Established in 1994, John Howe & Co is a specialist and independent firm of solicitors. We offer a comprehensive range of legal advisory services to private individuals and businesses across many diverse sectors.
Since 1994 the firm has received a wide variety of instructions and has seen many of its clients' businesses expand on the back of the advice and support they have received.
John Howe & Co has additionally seen great growth and reputation in its private client base and it is noted as having obtained the fastest divorce in English legal history. John Howe & Co are also one of only two firms currently recommended by the Law Society to assist in the purchase of Bulgarian Property.
Our aim is to provide a professional, personal, effective solution to all of your day-to-day legal advice needs. We use our expertise to complete this work as quickly as possible and our experience to identify potential problems before they arise.
We are committed to providing clients with clear, practical advice; combined with an efficient and courteous service, working in partnership with you to resolve the legal issues that may impact on your private or working life.
Our comprehensive range of legal services are designed to help our clients achieve successful outcomes in pursuing their personal and business challenges for Business & Employment Law issues, as well as Family, Home & Personal Law issues.
John Howe studied law in Newcastle and Leeds and worked for various practices around West Yorkshire before establishing the firm in his home town, Pudsey.
His wealth of experience and his common sense approach has enabled him to build the firm with consummate ease with a significant following around the country. He now practices as a general practitioner predominantly for businesses of varying sizes giving advice on such matters as employment, contracts, succession, mergers, litigation and exit strategies, as well as being able to give advice on divorce, family and other related issues.
Jeremy studied law at Middlesex University and Chester College of Law, qualifying as a solicitor in 1994. With strong personal and business connections in both Harrogate and Leeds, Jeremy worked in two Leeds law firms having been previously articled to John Howe and he subsequently joined the Company in 2001.
Jenna started working at John Howe & Co in 2013 and has since completed her law degree in 2015 then her LPC and Masters in law, business and management in 2016.
Paul was admitted as a solicitor in 1981 and having been employed in several well known Leeds law firms over the years undertaking a variety of work including criminal law, he set up his own successful practice in 1998.
Bob commenced employment at John Howe and Co in 2014 following the successful completion of a Law Degree at Leeds Metropolitan University and initially ran the firm’s in house Estate Agency Just Houses, additionally undertaking all Conveyancing work deriving from it. Bob now works in the practice as a Paralegal undertaking a large volume of Residential Conveyancing work and Wills
