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Thomson & Bancks

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Whether you are an individual needing solid and sensible assistance, or an enthusiastic entrepreneur managing your own business we provide expert help that can really make a positive difference to your situation. In short, as a client of Thomson & Bancks, ‘You Matter to Us’. Read more...

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Thomson & Bancks
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1 Mansell Street
Stratford-upon-Avon
CV37 6NR

34 Church Street
Tewkesbury
GL20 5SN

9 Imperial Square
Cheltenham
GL50 1QB

1 Mansell Street
Stratford-upon-Avon
CV37 6NR

34 Church Street
Tewkesbury
GL20 5SN

9 Imperial Square
Cheltenham
GL50 1QB

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Available lawyers at Thomson & Bancks

Sylvia Gillham

5.0 out of 5
(37)
Solicitor

Amanda Middleton

4.9 out of 5
(27)
Associate/Chartered Legal Executive

Emily Wort

4.9 out of 5
(21)
Solicitor

Kath Harris

4.9 out of 5
(16)
Solicitor

Sarah Ingles

4.9 out of 5
(12)
Solicitor

Chrys Wall

5.0 out of 5
(9)
Associate/Chartered Legal Executive

Angela Scott

5.0 out of 5
(8)
Solicitor

Emma Cottell

5.0 out of 5
(7)
Solicitor

Geoffrey Ellis

4.6 out of 5
(7)
Solicitor

Jasvir Sandhu

4.8 out of 5
(5)
Residential Property Lawyer

John Stagg

5.0 out of 5
(3)
Solicitor

Claire Burrow

5.0 out of 5
(2)
Solicitor

Jack Morgan-Ebdon

5.0 out of 5
(2)
Chartered Legal Executive

Rebecca Tiffin

5.0 out of 5
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Diana Dennis

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How Thomson & Bancks Compares

Value for money

This firm - 97%
National Average
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Excellent does not necessarily mean ‘cheap’. It means that clients thought that the level of service received was Excellent for what they paid.

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As part of our review questionnaire we ask reviewer questions about the value for money they felt they received by using Thomson & Bancks. These questions include:

  • Value for money (a rating of 1-5)
  • How much were you initially quoted or how much did you expect to pay?
  • Approximately how much did you end up spending for the legal services provided (ignoring disbursements and court fees)
  • Did you think this was underpriced, overpriced or about right?
  • Overall experience

We use data science to amalgamate the answers to these questions and create a ‘ReviewSolicitors score’ out of 100. The above chart representation score is a simple percentage representation of the averaged score across those who have reviewed this law firm.

Underpriced 0%
Overpriced 10%
About Right 89%

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Would recommend to
friends and family

This firm - 98%
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You can use this data to see how Thomson & Bancks performs against other law firms nationally. A score close to 100% indicates that this firm is highly valued by their clients.

As part of our review questionnaire we ask the question:

"Would you recommend this firm to somebody else?"

The reviewer can select either “Yes” or “No”.

The above score is a simple percentage representation of the total amount of clients who selected the “Yes” option:

Yes 98%
No 2%

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Satisfied with
outcome of matter

This firm - 99%
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"Were you satisfied with the outcome of your case?"

The reviewer can select either “Yes” or “No”.

The above score is a simple percentage representation of the total amount of clients who selected the “Yes” option:

Yes 99%
No 1%

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Rankings by area of expertise

The rankings below show the areas of expertise that Thomson & Bancks offers to clients. You can see how good the service offered is in comparison to all other law firms nationally.

Locally

Nationally

Consumer
1st / 5
104th / 4549
Company & Commercial
1st / 4
236th / 4334
Housing & Property
1st / 8
112th / 4225
Family Law
1st / 3
262nd / 3834
Wills, Trusts & Probate
1st / 7
68th / 3484
Commercial Property
1st / 6
169th / 3293
Employment
1st / 3
225th / 3083
Money & Tax
1st / 3
143rd / 1837
Dispute Resolution
1st / 3
146th / 1035
Agriculture
1st / 2
95th / 609

Data shown above is based on the reviews and client feedback collected by ReviewSolicitors over the last 12 months.

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Client Reviews

4.9/5

Reviews summary

  • Excellent

    502

  • Very Good

    10

  • Average

    1

  • Poor

    1

  • Awful

    6

Overall experience

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  • Communication
  • Initial Impressions
  • Approachability
  • Documentation Accuracy
  • Legal knowledge
James
Commercial Property

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Matter Type:

Commercial Leases

James

April 10, 2025

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Commercial office contract work

Couldn't be more pleased with the service from John and the team who we engaged to review office leases. Excellent attention to detail and considered advice. Would recommend.

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Elizabeth
Wills, Trusts & Probate

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Matter Type:

Probate

Elizabeth

April 10, 2025

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Probate/Will service

Sarah and her team have been most efficient in their dealing with our late father's will.

