Co-op Legal Services

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
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 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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