Thomson Hayton Winkley Solicitors is a long-established legal practice providing comprehensive legal services to individuals, families, and businesses across Cumbria and beyond. With over 150 years of experience, the firm has built a strong reputation for delivering trusted, expert advice, particularly in rural, agricultural, and tourism-related matters. Their dedicated Rural Law Practice branch and deep roots in the local community set them apart as a regional leader.
The firm takes a client-centered approach, focusing on understanding each client’s unique needs—whether personal or commercial. They serve a diverse clientele including rural and farming families, tourism and hospitality businesses, commercial enterprises, and private individuals. Their team brings city-level legal expertise without city prices, emphasizing clear communication, practical solutions, and supportive guidance through complex legal processes.
Services Offered
- Residential Property: Buying and selling homes, leases, licences and tenancies, registration and title, boundaries, rights and easements, transfers and gifts, equity release and remortgaging, jointly owned property, conveyancing
- Wills & Inheritance: Making and updating wills, Inheritance Tax planning, powers of attorney, trusts and planning, elderly client services, probate and estates, will and inheritance disputes, Court of Protection
- Farming & Rural: Buying and selling farms and land, access and rural land issues, agricultural landlord and tenant, rural and agribusiness, farming partnership agreements, wills and succession planning, farming reviews, rural tourism
- Dispute Resolution: Will and inheritance disputes, land and neighbour disputes, business and commercial disputes, landlord and tenant disputes, employment disputes, personal injury claims, consumer problems, professional negligence claims
- Divorce & Family: Divorce and separation, cohabitation, issues involving children, financial and property issues, prenuptial agreements, domestic abuse, alternatives to court, LGBTQ+ legal services
- Commercial Property: Commercial property and land, commercial leases and licences, commercial property disputes, sector specialisms
- Business & Commercial: Start-up structure and support, business sales and restructures, employment services for business, agreements, contracts and terms
- Tourism & Hospitality: Tourism and hospitality property, employment and terms of business, planning for the future, licensing
Operating from four offices across the South Lakes region—Kendal, Windermere, Kirkby Lonsdale, and the J36 Rural Auction Centre—the firm offers broad geographic coverage throughout Cumbria, Lancashire, and Yorkshire. They are authorized and regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority and have received consistent client praise for their professionalism and efficiency.
