About Bakewells

Our Service comes with a Promise!

At Bakewells we recognise that a high quality service and a high level of client satisfaction are fundamental to our continued success. The Bakewells Promise is our way of demonstrating that we are very different to other firms of solicitors.

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Our Commitment to Quality & Continued Improvement

Bakewells is one of the few ISO 9001 accredited law firm in Derby.  We are independently assessed twice a year to ensure that we meet the very highest standards of service and client care. We recognise that accreditation forms only a part of an ongoing programme to maintain and improve our services so that we can meet our clients' changing demands and maintain our position as one of the leading law firms in the Midlands.

We are committed to a programme of continuous improvement in the quality of service we provide and as such we place a great emphasis on the training and development of our staff.

Our Reputation

A high proportion of our work comes from recommendations through our clients; we believe that this is because we provide the high quality of service clients expect. We are also recommended by the national publication Legal 500.

Our National & International Links

Bakewells is Derby's only member of LawNet. LawNet is the pre-eminent group of over 60 ISO 9001 Quality Assured law firms throughout the UK and Ireland. With only one LawNet member in every city, becoming a LawNet registered firm is not easy.  LawNet use extremely strict selection criteria to choose only the very best of legal firms throughout the UK and Ireland.

There are numerous benefits to clients of Bakewells with our being Derby's only LawNet firm:

• We have access to the most up to date legal information & training, from over 2000 legal specialists.
• Through our access to the expertise and services of major London law firms such as CMS Cameron McKenna, Bakewells can offer specialist expertise on a breadth of matters usually only associated with the biggest city firms. At the same time Bakewells remains independent and offers the detailed knowledge, friendliness and cost-efficiency of a local firm.

Bakewells is also Derby's only Eurojuris Member, a network of law firms throughout Europe covering 650 locations in seventeen countries. As a member of Eurojuris we have access to the best law firms throughout Europe, giving us the ability to offer clients quality assured legal advice and representation all over Europe.