Angels Solicitors LLP

Overview

Angels Solicitors LLP is a long-established, Coventry-based full-service law firm serving individuals, families and local businesses across the West Midlands. The firm emphasises accessible, client-centred advice (’Communication, not litigation’) and holds Lexcel and Conveyancing Quality Scheme (CQS) accreditations; it also publishes detailed fees/transparency information and a Diversity Data return. Angels is regionally focused and community-minded (including sponsorship of the Coventry City of Culture bid and Saturday free legal advice sessions) and has been recognised repeatedly at the Warwickshire Law Society Awards (Law Firm of the Year 2024; Legal Team of the Year 2025).

• Headquarters: Coventry, 117/119 New Union Street
• Lawyers: 13
• Partners: 4
• Trainees: 4
• Offices: 1

Values & Culture

Practice Areas

• Personal Injury & Clinical Negligence
• Dispute Resolution & Litigation
• Real Estate
• Employment
• Family Law
• Tax
• Private Client & Wealth
• Insolvency & Restructuring
• Commercial Contracts
• Corporate & M&A

Geographic Focus: Primarily Coventry and the West Midlands, serving local private clients, families, charities, clubs and a broad range of local businesses (from small firms to larger employers). The firm positions itself as a community legal practice rather than an international or multi‑office network.

Training Contract

Mentorship

Training and junior roles are supervised by named partners and senior solicitors in each department; job notices repeatedly state the Firm is dedicated to training and development and expect new joiners to be committed to continuous development and training.

Programmes & Schemes

Notable Matters

What Angels Solicitors LLP Looks For

Key Competencies

• Client care and approachability
• Accuracy and attention to detail
• Good communication skills
• Ability to work on own initiative and as part of a team
• Time-management and ability to meet deadlines
• Computer literacy (Word and Excel) and keyboard/transcription skills
• Business development / networking (for fee-earner roles)
• Willingness to learn and commit to ongoing training

Evidence Signals

• Experience in Wills, Probate, Court of Protection and Lasting Powers of Attorney for private client roles
• Residential conveyancing experience for conveyancing roles
• Experience of Legal Aid/Legal Aid Agency online portal work and managing legal aid claims (for family/legal aid related support roles)
• Prior fee‑earner billing/accounting performance for private client solicitor roles
• Practical client-facing experience and local/community involvement

Benefits & Wellbeing

• Lexcel Quality Mark accreditation
• Conveyancing Quality Scheme (CQS) accreditation
• Investor in People recognition (first Coventry firm to be recognised)
• The Firm is dedicated to training and development / life-long training
• Flexible working can be considered (role-specific)
• Structured review process for fee-earners (job adverts promise reviews)

Wellbeing

Investor in People recognition and emphasis on staff development; no additional formal wellbeing programmes or EAPs are detailed on the captured pages.

Awards & Recognition

• Legal Team of the Year 2025 (Warwickshire Law Society Awards) – Dispute Resolution Team
• Law Firm of the Year 2024 (Warwickshire Law Society Awards)
• Law Firm of the Year 2022 (Warwickshire Law Society Awards)
• Lexcel Quality Mark (displayed with 2025 update)
• Conveyancing Quality Scheme (CQS) accreditation (logo displayed)

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

The firm publishes a Diversity Data return and has stated commitments to staff development (Investor in People). Specific numerical targets or external D&I pledges are not listed on captured pages.

• Published Diversity Data (staff survey results)
• Investor in People recognition
• Saturday free legal advice sessions (public access / pro bono)

Pro Bono

The firm runs Saturday Morning Free Advice Sessions (every Saturday 9:00am–12:00pm) providing free 20‑minute consultations on a first‑come, first‑served basis covering employment, property/landlord & tenant, commercial law, wills & probate, dispute resolution and inheritance disputes.

Innovation

The firm emphasises compliance and quality accreditations (Lexcel, CQS) and displays a Cyber Essentials badge, indicating basic cyber‑security certification. There are no named bespoke legal‑tech platforms or internal innovation programmes detailed on the captured pages.

• Cyber Essentials certification (badge displayed)
• Use of Lexcel quality/standards frameworks

Quick Application Angles

• Open with the firm’s values: reference their Lexcel and CQS accreditations and the phrase "Communication, not litigation" to show cultural fit and attention to quality standards.
• If applying to private client/probate roles, cite direct experience with Wills, Probate, Lasting Powers of Attorney or Court of Protection work and, if applicable, any experience of preparing IHT205/IHT400 forms or estate accounts.
• For conveyancing roles mention hands‑on residential conveyancing experience and familiarity with common searches, remortgages and lease extension work — the firm offers instant quotes and highlights a high volume of residential work.
• If applying to dispute/tribunal roles, reference practical tribunal or litigation experience and familiarity with tribunal timelines and costs — the firm publishes clear fixed-fee guidance for Employment Tribunal matters, so demonstrate commercial awareness of tribunal stages and estimated costs.
• Mention community engagement or pro bono experience (e.g. advice clinics) — the firm runs Saturday free legal advice sessions and prizes community-focused service).