Business Details
Trusted Legal Services in Worcester
Hallmark Hume is a distinguished law firm with over 235 years of combined experience, offering tailored legal solutions for both personal and business clients. Our team of 35 legal experts specialises in residential and commercial property, private client services, litigation, and personal injury claims, ensuring comprehensive support across diverse legal matters. We prioritise client relationships through a dedicated single-point-of-contact system, fostering transparency and informed decision-making. Accredited by WIQS, CQS, Cyber Essentials, and Lexcel, we uphold rigorous quality standards while maintaining a compassionate approach to complex legal challenges.Our heritage as Worcestershire's oldest law firm informs our deep local knowledge, enabling us to deliver practical guidance that anticipates client needs. We combine traditional values with modern efficiency, offering no-win-no-fee options for personal injury cases and maintaining a client-centric ethos that has earned consistent positive feedback for our professionalism and responsiveness.
Services
Residential Property
Commercial Property
Probate Services
Business Litigation
Personal Injury Claims
Wills & Trusts
Dispute Resolution
Lasting Powers of Attorney
Highlights and features
- We have 235 years of combined legal experience
- Our team comprises 35 dedicated legal experts
- We provide one dedicated point of contact per client
- Accredited by WIQS, CQS, Cyber Essentials and Lexcel
- Offering no win no fee options for personal injury claims
Associations and certifications
- WIQS
- CQS
- Cyber Essentials
- Lexcel
What people say
Excellent service
Prompt replies
Professional manner
Compassionate approach
Efficient service
Services
Residential Property
Our residential property specialists guide clients through house purchases and sales with expert legal support. With 200+ years of local market knowledge, we handle conveyancing processes while offering future planning advice on family security and estate matters. Led by Kirsty Elvins, our team ensures smooth transactions while maintaining clear communication throughout the complex legal process.
Commercial Property
We provide comprehensive legal support for business property transactions including purchases, leases and landlord services. Leveraging our deep local business connections, we assist with premises acquisition, contract negotiations and complex commercial property regulations. Our solicitors offer practical solutions tailored to clients' operational needs while ensuring compliance with current property legislation.
Probate Services
Our private client team specialises in probate, wills and lasting powers of attorney. Led by Richard Wilkes, we help clients create secure future plans through tailored trust arrangements and estate management solutions. We coordinate all aspects of estate administration while maintaining a single point of contact to ensure clear decision-making during complex legal processes.
Business Litigation
Sarah Watson's litigation team resolves business disputes with efficient, cost-effective solutions. We handle all types of commercial conflicts from contract breaches to partnership disputes, minimising operational disruption while protecting clients' interests. Our approach focuses on swift resolution through negotiation while maintaining readiness for court representation when necessary.
Personal Injury Claims
We represent clients in personal injury claims arising from accidents at work, road traffic incidents and medical negligence. Offering initial free consultations and no-win-no-fee arrangements, our specialists handle compensation claims for medical costs and lost earnings. We prioritise swift resolution while providing compassionate support during challenging times.
People
Richard Wilkes
Partner
With extensive legal experience, Richard leads our private client team specialising in wills, probate and estate planning. He ensures clients receive tailored solutions for future security while maintaining a dedicated advisory approach.
Rebecca Widdowson
Managing Partner
Rebecca oversees firm operations while maintaining hands-on client involvement. Her leadership combines strategic direction with practical legal expertise, ensuring service excellence across all practice areas.
Sarah Watson
Partner, Head of Litigation
Sarah leads our litigation team handling complex business and personal disputes. With specialist expertise in commercial conflicts and personal injury claims, she delivers practical solutions while minimising client stress.
Kirsty Elvins
Partner - Head of Property
As head of property services, Kirsty manages residential transactions while advising on future family security matters. Her expertise ensures smooth conveyancing processes combined with long-term estate planning guidance.
Questions
What areas of law do you specialise in?
We specialise in residential and commercial property, probate, litigation, personal injury, and private client services including wills and lasting powers of attorney.
Are your services available on a no-win-no-fee basis?
Yes, we offer no-win-no-fee arrangements for personal injury claims while providing transparent fee structures for all other legal services.
How do you ensure client communication?
We assign a dedicated point of contact for each client, ensuring consistent communication and coordination across our specialist teams throughout your case.
What accreditations do you hold?
We maintain accreditations from WIQS, CQS, Cyber Essentials and Lexcel, demonstrating our commitment to quality standards and professional excellence.
Can you assist with commercial property transactions?
Yes, our commercial property team handles purchases, leases and landlord services with specialist knowledge of business premises requirements and local market connections.
Reviews (4)
Julie Bennett
Oct 08, 2021
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Positive:Professionalism,Quality,Responsiveness,Value
My first experience as executor of a will and Rebecca and her team were great. They responded promptly to every email, gave unbiased and good advice and generally helped me with their professional approach and at times much needed gentle humour.
My first experience as executor of a will and Rebecca and her team were great. They responded promptly to every email, gave unbiased and good advice and generally helped me with their professional approach and at times much needed gentle humour.
Laura
Aug 22, 2021
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Just moved into our home and couldn't fault Hallmark Hulme for the service we received. As FT buyers the process was completely new to us and we had so many questions and queries throughout but Kirsty was a brilliant person to have by our side throughout it all. She helped us feel at ease throughout the process, explained everything so clearly to us and was efficient and responsive as well as kind and a genuinely lovely person. Would recommend to anyone and will absolutely be using Hallmark Hulme, and ideally Kirsty, should we need to in the future. Thank you so much to all.
Kate Tydeman
Jul 24, 2021
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Positive:Professionalism,Quality,Responsiveness,Value
I used Hallmark Hulme for selling my home and couldn't fault them. Exceptional service. Kirsty was our point of contact and she was always prompt at responding and very helpful when I had any questions. I will definitely be using Hallmark Hulme again and will reccomend them to friends.
I used Hallmark Hulme for selling my home and couldn't fault them. Exceptional service. Kirsty was our point of contact and she was always prompt at responding and very helpful when I had any questions. I will definitely be using Hallmark Hulme again and will reccomend them to friends.
Donna Hicks
Apr 25, 2021
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Found them the best solicitors around they helped me through my divorce writing my will and now buying my house couldn't have managed without them they kept me up to date with everything and have friendly staff
