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Contact our solicitors in Hereford
Welcome to Watkins Solicitors.
From our Hereford office, we help clients in Herefordshire and further afield with a range of legal issues, including:
- Family law
- Education law
- Wills
- Probate & estate administration
- Conveyancing
- Powers of Attorney
- Judicial reviews & regulatory law
Our Hereford team offer a friendly local service backed by decades of experience, with a depth of expertise that also brings clients to us from across England and Wales looking for our specialist legal knowledge and skills.
We also have a local office in Bath and two Bristol offices, in Southville and Fishponds.
To get in touch with our solicitors in Hereford, you can use the contact details below or use our simple enquiry form to ask us a question.
Opening hours: 9am-5pm Monday-Friday
Directions for visiting our solicitors in Hereford
Reaching us by car
There are several nearby car parking options, including the Maylord Shopping Centre, West Street Car Park and the NCP Car Parks on Berrington Street and Little Berrington Street.
Reaching us by train
We are around 10-15 minutes’ walk from Hereford train station.
Reaching us by bus
We are a short walk from Blue School Street, where there are bus stops served by many different routes, making it highly convenient to reach our Hereford office by bus.
Accessibility
It is important to us that our legal services are fully accessible to everyone who needs them. If you have any specific accessibility requirements when visiting our offices or contacting our team, please let us know and we will do everything possible to accommodate you.
Our legal services in Hereford
Family law
Legal matters involving families can be both technically and emotionally challenging, with the need to balance your requirements and those of your children against the desire to preserve positive relationships wherever possible.
Our team have the specialist expertise and empathetic approach needed to help you navigate even the most complex issues with the minimum possible conflict.
We have achieved the Law Society’s Family Law Advanced and Children Law accreditations, reflecting the high level of our expertise. Our team includes various members of Resolution, the leading network for family lawyers with a focus on removing unnecessary conflict from family law.
We have been awarded a Quality Mark from the Legal Aid Agency, allowing us to undertake publicly funded work in Family law.
Our family law solicitors in Hereford can offer our expertise in matters including:
- Divorce & relationship breakdown
- Child contract & residence
- Child Arrangements
- Parental responsibility
- Care proceedings
- Grandparents’ rights
- Domestic abuse
- Family mediation
Find out more about how we can help you with family law.
Education
Education law is a highly specialist area in which few law firms have true depth of knowledge. Watkins Solicitors is one of the country’s leading firms for this niche area, working with clients all over England and Wales.
Our education law solicitors in Hereford can offer our expertise in matters including:
- Special Educational Needs
- School Admissions
- Exclusions
- Discrimination
- Bullying
- Child out of School
- School Complaints
- Transport
- Local Government Ombudsman
- Annual Reviews
- Transition from a Statement of SEN to an EHC Plan
Find out more about how we can help you with education law.
Wills
Getting a clear Will in place is not just about giving yourself peace of mind, it also helps to make sure that dealing with your estate will be as simple and stress-free as possible for your loved ones when the time comes.
Our Will solicitors in Hereford can offer our expertise in matters including:
- Making a Will
- Amending a Will
- Mirror Wills
- Inheritance Tax planning
Find out more about how we can help you with making a Will.
Probate & Estate Administration
Dealing with the estate of someone who has passed away can be a significant strain at an already difficult time. Our team are happy to help with any part of probate and estate administration to take some of the burden off your shoulders, or we can deal with the whole process for you.
Our probate and estate administration solicitors in Hereford can offer our expertise in matters including:
- Applying for Grant of Probate/Letters of Administration
- Gathering the estate assets
- Valuing the estate
- Dealing with HMRC and Inheritance Tax payment
- Settling any debts and liabilities connected to the estate
- Transferring bequests to the beneficiaries of the Will
- Preparing final estate accounts
Find out more about how we can help you with probate and estate administration.
Conveyancing
Your home is not just the place you live, it is also a major investment. The right legal advice can help you avoid many common problems that could hold up a property transaction or cause problems later, as well as protecting the equity you are investing into your home.
Our residential property team are accredited by the Law Society’s Conveyancing Quality Scheme (CQS) providing assurance of the high standards we maintain.
Our conveyancing solicitors in Hereford can offer our expertise in matters including:
- Buying a home
- Selling your home
- Leasehold property
- Remortgaging
- Transfer of equity
- Lifetime mortgages & equity release
Find out more about how we can help you with residential conveyancing.
Powers of Attorney
Planning for a time when you may no longer be able to manage your personal affairs might be a daunting prospect, but it is something that is sensible to consider, especially later in life or if you are in a high risk profession.
Our Power of Attorney solicitors in Hereford can offer our expertise in matters including:
- Lasting Powers of Attorney
- Enduring Powers of Attorney
- Advance statements
- Living Wills
Find out more about how we can help you with Powers of Attorney.
Judicial Review & Regulatory Law
When public bodies make the wrong decision about a matter affecting your life or career, it can have a huge impact on you and your loved ones. Getting expert legal support to challenge such decisions can make all the difference.
Our judicial review and regulatory solicitors in Hereford can offer our expertise in matters including:
- Appeals for professionals struck off by their regulatory bodies
- Community care challenges
- Special education needs tribunals (SENDIST)
- Judicial reviews for refugees and asylum seekers in the Administrative Court and Upper Tribunal (IAC)
- DBS challenges
Find out more about how we can help you with a judicial review or regulatory challenge.
Speak to our solicitors in Hereford
To discuss how our Hereford solicitors can help with your legal needs, please use one of the following options to get in touch:
Tel: 01432 805 656
Email: info@watkinssolicitors.co.uk
Or use our simple enquiry form to ask us a question.