Small, local, and here a while.
Good legal work is mostly plain language and a number you can rely on. Very little of it needs to be complicated.
Opened in Spring Hill in 1987, and still there.
Hallward & Co was set up in 1987 by two solicitors who wanted a firm that quoted a number and stuck to it. The office has been in the same Spring Hill building, above what was once a printer’s shop, for most of that time.
Four decades on, the firm is six solicitors and legal executives, and most matters are still handled by the person the client met at the first meeting.
Four habits behind every matter.
Listening
The first meeting is mostly questions. The advice follows your situation, not a template.
Plain English
Letters and advice you can read once and explain to your family, without a glossary.
Fixed fees where we can
Standard work is quoted as a fixed price; anything else is a capped hourly rate, agreed in advance.
Patience
Nothing is rushed to hit a billing target, because the firm does not set one.
Six of us, deliberately small.
Nathan Hallward
Legal practitioner director — Property, conveyancing and employment matters.
Priya Chandra
Solicitor — Practises in family law, separation and parenting arrangements.
Ben Okafor
Solicitor — Wills, estates and powers of attorney.
Louise Fairbank
Client services — Answers the phone, books appointments and keeps every file moving.
Ask us one question.
Plenty of people call once with a question and never need us again. That is a perfectly good use of us.