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Michael,
Family Law

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Matter Type:

Child Arrangements Following Divorce

Michael,

March 26, 2025

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Child arrangement order response/dispute

I approached Chrys initially to communicate with my ex regarding returning our children at a later time on the weekends they were with me.
Chrys went through all reasonable approaches and supported my communication extremely well with reassurance and professionalism
I was responded to with a draft arrangement order and Chrys absolutely helped me through the whole process and a wholly reasonable and legal reply
She was clear, concise, and a pleasure to deal with. I would not have been confident at all throughout this had it not been for Chrys.

Ultimately this led to a positive outcome for me from a highly negative order initially presented

I would not hesitate to contacted Chrys again regarding any aspect I may need assistance with

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Anonymous
Wills, Trusts & Probate

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Matter Type:

Wills

Anonymous

March 24, 2025

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Thank you!

I have recently lost my husband and had to do a new 'will'. I was not looking forward to it but it had to be done. Kath Harris was wonderful, very easy to talk to, very knowledgeable, answered all my concerns/questions, she made the whole process straightforward and I felt reassured.

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G.A.
Wills, Trusts & Probate

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Wills

G.A.

March 24, 2025

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Wills

Excellent and very personable service.

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Mark
Housing & Property

Matter Type:

Tenant Eviction

Mark

March 12, 2025

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Property eviction

Legal processes were followed and adhered to as you would hope and expect. Response times were sometimes not great and the need to chase things up you'd not expect to have to do. Processes were done but not fully explained to us during certain stages. I'd recommend being more aware of the clients potential lack of understanding of process in legal regards and ask more about this understanding being there or not when engaging with clients.

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Peter
Wills, Trusts & Probate

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Wills

Peter

March 06, 2025

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Outstanding

The knowledge, information and details given by Angela is outstanding. I would recommend Angela to anyone. Incredible, outstanding service.

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Sally-Ann G
Wills, Trusts & Probate

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Wills

Sally-Ann G

February 24, 2025

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Friendly and Helpful

Thought all staff were very friendly and helpful

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Mr and Mrs P
Wills, Trusts & Probate

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Matter Type:

Trusts

Mr and Mrs P

February 11, 2025

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Fantastic and Knowledgeable Service

Kath was more than helpful - thanks

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Wendy
Wills, Trusts & Probate

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Wills

Wendy

February 11, 2025

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Friendly, efficient service

Thomson & Bancks handled Lasting Powers of Attorney for myself and my husband.
The process was well explained, including the timeline and we received good advice.
We received a friendly and efficient service and were very satisfied.

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Reviews collected from

Lindsay
Housing & Property

Matter Type:

Residential Conveyancing

Lindsay

April 04, 2025

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Lindsay

We have been using Thompson bank’s services for many years now and we are always amazed at how efficient and competent the staff are in relation to other companies we’ve had dealings with.
I can’t recommend them enough.
Sylvia Gillham and her team have been amazing getting us to where we need to be regarding the sale of our property. I’ve had to drop into reception on many occasions and I’m always greeted with a smile and complete competence from the staff on reception. An all round magnificent team effort. Well done to all of you for making life just that little bit less stressful. Keep up the amazing work. We will be back soon !

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Andrew

Andrew

February 12, 2025

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Andrew

Excellent professional service from Sylvia and the team at T&B. Sylvia's wisdom and calm guidance throughout our sale and purchase journey was an absolute God-send. Cannot recommend highly enough!

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Liz
Housing & Property

Matter Type:

Residential Conveyancing

Liz

November 15, 2024

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Liz

Sylvia and her team dealt with the sale of my property very efficiently as always. I am very grateful to them all.

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susan
Housing & Property

Matter Type:

Residential Conveyancing

susan

October 18, 2024

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susan

First class service from start to finish. Grateful thanks to Sylvia Gillham and team for making a prolonged sale and purchase process a positive and happy experience. Personal approach and excellent advice saved me making a very expensive mistake and I would highly recommend.

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Description

From our offices in Cheltenham, Tewkesbury, Pershore and Stratford-upon-Avon we are less than an hour from Bristol, Hereford, Birmingham and Oxford. The cities of Coventry, Worcester and Gloucester are within a convenient 30 minutes travelling and we serve many clients from Malvern across Worcestershire, Evesham, Royal Leamington Spa, through Warwickshire, Broadway, the Cotswolds, Cirencester and throughout Gloucestershire including Bishops Cleeve and Ledbury. For the individual we are able to help with legal issues surrounding the buying and selling of your home, the preparation of Wills (including inheritance tax planning), and powers of attorney. We also advise on the creation and management of trusts and can offer an understanding and efficient service upon the loss of a loved one by helping with the administration of their estate. We assist with family law problems and divorce with the same careful consideration. We always seek to be firm and fair when promoting your wishes and will be frank with you as to the risks and possibilities that you may face.

