Newcastle and South Shields award-winning solicitors
How can we help?
Family
Our award-winning team of family lawyers has specialists across the full range of family law and divorce
Crime
Our team of specialist criminal defence solicitors will provide expert advice and representation
Property
Our experienced team can assist with all aspects of domestic and commercial conveyancing and property transactions
Mental Health
The largest team of specialist Mental Health solicitors in the North East. Advice in relation to the Mental Health Act 1983
Immigration
Our specialist team are nationally recognised for our expertise in both business and personal immigration law
Family Mediation
Our mediators work with you to resolve your separation, divorce or other family problems without going to court
Court of Protection
The Court of Protection team advise and assist with decisions for those who do not have the mental capacity to do so
Wills, Probate & Life Planning
Advice on wills, probate and trust, tax planning, LPA, and estate administration
Motoring
Our road traffic specialists represent those accused of motoring and driving offences
OUR TEAM
We have over 70 employees including 8 Partners across our offices in the centre of Newcastle upon Tyne and opposite the Town Hall in South Shields.
TOP-RATED ON GOOGLE
We have more 4- and 5-star Google ratings than any other Newcastle-based solicitor
WHAT OUR CLIENTS SAY
WHAT OUR CLIENTS SAY
Heartfelt thanks. I really do not know how I'd cope without you at these meetings. You really are great at your job and its greatly appreciated.
Client testimonial about Jenny Carter - FamilyWHAT OUR CLIENTS SAY
Thank you for your highly professional support, and attention to detail……. At the start I was not sure how the long distance collaboration would work but it has been a very friendly, easy, working relationship between us, and I appreciate very much how you conveyed a sense of solidarity to me even though we have never met. I would also like to thank Kim who was the perfect 'relay' between us whenever it was necessary.
Client testimonial about Mary Shaw - FamilyWHAT OUR CLIENTS SAY
Can’t thank you enough for your care and consideration, attention to detail and support along the way – and for making a painful process far less so. I trusted you 100% from day one
Client testimonial about Mary Shaw - FamilyWHAT OUR CLIENTS SAY
Good news: the application was a success. Thank you so much for help. I think we would have been particularly lost without your services. It was an incredibly stressful time.
Client testimonial about Bryony Rest - ImmigrationWHAT OUR CLIENTS SAY
I am so delighted with June... The support and the result was positive, she is friendly and helpful.
Client testimonial about June Holmes - ImmigrationWHAT OUR CLIENTS SAY
WHAT OUR CLIENTS SAY
You have shown the right mixture of a professional and a personal approach, which was very supportive to me and has achieved a good result. This was extremely helpful for me as a client
Client testimonial about Mary Shaw - FamilyWHAT OUR CLIENTS SAY
I have found the mediation valuable beyond measure, especially having been so sceptical to begin with.
Client testimonial about Mary Shaw - MediationWHAT OUR CLIENTS SAY
Thank you so much for everything with all my heartfelt gratitude.
Client testimonial about Bryony Rest - ImmigrationWHAT OUR CLIENTS SAY
Thank you so much for all your support and wise counsel. Life has certainly changed a lot since our early conversations… Thanks to you I have the beautiful loving relationship with (my child) I dreamed of. A priceless contribution and job well done!
Client testimonial about Mary Shaw - FamilyWHAT OUR CLIENTS SAY
I would like to thank you for the your assistance in this matter, the service and advice you have provided has been excellent.
Client testimonial about Bryony Rest - ImmigrationWHAT OUR CLIENTS SAY
I was the luckiest person to have Mary Shaw help me through my divorce. She was firm, but never pushy, forthright but always fair, sympathetic but never deviated from the goal of practically carrying me through this torrid time. She was always there.She was the friend that talked sense and gave you a gentle shake to wise up and push forward.
Client testimonial about Mary Shaw - FamilyWHAT OUR CLIENTS SAY
You do a difficult job very well, you both were very skilled in ensuring that we both felt heard and in control, enabling us to reach agreement.
