Woodfines Solicitors

Woodfines Solicitors, a law firm across Cambridge, Bedford and Milton Keynes

Woodfines Solicitors is a law practice operating from offices in Cambridge, Bedford and Milton Keynes and presenting itself as serving Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Cambridgeshire. The firm frames its work around two broad areas, services for individuals and services for business, and describes its approach as combining tradition with modern expertise.

Woodfines LLP is a limited liability partnership registered in England and Wales under number OC316334, with VAT registration number 335222977. It states that it is authorised and regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority under number 439262. The firm notes that "Woodfines" and "Woodfines Solicitors" are trading names of the LLP and that the word "partner" is used for a Designated Member/Owner, a member of the LLP, or an employee or consultant of equivalent standing.

Private client work

The services listed for individuals cover criminal defence, care proceedings, personal dispute resolution, divorce, employment law for individuals, residential conveyancing, and wills, probate and lifetime planning. Family matters appear as a distinct area through the firm's family team, and child care is handled by a dedicated team leader among the partners.

Services for businesses

On the commercial side, the firm lists agriculture, commercial property, corporate commercial, business dispute resolution, employment law for business, an employment support service, regulatory law, and transport and logistics. Several of these areas are led by named partners, including heads of employment, agriculture, commercial property, corporate commercial, and regulatory and dispute resolution.

How the firm describes its client commitment

Woodfines presents a stated pledge to clients built on four points: proactive support, listening to and understanding client goals so that advice is tailored, transparency about options, costs and next steps from the outset, and regular updates with a named person managing each matter. The firm also states that people are a priority internally and describes a supportive working culture.

The team

The published team page lists a large roster spanning equity partners, partners, senior associates, associates, solicitors, chartered legal executives, CILEx lawyers, conveyancers, trainee solicitors, paralegals and team assistants, alongside non-legal roles such as Head of Compliance, Finance Director, Director of IT & Operations, Head of Marketing, Business Support Manager, People Assistant and receptionists. Named leadership includes the Managing Partner & Head of Property and equity partners heading family, private client, corporate commercial, regulatory and dispute resolution, people, and child care.

Recognition and client feedback

The site reproduces comments attributed to Legal 500 - 2026, including descriptions of the practice as excellent and outstanding, praise for communication across disciplines and advice given without unnecessary "legalese", and a remark that the firm has become a "human client caring firm". Individual client comments on the page describe partners and solicitors as friendly and approachable, and mention guidance through divorce and court proceedings. These are testimonials and directory quotations reproduced by the firm rather than independent findings.

Other activity

The firm publicises events such as a Bedford Breakfast Club, publishes news and commentary on topics including boundary disputes, preparing a business for sale and the Employment Rights Act, and references a podcast appearance by its Head of People on changing employment law regulations. It also offers an online payment facility and publishes its policies, including complaints, and website terms.