Rollits LLP
{{Short description|Commercial law firm of Hull and York, England}}
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{{Infobox law firm
| firm_name = Rollits LLP
| headquarters = Kingston upon Hull
| num_offices = 2
| num_attorneys = 60
| num_employees = Approximately 100
| key_people = Richard Field (Senior Partner)
Ralph Gilbert (Managing Partner){{cite web |url=http://www.hoovers.com/company-information/cs/marketing-lists.ROLLITS_LTD.e734d01dc7d8860d.html |title=ROLLITS LTD Marketing Contacts |publisher=Hoovers|accessdate=7 February 2014}}
| date_founded = 1841
| company_type = Limited Liability Partnership
| homepage = [https://www.rollits.com/ rollits.com]
}}
Rollits LLP is a Yorkshire commercial law firm, with offices in Hull and York, England. The firm was founded in 1841 by John Rollit.
In May 2010 the firm changed from a traditional law partnership to a Limited Liability Partnership with the name Rollits LLP.
History
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In Hull in 1841, John Rollit, the son of a local cabinet-maker, was admitted as a solicitor and taken into partnership by local solicitor William Dryden at 2 Bowlalley Lane, a firm that became Dryden Sons and Rollit.
Having married Eliza Kaye, the daughter of architect Joseph Kaye, the Builder of Huddersfield,{{cite web |url=http://huddersfieldhistory.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/the-buildings-of-huddersfield-reprint-2009-sources1.pdf |title=The Buildings of John Huddersfield |publisher=The History Press |year=2009 |accessdate=8 February 2014 |archive-date=18 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718094442/http://huddersfieldhistory.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/the-buildings-of-huddersfield-reprint-2009-sources1.pdf |url-status=live }} Rollit set up his law firm at 62 Whitefriargate in 1850.{{cite news|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000065/18500208/001/0001|title=Public Notices|date=8 February 1850|work=Hull Packet|page=1|accessdate=11 June 2022|via=The British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription}}
In the twentieth century the firm continued under the direction of John’s two sons Albert and Arthur. Thomas Farrell joined in 1875, after a spell as a journalist for the Hull Morning News, but it was his son, Hugh, who put their family's name on the brass plate. Dick Bladon became a Partner on New Year’s Day 1934 when the firm became Rollit Farrell & Bladon. It retained that name until 2001, when it changed to Rollits.
In the 1970s the firm merged with Mainprize & Rignall,{{cite web
|url=http://www.hulllawsociety.co.uk/amalgamated-firms/
|title=Amalgamated Firms
|publisher=Hull Law Society
|accessdate=26 April 2011
|archive-date=1 April 2011
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110401202958/http://www.hulllawsociety.co.uk/amalgamated-firms/
|url-status=live
}} and in the 1980s acquired Neville Hobson & Co.
In 1990, Rollits opened an office in York city centre, moving out to Forsyth House, Monks Cross in April 2017.
Areas of practice
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- Agriculture Law
- Charities and Not-for-Profit
- Commercial Property
- Contracts and Commercial Law
- Corporate Law
- Dispute Resolution
- Education Law{{Cite web |url=https://www.bw-magazine.co.uk/rollits-partners-with-new-consultancy-to-enhance-education-services/ |title=Rollits partners with new consultancy to enhance education services|access-date=9 October 2022|website=Business Works|date=21 March 2022 |archive-date=27 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220327011540/https://www.bw-magazine.co.uk/rollits-partners-with-new-consultancy-to-enhance-education-services/ |url-status=live }}
- Employment Law
- Family Business
- Family Law
- Food and Drink Law
- Information Technology Law
- Planning, Development & Construction
- Residential Property
- Social Housing
- Wills, Trusts and Probate
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Offices
References
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External links
- {{official website|http://www.rollits.com/}}
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