McGarry & Co Solicitors

What McGarry & Co Solicitors does

McGarry & Co Solicitors is a UK rural-focused law firm operating through McGarry Law LLP, an LLP regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA 8000441) and the Financial Conduct Authority. Founded in 2011 by Michael McGarry in Barnard Castle, County Durham, the firm provides a full-service legal offering organized across five practice areas: Commercial Services (acquisitions, contracts, disputes, employment, licensing), Property and Conveyancing (residential and commercial), Wills, Lasting Powers of Attorney and Estate Planning (including Court of Protection deputyship), Rural and Agricultural Matters (including farming families, agricultural land, and wind farms), and Personal and Family law. It primarily serves private individuals, farming families, rural landowners, and small-to-medium businesses across North Yorkshire, Cumbria, and County Durham, with a distinctive emphasis on agricultural and countryside issues. The firm employs approximately 11 qualified fee earners including two partners, three consultants, and six associates/solicitors, with support staff distributed across six offices.

The firm's service delivery is relationship-driven and place-based. It operates through six physical offices — Barnard Castle (head office), Hawes, Sedbergh, Leyburn, Grassington (Skipton), and Darlington — opened sequentially between 2011 and 2023. Revenue is generated through time-based hourly billing at £160-£310/hour depending on staff seniority, fixed-fee conveyancing priced on property value brackets (£595-£1,400 ex VAT for sales; £650-£1,550 ex VAT for purchases), and fixed fees for wills (£300-£500 + VAT) and lasting powers of attorney (£300-£400 + VAT). The firm holds Law Society Conveyancing Quality Scheme accreditation, STEP membership, Association of Lifetime Lawyers membership, and Agricultural Law Association membership, and maintains £3M professional indemnity insurance.

The go-to-market is sales-led and referral-driven, relying on local reputation, multi-generational client relationships (some spanning three to four generations of rural families), community sponsorships of agricultural shows (Wensleydale, Eastgate, Tan Hill, Eggleston, Bowes) and village events, and word-of-mouth. The firm discloses no proprietary technology, no digital product, and no AI/ML capabilities; its website serves as the primary information channel. Marketing is founder-led and community-embedded rather than digitally scaled, and growth has been entirely organic and bootstrapped with no external investors, no funding rounds, and no M&A activity.

Name

McGarry & Co Solicitors

Legal name

McGarry Law LLP

Website

https://mbmcgarry.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2011

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

McGarry & Co Solicitors is a UK rural-focused full-service law firm operating as McGarry Law LLP, serving private individuals, farming families, and small businesses across North Yorkshire, Cumbria, and County Durham through six offices, with specialization in agricultural law, conveyancing, estate planning, and Court of Protection deputyship.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Rural Legal Services

NAICS

Offices of Lawyers (54111)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYBPAHAAAK

Family & Private Client (Trusts & Estates) Law

Business & Public Services/Professional Services (Legal, Accounting, Consulting)/Legal Services

Keywords

• Rural law services
• Agricultural law firm
• Estate planning solicitors
• Residential conveyancing services
• Private client legal services

Headquarters

HQ city

Barnard Castle

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices6 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Legal Services Fees: Time-based hourly billing for complex matters (Partners/Consultants: £310/hr, Associate Solicitors: £288/hr, Trainee Solicitors: £160/hr, Paralegals: £160/hr). Fixed fees for residential conveyancing based on property value brackets. Fixed fees for wills and lasting powers of attorney. Value-based fees for estate administration reflecting estate value. Disbursements passed through to clients.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

McGarry & Co Solicitors is a full-service rural law firm providing legal services to individuals, families, farmers and rural businesses across North Yorkshire, County Durham and Cumbria. Core offerings include wills and estate planning, lasting powers of attorney and probate, residential and commercial conveyancing, agricultural and rural property law, commercial contracts and disputes, employment and licensing, and family law. Services are delivered through six physical offices and via time-based or fixed-fee billing, with special expertise in Court of Protection deputyships.

