News
August 2021
Downs back town’s centenarian Rugby Club year
Downs has proudly announced its lead sponsorship of Dorking RFC for their 100 year anniversary.
June 2021
Downs Solicitors announces partner promotions
Downs has promoted two senior associates to the role of partner, strengthening the firm’s leadership as it emerges from the Covid-19 pandemic.
July 2020
New promotions announced at Downs
Three solicitors at the firm have been promoted to new positions from 1st July.
April 2020
Remembering the late Brian Carr
It is with regret we report one of Downs Solicitors’ former Senior Partners, Brian Carr, has sadly passed away.
October 2019
Chuo Tokyo University students introduced to law in the UK
A lawyer from Surrey has met with a group of Japanese graduate law students, who got the chance to see what a day in the life of an English barrister and English law firm was all about.
September 2019
Downs Solicitors new promotions
Downs Solicitors LLP, has announced four recent promotions reflecting the growth and success of the firm.
From 1st July 2019, Nicola O’Dwyer has been promoted to Partner and Head of EmployLaw. Nicola’s promotion comes following many years of experience and an impressive track record of consistently delivering high quality advice and expertise to a broad range of employment-related issues.
September 2019
Downs supports Cobham Foodbank initiative
Downs has announced official sponsorship of Cobham Area Foodbank to help towards the cost of replacing the Foodbank’s van, which is used to collect food from donation points in the local churches and supermarkets, to take it to and from the Foodbank’s warehouse, ready to be distributed at the Foodbank’s distribution centre.
Downs now proudly sports its name on the side of Cobham Foodbank’s newly-acquired refurbished Mercedes Sprinter van, which started its rounds this week.
September 2019
Celebrating 40 Years at Downs
Consultant Solicitor and Notary Public, Sarah Thomas, reflects on her 40 years at Downs Solicitors.
September 2019
Keith Potter - King of the Downs
Surrey is known to be one of the counties with the most woodland in the whole of the UK. It also has a large number of hills, some of them very steep, so it is no wonder that it is one of the favourite destinations of avid cyclists who want to test both their mental stamina and their legs!
May 2019
Surrey Solicitor Qualifies as Mental Capacity (Welfare) Accredited Legal Representative
We are delighted to announce that Liz Dalgetty has achieved an accredited qualification that recognises a high standard of care for vulnerable clients. The accreditation was developed to allow the Court of Protection to appoint an Accredited Legal Representative ( ‘ALR’) to ensure that vulnerable people who lack capacity have representation in welfare related Court of Protection proceedings.