Tallents Solicitors’ 250th Anniversary – celebrating a Quarter-Millenium in business
2024 sees Tallents Solicitors celebrating an incredible 250 years in business as one of the oldest law firms in the UK.
The present law firm of Tallents Solicitors can trace its roots back to Tallents & Co, which was founded by Mr Philip Tallents of Newark on Trent, who was admitted as a solicitor in 1774. Today the firm has three offices in Newark, Southwell and Mansfield.
The firm has always been deeply rooted in the communities they serve and as part of our 250th Anniversary Year, we are honouring these values by giving back to our communities throughout the year.
To celebrate this momentous occasion, our staff will be taking part in a range of activities from bake sales, fundraising and volunteering, all with the aim of helping our local communities, residents and charities.
Each office has chosen different charities to support:
Please keep an eye on this page and our website for updates on what we get up to! Scroll down to read more.
#TeamTallents successfully made it through the Big Newark Sleep Out on Friday 8 March 2024, raising £3,140 for the Newark Emmaus Trust and YMCA.
#TeamTallents managed to climb all three peaks of the Yorkshire Three Peaks Challenge in under 12 hours! They also raised an incredible £2,160 for the Rosie May Foundation. You read more about their intrepid journey by CLICKING HERE.
Mat, one of our partners at Mansfield and the whole office team took part in Football Shirt Friday aid of the Bobby Moore fund in association with Cancer Research UK.
Another great fundraising effort by our Mansfield office – this time they celebrated “Wear It Green Day’ in support of Mental Health awareness.
As part of our 250 Anniversary celebrations, Tallents Solicitors staff, Senior Partner Alistair Millar, Partner Vili Chung and our Practice Manager Helen Hopkins, donned their wellies and gardening gloves to help out at Reach Learning Disability’s Flower Pod and clear some pesky weeds for the clients.
And in a twist of fate, the day they chose to volunteer was also National Volunteering Day! Read more about their day out by CLICKING HERE.
Staff from Tallents Solicitors in Mansfield grabbed their paintbrushes to help out at SHE UK with some decorating. Partner Mat Derbyshire took the lead, although we’re sure the charity was happy he wasn’t channelling his inner Bob Ross on the day! CLICK HERE to read more about their day.
The Private Client team at Tallents Solicitors were delighted to raise £9,525 for Will Aid. Jayne Owens from the British Red Cross visited the team to hand over their certificate and thank them for all their hard work. #TeamTallents came third in the East Midlands for fundraising for Will Aid. And since 2015, the staff at Tallents Solicitors have raised an incredible £71,003! To find out more, CLICK HERE.
A team of Tallents staff from Newark were lead by Partner Stephanie Whitchurch and volunteered to help Beaumond House Hospice prepare for their upcoming Open Day. The team rolled up their sleeves and got stuck into a range of gardening tasks, such as weed clearing, dead-heading plants and sweeping up, as well as restoring and painting some benches. Find out more about what they got up to by CLICKING HERE.
Led by Partner Andy Stout, an intrepid bunch of staff from our Newark office braved a jungle of a garden to help out the Newark Emmaus Trust. The charity had recently bought a property, which will eventually help out the young homeless of Newark, but first the garden needed some serious TLC. The team took everything in their stride, including the discovery of an old well in the garden at one point! Luckily, no one fell in! You can read more about their day of volunteering by CLICKING HERE.
In a significant event marking another milestone in the legal history of north Nottinghamshire, Professor Veronica Moraa Pickering MBS HAC, His Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of Nottinghamshire, visited Tallents Solicitors on 10 October 2024 to commemorate the legal firm’s 250th anniversary. This visit highlights the firm’s long-standing commitment to providing exceptional legal services to its clients since its founding in January 1774 by Philip Tallents. Also in attendance was the Mayor of Newark, Cllr Diane Ledger, and Newark Town Clerk, Matthew Gleadell, further underscoring the event’s civic importance. To read more about the historic visit by the Lord-Lieutenant, please CLICK HERE.
