Gaby Hardwicke Solicitors is a law firm in East Sussex, England. It provides business and family law services and has offices in Eastbourne, Bexhill-on-Sea and Hastings, East Sussex.
| Headquarters | Eastbourne, East Sussex, United Kingdom |
|---|---|
| No. of offices | 3 |
| No. of lawyers | 65 |
| Major practice areas | Business law, Family law |
| Date founded | 1889 |
| Founder | Dr Frederick Goodwin |
| Company type | Partnership |
| Website | www |
In March 2011, Gaby Hardwicke was the first British law firm to serve a court summons via Facebook.[1] The firm was highly commended for 'Excellence in Learning and Development' in The Law Society's 2018 Excellence Awards.[2]
History
editThe firm was founded in 1889 by Dr Frederick Goodwin, a former Gladstonian candidate for Bury St Edmunds, who three years later was joined in practice by Ralph Hale Gaby.[3] Goodwin left the partnership in 1894,[4] most probably due to ill health (he died in 1897 of heart disease),[5] leaving Gaby to continue alone.
After the First World War Gaby was joined in partnership by Herbert Junius Allen Hardwicke (known as 'Allen' Hardwicke), son of the physician Herbert Junius Hardwicke.[6] By 1921, the firm was known as 'Gaby and Hardwicke' and had opened an office in Bexhill-on-Sea.[7] Following Ralph Gaby's death in 1927,[8] the firm's title briefly changed to 'Gaby, Hardwicke and Evans-Vaughan', then to 'Gaby, Hardwicke, Evans-Vaughan and Bubear', as it acquired new partners.
In 1940, Evans-Vaughan and Bubear left the partnership[9] and Allen Hardwicke continued in practice alone. He was joined by other partners, including J. M Baldry, G. G. Herbert and A. J. Arscott,[10] and was still practising law at the time of his death at age 83 in 1965.[11]
Gaby Hardwicke Solicitors has expanded considerably during the last four decades and has merged with several smaller local firms, including Yearwood & Griffiths, RE Mitchell & Co, Eaton Sagar, Langhams, Pearse Carty Solicitors, Temple Bird, Morgan & Lamplugh, Fynmores Solicitors and Lycett Conveyancing Solicitors. It opened its Eastbourne office in 1985 and its Hastings office in 1999.[12]
Main practice areas
edit- Commercial dispute resolution
- Commercial property
- Company and commercial law
- Corporate finance
- Elderly affairs management
- Employment law
- Family law
- Intellectual property
- Lasting powers of attorney
- Personal injury
- Property law
- Residential property
- Wills, trusts and probate
References
edit- ^ The Telegraph. 14 March 2011
- ^ The Law Society website
- ^ Hastings and St. Leonards Observer: Page 5. 13 February 1897.
{{cite journal}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ "The London Gazette". The London Gazette. 20 March 1894. p. 1682. Retrieved 6 February 2014.
- ^ Hastings and St. Leonards Observer: Page 5. 13 February 1897.
{{cite journal}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ Bexhill-on-Sea Observer. 3 July 1965.
{{cite journal}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ "The London Gazette". The London Gazette. 20 May 1921. p. 4045. Retrieved 6 February 2014.
- ^ The Times: Page 1. 12 October 1927.
{{cite journal}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ "The London Gazette". The London Gazette. 29 October 1940. p. 6321. Retrieved 6 February 2014.
- ^ "The London Gazette". The London Gazette. 15 June 1965. p. 5740. Retrieved 6 February 2014.
- ^ Bexhill-on-Sea Observer. 3 July 1965.
{{cite journal}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ Gaby Hardwicke Solicitors' website 'About us' page