About
We are a Somerset law firm with offices in Wells, Street, Somerton and Taunton, and we have been advising the people and businesses of the county for over 150 years.
Two things sit at the centre of what we do: looking after individuals and families through the legal side of life, and helping businesses of every size work through the decisions that shape them. We put the same care into both.
For you
We are here for the moments that matter: buying or selling a home, making a will, planning for later life, protecting what you have, and finding a way through when something goes wrong. We explain things in plain English, and we stay with you the whole way through.
For your business
We act as a long-term legal partner as you start up, grow, buy, sell, restructure, employ people and protect what you have built. Our clients range from owner-managed firms to established companies with complex needs, and we give every matter the depth it needs.
Our Philosophy
Good legal advice should be clear. We take the time to understand your situation and explain the options in plain English, so you will always know where you stand. Many of our clients come back to us over the years, and a good deal of our new work comes from people they have recommended.
“Our work speaks for itself.”
Our culture
A law firm is only as good as its people, and ours tend to stay. Many of the team have been here for years, some for decades, so you deal with people who know your history and pick up where you left off. We take the time to know the people we work with, and we treat every client as more than just a transaction. That is the kind of firm we want to be, and the kind of place we want to work.
Our History
1997
We took our current shape in March 1997, when Chubb Beresford, then close to 150 years old, merged with Bulleid Leeks & Co., which had served Street and Glastonbury for more than 70 years. We no longer have an office in Glastonbury, but we have kept our commitment to the town.
2004
On 4 October 2004, Alan R Walton & Company in Somerton joined us, and Somerton has been one of our offices ever since. Around the same time we supported the closure of Roger Gay & Company, and we still store their Wills and Deeds today.
2015
In 2015, T.G. Pollard & Co. in Wells merged with us, adding another 50 years of history. We’ve grown by staying close to the places we come from, and we plan to keep it that way.
2025
In 2025, we opened an office in Taunton at Blackbrook Business Park. Every earlier step in our story came from joining forces with a previously established firm, so Taunton marks a change as it is the first time we’ve grown by opening somewhere new rather than merging with a practice already there. It also takes us into the county town for the first time, giving people in and around Taunton a local option for the same work we do across the rest of Somerset.
