Stephensons Solicitors LLP

Stephensons Solicitors LLP: a national law firm with five English offices

Stephensons Solicitors LLP describes itself as a full-service law firm with solicitors in Bolton, London, Manchester, St Helens and Wigan. The firm presents itself as an award-winning top 150 practice with more than 250 staff across its offices, and states that it has built experience over more than 40 years handling complex legal matters. Its work is divided into two broad streams, one for individuals and one for businesses, alongside a set of named sector specialisms.

Services for individuals

The personal-side caseload covers both advisory and contentious work. The firm lists criminal defence and appeals, motoring offences, fraud and business crime, and claims against public authorities among its offerings, together with civil liberties work and Court of Protection matters. Family law includes divorce, finances upon divorce, separation agreements, children law and cohabitation issues for unmarried couples.

Personal injury and medical negligence form a substantial part of the individual practice. The firm cites serious injury claims, amputation claims, cycling, motorbike and fatal accident claims, and on the clinical side birth injury, brain injury, amputation and cauda equina syndrome claims as well as claims relating to delay in diagnosis. It also handles professional negligence claims, inheritance disputes, inquests, neighbour disputes, education law, healthcare and social services matters, and will writing and probate. Residential conveyancing is offered for buying and selling a house, purchase of freehold and transfer of equity, with a conveyancing quote calculator available.

Services for businesses

For commercial clients the firm lists corporate law, commercial litigation, commercial property and data privacy law. Litigation work named on the site includes director and shareholder disputes, property and contract disputes, construction litigation and lease extension disputes. Commercial property covers property development, landlord and tenant matters, property investment, property finance and commercial lease quotes.

Debt recovery is described in detail, from letters before action and issue of legal proceedings through judgment and enforcement to bankruptcy and winding up, including late payment of commercial debts. The firm also offers employment law and HR support such as fixed-price HR services, redundancy handling, settlement agreements, outsourcing of HR and defence of tribunal claims, plus insolvency law covering directors' liability, bankruptcy advice, administration, director disqualification and compulsory liquidation. Regulatory law work spans the Care Quality Commission, Ofsted, food safety and hygiene, and health and safety investigations, and the firm provides business recovery services, financial dispute resolution and legal costs services. Residential landlords are served separately, and discrimination defence covers disability discrimination, failure to make reasonable adjustments, victimisation, harassment and indirect discrimination claims.

Sectors served

The firm groups part of its work by client sector, naming care, charities, construction, early years providers, education, estate agents, financial services, fintech, food and manufacturing, healthcare, insurance, public sector and local authority, registered providers, supported living, and transport and logistics.

Professional regulation and disciplinary defence

A distinct practice area covers professional discipline and regulation, with defence for professionals facing proceedings before the GMC, NMC, HCPC and FCA, as well as defence for accountants.

Recognition and client feedback

The site reports recognition across multiple practice areas in the Chambers and Partners guide, with firm-wide and individual rankings in crime, family, clinical negligence and professional discipline. It also states that the firm was shortlisted in five categories at the Modern Law Conveyancing Awards 2026, covering conveyancing, leadership, commercial property and community impact. When this profile was written, the site displayed a Trustpilot score of 4.6 out of 5 based on 2,652 reviews.

Structure and regulation

Stephensons is a trading name of Stephensons Solicitors LLP, a limited liability partnership registered in England and Wales under registered number OC322962, with VAT number 294832719. The firm states that it is authorised and regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority under number 449153. It also publishes policies on sexual harassment, terms and conditions, interest, complaints handling, accessibility, privacy and online dispute resolution.