About Our Practice

Our History over the last 20 years

2002 : Deborah Millington and Alan Rogerson took over Gilman Wallwork and Tarran and established
Hargreaves Gilman.
2004 : We acquired Carole Bales' practice.
2009 : We acquired Simon Townsend's practice.
2015 : We acquired Mr Peacock's practice, Hargreaves & Co of Withington.
[The latter acquisition is a reunion after 17 years apart - Alan and Deborah were partners in Hargreaves & Co when the two offices in Withington and Didsbury decided to separate in 1998.]
2017 : Alan retired, leaving Deborah as the sole and proud owner of Hargreaves Gilman.
2020 : Hargreaves Gilman continued to operate seamlessly throughout covid. We became one of the very few Solicitors practices to build and operate our website entirely in-house so we could keep clients up to date - instantly.

2022 : We celebrate two decades in business. Many more years to come!

We are Solicitors

We are Solicitors : Qualified, Professionally Regulated and Fully Insured.

We are not Will Writers, a faceless website or a software-managed conveyancing factory based on an industrial estate.

We have a physical high street presence with a longstanding tradition of supporting our local community.

our offices

Situated on the main A34 into Manchester on the Didsbury/Burnage border we have our own customer car park and can guarantee a friendly and warm welcome! How can we help?

COVID-19. WE never stopped...

homeworking

A VOIP phone system, Cloud-based storage and early and continued investment in laptops, printers and home-working equipment meant our enforced 'lockdowns' were seamless - we NEVER stopped!

We are immensely proud to say we kept operating throughout.

Phones, emails, post and communications with clients have NEVER been interrupted.

Clients can be reassured we will always be there for them.

Covid changes

During the first lockdown we modified one of our meeting rooms to allow 'seen through glass' segregated consultations in safety. Reception has also been altered with perspex screens. We are constantly reviewing our setup and procedures and will continue to do so for your safety and that of our staff. Segregated consultations will continue to be offered on request. We are here to help.

We are Authorised and Regulated

by the Solicitors Regulation Authority.

Our SRA number is 534732

You can check this website is genuine and approved by the SRA by clicking on the date-stamped SRA logo on our homepage. It will take you to the SRA website where authenticity will be confirmed. Any solicitors website without an up to date SRA logo showing today's date or one that does not link you through to the SRA website for authentication may not be genuine.

The Law Society's Conveyancing Quality Scheme (CQS) provides a recognised quality standard for residential conveyancing practices. Accreditation establishes a level of credibility for firms with stakeholders such as regulators, lenders and insurers as well as residential homebuyers and sellers.

Since its inception in 2011, the CQS has created a trusted community which has helped year on year to deter fraud and continually improve standards across the residential conveyancing sector.

Our IT systems have been stress tested, audited and accredited to CyberEssentials standards to reassure customers that we are working to secure our IT against cyber attack.

Independent auditing confirms the organisation’s cyber security level.

Government contracts require Cyber Essentials certification.