Roythornes Solicitors > Spalding, England > Firm Profile

‘Excellent track record and expertise in various areas. Extremely responsive. Very friendly and professional at all times.’

‘Edd Johnson – excellent and well experienced solicitor. always very responsive, friendly and professional. Always get deals done.’

‘The Roythornes agricultural team is market-leading in its strength and depth of expertise. It is unquestionably one of the top few firms for work in this area – both agricultural property law and relates areas – and has excellent industry connections.’

‘Tim Russ is a leading expert in agricultural property litigation, including such highly technical areas as proprietary estoppel, succession claims and partnership disputes.’

‘Tim Russ has an encyclopaedic knowledge of agricultural law and works at pace with great efficiency and pragmatism.’

‘Ben Taylor is extremely helpful and always up for a challenge.’

‘Its a good quality that the leading Partners are involving the next generation (para legal) in high level meetings/ cases and advancing their experience in readiness to take Roythornes on for years to come.’

‘The practice genuinely understand agriculture and make an effort to become part of our team. No other professionals, including accountants, have ever made such efforts with us and this is greatly valued. We also have continuity of people as there does not seem to be a high turnover of staff, which makes our life easier.’

‘Excellent agricultural knowledge, commercial and preactical solutions for clients clearly delivered.’

‘Robert Webb is excellent for agricultural clients.’

‘The team are friendly and put clients at ease at a potentially difficult time.We work incredibly well together, due to their collaborative nature, befitting our mutual clients.’

‘Robert Webb is a great support, along with his team. Our clients like him and we like working with him.’

‘Roythornes appear to work highly collaboratively. Amongst the team they are happy to share knowledge and if one individual does not have the answer then you can guarantee that they will have a colleague that does! They are very fair and like to work closely with their clients, which is greatly appreciated by us.’

‘Jarred Wright is a trusted confidante and we know that his discretion can be assured. He is also a very fair individual who understands business and complicated family scenarios. We feel that the plan that Jarred has put in place for us will protect our family interests for many years to come.’

‘The Roythornes agricultural team is market-leading in its strength and depth of expertise. It is unquestionably one of the top few firms for work in this area.’

‘One of the leading practices for agricultural litigation.’

‘Tim Russ is a leading expert in agricultural property litigation, including such highly technical areas as proprietary estoppel, succession claims and partnership disputes.’

‘Tim Russ has an encyclopaedic knowledge of agricultural law and works at pace with great efficiency and pragmatism.’

‘Extremely talented team, swift to react and very commercial in approach. Can-do practicality with consummate professionalism.’

‘We find Roythornes to be well-placed and experienced in our activities. Their team approach to our needs is always reassuring, different specialists are called upon by each other to assist in getting the correct advice.’

‘We have had dealings with Lizzie Walters regarding our succession planning. Lizzie was extremely technically competent and also efficient. We are grateful for her fantastic efforts during what was a lengthy and complex set of transactions.’

‘Tim Russ is knowledgeable, dedicated and has a no-nonsense approach. He is rightly regarded as one of the leading lights in agriculture and estates disputes.’

‘Alex Forster is excellent. Calm, likeable and efficient. He is also good tactically and not afraid to push hard to get results. The case ended positively for the client, thanks in no small part to Alex’s work.’

‘Alex Forster is excellent across construction and commercial litigation. He works incredibly hard, and is robust, careful and commercial in his approach and a tenacious fighter.’

‘They offer a wide range of services and disciplines, recognising that not all situations are identical. We have used them for litigation cases, arbitration and mediation. In every case we have received personal service with questions answered quickly and professionally. Their advice is concise and simple to implement.’

‘Peter Cusack is exceptionally professional and available when we required.  Roythornes always has time for the clients, and the diversity of the cases they handle mean that we can obtain advice easily and effectively when required.’

‘The tiered offering provided by Roythornes allows for a staged approach to debt pursuit, letting us best protect creditor interests and manage the financial risk of the collections.’

‘Excellent customer service with a real desire to understand our needs as a client and to deliver a good value service which achieves the stated goal.’

