Walters and Company was formed in January 1996 and originally practised in Priory Street in Dudley, West Midlands. Originally the workload of this firm was litigation based including Family, Civil and Criminal Litigation. It undertook both private and Legal Aid work. Agency Advocacy instructions have always been a large proportion of the firms' workload since its inception.

At the end of 1999, with the onset of Legal Aid contracting, a decision was taken to restructure the firm. From December of that year it was decided that it would undertake nothing but Agency Advocacy work.

Since that time it has built up a substantial client base of Solicitors Firms who instruct it on a regular basis. It represents the Clients of a number of specialist Family Law firms throughout the Midlands region in the areas Family Courts.

This Firm undertakes Agency Advocacy on behalf of both parents and children in Public Law Care Proceedings brought by Local Authorities. It also represents clients in Divorce, Family and Children Act matters for Solicitors firms. It regularly represents both Applicants and Respondents in both the Family Court and the County Court.

Advocacy work is undertaken in a wide variety of Civil Litigation hearings ranging from Small Claims Hearings to Case Management Conferences.

Andrew John Walters LL.B. (Hons) was admitted as a Solicitor in September 1989. After studying and completing his Law Degree at UWIST in Cardiff and undertaking his Solicitors Examinations at Wolverhampton University he served his Articles of Clerkship with Messrs Dunham Brindley & Linn, in Dudley, West Midlands, and continued as an Assistant Solicitor until 1993. Subsequently he worked for Hawkins & Co in Dudley and opened this practice in January 1996. He specialises in Family and Civil Litigation. He undertakes hearings in the Family Court as well as the County Court.

Andrew Walters is an Independent Solicitor Advocate under the Legal Aid Agency's Family Advocacy Scheme.

Walters and Company is authorised and regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (No. 202337).

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