We are pleased to announce that Watkins Solicitors has received recognition at the Bristol Law Society Awards 2024, with Andy Kerese, International Family Law Solicitor, winning the Rising Star of the Year award. This award reflects Andy’s dedication...

We are proud to announce that Watkins Solicitors has been shortlisted for three prestigious awards at the upcoming Bristol Law Society Awards 2024 . This recognition highlights the firm’s commitment to legal excellence, community support, and...

We are honoured to announce that Ellie Wilson, a passionate advocate for domestic abuse survivors, will be one of the keynote speakers at the Domestic Abuse Conference Bristol 2024. Ellie’s journey is a testament to the resilience of the human spirit...

We are proud to welcome Hibo Wardere, an internationally recognised campaigner against Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), as a headline speaker at the Domestic Abuse Conference Bristol 2024. Hibo’s work has been instrumental in raising awareness and...

Watkins Solicitors is proud to announce that we have been shortlisted for two prestigious awards at the LexisNexis UK Family Law Awards 2024. Our firm has been recognised in the categories of Family Law Firm of the Year – South and the Community...

Watkins Solicitors is thrilled to announce that it has been shortlisted for the Regional Firm/Not-for-Profit Agency category at the prestigious 2024 Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year (LALY) awards . The LALY awards are the only annual event dedicated...

Watkins Solicitors, a leading law firm specialising in family law, education law, wills and probate, and conveyancing, is delighted to announce the appointment of Sophia Ramzan as Partner and Head of Residential Conveyancing . With offices...

Friends, family, staff and colleagues of Watkins Solicitors turned out on Friday to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the firm opening its doors in North Street in Southville, Bristol. A hot summer evening and the front lawn of the...

In a landmark judgment issued today (8 March 2022) the High Court has made it clear that every local council must keep to fixed legal time limits when reviewing the needs of children and young people with special educational needs . Councils have been...

Watkins Smashes Fundraising Goal 24 September 2021 was MacMillan’s Coffee Morning – a nationwide fundraising effort for a valuable cause. As many at the firm will already be aware, Watkins took part in the effort to raise money for this...

This October, partner Tony Calwell will be running the London Marathon to raise money for the Red Cross and St Michael's Hospice, Hereford. He is running in memory of his late sister-in-law Alison, a great fundraiser herself, who sadly died last year....

We are delighted to announce that one of our trainee solicitors, Marika Szychalska is now a fully qualified solicitor – congratulations to Marika! Marika joined our firm in September 2016 when she was a student at the University of the West of...

We are delighted to announce that Andy Kerese and Murihah Ahmed have both been offered training contracts with the firm. Both commenced on the 1st June 2021, and both will continue working in the Family department for then next few months. Congratulations Andy and Murihah!

Managing Partner Beverley Watkins features in the latest edition of the Law Society Gazette, where she discusses representing three families in a test case in the Court of Appeal that could significantly impact on local authority procedures for children with...

Watkins Solicitors have successfully been granted permission to appeal in the Court of Appeal on behalf of 3 children with SEND in a judicial review that could significantly impact on local authority procedures for children with EHCP’s. The claims...

Beverley Watkins, our Education Law Specialist, will be speaking at Developmental Language Disorder Unpacked, a workshop for parents of children with Developmental Language Disorder. The event takes place in Bath on 16 th October and is being run by...

Families in Wiltshire have been successful in their bid to challenge the Council’s proposals to close down three schools for children with complex needs and disabilities. Dr Keith Lomax of Watkins Solicitors in Bristol & Bath , who...

Watkins’ solicitor Dr Keith Lomax, who specialises in challenging public bodies, is instructed by parent groups supporting two of the schools that the council plans to close. Friends of Larkrise School in Trowbridge and St Nicholas School in Chippenham...

We were delighted to exhibit at the dementia friendly Bath conference, which was excellently organised by Bath & North East Somerset Dementia Action Alliance (“Bath DAA”) at the Guildhall in Bath on Thursday 7th February 2019. There was...

Dr Keith Lomax , our judicial review & regulatory specialist, was interviewed by Ben Prater on BBC Radio Wiltshire this morning. The topic of conversation was Wiltshire Council's proposals to close special schools in Chippenham and Trowbridge....