‘A very professional firm who provide excellent customer service and advice. The debt recovery team is always a pleasure to deal with; friendly, efficient and helpful. Over the years we have been provided with accurate, consistent and timely help and advice.’

‘Such a friendly and helpful team. I have dealt with numerous employees at Roythornes, and they couldn’t be more efficient.’

‘Catherine Rickett has always been there – since day one – to ensure the smooth contract management and liaison with myself.’

‘Jak Ward is a tough and knowledgeable litigator. He’s a safe pair of hands in estates and trusts disputes.’

‘Roythornes are undoubtedly one of the leading agricultural practices and this features high in their contentious trusts and probate specialism. They strive to achieve the very best results for their clients and feedback is always extremely positive.’

‘Tim Russ is a very experienced partner and is rightly described as a leading individual. Jak is a gifted young partner who fights tenaciously for his clients to get the very best results.’

‘We regularly have Roythornes as opposition on contentious probate matters and actively refer conflict matters to them. The reason for this is simple: Jak Ward is easy to deal with as an opponent. That is not to say he is a push over because he will fight his client’s corner to the best of his ability. We have the confidence that he will be advising his client fully, properly and appropriately. In the contentious probate world, where there are a lot of dabblers, that is the most important thing. Jak is not a dabbler, he is an expert in this field.’

‘The firm are well regarded and well led by Jak Ward. They have a growing presence for this work in the local area.’

‘Jak Ward is a fantastic lawyer and a great person to work with. He has a sense of humour and a realistic attitude, but will fight diligently for his clients. He is clever, always well prepared and on top of his cases. You couldn’t ask for a better solicitor and he has a great and growing reputation.’

‘Roythornes as a firm has a particular focus on agricultural and rural matters, and the contentious trust and probate team brings real understanding of that background to what are often very contentious matters indeed.’

‘Tim Russ, who leads the team, is an excellent litigator with a practical and effective approach to dispute resolution.’

‘Shruti Trevidi When Shruti is in charge, I always feel comfortable that the project will complete in a timely fashion and with buildable, commercially aware and viable outcomes.’

‘Roythornes planning team are very engaging and collaborate well with other businesses in the local area.’

‘There is great strength in depth within the team from partners down to the newer members. They really take time to manage their clients well and this shows in the quality of the briefs. Very knowledgeable, responsive and well placed in the local market.’

‘Shruti Trivedi is a fantastic partner – she manages a diverse range of clients with real skill. Always responsive and on top of the detail in her cases.’

‘A great team who worked well together to achieve a good value and excellent result for us. Roythornes made sure that the right quality and standard of service was used at each turn to maintain sensible costs for us. Each team member was very professional and enjoyable to work with.’

‘Mike Matthews was excellent throughout, friendly, professional and thorough at every turn that gave me full confidence in the service I was being given.’

‘Mike Matthews and the team at Roythornes were great to work with throughout the whole M&A process, they adopted a responsive and practical approach which is refreshing to find in what can be a slow and cumbersome process.’

‘Mike Matthews was the lead partner that handled my case, Mike is an inspirational leader in the practice and his approach is clearly successful which shows through the wider team who work and support Mike.’

‘Beth Wallace and Joanne Sinclaire complement Mike and together are a robust, dynamic and highly driven team of individuals who have a genuine desire to outperform and achieve their clients objectives.’

‘I genuinely do not have an area where they need to improve, the whole approach exceeded my expectations in terms of transparancy of costs, communication and engagement and throughout and I felt that nothing was too much trouble for the team. They were responsive and engaged throughout and would respond at all hours of the day to ensure the matter did not stall.’

‘The Roythornes team were able to move incredibly quickly and offer a flexible service when our needs as a business were both significant and time-sensitive.’

‘Lizzie Walters was exceptionally well organised and her communications were clear and impressive. We valued greatly her professionalism.’

‘Joseph Stoehr is a dynamic, thoughtful and mature solicitor. He comes to meetings well-prepared, his advice is insightful yet concise. He also has great interpersonal skills and administrative follow up.’

