Warners Solicitors

Warners Solicitors, a historic law firm in Kent

Warners Solicitors is a full-service law firm with offices in Tonbridge and Sevenoaks, in the English county of Kent. The firm presents itself as a modern practice with a reputation built on its heritage, and dates its foundation to 1785. It serves individuals, families and businesses in Kent and the South East of England.

The firm states that it has been recognised repeatedly by the legal directories Chambers UK and Legal 500, and in October 2026 it announced its inclusion in seven practice areas in the Legal 500 UK 2027 edition. It also presents itself as a member of the Alliance of Business Lawyers.

Services for businesses

The corporate and commercial area covers mergers and acquisitions, commercial contracts, business structures and intellectual property and copyright. In commercial property, the firm advises on acquisitions and disposals, landlord and tenant relationships, property portfolios and property development, including site acquisition and development schemes.

In employment law for employers, the firm covers employment contracts, discrimination, post-termination restrictive covenants and contractual agreements, redundancies and restructures, settlement agreements and TUPE processes, as well as unfair or wrongful dismissal. The commercial disputes practice includes contract litigation, commercial debt recovery, property and lease disputes, adverse possession, co-ownership, conveyancing remedies, neighbour and boundary disputes and easements, and disputes relating to Japanese knotweed.

Services for individuals and families

For individual clients, Warners offers trusts, wills and tax planning, succession, lasting powers of attorney, inheritance tax planning, accounts and tax returns, and probate and estate administration. It also handles inheritance, will and trust disputes, claims under the Inheritance Act, will contests and Court of Protection matters, with attention to elderly and vulnerable clients.

The family and divorce area includes separation and divorce, collaborative law, pensions and divorce, civil partnership dissolution, children and family law, cohabitation agreements, prenuptial agreements and family arbitration. In employment law for employees, the firm advises on commission and bonus disputes, discrimination, family friendly employment rights, settlement agreements, unfair or wrongful dismissal and redundancy.

The civil litigation and personal disputes practice covers consumer rights under the Consumer Rights Act 2015 and the Sale of Goods Act, professional negligence and property disputes. In residential property, the firm handles conveyancing, new build property, remortgages, equity release, tenancy agreements, lease extension and collective enfranchisement, and transfer of equity. The offering is completed by criminal and regulatory matters, including road traffic and driving offences.

Specialist sectors

Warners identifies several sectors in which it concentrates its expertise: agriculture and landed estates, with agricultural employment law, succession planning, agricultural tenancies, animal welfare, wildlife and firearms, farm sales and purchases and sporting rights; education law for the education sector; creative industries; equine and equestrian; food and drink; sports law; and technology, media and telecoms. It also serves international clients and elderly and vulnerable clients.

Outreach and publishing activity

The firm produces the Legal Chat podcast, in which its lawyers discuss legal issues, and organises webinars. Its news page features publications on firm matters and family law, including an episode on family courts, artificial intelligence and divorce.

Presence in Kent

Warners operates from two offices in Kent, one in Tonbridge and one in Sevenoaks, from which it serves clients throughout the county and the South East of England. The firm also has Warners Trust Corporation Limited.

Offices and locations

Tonbridge office: Bank House, Bank Street, Tonbridge, TN9 1BL · Telephone: 01732 770660

Sevenoaks office: 16 South Park, Sevenoaks, TN13 1AN