What Williamsons Solicitors does

Williamsons Solicitors is a UK-based, full-service law firm established in 1890, headquartered in Hull with branch offices in Driffield and Bridlington. The firm operates across eight core practice areas: Conveyancing, Commercial Property, Wills and Probate, Personal Injury, Family and Childcare, Criminal Defence, Clinical Negligence, and Industrial Disease. While its physical footprint is regional within East Riding of Yorkshire, its Compensation and Property teams serve clients nationally across England and Wales through remote engagement. The firm holds eight Law Society accreditations (Lexcel, CQS, Family Law Advanced, Children Law, Criminal Litigation, Clinical Negligence, plus AvMA panel membership and Headway Solicitors Directory approval), testifying to its specialist credentials in regulated practice areas.

The firm's revenue model is traditional fee-for-service legal advice with multiple pricing structures: fixed fees for conveyancing, probate, will writing, lasting powers of attorney and motoring offences; hourly billing rates (£170.40-£372 depending on experience) for probate and complex matters; and conditional fee arrangements (No Win No Fee) for personal injury and clinical negligence claims. Customers are primarily individuals and SMEs, with selected corporate/commercial property work; there is no evidence of large enterprise concentration. The firm employs 130+ solicitors and support staff under a seven-director leadership board, and is regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (number 522081).

On 1 February 2025, Williamsons transitioned to employee ownership, joining the Employee Ownership Association. The firm has accumulated 800+ customer reviews at a 4.8 rating and was ranked 13th out of 3,200+ UK firms in ReviewSolicitors' 2024 Top 20 Commercial Property rankings. No acquisitions, external funding, technology platform, or AI/ML capabilities are disclosed.

Name

Williamsons Solicitors

Legal name

Williamsons Solicitors Limited

Website

https://williamsons-solicitors.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

1890

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Williamsons Solicitors is a Hull-headquartered UK law firm serving individuals and businesses across eight practice areas including conveyancing, clinical negligence, family law, and commercial property, with regional offices in Driffield and Bridlington and a national client base for compensation work.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Legal Services

NAICS

Offices of Lawyers (541110)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro primary industry

Family & Private Client (Trusts & Estates) Law (BPAHAAAK)

akta.pro secondary industries

Personal & Family Trust Services (FSAAANAA), Litigation Support & Expert Witness Services (BPAHALAG), Guardianship & Conservatorship Services (FSAAANAG)

Keywords

• Legal services
• Conveyancing services
• Personal injury claims
• Wills and probate
• Criminal defence

Headquarters

HQ city

Kingston upon Hull

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Legal Services - Fee for Service: Traditional law firm revenue model with fee-for-service legal advice. Services include fixed fees for certain matters (conveyancing, probate, motoring offences, wills), hourly billing rates, and conditional fee arrangements (No Win No Fee) for personal injury and clinical negligence claims.
2. No Win No Fee Arrangements: Conditional fee arrangements for claims where if the firm does not win an award of compensation, there will be no fee. Provides peace of mind to clients pursuing personal injury and clinical negligence claims.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Williamsons Solicitors is a full-service UK law firm delivering legal advice and representation across eight core service areas: Conveyancing (residential and commercial property transactions), Wills & Probate, Personal Injury, Family & Childcare, Criminal Defence, Clinical Negligence, Industrial Disease, and Motoring Offences. The firm serves individual consumers and businesses through three regional offices in Hull, Driffield, and Bridlington, with a national client base for its Compensation and Property teams.