‘Ayesha Brown has always made every effort to know and understand the needs of the client which has been the basis of the professional advice. She is very professional but at the same time very approachable. She has a thorough knowledge within her area of expertise and clearly outlines and explains the relevant aspects.’

‘Roythornes have a very good understanding of how to provide a high-level of service, and that they also take a pleasure in doing that. That isn’t common with many other companies I have dealt with.’

‘Joseph Stoehr is friendly, very knowledgeable and able to answer all my questions – and I ask a lot of questions. He has always made me feel that he has unlimited time for me.’

‘Joseph Stoehr is able to explain legal concepts in a way that my wife and I can easily understand. That is a rare talent. Joseph delivers on his promises, and I always receive a deliverable in the timeframe we have agreed. Legal documents are well-presented and if there is an area of complexity, Joseph has always pre-identified it, pointed it out and given a verbal precis.’

‘We were most impressed with the advice given to us by Joseph Stoehr, he was friendly, quickly understood our needs and gave excellent advice. New wills were produced reflecting on our true wishes. We felt the costs were very reasonable and good value for money. We would highly recommend this practice, in particular Joseph.’

‘We were immediately impressed by the superb inter-personal skills of Roythornes staff at all levels. We are ordinary working individuals made to feel at ease and given time to understand and identify what we required.’

‘Roythornes strike the correct balance needed to make a customer feel comfortable during the difficult discussions regarding families and finance. In particular the attention and time given to my wife and myself by Mr Joseph Stoehr was exemplary – his manner, knowledge, patience and ability to enable his clients to understand the issues surrounding their concerns is truly exceptional.’

‘Mike was excellent throughout, friendly, professional and thorough, which gave me confidence in the service I was being given.’

‘Unique breadth of knowledge. I have not dealt with another legal firm who work so transparently, with all outcomes being targetted towards the benefit of the client.’

‘Lizzie Walters steered our business through a number of very complex transactions in a very efficient manner. We were delighted with the outcome that she achieved for us and would strongly recommend her to any business for their legal planning.’

‘Mike Matthews and his team are responsive, hardworking and skilled on a wide range of M&A matters. They have a good reputation across the East of England and are a strong firm in South Lincs and Peterborough.’

‘Mike Matthews is a corporate partner of the highest quality and is supported by a proficient team. Mike is personable and skilled at getting to the source of potential deal issues quickly, finding good quality solutions to ensure clients receive exceptional advice.’

‘Robert Dempsey – a Senior Associate. I cannot recommend him enough. Rob was not only very professional and efficient but also supportive and compassionate in the reassurance that I needed. I would highly recommend Roythornes to anyone who was in need of a solicitor.’

‘Good quality and variety of PI work. Good client skills.’

‘Robert Dempsey: – very personable – responsive to clients’ needs – good variety of good quality PI work – sensible and good judgment – calm and knows when to say settle’

‘The team at Roythornes all provide a friendly and efficient service to their clients. They have been willing to take on national cases through helplines. They leave nothing to chance.’

‘Victoria Stevenson is very approachable and works extremely hard for her clients. She manages a team effectively and ensures the best outcome is achieved. She is a very effective negotiator and often achieves outcomes which exceed all expectations.’

‘Roythornes always do their best to support their client and to ensure that their client has absolute trust in them. My experience is that clients feel extremely well supported by Roythornes. They strive to achieve the client’s intended outcomes from any litigation, and invariable do so.’

‘Victoria Stevenson: dynamic, hard working and efficient. She is a great asset. When Victoria is in your corner, you know she will fight hard for your cause.’

‘Nick Ingrey: Nick was the principle lead, his experience and no nonsense attitude were key in keeping me informed and abreast of the process i was going through. His management of my expectations and realistic attitude to potential outcomes were invaluable’

‘John Boon is outstanding. His professionalism, integrity, honesty and empathy are beyond any criticism. He set my expectations from day 1 including likely outcomes, costs and the emotional price of our future relationship. He kept me informed of everything option, decision and advised me accordingly.’

‘Caroline Elliot- excellent acquisition by Roythornes. Thoroughly knowledgeable in all areas, a force and an excellent opponent, one to have on your side.’

