Lester Aldridge welcomed Julie-Ann Harris as a Partner to the Family team.

From offices in Bournemouth, Southampton and London, full-service law firm Lester Aldridge advises businesses and private individuals on a regional, national and international scale. We are known for our ability to offer top-quality legal advice in a straightforward way, making us accessible and easy to deal with. Our core practice areas are real estate, litigation & recoveries, dispute resolution, corporate & commercial services and private client, and within these, specialist niche practices such as healthcare, marine, aviation, charities, debt recovery and construction. At Lester Aldridge, we are proud of our reputation and history and can trace our origins back to 1796. The firm has grown to be one of the largest law firms in the South and can offer city expertise at regional rates. Our clients are at the heart of everything we do. We believe that every client has their own unique requirements, and we tailor our ways of working by thoroughly understanding their business or personal circumstances. We believe that through listening to our client’s needs, concerns and expectations, we can deliver a solution which is innovative, realistic and delivers the optimal result for our client. Lester Aldridge was honoured with Highly Commended for Law Firm of the Year: The Independents at The Lawyer Awards 2023 and Property Law Firm of the Year at the South Coast Property Awards 2023. We have held Lexcel accreditation since 2007, the Law Society’s legal practice quality mark. The firm has also achieved ISO 27001, the international standard for information security, and ISO 14001 certification, demonstrating our proactive commitment to environmental management and sustainability.