Humphreys

Humphreys & Co. Solicitors is an independent legal firm established in 1986, operating from its offices at 14 King Street, Bristol, BS1 4EF, United Kingdom. The firm is authorised and regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority of England & Wales under registration number 62944. Humphreys & Co.

serves a diverse client base, including commercial and private clients across the UK, London, regional areas, and internationally. The firm is committed to delivering high-quality and cost-effective legal services, characterised by experience, energy, and professionalism. For commercial clients, Humphreys & Co. provides comprehensive legal representation and advice.

This encompasses litigation in London and UK regional courts, arbitration, and commercial transactions. The firm's commercial practice areas include company purchase and sale, partnerships, and corporate compliance. It also specialises in intellectual property, covering trademark registration, infringement, copyrights, patents, and designs. Further services extend to employment law, commercial property, leases, and planning permission applications and appeals.

The firm handles company law and commercial contract work, including negotiating, drafting, and explaining transactional documentation, agency, distribution and supply agreements, and conditions of trading. Its litigation practice addresses contractual claims, shareholder and partnership disputes, professional negligence claims, land and property claims, and construction disputes. Humphreys & Co. also offers a range of legal services for private clients.

The firm's residential property lawyers provide conveyancing work for houses and flats, with a notable specialism in shared ownership property transactions across England and Wales. Property planning is a key strength, involving advice and representation nationally for applications, appeals against refusals, objections, and enforcement notices. The firm has a dedicated claimant occupational disease compensation section, with experience in cases involving UK asbestos exposure, such as asbestosis and mesothelioma, as well as other respiratory conditions. Contesting wills, probate, and inheritance disputes litigation forms another core practice area.

Additionally, the firm's solicitors handle property and building disputes, professional negligence litigation, and employment-related claims for personal clients. Humphreys & Co. distinguishes itself through an independent approach, moving away from a mass-produced legal service model. The firm focuses on personal case-handling by solicitors who operate with financial discipline.

Transparency in the legal process is a key objective, with the firm providing concise and straightforward advice to clients, clearly explaining options regardless of complexity. The firm maintains a competitive cost structure, particularly when compared to larger firms, offering charges generally based on time spent, alongside options for fixed fees or risk-adjusted funding structures for specific projects. The firm's lawyers collaborate closely to ensure client affairs are addressed holistically, rather than as isolated legal issues. , the firm possesses relevant expertise through its broader legal services.

Its experience in residential property, including shared ownership property work, alongside its capabilities in property and building disputes, and planning advice and litigation, are applicable to various property types, including student accommodation developments. The firm's commercial property and planning law services also provide a foundation for addressing legal aspects pertinent to large-scale residential or mixed-use developments that may include student housing components.