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Legal services

Personal areas of law

  • Consumer
    • Consumer Disputes
    • Consumer Rights
    • Dispute resolution - civil mediation
    • Litigation - Breach of contract
    • Litigation - Insurance disputes
    • Litigation - Property litigation claims
    • Litigation Law
  • Employment
    • Constructive/Unfair Dismissal
    • Disciplinary Hearings
    • Discrimination at Work
    • Employment Contracts
    • Employment Law
    • Flexible Working
    • Gardening Leave
    • Harassment/Bullying at Work
    • Part Time Workers
    • Pay Issue
    • Redundancy
    • Restrictive Covenants
    • Senior Executives
    • Settlement Agreements
    • Stress at Work
    • TUPE
    • Tribunal Claims
    • UK Employment Laws
    • Unfair Dismissal Claims
  • Family Law
    • Adoption, Surrogacy, Care and Special Guardianship
    • Annulment
    • Asset protection and tax mitigation
    • Change of name
    • Child Abduction
    • Child Access
    • Child Arrangements Following Divorce
    • Child Custody
    • Child Law
    • Child Maintenance
    • Child Relocation After Divorce
    • Child contact
    • Children
    • Children Act proceedings
    • Civil Partnership Dissolution
    • Civil partnerships
    • Cohabitation agreements and disputes
    • Cohabitation and Unmarried Relationships
    • Divorce
    • Divorce After A Brain Or Other Serious Injury
    • Divorce Mediation
    • Domestic Abuse
    • Domestic Violence
    • Elderly care
    • Family Mediation
    • Family law
    • Financial Matters
    • Fixed Fee Divorce
    • Grandparents' Rights
    • High Net Worth Divorce
    • Inheritance Act claims
    • Injunctions
    • Lasting power of attorney
    • Marriage and civil partnerships
    • Matrimonial finance
    • Out Of Court Divorce
    • Parental responsibility, paternity disputes, surrogacy
    • Pension and property advice
    • Pre and Post Nuptial Agreements
    • Separation
    • Separation Agreement
    • Unmarried Couples' Rights
  • Housing & Property
    • Boundary Disputes
    • Buying at auction
    • Declarations of trusts
    • Deeds of Gifts
    • Deeds of easements, variation, deeds of rectifications
    • Evicting Squatters and Trespassers
    • Extending your Lease
    • Freehold Enfranchisement
    • Housing disputes
    • Injunctions
    • Investment and buy to let properties
    • Landlord and Tenant
    • Lease Extensions
    • Leasehold properties
    • Matrimonial transfers
    • Neighbour Disputes
    • New home purchases and sales
    • Option agreements and conditional contracts
    • Possession and repossession proceedings
    • Property Disputes
    • Purchase and Sale
    • Remortgaging
    • Renting and Tenancy Agreements
    • Repossessions
    • Residential Conveyancing
    • Restrictive Covenants, Easements and Wayleaves
    • Right of First Refusal
    • Right of Way and Rights to Light
    • Right to Manage
    • Second charges
    • Service Charge Disputes
    • Service Charge Recovery
    • Tenancy Breaches, Injunctions and Forfeiture Claims
    • Tenant Eviction
    • Transfer of title
    • Transfers of equity
    • Transfers of parts of land
    • Unpaid Rent, Service or Ground Charges
  • Money & Tax
    • Inheritance Tax
    • Tax
    • Trusts
  • Wills, Trusts & Probate
    • Disputed Probate
    • Disputed Wills
    • International
    • Probate
    • Trusts
    • Wills

Business areas of law

  • Agriculture
    • Agricultural land for sale or development
    • Buying and selling a farm
    • Commercial contracts for farming businesses
    • Employment of farm workers
    • Equestrian property
    • Farm partnerships and corporate structures
    • Farming disputes
    • Veterinary negligence
  • Commercial Property
    • Commercial Leases
    • Commercial mortgages
    • Developer disputes
    • Development plot sales
    • Investment purchases and Buy to Let
    • Landlord and tenant
    • Purchase and Sale Of Commercial Property
    • Purchase of development land
    • Rights of way issues
    • Sales or purchases of shops, factories, warehouses, offices and licensed premises
  • Company & Commercial
    • Agency agreements
    • Business structures and joint ventures
    • Commercial Contracts and Agreements
    • Commercial Law
    • Commercial Litigation Matters
    • Contract law
    • Contractual Disputes
    • Corporate Law
    • Credit Control
    • Debt Recovery
    • Employment - business
    • Franchising
    • Management buyouts
    • Mergers and Acquisitions
    • Outsourcing agreements
    • Partnership and LLP law
    • Sales and Purchases
    • Setting up a business
    • Share option schemes
    • Shareholder Agreements
    • Shareholder and Partnership Disputes
    • Slander
    • Small businesses
    • Statutory Demands
    • Summary Judgment
  • Dispute Resolution
    • Mediation