Product overview

Williamsons Solicitors is a unified law firm offering a comprehensive portfolio of legal services rather than a modular software platform. The firm's core offering spans eight main service areas: Conveyancing (residential and commercial property transactions), Wills & Probate (estate administration, will drafting, and lasting powers of attorney), Personal Injury (compensation claims on a no win no fee basis), Family & Childcare (divorce, child arrangements, and care proceedings), Criminal Defence (police station to crown court representation), Clinical Negligence (medical negligence claims), and Industrial Disease (asbestos-related disease claims). Supporting sub-services include motoring offences defence, probate services, lasting powers of attorney preparation, and trust services. The firm serves clients nationally from offices in Hull (head office), Driffield, and Bridlington in East Yorkshire.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Conveyancing Residential property legal services for individual clients covering buying, selling, mortgage/remortgage transactions, and other residential property transfers, with online instant quotes available.
• Commercial Property Commercial property legal services for businesses including property investments, asset sale and purchase, landlord and tenant matters, lease assignments and surrenders, conditional contracts, option agreements, schedules of dilapidations, consent to alterations, land development, and overage agreements.
• Wills & Probate Estate administration and probate, will drafting, trusts and estate planning, lasting powers of attorney, Court of Protection matters, compensation protection services, and disabled persons trusts for individual clients.
• Personal Injury Compensation claims for individuals for road traffic accidents, workplace accidents and illnesses, trips and slips in public places, and other personal injury matters, offered on a no win no fee basis.
• Family & Childcare Family law services for individuals including child arrangements orders, care proceedings, divorce proceedings, separation agreements, prenuptial agreements, cohabitation agreements, civil partnership dissolution, adoption, parental responsibility, domestic abuse injunctions, and change of name.
• Criminal Defence Criminal defence representation for individuals including police station interviews under caution, road traffic offences, magistrates court proceedings, and crown court proceedings.
• Clinical Negligence Medical negligence claims for individuals including birth injuries, brain injuries, cerebral palsy, surgical errors, cancer misdiagnosis, cardiology errors, sepsis, amputation, kidney disease, meningitis, and fatal medical negligence, offered on a no win no fee basis.
• Industrial Disease Compensation claims for individuals for asbestos-related diseases including asbestosis, mesothelioma, pleural thickening, and asbestos-related lung cancer.
• Motoring Offences Service Road traffic defence services for individuals including speeding offences, drink/drug driving offences, exceptional hardship arguments, and regulatory defence work, offered on fixed fees.

Quantifiable outcome

• 4.8 rating from over 800+ customer reviews
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• HeadwaycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerWilliamsons Solicitors were approved to join the Headway Injury Solicitors Directory. Headway is a UK-wide charity that works to improve life after brain injury. The firm has built a strong relationship with Headway over many years, working closely with the charity to raise vital funds. Wayne Walker, Head of Compensation Department and Director, serves as Chairman of Headway Hull, providing personal support to the charity's members.
• AvMA (Action against Medical Accidents)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerWayne Walker was formally on AvMA's panel of specialist clinical negligence lawyers, the charity promoting action against medical accidents.
• Dove House HospiceminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for Gifts in Wills information events. Dove House Hospice is a charity providing palliative care services. Williamsons hosted joint information events to discuss leaving gifts in Wills to the hospice.
• Sailors' Children's SocietyminorGTM or Marketing PartnerWilliamsons were a Main Sponsor of the Sailors' Children's Society Sports Lunch, which raised £105,000 to support children from seafaring families across the UK.
• Employee Ownership AssociationminorOthersWilliamsons became an employee owned business on 1 February 2025 and joined the Employee Ownership Association. They celebrated their first Employee Ownership Day (EO Day).

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Bridge McFarland Solicitors: Long-established Hull-based full-service law firm with comparable headcount and overlapping practice areas including conveyancing, wills and probate, family law, and personal injury, operating in the same East Yorkshire market.
• Rollits Solicitors: Hull-headquartered full-service firm offering private client, commercial property, family, and dispute resolution services - a directly comparable regional East Yorkshire competitor with similar mid-market positioning.
• Chadwick Lawrence Solicitors: West Yorkshire-based regional full-service firm of comparable size, covering conveyancing, family, personal injury, and commercial work for individuals and businesses across the Yorkshire region.
• Switalskis Solicitors: Yorkshire-headquartered full-service law firm with similar breadth across private client, family, and dispute resolution matters, providing direct competitive overlap in the regional legal market.
• Foys Solicitors: West Yorkshire regional firm offering wills, probate, conveyancing, family, and personal injury services - comparable in size and practice mix and competing for similar client segments in the broader Yorkshire catchment.
• Higgs & Sons Solicitors: West Midlands-based full-service regional firm with comparable headcount and similar practice area breadth including private client, commercial property, and dispute resolution - structurally similar mid-tier UK law firm.
• Mincoffs Solicitors: North East England-based full-service firm of comparable scale, with similar private client and commercial practices serving a regional SME and consumer client base - useful comparable for revenue-per-fee-earner benchmarking.

Broad incumbents

• Irwin Mitchell Solicitors: National full-service law firm with significant clinical negligence, personal injury, and private client practices - competes for Williamsons' higher-value compensation mandates and represents the larger national benchmark in overlapping specialties.
• Slater and Gordon (UK): Large national consumer-facing law firm with major personal injury, clinical negligence, and family law practices - directly competes with Williamsons' no-win-no-fee compensation teams and pressure-prices regional players.
• QualitySolicitors / Lawfront group: National network/branded group of regional law firms offering full-service private client work across the UK - an aggregated competitor targeting the same mid-market consumer segments Williamsons serves.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance11 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles14 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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