Trethowans a truely professional solicitor. Who take time and care when dealing with clients. We used the Winchester office to rewrite our out dated Wills and Powers of Attorney. The care taken to make sure we not only understood the situation fully but to ensure that the wishes we had were clearly expressed was refreshing in there approach. We certainly feel we are in safe hands. We have no hesitation in recommending this organisation. We dealt with Leyla Whitlingum who was so professional, organised and caring it was a great experience, thank you

Caitlin has provided us with an excellent service. Her experience and knowledge in an agricultural setting really helped us as did her ability to gain agreement with the other party's solicitor
We would not hesitate to recommend Caitlin and indeed Trethowans to others

We had an urgent matter that needed legal support, Trethowans let us down really badly. They did absolutely none of what they promised to do. There was no contact from them, despite several emails and phone calls asking for an update. With only ONE day until the deadline, they finally responded and sent the letter that they were meant to send three weeks previously. The stress this caused us was unbelievable, with the threat of losing our business. When we put in a official complaint, their excuse was that the delay was a caused by a 'third party'. As there was no 'third party' involved this excuse was absolute rubbish! They did however write off their fee 'as a gesture of goodwill' which in our eyes shows their guilt without actually admitting it. AVOID these solicitors. They are a waste of time!!

I literally cannot begin to praise Laura and the team in the family department at Trethowans enough. I was introduced to Trethowans by the lovely Emilie who gave me the confidence to change solicitors during divorce proceedings – yes it really is doable and its also very simple- please don’t fall into the trap that I am sure many do assuming that once you have signed to a solicitors that you are with them till the end – if they aren’t working for you and by this I really mean it – fighting for you- then they aren’t worth your hard earned money.
Laura simply was a breath of fresh air – she went above and beyond with what turned into a 2 year ‘battle’ but I have to admit kept me sane – she was able to let me vent and get things off my chest but she was then able to put it in a way that would protect my position and also would sometimes make me think and realise that things weren’t as bad as I thought. She spoke to me in the evenings as she totally understood I work in the NHS and it wasn’t appropriate for me to take calls at work – unlike the previous solicitor who was also great at sending emails at 4.55pm and then leaving for the day and replying days later during which time I had gone to worst case scenario in my head– Laura got to know me and understood if she was sending me something that I might need a chat about she would have pre-empted this and say that she could talk that evening.
She was calm and level-headed and was able to give me the best advice – something that comes from her vast experience and knowledge base – and was able to advise on the best Barrister to use – in her words ‘we would rather Her on our side than against us’ and I totally agree. The outcome she achieved for me, and my daughters was quite simply life changing – I know that sounds overly dramatic, but it really was – I honestly don’t think if I had stayed with the previous solicitor Id have got the same outcome.
I honestly felt like it wasn’t a me and that’s my solicitor relationship felt like I had a partnership with them; and this was very much shown in the language all the team at Trethowans use for example– not from when ‘you go to court’ but ‘when we go to court.’ I wasn’t spoken down to and never laughed at when I asked silly questions – Laura and the team understood I hadn’t been through this before and took the time to reassure me with some of the legal language – which to a lay person can seem really intimidating and scary. If you are going through the throes of a divorce and aren’t happy with your legal team, of it you are simply looking for some advice about options then my advice would be to speak to Trethowans. I have recommended them to a few friends – one going through a divorce who was so impressed with Laura and like me swapped after the process started, and to a few other friends and colleagues who have needed legal advice in other areas such as conveyancing. A special mention also to Katie – Laura and Emilie’s PA – she is simply wonderful – so professional and good at her job- and I am aware without her timely writing up of reports and emails etc that things wouldn’t have been as smooth as they were – it does take a well-oiled team to make a business work successfully and this is defiantly something Trethowans have perfected. Thank you all