Co-op Legal Services
TypeSubsidiary undertaking
IndustryLegal services
Founded2006 (2006)
Headquarters
Manchester
,

United Kingdom
Area served
United Kingdom
Key people
Caoilionn Hurley
(Managing Director)
Daniel Comerford
(Consumer Services Lead)
James Antoniou
(Head of Wills)
Chis Dingley
(Head of Commercial and Customer - Probate)
Alex Crate
(Head of Commercial and Customer - Estate Planning)
Number of employees
650 (approx.)
ParentThe Co-op Group
Websitewww.co-oplegalservices.co.uk

Co-op Legal Services offers legal advice, and provides legal services for Family Law, Divorce, Will Writing, Conveyancing, Employment Law, Probate and Personal Injury.[1]

Co-op Legal Services is a subsidiary of The Co-operative Group in the United Kingdom.[2] It was established in 2006 and employs over 300 staff in Manchester, London, Bristol and Sheffield. It has its head office in Manchester.

History

2006 – Established as a member only business offering Personal Injury and Legal Advisory Services.[3]

2007 – Legal services expanded to include Will Writing, Conveyancing, Probate and Estate Administration.

2012 – Received approval from the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) to become an Alternative Business Structure (ABS) under the 2007 Legal Services Act.[4]

2012 – Legal services expanded to include Family Law and Employment Law services.[5]

2014 – Recognised by Remember A Charity as the first corporate organisation to raise £15 million in potential charitable legacies through its Will writing services.[6]

2016 – Acquired Sheffield-based Collective Legal Solutions.[7]

2016 – Launched Co-op Estate Planning offering legal, funeral and inheritance plans in a customers own home, for residents of England and Wales.

2018 - Winner of Probate Provider and Will Writing Firm (National) of the Year - The British Wills and Probate Awards[8]

Co-op values

Co-op Legal Services is part of the Co-op Group, one of the UK’s largest mutual businesses.[9] That means that any profits are invested back into the business to improve the service offered to its clients.

Co-op membership

In 2016, The Co-op launched its Join Us campaign offering Co-op Group members a 5% reward when they purchase Co-op branded products and services, with a further 1% going to local causes.[10]

References

  1. ↑ "Home Page". Co-op Legal Services.
  2. ↑ Registered in England and Wales under the Companies Act 1985, No. 5671209
  3. ↑ "Co-op Legal Services first to launch as an ABS". The Lawyer. 28 March 2012. Retrieved 25 June 2012.
  4. ↑ "Solicitors Regulation Authority". Archived from the original on 12 April 2017.
  5. ↑ "Co-op launches fixed-fee family law service". Legal Futures. 20 September 2012.
  6. ↑ "Co-operative Legal Services awarded yellow plaque". Remember a Charity.
  7. ↑ Hyde, John (11 January 2016). "Co-op puts legal business 'at heart of rebuild' with first buy-up". The Law Society Gazette.
  8. ↑ "Winners 2018". The British Wills and Probate Awards. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
  9. ↑ "John Lewis is UK's biggest mutual after Co-op falls from top spot". The Telegraph. 24 June 2015. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
  10. ↑ "Co-op Membership". Archived from the original on 13 April 2017.

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