Waldrons celebrates its expansion in Worcester (L to R) Sarah Richards, James Rogers, Judith Guest, Luke Boxall and Janet Jager.
Waldrons is strengthening its presence in Worcester after acquiring the assets of Lumsdons Solicitors’ Worcester office, and resulting in an expansion of its range of services in the city.
Waldrons – established in 1867 and now with offices across the West Midlands – first opened its doors in Worcestershire three years ago after identifying a lack of specialist clinical negligence lawyers in the region.
Recently, this has been supplemented with immigration law through the company’s international services team.
Previously based in St. Mary’s Street, Waldrons will now operate from Lumsdons’ former offices at The Tything and will bring to Worcester expertise in many areas of law including employment, property, family, wills, probate, inheritance protection, and corporate law.
The deal also sees the arrival of family law specialists James Rogers and Luke Boxall to Waldrons, as well as trainee solicitor Lucy Thorpe-Gunner.
James and Luke share a particular expertise in divorce and financial settlements following relationship breakdown as well as arrangements for children.
Lucy will continue her training with the Waldrons’ business services team.
Waldrons’ commitment to the highest standards of service is demonstrated by the company’s coveted Lexcel quality mark which is awarded by the Law Society only to firms of solicitors who meet the exacting Lexcel standards of excellence in customer care.
John Roberts, Managing Director of Waldrons, said: “We have been encouraged by the positive response we’ve had since becoming established in Worcester.
We see this expansion as a natural progression for our company and we are pleased to be able to offer an additional choice of legal services in the region.
We are particularly looking forward to working with James and Luke to build upon their expertise in family law as well as complementing this with the legal services that we offer from our other offices, some of which will be new services not previously available in Worcester.”
The news of Waldrons’ expansion comes at a time when the Law Society reports that up to 153 law firms nationwide may have to close after being unable to secure professional indemnity insurance.
Commenting on this, Mr Roberts said: “It is a difficult marketplace for any business in the current climate and particularly for law firms.
Our commitment to providing our clients with the best possible service has meant that Waldrons has been able to build upon our success and to grow.
The anticipated growth of our business in Worcester will be the result of our staff providing the same high standards to the people of Worcester that we consistently provide from our other offices.”
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