Simpson Millar LLP

Simpson Millar is a national law firm, with offices in Bristol, Cardiff, Lancaster, Leeds, Liverpool, London, Manchester and Southport. The firm employs more than 500 people and offers legal advice and support across many areas of law.

Simpson Millar want to open up the law. What that means is giving people access to straightforward and easy to understand advice whilst delivering on its commitment to providing a clear and transparent service. The positive Trustpilot reviews from clients demonstrate that commitment.

The company also pledges to offer a bespoke service to suit each client’s specific needs and circumstances, and wants to be there at “moments of truth” – when someone most needs legal services.

Simpson Millar was the first law firm to receive the Law Society’s award for excellence in Practice Management (Lexcel) and has held this accreditation since 1998. It also has Law Society accreditations in various areas of law, which demonstrates its expertise and the very high standards of legal services it offers.

Main areas of work
Personal injury: Simpson Millar has a large, national team of personal injury experts, with a strong track record of helping clients get the compensation, care, rehabilitation and support they need.

The firm’s personal injury experts, who won the Claimant Team of the Year Award at the Personal Injury Awards 2018, deal with a wide range of injury cases, including severe brain injuries, spinal cord injuries, industrial disease (including asbestos related illnesses) and road traffic accidents. Simpson Millar also has personal injury specialists for people who have become ill or been injured on holiday, suffered accidents at work or in public places, or been victims of abuse.

We have a team of specialists who deal with more serious and catastrophic injuries who’ve recovered many millions of pounds in compensation, helping clients and their families following a personal injury.

Simpson Millar is proud to work closely with various charities including Headway, the Child Brain Injury Trust (CBIT), Action against Medical Accidents (AVMA) and the British Lung Foundation.

Medical negligence: The firm’s medical negligence solicitors are committed to working with, rather than against, NHS Resolution to achieve the best outcomes for clients, favouring non-confrontational approaches such as mediation to settle a claim.

Simpson Millar’s medical negligence team deals with a wide variety of claims, including surgical errors, birth injuries, amputations, delayed diagnoses of cancer, eye injuries, hospital negligence and sepsis claims.

The team has recovered significant amounts of compensation for people who have suffered medical negligence, allowing them to get specialist care, treatment and rehabilitation.

Divorce, family and children: Simpson Millar’s family team offer a full range of services to support people who are divorcing or separating, and is experienced in using mediation to avoid unnecessary cost and conflict.

Family law issues such as divorce, separation and child custody disputes can be extremely sensitive, but while the team aim to minimise animosity and stress in every case, it will take firm legal action when needed.

Our family and divorce lawyers are members of Resolution, an organisation that advocates for a more collaborative approach to divorce and separation.

Conveyancing: Simpson Millar’s national team of experienced conveyancers and conveyancing solicitors offer clear and practical advice on all legal aspects of buying or selling a house, a flat or land, leasehold or freehold. The firm offers an ‘online’ conveyancing calculator, which lets users get a quotes straight away.

Wills, trusts and probate: Simpson Millar’s specialist wills, trusts and probate team are experts who can help with wills, tax planning and inheritance advice. They can set up will trusts, personal injury trusts and act as trustees where necessary. The team can manage the probate process, offering a full administration of the estate service or a Grant of Probate application only service.

The firm has a range of fixed fee will writing services, so clients know exactly how much it costs to make a will. It also offers an online will writing service for basic wills.

Education law: Simpson Millar has the largest team of education law specialists in the UK, with many years’ of experience helping clients find the right solutions for their child.

The firm’s education and SEND Lawyers can advise on issues including Education, Health and Care Plans for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities, school admissions and exclusions, disputes with independent or private schools, residential placements, judicial reviews, linked family proceedings, non-attendance prosecutions and home-to-school transport.

Court of Protection: Simpson Millar’s Court of Protection solicitors can provide expert legal advice, assistance and representation to anyone who is involved in a dispute over whether a person has capacity or not. The question of capacity is fundamental to whether someone can legally make decisions for themselves or not, including where they live, who they see and the care or treatment they get.

The Court of Protection team at Simpson Millar has some of the best lawyers in the country, who have been involved in many high profile case in the Court of Protection. They can also help to act as Professional Deputy for people who have lost capacity.

Dispute resolution: The specialist dispute resolution department deals with a wide range of cases, such as professional negligence, contentious probate and will challenges, along with consumer and contract disputes.

The firm has also been a prominent campaigner for people who have received poor advice when buying leasehold properties, which results in doubling ground rent clauses.

The team also have specialist cyber security lawyers who deal with data breaches. Assisting those who have had their personal and sensitive information breached by organisations.

Community care: Simpson Millar can offer support where there are issues accessing local authority or NHS services. The team is experienced at handling complex cases of this nature and making sure people’s social care needs and primary health needs are met.

Care home fees: Simpson Millar has a team of care home solicitors who can help with the recovery of care home fees when they’ve not been assessed for continuing health care costs or wrongly turned down for support. They can claim for a refund of fees they’ve already paid. These fees can be recovered even after the person in care has died.

Employment law: Simpson Millar’s team of employment law solicitors have been independently recognised as experts in this area of law, and were named in The Sunday Times as one of the Best Law Firms for Employment Law in 2019.

The team is highly experienced in handling a wide range of cases, such as breach of contract, discrimination at work, settlement agreements, equal pay, protective awards, whistleblowing, restrictive covenants and sexual harassment.