‘Caroline Elliott is an exceptional lawyer, with a wide expertise in high net worth cases. Her approach is no nonsense, she is unflappable and always looks to the big picture when trying to solve a case. She is practical and robust, yet warm and compassionate.’

‘Caroline Elliott is a well regarded and well respected family law partner. She is pragmatic and fair but looks after her clients and fights their corner.’

‘Layla Babadi has brought her experience to building the department that deals with divorce. Not only does this add a service that is in demand it also leads to other family law requirements. A team makes a place unique not what they do, most solicitors do very similar things but Layla will bring her experience of building a department.

‘Roythornes are a very well regarded team who are amongst the best solicitors in their region for divorce and financial remedies matters. They have a national reputation for agricultural disputes on divorce and unrivalled expertise in this area.’

‘John Boon is a very experienced and reliable solicitor with a specialism in farming / agricultural disputes arising on divorce and is a ‘go to’ figure in this particular practice area.’

‘They are easy to deal with, totally straightforward and just get on with it.’

‘Technically very good and detailed approach.’

‘I find the team we use to be hard working, quick to respond, technically very assured and totally reliable.’

‘Always reliable, accomplishes at what they do and being a provincial practice, not as expensive as their national competitors.’

‘Roythornes is rich with talent in East Anglia and is able to offer real life experience and skill in handling the more esoteric areas of law that other firms cannot. They are able to deal with causes of action that other firms are unable to and have proper experience of judicial review and the administrative court and European law.’

‘Robert Carter was very knowledgeable about the commercial litigation we required. As a result, our dispute was solved quickly and effectively.’

‘Alex Forster is excellent, calm, likeable, and very commercial in outlook. He is also strong tactically and not afraid to push hard to get results.’

‘Alex Forster is excellent across construction and commercial litigation. He works incredibly hard, and is robust, careful and commercial in his approach, as well as a tenacious fighter.’

‘The team moved very quickly and gave very clear explanations of issues and costs. They provided possible next steps and the pros and cons of each one throughout.’

‘Really clear explanations of some complex legal issues.’

‘Roythornes offer true construction expertise and skills. They can handle the range of construction dispute resolution process, including adjudication and arbitration.’

‘Alex Forster has risen quickly through the ranks. He is energetic, hard working and intelligent.’

‘Small but perfectly formed team, where the individuals collaborate and provide commercial, efficient and robust advice.’

‘Alex Forster is excellent across construction and commercial litigation. He is a rising star who works incredibly hard, is robust, careful and commercial in his approach and a tenacious fighter.’

‘Taking a practical approach to construction contracts to ensure both parties are catered for without over complicating the process.’

‘Roythornes brings a fresh approach to our increasingly complex sector. They work on relationships, without ever compromising the quality and integrity of their advice. They have worked with us on new delivery models, and quickly adapted to how we want to work. We can call on their pool of specialists 24/7, and always get on-point advice at a very competitive price.’

‘A team with a growing reputation in the social housing field since the acquisition of Daniel Skinner.’

‘Daniel Skinner – “Mr Social Housing”. A brilliant communicator, immersed in his subject.’

‘They collaborate very well internally and the work is done extremely efficiently and to a very high standard. The best thing about the work they do (which differs from other firms) is that they tailor it completely to the needs of the client. We have an effective in-house team who from time to time need support on a matter and we work together with Roythornes to produce the most cost effective result for our client. Roythornes’ ability to be flexible and innovative in this regard is invaluable – they really do feel like an extension of our in-house legal team.’

‘I cannot speak of Ben Smith highly enough – his knowledge in both social housing and development work is exceptional. Ben is so helpful, responsive and approachable. He not only has a good legal brain and makes sure to protect all the interests we need adequately, but also a commercial one and is able to take a pragmatic approach to everything he does, which helps to get transactions we need over the line.’

‘Daniel Skinner is social housing law’s maestro. He applies a keen intellect to practical and pragmatic advice. Daniel’s progressive approach keeps us far ahead of the field. He is values-driven and dependable, which is why so many in the sector are so loyal to him. We would not trust our work to any other lawyer.’