Product overview

McGarry & Co Solicitors is a full-service rural law firm offering a unified portfolio of legal services rather than a modular software product. The practice operates across five core service lines: Commercial Services (acquisitions, contracts, disputes, employment, licensing, commercial property); Property & Conveyancing (residential and commercial conveyancing, leases, landlord/tenant); Wills, Lasting Powers of Attorney & Estate Planning (wills, probate, lasting powers of attorney, court of protection, estate disputes); Rural & Agricultural Matters (agricultural land, farming families, rights of way, wind farms); and Personal & Family law (adoption, cohabiting couples, child contact). The firm has a particular emphasis on agricultural and rural issues, with offices across North Yorkshire and Cumbria.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Commercial Services Comprehensive commercial legal services including business acquisitions, commercial contracts, commercial disputes, employment law, licensing, and commercial property transactions. Targeted at sole traders, small businesses and larger companies in the North Yorkshire, County Durham and Cumbria region.
• Property & Conveyancing Residential and commercial property conveyancing services, including landlord and tenant matters, lease negotiations, and property sales and purchases. Serves individuals buying or selling homes and businesses acquiring or disposing of premises.
• Wills, Lasting Powers of Attorney & Estate Planning Private client services including will preparation, lasting powers of attorney, Court of Protection matters, probate and estate administration, estate disputes, and tax and care home fees planning. Targeted at individuals and families seeking estate planning and end-of-life legal arrangements.
• Rural & Agricultural Matters Specialist agricultural and rural legal services including agricultural land transactions, farming family succession planning, rights of way and easements, common and sporting rights, agricultural disputes, and wind farms and green energy matters. Serves farmers, landowners and rural business owners.
• Personal & Family Law Family law services including adoption, cohabiting couples advice, and contact with children or grandchildren. Targeted at individuals and families in the firm's North Yorkshire, County Durham and Cumbria catchment area.

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

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Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• The Law SocietycoreOthersAccredited by the Law Society under the Conveyancing Quality Scheme, recognizing high standards in residential conveyancing services. Professional regulatory relationship with Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA number 8000441).
• Society of Trusts & Estates Practitioners (STEP)coreOthersProfessional membership organization providing benchmark qualification for legal, accountancy and banking industry professionals in Wills, Powers of Attorney, Estate Planning and Administration of Estates.
• Association of Lifetime LawyerscoreOthersProfessional membership (formerly Solicitors for the Elderly) recognizing expertise in dealing with matters affecting older clients including Lasting Powers of Attorney and care home fee planning.
• Agricultural Law AssociationcoreOthersProfessional membership organization recognizing involvement in legal matters affecting farming and rural clients including agricultural land, tenancies, and countryside issues.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves10 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Others

• Stowe Family Law: UK specialist family law firm with no direct geographic overlap but comparable family law practice area. Represents a potential acquirer or partner for McGarry's family law offering.

Direct peers

• Burnetts Solicitors: Cumbria and North West England-based full-service law firm with comparable private client, commercial, and agricultural practices. Direct competitor in overlapping regional markets including Cumbria.
• Samuel Phillips & Co: North East England-based law firm with similar full-service private client and property offerings. Overlaps with McGarry's County Durham and Darlington service territory.
• Hadaway & Hadaway: North East England solicitors with comparable private client and conveyancing offerings. Overlaps with McGarry's County Durham service territory.
• Tilly Bailey & Irvine: North East England law firm with comparable private client and commercial practices. Direct competitor in the County Durham/Darlington region.
• Crombie Wilkinson Solicitors: North Yorkshire-based law firm offering similar full-service private client, property, and agricultural services. Direct competitor in the firm's Leyburn and North Yorkshire offices.
• David Allen Dodd: Cumbria-based law firm offering private client, agricultural, and conveyancing services. Direct competitor in the firm's Sedbergh and Cumbria service area.

Broad incumbents

• Ward Hadaway: Larger North East England law firm with broader practice areas and more offices. Provides overlapping services but at a larger scale and broader geographic footprint than McGarry.
• Womble Bond Dickinson: Major UK law firm with North East presence offering private client and commercial services. Operates at much larger scale but with some overlap in regional service areas.

Regional players

• Horsefield & Smith: Yorkshire-based law firm offering private client and conveyancing services. Comparable practice mix but serves a different part of Yorkshire than McGarry's North Yorkshire Dales focus.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/mcgarry-co-solicitors

Compliance5 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles11 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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