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{{Short description|Commercial law firm of Hull and York, England}}
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| num_offices = 2
| num_offices = 2
| num_attorneys = 60
| num_attorneys = 60
| num_employees = 100
| num_employees = Approximately 100
| key_people = Steve Trynka (Senior Partner)<br>Richard Field (Managing Partner)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hoovers.com/company-information/cs/marketing-lists.ROLLITS_LTD.e734d01dc7d8860d.html |title=ROLLITS LTD Marketing Contacts |publisher=Hoovers}}</ref>
| key_people = Richard Field (Senior Partner)<br />Ralph Gilbert (Managing Partner)<ref>{{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}}</ref>
| date_founded = 1975
| date_founded = 1841
| company_type = [[Limited Liability Partnership]]
| company_type = [[Limited Liability Partnership]]
| homepage = [http://www.rollits.com/ rollits.com]
| homepage = [https://www.rollits.com/ rollits.com]
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'''Rollits LLP''' is a Yorkshire commercial law firm, with offices in [[Kingston upon Hull|Hull]] and [[York]], England. The firm was founded in 1841 by [[John Rollit]], and is run by Richard Field as Managing Partner and Steve Trynka as Senior Partner. Rollits employ around 100 staff which includes over 60 lawyers, of whom 21 are partners.
'''Rollits LLP''' is a Yorkshire commercial law firm, with offices in [[Kingston upon Hull|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|Limited Liability Partnership]] with the name Rollits LLP.
In May 2010 the firm became a [[Limited Liability Partnership]], moving away from the traditional partnership model to a more modern and flexible structure. Rollits' practice is focused on corporate clientele, ranging from major [[Private Limited Company|PLC]]s to smaller private companies, charities and the education sector. The firm also serves private clients in trust and estate planning.


==History==
==History==
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[[File:Thinktank Birmingham - Rollit A.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Albert Rollit]]
[[File:Thinktank Birmingham - Rollit A.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Albert Rollit]]


In Hull in 1841, [[John Rollit]], the son of a local cabinet-maker, became an Articled Clerk in the offices of local solicitor William Dryden at 2 Bowlalley Lane.
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.


Later, having married Eliza Kaye, the daughter of the “Builder of Huddersfield” architect Joseph Kaye,<ref>{{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 Histery Press, 2009}}</ref> set up the law firm at 62 Whitefriargate in 1850.
Having married Eliza Kaye, the daughter of architect Joseph Kaye, the ''Builder of Huddersfield'',<ref>{{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 }}</ref> Rollit set up his law firm at 62 [[Whitefriargate]] in 1850.<ref>{{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}}</ref>


In the twentieth century and Rollits continued under the direction of John’s two sons [[Albert Rollit|Albert]] and Arthur. Thomas Farrell joined the firm in 1875, after a spell as a journalist for the ''Hull Morning News'', but it was his son, Hugh, who put the family name on the name plate. Later he was joined by Dick Bladon who became a Partner on New Year’s Day 1934 when the firm became Rollit Farrell & Bladon.
In the twentieth century the firm continued under the direction of John’s two sons [[Albert Rollit|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,<ref>{{cite web
Since then the firm has continued to grow as a private and commercial firm with Partners changing over the years to reflect the changing needs of commerce and new legal strictures that were placed on business under each new Government administration.

After the Second World War and into the 1960s the firm increased in size as it became essential to share the growing workload. In the 1970s the firm merged with Mainprize & Rignall,<ref>
{{cite web
|url=http://www.hulllawsociety.co.uk/amalgamated-firms/
|url=http://www.hulllawsociety.co.uk/amalgamated-firms/
|title=Amalgamated Firms
|title=Amalgamated Firms
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|archive-date=1 April 2011
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110401202958/http://www.hulllawsociety.co.uk/amalgamated-firms/
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}}</ref> 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.
It was at this point, that the traditional mode of partnership management which involved all Partners in every decision was abandoned in favour of a “more modern” management committee.


==Areas of practice==
Today the firm has adopted a modern management structure with a management board supported by three teams: business support, knowledge and skills and client relations. Its offices are based in its birth city of Hull and also in York.
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* Agriculture Law
; Sector Specialisms:
* Charities and Not-for-Profit
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* Agriculture & Horticulture
* Commercial Property
* Charities & Social Enterprise<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.studenthubs.org/xwiki/bin/view/Ethical+Careers/Careers+in+Law |title=Careers in Law |publisher=Student Hubs}}</ref>
* Contracts and Commercial Law
* Debt Recovery<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.legaljunction.co.uk/general-legal-advice/debt-management-debt-recovery |title=Debt Management & Debt Recovery |publisher=LegalJunction}}</ref>
* Corporate Law
* Education
* Dispute Resolution
* Family & Owner Managed Businesses
* Education Law<ref>{{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 }}</ref>
* Food<ref>{{cite web |url=http://hullandhumbermediation.co.uk/profiles/julian-nicholas-wild-llb/ |title=Julian Nicholas Wild LLB |publisher=Hull and Humber Mediation Group}}</ref>
* Employment Law
* Motor
* Family Business
* Family Law
* Food and Drink Law
* Information Technology Law
* Planning, Development & Construction
* Planning, Development & Construction
* Residential Property
* Renewables
* Social Housing
* Social Housing
* Wills, Trusts and Probate
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==Offices==
==Awards and rankings==
{{As of|October 2022}}, Rollits has two offices in the UK, [[Kingston upon Hull|Hull]] and [[York]].
Rollits has been recommended as a leader in many fields of law by the law directories ''Chambers and Partners'' and ''Legal 500''.


== References ==
== References ==
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== External links ==
== External links ==
* {{official website|http://www.rollits.com/}}
* {{official website|http://www.rollits.com/}}


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Latest revision as of 18:03, 22 October 2022

Rollits LLP
HeadquartersKingston upon Hull
No. of offices2
No. of attorneys60
No. of employeesApproximately 100
Key peopleRichard Field (Senior Partner)
Ralph Gilbert (Managing Partner)[1]
Date founded1841
Company typeLimited Liability Partnership
Websiterollits.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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Albert Rollit

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,[2] Rollit set up his law firm at 62 Whitefriargate in 1850.[3]

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,[4] 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[5]
  • Employment Law
  • Family Business
  • Family Law
  • Food and Drink Law
  • Information Technology Law
  • Planning, Development & Construction
  • Residential Property
  • Social Housing
  • Wills, Trusts and Probate

Offices

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As of October 2022, Rollits has two offices in the UK, Hull and York.

References

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  1. ^ "ROLLITS LTD Marketing Contacts". Hoovers. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
  2. ^ "The Buildings of John Huddersfield" (PDF). The History Press. 2009. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 8 February 2014.
  3. ^ "Public Notices". Hull Packet. 8 February 1850. p. 1. Retrieved 11 June 2022 – via The British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ^ "Amalgamated Firms". Hull Law Society. Archived from the original on 1 April 2011. Retrieved 26 April 2011.
  5. ^ "Rollits partners with new consultancy to enhance education services". Business Works. 21 March 2022. Archived from the original on 27 March 2022. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
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