Crombie Wilkinson Solicitors

Crombie Wilkinson Solicitors, a North Yorkshire law firm

Crombie Wilkinson Solicitors is a firm of solicitors serving private individuals and businesses across North Yorkshire. Its own presentation describes a team of specialist solicitors covering both personal legal matters and business law, delivered from four offices. The firm states that it seeks consistently high levels of client satisfaction and describes its approach as dynamic and progressive.

Legal services can be accessed in person at the offices or remotely, with appointments and meetings arranged by telephone and video conferencing. The firm notes that clients do not always need to visit or live near an office to use its services.

Personal legal services

For individuals and families, the practice lists advice on residential conveyancing, separation and divorce, children law, Wills, probate and trusts, inheritance tax planning, power of attorney, elderly client services and employment tribunal matters. The firm presents this area as drawing on a broad base of knowledge for handling personal matters.

Business law and sector specialisms

On the commercial side, the firm covers agricultural law, company and commercial law, commercial property, dispute resolution, employment law, landlord and tenant disputes and commercial mediation. It also advertises specialist services for particular sectors: agriculture, care homes, charity law, dentists, doctors, education, the armed forces, equine clients and property developers.

The Malton office is described as offering a range of legal services including a large agricultural law team, while the Pickering office is presented as covering property, Wills, probate, family and business legal services.

Life & Legacy Plan

The firm promotes a planning package called Life & Legacy Plan, framed as legal planning for life, family and business. It consists of three essential documents intended to ensure that a client's affairs are in order, and is offered in versions for individuals and for businesses.

Offices and how to reach the firm

The practice operates four offices, in York, Selby, Malton and Pickering. The York office is described as centrally located in the city; Selby is presented as having built a loyal client base since it first opened; Malton is described as being in the heart of the town; and Pickering, referred to as Crombie Wilkinson Ellis Lakin Pickering, is described as being in the centre of the town. The site also lists Helmsley and Kirkbymoorside among its locations.

Enquiries are handled through a general contact form that asks for a name, email address, telephone number, the question, the nearest office and how the enquirer heard about the firm. The firm also publishes information on its pricing, client benefits, accreditations, complaints procedure and data protection complaint route.

Identity checks and security warnings

The firm explains that, by law, solicitors must verify the identity of clients before carrying out legal work, and that these checks help prevent fraud and financial crime. It compares the requirement to checks made by banks and estate agents and sets out on its site which documents are needed and how verification is carried out.

It also warns about cyber crime targeting law firms and their clients, including fraudulent emails claiming a change to the firm's bank account details. The firm states that it will only contact clients from an address ending @crombiewilkinson.co.uk and asks recipients of suspicious messages to report them to its marketing address.

Recent published commentary

Among the items published on the site at the time of writing were an update for landlords on the extension of community right-to-bid and right-of-first-refusal rules to more types of property, an explanation of why divorce and financial settlement are treated as separate matters, and a note on resolving commercial property boundary disputes involving ownership, land use and maintenance responsibilities.