Founded in 1919, Ashtons Legal is a well established East Anglia law firm with offices in Bury St Edmunds, Cambridge, Ipswich, Norwich and Leeds. The firm traces its roots to Ashton Graham and Kester Cunningham John and has evolved through mergers to become a leading regional practice serving individuals and businesses across a broad range of sectors. Ashtons Legal has earned recognition from Legal 500 and Chambers UK for its client service and sector depth, highlighting a strong regional voice and a growing national footprint.
Real Estate, Private Client, Accidents & Injuries, Employment & Labor and Family are core practice areas at Ashtons Legal. The Real Estate team handles residential conveyancing across the East of England with a focus on a user friendly service and a single point of contact, minimising delays; the team is Law Society Conveyancing Quality Scheme accredited and Lexcel rated for client care. The Private Client team covers wills, probate and lifetime planning, while the Injury team handles personal injury and medical negligence matters with a Client Support and Rehabilitation Service to help clients recover. The Employment & Labor team provides advice for employers and individuals, and the Family team is recognised as leaders in the region across divorce, financial settlements and children matters.
Ashtons Legal maintains a strong client service ethos across all its practice areas. The Injury Services Group offers holistic support to injury clients through in house rehabilitation services, while the family team uses negotiation, collaborative law and alternative dispute resolution to reach practical outcomes. The firm is active in the local community through ESG and responsible business initiatives, reflecting a broader commitment to serving clients and the communities in which they operate.
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Practice areas
Ashtons Legal's Real Estate practice handles residential conveyancing across the East of England with a focus on a user friendly service and a single point of contact to minimise delays. The team is Law Society Conveyancing Quality Scheme accredited and Lexcel rated for client care and covers buying and selling property, mortgages and remortgages, transfers of equity, equity release, lease extensions and related matters, supported by specialist groups in plot development, lifetime planning, disputes and planning.
Commercial Real Estate
Housing, Construction & Development
Foreclosure
Land Use & Zoning
Landlord & Tenant
Mortgage
Real Estate Due Diligence
Real Estate Contracts and Negotiations
Brokerage
Conveyancing
Ashtons Legal's Private Client practice concentrates on wills, probate and lifetime planning, providing guidance on grants of probate, estate administration and both contentious and non contentious probate matters. The Lifetime Planning team handles wills, powers of attorney, tax and trusts, supporting clients through the full lifecycle of private wealth and succession planning.
Elder Law
Estate Planning
Guardianship
Nursing Home Abuse
Probate
Trusts
Will & Testament
Elder Abuse Law
Inheritance Law
Ashtons Legal's Accidents & Injuries practice is led by the Injury Services Group, which handles personal injury claims, medical negligence and industrial disease matters. The firm also offers holistic client support through its in house Client Support and Rehabilitation Service to maximise recovery and assist clients with non legal needs arising from injury claims.
Animal & Dog Injury
Assault & Battery
Birth Injury
Brain Injury
Car Accident
Construction Accident
Dangerous Product
Defamation
Drugs & Medical Devices
Medical Malpractice
Motor Vehicle Defect
Motorcycle Accident
Personal Injury
Premises Liability
Property Damage
Sexual Abuse
Toxic Mold
Toxic Tort
Travel Accident
Truck Accident
Work Injury
Workers Compensation
Wrongful Death
Ashtons Legal's Employment & Labour practice provides expert employment law advice for employers and individuals across England and Wales, offering guidance on the full range of employment matters and practical resources to help clients stay compliant and secure favorable outcomes.
Employment Rights
Hiring & Firing
Job Discrimination
Labor Law
Pension
Retirement
Sexual Harassment
Social Security
Wage & Hour
Wrongful Termination
Whistleblower & Qui Tam
Employment Benefits & Executive Compensation
Ashtons Legal's Family Law team is recognised as leaders in the region, handling divorce, financial settlements, and children law, as well as civil partnership dissolution, cohabitation disputes, pre and postnuptial agreements and domestic abuse matters. The team combines bespoke advisory work with options for negotiation and collaborative approaches and holds high rankings from Legal 500 and Chambers.
Adoption
Child Abuse
Child Custody
Child Support
Child Visitation
Collaborative Law
Divorce & Separation
Domestic Violence
Father's Rights
Marriage
Military Divorce
Same Sex & LGBT
Annulment
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