Whilst working with Hedges Law, I felt considered and informed throughout. I believe that this personal service and strategy in recruiting the brightest but most engaging people is the firm's greatest strength.
I've been engaging the services of Hedges Law for around six months. During that time, without exception, every member of staff I've worked with is A-Class.
Hedges' client-first approach is admirable, and the promptness and dedication to the work that they do is unmatchable. I couldn't have asked for a better law firm.
I would like to say out loud that we were very impressed with the service you provided. Your attention has been second to none. Thank you.
Working with Hedges has been a breath of fresh air in terms of helpfulness, efficiency and overall, extensive knowledge of the law.
I will always be grateful to you and your firm for all the amazing support and advice. The way you rallied around us at such short notice on that day too was exceptional.
Hedges Law really acted in our best interest, maintaining excellent performance under time pressure. Everyone I spoke to was very friendly yet with amazing efficiency.
Working with Hedges has enabled us to substantially better understand the strengths and weaknesses of our situation, based on the information available. As a result, our decision-making has been much better informed.
Good legal advice comes naturally at Hedges Law but more importantly good client advice takes precedence.
Hedges Law helped me understand and deal with a particularly difficult personal situation that came to me completely unexpectedly. Without Hedges’ professional help and guidance the outcome of my situation would not have been so positive. I believe I made the right decision in appointing Hedges Law and they would certainly be my first choice for any future legal advice.
The people and personality of the business really stood out for me. I found everyone at Hedges Law easy to deal with and believed they genuinely understood my concerns. I quickly felt I could trust Hedges Law and this certainly helped to set my mind at ease during a difficult and confusing time.
Hedges Law are an extremely professional Law Firm with highly skilled staff and expertise.
Hedges Solicitors has seen more changes than most businesses over the years, it’s not surprising though. To put it into context, this local law firm was established some twenty three years before Charles Dickens was born.
Having recently celebrated its 225th New Year in business, Hedges Solicitors still maintains the ‘old world’ values that come from a long history of serving the local community.
But the Hedges family were not just legal advisors to the people of the area; they also ran a bank and the local brewery. Law, finance and beer! ‘We threw away our quills and parchment paper some years ago but our clients still rest assured that their documents and valuables are locked away in what used to be the bank vault.’ says Adrian Hatt, a previous Senior Partner at the firm. ‘However the traditional values of personal client service remain at the core of how we operate and that will never change’.
Some things have altered though; ‘Hedges has been at the heart of the local community for over two centuries now, but the last 20 years has seen more changes in the laws governing finance, business and property than the previous 200 put together.’
As a family law firm, Hedges had a family member as Senior Partner for 193 years until Sir John Hedges retired from the business in 1982. Hedges had merged with another local law firm, Hatt & Co., in the early 1960s, ultimately giving the company a new family lineage and Adrian Hatt was the third generation of his family to run the law firm.
In the people business
A large proportion of Hedges client base treat the firm as ‘the family lawyers’ and remain with them for many years in the knowledge that there is a very personal integrity and trust to the service, something of a rarity in the modern world. Adrian Hatt summed it up rather succinctly ‘Ultimately, a law firm that has been operating locally for over two hundred years is not just in the legal business, it’s in the people business’.
