David Gray Solicitors
Award-winning law firm with particular strength in family law. Also offers conveyancing, wills and probate, criminal defence, immigration, and driving offence representation.
About David Gray Solicitors
David Gray Solicitors is a well-established law firm with offices in South Shields and Newcastle city centre, employing over 90 staff including 10 partners. The firm works across several departments, with particular strength in family law covering divorce, separation and domestic abuse. Other services include criminal defence and motoring offences, property conveyancing, immigration, wills, probate and life planning, Court of Protection work, mental health law and family mediation. The firm highlights that it holds more four- and five-star Google ratings than any other Newcastle-based solicitor. Regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority, David Gray offers a wide spread of legal services to individuals across the North East.
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