‘Extensive knowledge of property procurement and conveyance in all its guises.’

‘Benjamin Smith – outstanding client care, detailed and precise work.’

‘The team’s strength is in the longstanding relationships that they have with myself and the wider team, and their knowledge of how to ensure we are constantly protected, which is invaluable.’

‘Roythornes is rich with talent in East Anglia and is able to offer real life experience and skill in handling the more esoteric areas of law that other firms cannot. They are able to deal with causes of action that other firms are unable to and have proper experience of judicial review and the administrative court and European law.’

‘Robert Carter was very knowledgeable about the commercial litigation we required. As a result, our dispute was solved quickly and effectively.’

‘Alex Forster is excellent, calm, likeable, and very commercial in outlook. He is also strong tactically and not afraid to push hard to get results.’

‘Alex Forster is excellent across construction and commercial litigation. He works incredibly hard, and is robust, careful and commercial in his approach, as well as a tenacious fighter.’

‘The team moved very quickly and gave very clear explanations of issues and costs. They provided possible next steps and the pros and cons of each one throughout.’

‘Really clear explanations of some complex legal issues.’

‘The Roythornes agricultural team is market-leading in its strength and depth of expertise. It is unquestionably one of the top few firms for work in this area.’

‘One of the leading practices for agricultural litigation.’

‘Tim Russ is a leading expert in agricultural property litigation, including such highly technical areas as proprietary estoppel, succession claims and partnership disputes.’

‘Tim Russ has an encyclopaedic knowledge of agricultural law and works at pace with great efficiency and pragmatism.’

‘Extremely talented team, swift to react and very commercial in approach. Can-do practicality with consummate professionalism.’

‘We find Roythornes to be well-placed and experienced in our activities. Their team approach to our needs is always reassuring, different specialists are called upon by each other to assist in getting the correct advice.’

‘We have had dealings with Lizzie Walters regarding our succession planning. Lizzie was extremely technically competent and also efficient. We are grateful for her fantastic efforts during what was a lengthy and complex set of transactions.’

‘Tim Russ is knowledgeable, dedicated and has a no-nonsense approach. He is rightly regarded as one of the leading lights in agriculture and estates disputes.’

‘A great team who worked well together to achieve a good value and excellent result for us. Roythornes made sure that the right quality and standard of service was used at each turn to maintain sensible costs for us. Each team member was very professional and enjoyable to work with.’

‘Mike Matthews was excellent throughout, friendly, professional and thorough at every turn that gave me full confidence in the service I was being given.’

‘Mike Matthews and the team at Roythornes were great to work with throughout the whole M&A process, they adopted a responsive and practical approach which is refreshing to find in what can be a slow and cumbersome process.’

‘Mike Matthews was the lead partner that handled my case, Mike is an inspirational leader in the practice and his approach is clearly successful which shows through the wider team who work and support Mike.’

‘Beth Wallace and Joanne Sinclaire complement Mike and together are a robust, dynamic and highly driven team of individuals who have a genuine desire to outperform and achieve their clients objectives.’

‘I genuinely do not have an area where they need to improve, the whole approach exceeded my expectations in terms of transparancy of costs, communication and engagement and throughout and I felt that nothing was too much trouble for the team. They were responsive and engaged throughout and would respond at all hours of the day to ensure the matter did not stall.’

‘The Roythornes team were able to move incredibly quickly and offer a flexible service when our needs as a business were both significant and time-sensitive.’

‘Lizzie Walters was exceptionally well organised and her communications were clear and impressive. We valued greatly her professionalism.’

‘Roythornes offer true construction expertise and skills. They can handle the range of construction dispute resolution process, including adjudication and arbitration.’

‘Alex Forster has risen quickly through the ranks. He is energetic, hard working and intelligent.’

‘Small but perfectly formed team, where the individuals collaborate and provide commercial, efficient and robust advice.’

‘Alex Forster is excellent across construction and commercial litigation. He is a rising star who works incredibly hard, is robust, careful and commercial in his approach and a tenacious fighter.’

‘Taking a practical approach to construction contracts to ensure both parties are catered for without over complicating the process.’