Solicitor at Wright & Lord Solicitors Ltd
Chris Gates
Solicitor - Director
SRA ID: 23199
Born and educated in Morecambe, Chris studied for a law degree in Manchester before completing his professional qualification in York. Chris joined Wright & Lord in 2003 and became a Partner in 2008. Since qualifying as a solicitor in 1998, Chris has specialised in family law. He is a member of the Law Society’s Family Law Panel and Resolution, and has vast experience in all areas of family law, including divorce and separation, financial settlements and, pre-nuptial and living together agreements. Over recent years Chris has also moved into Private Client work, which encompasses wills, estate planning, probate, trusts, powers of attorney and applications to the Court of Protection. Living locally, Chris is married with two sons. He is a Governor at Dallam School, Milnthorpe and involved with Bolton le Sands Cricket Club, being on the committee and helping to run the junior teams.
Wright & Lord Solicitors, 63 Victoria Street, LA4 4AF
Licensed for 26 years
Practice Areas
Family Law, Employment, Consumer
- Family Law 40%
- Consumer 40%
- Employment 20%
1 Client Review
Overall experience
- Value For Money
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About Chris Gates
Born and educated in Morecambe, Chris studied for a law degree in Manchester before completing his professional qualification in York. Chris joined Wright & Lord in 2003 and became a Partner in 2008. Since qualifying as a solicitor in 1998, Chris has specialised in family law. He is a member of the Law Society’s Family Law Panel and Resolution, and has vast experience in all areas of family law, including divorce and separation, financial settlements and, pre-nuptial and living together agreements. Over recent years Chris has also moved into Private Client work, which encompasses wills, estate planning, probate, trusts, powers of attorney and applications to the Court of Protection. Living locally, Chris is married with two sons. He is a Governor at Dallam School, Milnthorpe and involved with Bolton le Sands Cricket Club, being on the committee and helping to run the junior teams.
Languages Spoken: English
Contact Chris Gates
Address
Wright & Lord Solicitors Ltd
Wright & Lord Solicitors
63 Victoria Street
LA4 4AF
Phone 01524402050
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LICENSE
Country
Status
Acquired
Updated
United Kingdom
Currently Registered
03/08/98
24/07/24
We found no instances of professional misconduct for this solicitor
WORK EXPERIENCE
Title
Name
Duration
SRA-approved manager - Director
W & L Legal
?-present
Divorce Settlement
I asked several times whether it was worth my while taking my case to court but I never seemed to get a specific answer. The solicitor had full knowledge of my substantial savings and assets and Chris Gates words to me were “there is plenty of money to go round here”. It was only afterwards that it became apparent the money I was awarded in court from my ex-husband went completely on paying my legal fees. I am therefore no better off and have in fact come off worse than when I started. In addition to this bills were not sent to me by tte solicitors, suddenly appearing in my email weeks later saying we forgot to send you this, please pay us now. I was also contacted on several occasions by the solicitors accounts department insisting I had not paid bills when in fact I had. On instruction from my solicitor, I was to contact my barrister’s accounts department should i have any queries with her account. The barrister’s account department were shocked and puzzled by this and said my solicitor should not have told me this and refused to speak to me. So a lot of the time I was going round in circles and confused as to what the heck was going on.
Lawyer named in this review: Chris Gates
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