Client testimonial about Mary Shaw & Sukhi Patter - MediationWHAT OUR CLIENTS SAY
Thank you for the excellent service, it was very professional, my requirements were quickly carried out.
Client testimonial about Cliff Veitch - WillsWHAT OUR CLIENTS SAY
Thanks very much for your guidance during my recent divorce proceedings. It is so nice to have peace of mind after those worrying, intervening years. I really appreciated your professional guidance throughout the proceedings and am so pleased to have been represented by yourself and David Gray Solicitors LLP during the case”.
Client testimonial about Mary Shaw - FamilyWHAT OUR CLIENTS SAY
‘I really do absolutely appreciate everything you have done for me and the boys and we are in such a better place now with all your advice and support.’
Client testimonial about Sukhi Patter - MediationWHAT OUR CLIENTS SAY
We would like to take this opportunity to offer our many thanks for all the help and advice you gave us.
Client testimonial about Sukhi Patter - FamilyWHAT OUR CLIENTS SAY
I want to thank you for all the help you have given me during this very stressful time, please know your professionalism and genuine caring has helped me enormously and I am very grateful to you.
Client testimonial about Sukhi Patter - FamilyWHAT OUR CLIENTS SAY
I wanted to thank you and your team for all the hard work and effort you have put into my case over the last year and also for putting up with me and my stubborn ways. My family and I will always be grateful to you and could not have asked for a better outcome.
Client testimonial about Brian Hegarty - CrimeWHAT OUR CLIENTS SAY
Many, many thanks for all your help .... with helping to prepare for [the] court case, for writing and submitting an excellent case for appeal, for choosing [the] barrister and for briefing her extraordinarily well. You were fantastic in everything you did!
Client testimonial about Bryony Rest - ImmigrationWHAT OUR CLIENTS SAY
You really are great at your job. Going above and beyond to make sure your clients are happy.
Client testimonial about Lesley Monkhouse - Court of ProtectionWHAT OUR CLIENTS SAY
Just a short note to say how much I appreciated you kind letter, following the Tribunal, which left me feeling very low. Your support, understanding, and professionalism made the nightmare of being in that 'institution' and that situation bearable.
Client testimonial about Mike Bishop - Mental HealthWHAT OUR CLIENTS SAY
I am writing to say thank you so much for helping my daughter to obtain a discharge from her Section 2 of the Mental Health Act. I know it gave her great strength and hope at a time in her life when everything was extremely stressful and traumatic for her. Thank you once again for all your help.
Client testimonial about Mike Bishop - Mental HealthWHAT OUR CLIENTS SAY
Such WONDERFUL news and a great relief after all this time! We really could not have done it without you. We feel like P.G. Woodhouse .... Joy in the Morning!
Client testimonial about Bryony Rest - ImmigrationWHAT OUR CLIENTS SAY
I just want to say thank you so much for all of your guidance, what could have been even more of a nightmare has been totally eased by you being so efficient and helpful.
Client testimonial about Kay Potts - PropertyWHAT OUR CLIENTS SAY
Mary Shaw was outstanding and professional at every turn. She was an excellent advocate for my daughter
Client testimonial about Mary Shaw - FamilyWHAT OUR CLIENTS SAY
I am the happiest mother upon receiving the great news from our son that his visa is granted. First, I said to myself 'Thank you Lord' and I thought of you. There is no exact word from the mother to say how I'm thankful for the remarkable job you have done for us.
Client testimonial about Bryony Rest - ImmigrationWHAT OUR CLIENTS SAY
I have got through it with your support and you have kept me on the right tracks for the last 12 months too - even if it was sometimes things I didn't want to hear! ..... if we hadn't have had such a great solicitor (our daughter's) life could have turned out very different.
Client testimonial about Elspeth Thomson - FamilyWHAT OUR CLIENTS SAY
I just wanted to say thank you so much for all your hard work and support with our case. I cant thank you enough for your assistance. You have always provided a high quality of service by being very professional, efficient and friendly, Your help made a big difference in our life...I really appreciate your kindness and your efforts .
