Solicitors in Newcastle Under-Lyme
In the heart of the community
Youngs Law (formery Cooks Solicitors) are a leading and longest established law firm in the heart of Newcastle-under-Lyme. You can find our local office in the centre of town just off Ironmarket, opposite the library.
Our Newcastle-under-Lyme office is filled with experienced solicitors ready to help you with a variety of legal matters. We can help support you with family law, conveyancing, personal injury, medical negligence, prison law and mental health.
If you’d like to speak with one of our solicitors in Newcaslte-under-Lyme, get in touch using the contact form, phone or WhatsApp us.
Your legal matters, matter.
Where to find us
Experienced, dedicated solicitors based in Newcastle-under-Lyme
If you live in Newcastle-under-Lyme and are looking for a forward thinking, hard working and friendly solicitor, then look no further than Youngs Law.
Youngs Law have one objective, to give you best in class legal support. That means not just offering expert legal advice but also making sure we do all we can to support you with family matters or to take away any stress you have buying or selling a home.
Our Newcastle-under-Lyme office is based in the centre of the town in Ironmarket and is open Monday – Friday 9am to 5:30pm.
The office is filled with experienced solicitors from all of our departments, including family solicitors, a conveyancing team (residential and new build and shared ownership properties). We also have personal injury lawyers and medical negligence solicitors as well as solicitors who specialise in prison law and mental health.
Formerly known as Cooks Solicitors, the brand was changed to Youngs Law in 2020. The team of solicitors remained the same and we have since added new faces.
Our solicitors have been helping the local people with their issues for decades and we’d love to support you too. If you have a matter and would like to sit down with one of our solicitors to go through how we can help, get in contact with us by using the contact from on the right, call us or even send us a WhatsApp message.
You can also view all of our services and find more information using the department links below.
Legal Services
Our family law solicitors deal with the problems that arise on the breakdown of family relationships, whether they are difficulties with partners, children or families. We can support you with divorces, child arrangements, financial arrangements and more.
We are on The Law Society Family Law Solicitors Panel so you can be assured that you will receive specialist, personally tailored legal advice. Public Funding or ‘Legal aid’ is available for Care Proceedings and Domestic Violence/Domestic Abuse/injunctions (where financially eligible).
Our conveyancing team deal with a variety of conveyancing matters including purchases, sale, lease, transfer of equity and remortgaging. If you’re looking to buy your first home, resize or just change locations, we will be able to support you through the process.
We are proud to hold Law Society Legal Excellence and The Law Society Conveyancing Quality Scheme accreditation so you can trust us to handle your affairs and take away the hassle of legal work involved in a property transaction.
Our prison law experts are at the forefront of developments in this area of law and are one of the biggest prison law teams in the UK. They regularly challenge the Ministry of Justice and other authorities to make sure that their clients received fair treatment. With offices around the country, we can represent our prisoner clients wherever they happen to be based, so please get in touch with us if you need support.
We are also members of the Association of Prison Lawyers and regularly contribute articles on prison law and prisoner’s rights. We have won landmark cases for our clients and for the benefits of all prisoners.
Our medical negligence department specialises in matters where individuals have suffered illness or injuries as a result of poor treatment or negligence by doctors, dentists or hospital staff. Our specialist team of solicitors work hard to ensure our clients receive the most compensation and the best possible care to help them cope with the situation.
If you have received treatment or undergone surgery that has been below standards, you could be entitled to compensation. For more information about the matters we can help you with, click the button low.
Our personal injury department assists clients in recovering compensation for injuries that they suffer in situations like road traffic accidents, accidents at work or accidents that have happened in public places. We undertake all matters on a no win no fee basis whereby clients pay nothing if the claim fails.
As a client you will only pay a maximum of 25% of the total compensation if your claim is successful. We will only charge our clients when they receive their compensation.
Mental Health is a specialised area of law and due to its serious nature, if you are formally detained under The Mental Health Act 1983, you are entitled to be represented. Our work is funded by the Legal Aid Agency. You do not have to pay anything for our services.
We are accredited member of The Law Society Mental Health Panel. Whether you are facing intervention from a statutory agency or are concerned about someone you care for, we can help give you clear legal advice and guide you to a positive outcome.
Our team of will & probate solicitors can advise you on all aspects of your plans and devise the most effective solution, in the most efficient way. We will also work closely with any other professional advisors you may have to plan for the challenges that may arise in the future.
If you have any questions about wills, probate or power of attorney please feel free to get in touch with us by filling out a contact form or giving us a call. We are more than happy to answer your queries and assist you with your matter should you choose to instruct us.
If you need legal advice but require help with paying for a lawyer you may be able to claim Legal Aid to help you cover the costs of the services you receive.
Young’s Law are a Law Society Lexcel accredited firm, reinforcing that the legal advice you receive from us is of the highest standards of practice and advice. We have expert solicitors who can deal with Legal Aid work under the Legal Aid Agency’s (LAA) Public Funding Schemes. These schemes are available to people who cannot afford to pay legal costs.
Our Legal Aid Services
You can find a full list of services where Legal Aid is available on The Law Society’s website. If you wish to see our full range of Legal Aid services, visit out legal aid page.
