History of the practice

Weightmans is a national practice of solicitors founded in 1827, which has significantly grown and adapted to the needs of our clients over the last 180 years. The expansion of the firm has been as follows:

1827
Rutherfords established in Liverpool

1875
Field and Weightman established in Liverpool

1887
Weightman Peddar and Weightman established in Liverpool

1913
Firm becomes known as Weightman Peddar

1970
Firm becomes known as Weightmans

1988
Weightmans and Rutherfords merge to create Weightman Rutherfords

1996
The firm name changes to Weightmans and a Birmingham office is opened

2002
Weightmans merges with a team from Vizard Oldham and becomes Weightman Vizards - with offices in Birmingham, Leicester, Liverpool, London and Manchester

2004
Firm changes its name back to Weightmans

2007
Firm converts to LLP status

2011
In April Weightmans acquires the Insurance practice of Vizards Wyeth, adding an office in Darfford. 

In May, Weightmans merged with Mace & Jones, acquiring a Knutsford office.

At present, Weightmans has more than 1100 staff and 150 partners to ensure we provide a full legal service to all of our clients and have the resources to deal with the most demanding legal needs. We have also built informal associations with law firms in most foreign jurisdictions, to complement the comprehensive range of legal services which we provide to our clients.

Weightmans are members of Legalink, an invitation-only network of top tier independent law firms which practice in the world’s finance and commercial centres. It is different from other referral networks, rather than just a list of contacts it is a close-knit association of actively participating member law firms.

As a progressive top 50 UK law firm, we are committed to our clients and our people, as well as constantly looking at ways of improving the service we provide.