About the firm
Five partners, one office, no call centre.
We have stayed deliberately small. It means the person you meet at the first appointment is the person who reads the file at ten past six on a Friday.
How we work
We would rather turn work away than do it badly.
Harriet & Ashworth started in 1994 with two solicitors and a shared kettle. We have grown to five partners and fourteen staff, and we still work out of one building on Castle Street because being in the same corridor is how work gets checked properly.
Every file has a named solicitor and a named assistant. You get both direct dial numbers on day one. If your solicitor is in court, the assistant already knows where your matter has got to.
We do not take work outside our six practice areas. When something lands on the desk that belongs with a specialist, we will tell you who to ring instead, and we will not charge you for the conversation.
The people on your file
Three of the five partners. Photographs are stock imagery, since this is a demonstration site.
Eleanor Harriet
Senior Partner, Private Client
Founded the firm in 1994. Handles complex estates, trusts for disabled beneficiaries and contested probate.
Daniel Ashworth
Partner, Commercial & Employment
Advises owner managed businesses on sales, shareholder fallouts and everything HR sends over at short notice.
Marcus Bell
Associate, Residential Property
Runs residential conveyancing, with a soft spot for awkward leasehold titles in Clifton and Redland.
A short history
1994
Eleanor Harriet and Peter Ashworth take two rooms above a print shop on Castle Street.
2003
The property team opens after a run of work for Bristol landlords and first time buyers.
2011
Daniel Ashworth joins from a City firm and starts the commercial and employment side.
2019
We buy the whole building and spend a year restoring the staircase and the front rooms.
2024
Fixed fees extended to every will, LPA and standard probate matter.