Forty-eight years of continuous practice in the Regency professional quarter. Founded in 1977 by Martin Davis as Davis & Co, joined by Ticehurst Wyatt in 1987 and merged with Gregorys in 1994, the firm trades today as Davis Gregory Limited under three directors, four solicitors, and a separately regulated notarial practice that shares the front door.
A general high-street practice with a notarial arm bolted on, deliberately small, deliberately on one street. Property and probate are the spine, family law and the notarial work run alongside them, taken by the same directors you see at the door.
Residential and commercial freehold and leasehold purchase, sale, re-mortgage and transfer of equity. Conveyancing Quality Scheme accredited by the Law Society. Published fee scale on every quote: £1,200 plus VAT on a freehold up to £200,000, scaling clearly into the higher price brackets. Disbursements itemised in writing on day one: searches and ID checks around £500 plus VAT, Land Registry £20 to £500, CHAPS £40. Simon Greener LLB supervises.
Will drafting, lasting powers of attorney, obtaining probate, full estate administration and a fixed-fee Obtaining Probate option for straightforward estates. Continuity-of-character work for Gloucestershire families that want the same firm holding the file across the decade. Simon Greener LLB and Tina Amid (Solicitor, Private Client) lead a four-strong legal-assistant team.
Divorce and separation, financial settlements (including pension sharing and second-family arrangements), arrangements for children, family-home matters. Member of Resolution, First for Family Law. Fixed-price legal advice available alongside the classic family service so the cost of a difficult moment is known in writing before it begins. Laura Srodon LLB supervises.
Howarth & Srodon Notaries Public, the firm’s separately regulated notarial arm, handles document notarisation for use in any other country. Powers of attorney, corporate verifications, intellectual-property declarations, visa applications, pension certifications. Both notaries (Tim Howarth LLB and Laura Srodon LLB) are regulated by the Faculty Office of the Archbishop of Canterbury, an authority older than the Bar.
The practice was founded in May 1977 by Martin Davis, who took the lease at 25 Rodney Road to serve individuals and small businesses in Cheltenham with a high-quality service and a small firm’s ear. The decade that followed quietly built the practice that exists today.
In 1987 Davis & Co was joined by Ticehurst Wyatt, a Cheltenham practice whose own roots reach into the nineteenth century. In 1994 the firm merged with Gregorys, another long-established Cheltenham practice. From that point on the combined firm has traded as Davis Gregory.
In 2003 the partnership converted to Davis Gregory Limited, with four founding directors. In 2011 the Solicitors Regulation Authority authorised the company as a recognised body under SRA number 388227. Through it all, the address has not moved.
“Not a big, impersonal law firm. The same person who took your call takes your file across the years.” Davis Gregory, on its own house style
Davis Gregory Limited is run by three directors, each holding their own SRA number and supervising a distinct part of the practice. Continuity of character means the person you spoke to in October is the person who reads your file in May.
Heads the Property and Wills & Probate departments. Supervises residential and commercial conveyancing, will drafting, lasting powers of attorney, full estate administration and the fixed-fee probate option. The number on the engagement letter is the number on the completion statement.
Heads the Family and Divorce department. Resolution member, First for Family Law. Also the firm’s appointed Notary Public, regulated by the Faculty Office of the Archbishop of Canterbury. Two regulators, one desk.
Notary Public with Howarth & Srodon Notaries Public, regulated by the Faculty Office of the Archbishop of Canterbury. Handles document notarisation for use abroad: powers of attorney, corporate verifications, visa applications, educational and pension certificates.
Two of the three directors, Tim Howarth LLB and Laura Srodon LLB, are also Notaries Public, regulated separately by the Faculty Office of the Archbishop of Canterbury. The notarial profession in England and Wales has fewer than 800 active appointed notaries; two of them share this office.
A document notarised here travels: powers of attorney for purchases in France, Spain or Portugal; corporate verifications for subsidiaries in Dubai and Singapore; intellectual-property declarations heading to the USPTO; visa-application affidavits, pension-life certificates, educational transcripts. The seal you see opposite belongs to Laura Srodon and is pressed into hundreds of pages a year.
Residential and commercial conveyancing across Gloucestershire and the northern Cotswolds. Fee scale published in the open. Disbursements itemised in writing on day one.
A short enquiry form for an initial response by telephone or email. Once we understand the matter we can quote a fixed fee where the work supports it, or hourly with an estimated total where it does not. We say so in writing either way.
The office occupies a Regency-style terrace at 23 and 25 Rodney Road, in the professional quarter between the Promenade and Imperial Square. Cheltenham Town Hall is two minutes on foot, Pittville Park ten minutes north.
23-25 Rodney Road
Cheltenham
GL50 1HX
Yes, both practices share the office at 25 Rodney Road and two of the three Davis Gregory directors (Tim Howarth and Laura Srodon) are the appointed notaries. The notarial practice is separately regulated by the Faculty Office of the Archbishop of Canterbury, while Davis Gregory Limited is regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority under number 388227. Two regulators, one office, one telephone number.
Yes. The fee scale lives in the open on this site: a freehold purchase up to £200,000 is £1,200 plus VAT, with documented increments into the higher brackets and a percentage-based quote on properties over £1m. Disbursements (searches, Land Registry, CHAPS, ID checks) are itemised separately in writing on day one. The number on the engagement letter is the number on the completion statement.
Yes, on family and divorce, on probate (Obtaining Probate for straightforward estates) and on advice to individuals or businesses. The fixed-fee structure is a deliberate alternative to hourly billing for clients who want a known total before the work begins. Where the matter is genuinely too variable for a fixed price, we say so and explain why in writing.
Since 1977, when Martin Davis opened Davis & Co at number 25. Ticehurst Wyatt joined in 1987, Gregorys merged in 1994, and the limited company has held the lease at 23-25 Rodney Road since incorporation in 2003. The firm has been at this address through three Prime Ministers, two recessions and the introduction of e-conveyancing.
Cheltenham first, the wider Gloucestershire catchment (Gloucester, Tewkesbury, Stroud, the Forest of Dean), and across the M5 corridor into Worcestershire and the northern Cotswolds. Notarial matters reach further: documents notarised in this office have been used in courts and registries in over forty jurisdictions.