What Palmers Solicitors does

Palmers Solicitors is a full-service UK law firm headquartered in Basildon, Essex, operating as Palmers Law Limited (incorporated 2021) and authorised and regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority under SRA No: 813805. Founded in 1983, the firm employs approximately 100 staff across six Essex offices in Basildon (two locations), Chelmsford, Rayleigh, South Woodham Ferrers, and Thurrock/Grays. It serves two primary client segments: businesses (commercial property, construction law, company and business law, employment, litigation, immigration, crime and licensing, debt recovery, local government, and mediation) and private individuals (wills, trusts and probate, family law, residential conveyancing, employment, personal injury, criminal defence, and Spanish legal services).

The firm operates through direct in-person consultations at its six offices, online enquiry forms, and professional referral networks, with sub-brands Palmers Mediation and Construction Legal Services extending its dispute-resolution and specialist construction offering. Its technology stack includes standard case and document management systems, the Zenplans digital estate planning platform (delivered via partnership), and adopted third-party legal AI tools for research and analysis using retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) with curated, jurisdiction-specific content. Pricing is primarily delivered as fixed fees (residential conveyancing £995-£2,700 plus VAT, criminal defence from £700-£2,500 plus VAT, probate applications £850-£1,250 plus VAT) supplemented by percentage-based estate administration fees of 1%-2.75% of estate value and hourly rates of £130-£310 plus VAT for more complex matters. The firm holds Lexcel, CQS, and multiple industry accreditations and has been consistently recognised as a UK Leading Firm from 2023 through 2025.

Name

Palmers Solicitors

Legal name

Palmers Law Limited

Website

https://palmerslaw.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

1983

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Palmers Solicitors is a full-service Essex-based UK law firm with approximately 100 staff across six offices, serving both businesses and private individuals across conveyancing, family law, wills and probate, litigation, criminal defence, employment, and construction law.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Legal Services

NAICS

Legal Services (5411), Offices of Lawyers (541110)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro primary industry

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

akta.pro secondary industries

Trust & Estate Dispute Resolution & Fiduciary Litigation Support (FSAEAKAJ), Litigation Support & Expert Witness Services (BPAHALAG)

Keywords

• Legal advisory services
• Residential conveyancing
• Wills and probate
• Family law services
• Commercial property law

Headquarters

HQ city

Basildon

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices6 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Legal Services - Professional Fees: Palmers generates revenue through professional legal fees charged for advisory and representation services across multiple practice areas including business and personal legal services.
2. Fixed Fee Services: Fixed fee arrangements for specific legal services including residential property transactions, wills and probate applications, criminal defence, and debt recovery matters.
3. Estate Administration (Percentage-Based): Estate administration fees calculated as 1%-2.75% of estate value for probate and estate settlement services.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Palmers Solicitors is a full-service law firm delivering specialist legal advice and representation to private individuals and businesses across the UK, with primary focus on Essex. The firm offers practice-area coverage including wills, trusts and probate; family law; residential conveyancing; commercial property; employment law; immigration; personal injury; criminal defence; construction and engineering law; litigation and dispute resolution; company and business law; and mediation. Revenue is generated primarily through professional legal fees, supported by fixed-fee arrangements for transactional matters and percentage-based fees for estate administration.

Product overview

Palmers Solicitors is a single unified law firm operating as a full-service legal practice. The firm offers a comprehensive portfolio of legal services organized into business services and personal services, with specialized sub-brands including Palmers Mediation (alternative dispute resolution) and Construction Legal Services (specialist construction law). Core services span wills, trusts and probate; family law; residential conveyancing; employment law; immigration; personal injury; criminal defence; commercial property; litigation and dispute resolution; and company/business law. The firm also partners with Zenplans for digital estate planning services. With approximately 100 staff across six offices in Essex, the firm provides specialist legal advice to private individuals and businesses across the UK.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Palmers Mediation: A mediation service offering flexible, confidential, cost-effective dispute resolution for business disputes. Operated through a separate domain (palmersmediation.co.uk) but under the Palmers Solicitors umbrella.
• Construction Legal Services

Quantifiable outcome

• Timescales for residential property transactions: 10-16 weeks
• +4 more outcomes

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

AI capability3 records

Feature2 records

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• Co-op Legal Services: National alternative legal services provider offering wills, probate, family law and conveyancing with strong brand and digital distribution. Represents the kind of scaled, consumer-brand competitor targeting the same fixed-fee transactional segments as Palmers.

Direct peers

• Birkett Long LLP: Full-service Essex law firm with similar geographic footprint (Chelmsford, Colchester, Basildon) and overlapping practice areas including commercial property, family, employment, litigation and private client. Direct competitor for both business and individual clients across Essex.
• Ashtons Legal: East of England full-service firm with offices across Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridge. Comparable regional full-service model, practice area mix and target client segments (business and private individuals).
• Spratt Endicott Solicitors: Surrey and London-based full-service firm with overlapping practice areas (commercial, property, family, employment, wills/probate) and a comparable regional mid-market positioning targeting businesses and individuals.
• Birketts LLP: Leading East of England full-service law firm with comparable breadth of practice areas (commercial, real estate, private client, family, employment, dispute resolution) and a similar multi-office regional model targeting East Anglia businesses and individuals.
• Boyes Turner LLP: Full-service regional UK firm (Reading/Thames Valley) with comparable practice mix and size. Similar model of serving both commercial and private clients across transactional and contentious work.
• Fisher Jones Greenwood Solicitors: Essex and London-based full-service law firm offering residential conveyancing, family law, wills and probate, commercial property and litigation. Directly comparable in scale and service mix, serving overlapping Essex client base.
• Cripps LLP: South East England full-service firm with comparable practice breadth across corporate, real estate, private client, family and dispute resolution. Similar multi-office regional model with strong local brand presence.

Broad incumbents

• Irwin Mitchell Solicitors: Large national full-service UK firm with a wide practice portfolio overlapping Palmers' offering (private client, family, property, employment, litigation). Provides the upper-bound benchmark on scale, accreditations and service breadth.
• Lyons Davidson Solicitors: Larger UK-wide full-service firm with significant conveyancing, family, employment and dispute resolution practices. Overlaps with Palmers across consumer-facing services but operates at greater national scale.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/PalmersLaw
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/palmers-solicitors
• Facebookfacebook.com/palmerssolicitors
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCxq7LqGd5xRqSDF1yVln1oQ

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles13 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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