Probate Specialists (ACTAPS). We are dedicated to resolving matters outside of court wherever possible to save our clients time, money, and stress.
Business startups, purchases and sales
Our business solicitors in Thirsk can provide clear, pragmatic legal advice and representation for your business to help you achieve your goals across various sectors, including charity organisations.
Company, partnership and regulatory advice
Harrowells’ company solicitors in Thirsk regularly advise on a wide range of corporate and regulatory issues, including business structures and corporate governance, regulatory and statutory compliance, data protection compliance and directors, partners or trustee responsibilities.
Employment law for employers
Our employment lawyers in Thirsk can offer prompt, practical and reliable advice for all of your business’s employment law needs, including creating contracts of employment, dealing with HR issues and resolving employment disputes.
Our team includes members of the Employment Lawyers Association and the Industrial Law Society.
Commercial dispute resolution
Our commercial litigation solicitors in Thirsk have strong expertise in issues including supply and trading disputes, shareholder and partnership disputes, and professional negligence claims.
Our business dispute resolution team have been favourably mentioned in leading client guides the Legal 500 and Chambers & Partners, with Harrowells Partner Richard Hugill being recognised as one of the top ranked litigation specialists in the UK.
Commercial property law
Whether this is your first time buying or selling commercial property, or you’re managing an existing portfolio, you need lawyers who will oversee the transaction and protect your interests.
Our commercial property solicitors in Thirsk regularly advise a wide range of businesses on issues including purchasing commercial premises, covenants and titles, planning issues, commercial property finance and tax issues.
Commercial leases
Harrowells’ commercial lease solicitors in Thirsk regularly assist landlords and tenants with issues including security of tenure, rent reviews, break clauses, repair and insurance obligations, and commercial lease disputes.
Our commercial lease solicitors can represent you in all aspects of lease document management, ensuring that whether you are the tenant or landlord, you fully understand what you’re agreeing to.
Commercial property and land disputes
Our commercial property dispute solicitors in Thirsk have a strong track record of successfully resolving disputes including over lease renewals, dilapidation liability, leasehold covenants, rent arrears and tenant insolvency.
Commercial agreements, contracts and intellectual property
Harrowells’ commercial agreements solicitors in Thirsk can help you create or review your commercial agreements, ensuring your relationships with your customers, suppliers, financial institutions and other organisations work for your business.
Our solicitors are commended in the Legal 500 for their expertise, with particular commendation for our efficiency, diligence, and clarity of our communication.
We advise agricultural businesses on issues including sale and purchase of land and buildings, redevelopment of agricultural buildings and development projects, as well as issues such as access, drainage and services.
Our land sale and purchase solicitors in Thirsk can assist you with your agricultural land needs, no matter their complexity or the stage of the process you’ve already reached.
Agricultural disputes can become complicated quickly with a lot on the line. You’re advised to engage legal experts as quickly as possible to stop escalation and prevent fallout.
Our agricultural contract and farm disputes solicitors in Thirsk can help you find effective solutions to issues including adverse possession, rights of way, boundary disputes and Farm Business Tenancy disputes.
Our farm lease solicitors in Thirsk offer the specialist legal expertise needed to create and manage effective lease agreements and Farm Business Tenancies for a wide range of agricultural businesses. We provide a tailored, special service to help your agricultural business thrive.
It’s difficult to plan for the future of an agricultural business, particularly with shifting laws and inheritance implications. Nonetheless it’s important to think forward on how you would like your enterprise to be dealt with.
Our agricultural succession planning solicitors in Thirsk can help you decide the best way to secure the future of your business, then help put in place the necessary legal arrangements to ensure a smooth transition.
Our Wills, trusts and probate solicitors in Thirsk understand the particular issues that can arise in relation to agricultural inheritance, so can guide you through all of the areas you need to consider, including tax planning, creating or updating your Will, setting up and managing trusts, and handling probate.
Where a dispute has arisen or may arise over a farming inheritance, our farming inheritance disputes solicitors can advise you on the legalities of your position and help you to secure a favourable outcome for you and your loved ones.
Our agricultural solicitors’ partnerships and company expertise includes assistance with structuring agricultural businesses, as well as issues such as regulatory and statutory compliance, contracts and agreements, and directors’, partners’ and trustees’ responsibilities.
Partnership disputes in agricultural businesses can escalate quickly and undermine the ability of the farming enterprise to operate as usual.
Our farming partnership dispute solicitors in Thirsk have experience in handling partnership disputes within the farming industry, including where this involves family members, questions over business ownership, succession planning and related issues.
Our specialist equine law solicitors in Thirsk regularly advise owners, trainers, breeders, jockeys and various equine-related businesses on issues including purchase and sale of horses, stabling, dealing with the British Horse Racing Authority, licensing and more.
Our horse racing solicitors have specialist expertise in equine law and are members of the Equine and Animal Lawyers Association
Harrogate Justice Centre handles various criminal and single justice procedures.
Darlington Magistrates’ Court and Family Court handles various criminal and single justice procedures, including benefits and childcare arrangements for separating partners.
York Magistrates’ Court and Family Court handle various family law cases with a specific focus on childcare arrangements, in addition to crime and single justice procedures.
Free car parking for an hour is available at Market Place. Extra parking spaces are available at Nursery Car Park for a reasonable price, accessed from Finkle Street.
Local bus services routed through or terminating in Thirsk do so in the Market Place, including the numbers 70 and 153 from Northallerton, the number 70 from Ripon and the numbers 30 and 30X from York.
We are dedicated to making our services as accessible as possible for all our clients and strive always to provide excellent service.
The Thirsk office does not have a level entrance or toilet access. However, if you let us know, we can make suitable arrangements.
If you would like to speak to solicitors in Thirsk, please get in touch and we will be happy to help.
Email us at advice@harrowells.co.uk or call us on 01845 522278. You can contact individual members of staff by email within the ‘Our People’ section of our website.
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