Ashtons Legal LLP is a prominent full-service law firm with a distinguished presence in Cambridge and across the East of England, offering specialized legal support for both individuals and businesses. With roots in the region dating back to 1919, the firm is recognized by The Legal 500 for its exceptional, empathetic, and meticulous approach, providing value-driven services to a diverse clientele including large corporations, SMEs, property developers, institutions, and private individuals.
The firm combines deep expertise with a practical, client-focused methodology, ensuring tailored solutions for complex legal challenges. Its team includes accredited specialists in areas such as personal injury, clinical negligence, and conveyancing, supported by qualified HR professionals for employment matters. Ashtons Legal is committed to resolving disputes efficiently, often through alternative dispute resolution, and offers comprehensive support in both English and French legal systems.
Services Offered
- Residential Conveyancing
- Commercial Conveyancing
- Family Law (divorce, financial settlements, children law, separation, civil partnership dissolution, pre/post nuptial agreements, domestic violence, cohabitation)
- Lifetime Planning (wills, probate, estate & tax planning, powers of attorney)
- Personal Injury Claims
- Medical Negligence Claims
- Court of Protection Services (statutory wills, compensation protection trusts, professional deputyship)
- Employment Law for Individuals (contracts, disciplinary & grievance, constructive dismissal, discrimination & equal pay, redundancy, TUPE, settlement agreements, employment tribunal claims)
- Dispute Resolution (inheritance disputes, landlord & tenant disputes, property disputes, professional negligence claims, mediation)
- French Legal Services (litigation assistance, property, personal tax, matrimonial transfers, wills & succession)
- Commercial Property (landlord & tenant, development, planning, environment & waste, property investment & management, residential development, disputes)
- Corporate & Commercial (partnerships & LLPs, joint venture agreements, mergers & acquisitions, shareholder agreements, terms of business, outsourcing agreements, charity law, intellectual property, investment agreements, medical business law, franchising)
- Agriculture & Estates (tax planning, investigations & prosecutions, compulsory purchase orders, agricultural transport)
- Employment Law for Businesses (advice, outsourced HR support, training, representation for claims)
- Education Law (services for colleges and schools)
- Commercial Dispute Resolution (business disputes, mediation, property disputes, construction disputes, professional negligence, shareholder disputes, funding of disputes)
- Professional Negligence Claims
- Business Debt Recovery (recovery of unpaid invoices, enforcement of judgment)
- Business Recovery & Insolvency (corporate insolvency, personal insolvency)
- Care Home Funding
- Contesting a Will
- Coroner’s Inquests
- Ashtons Mediation
- Banking & Finance
- Business and White Collar Crime
- Business Immigration
- Data Protection (GDPR)
- HR Consultancy
- In-house Lawyer Service
- Regulatory Law
- Road Transport
- Rural Energy
- Veterinary Lawyers
- Social Housing
Ashtons Legal serves clients across Cambridgeshire and the East of England from its Cambridge office, with additional locations in Bury St Edmunds, Ipswich, Norwich, and Leeds. The firm supports matters in both English and French, reflecting its specialized capabilities in cross-border legal issues, and maintains accreditation through schemes such as the Law Society’s Conveyancing Quality Scheme (CQS).