Client testimonial about Bryony Rest - ImmigrationWHAT OUR CLIENTS SAY
Thank you for your representation and best wishes, I found everyone I encountered at David Gray to be exceptional and will continue to recommend David Gray to friends in the future.
Client testimonial about Emma Silburn - Mental HealthWHAT OUR CLIENTS SAY
Thank you very much for the work you did for me. In future I still want to maintain David Gray Solicitors LLP as my representatives. You are absolutely the best.
Client testimonial about Bryony Rest - ImmigrationWHAT OUR CLIENTS SAY
Thank you very much Kay. We couldn’t recommend you enough for all of your help over these past few months you have been brilliant.
Client testimonial about Kay Potts - PropertyWHAT OUR CLIENTS SAY
Pass on my gratitude to Brian Hegarty for achieving the miraculous yesterday in the face of a negative probation report. His defence was elegant, skilful and compassionate; and, even more important, effective.
Client testimonial about Brian Hegarty - CrimeWHAT OUR CLIENTS SAY
Thank you to you all for pulling out all the stops to get completion!.
Client testimonial about Cliff Veitch - PropertyWHAT OUR CLIENTS SAY
I have nothing but good things to say about the service which has been provided. I hope I will not find myself in a position to have to do so, but if any of my friends are faced with divorce proceedings I would not hesitate to recommend you and your team.
Client testimonial about Mary Shaw - FamilyWHAT OUR CLIENTS SAY
We wanted to say a MASSIVE THANK YOU for all your efforts in helping us achieve a successful application, which means the world to us!
Client testimonial about Pierrette Tshibuyi - ImmigrationWHAT OUR CLIENTS SAY
We are immensely grateful to you and your team for the outcome of the court order today. The whole process has been quite stressful, but we felt fully supported and completely guided by you. You were a good friend rather than a legal contact. Your expertise of the law and how to overcome the hurdles in this difficult case were superb.
Client testimonial about Elspeth Thomson - FamilyWHAT OUR CLIENTS SAY
I do appreciate the skillful support you gave us, the plans that we agreed with you are working well and we are now mostly managing to avoid conflict.
Client testimonial about Sukhi Patter & Mary Shaw - MediationWHAT OUR CLIENTS SAY
Can I also thank you for the help you have given me over these final few months of my divorce and for cutting through the years of accumulated undergrowth to achieve what appears to be a satisfactory resolution....many thanks for your help it has been appreciated.
Client testimonial about Mary Shaw - FamilyWHAT OUR CLIENTS SAY
Firstly many thanks for handling our case and its successful outcome, we are delighted that matters have been sorted.
Client testimonial about Elspeth Thomson - FamilyWHAT OUR CLIENTS SAY
Thank you for explaining it all so well.
Client testimonial about Louise Law - FamilyWHAT OUR CLIENTS SAY
You have always been on the ball and so quick to respond. We really appreciate everything you've done and needless to say we will be highly recommending you to anyone who needs a solicitor!
Client testimonial about Kay Potts - PropertyWHAT OUR CLIENTS SAY
First let me thank you for the great service you provided in getting the BRP. Many thanks for your assistance and look forward to you handling any future applications for us.
Client testimonial about Bryony Rest - ImmigrationWHAT OUR CLIENTS SAY
Thank you so much for all the help and advice. You definitely took some of the stress out of it all.
Client testimonial about Claire Hunter - FamilyWHAT OUR CLIENTS SAY
Sukhi Patter was very good in assisting me and at all times and reassuring that she was in control and very good at what she was doing.
Client testimonial about Sukhi Patter - FamilyWHAT OUR CLIENTS SAY
June was absolutely outstanding and we received a first rate service from her - thankyou.
Client testimonial about June Holmes - ImmigrationWHAT OUR CLIENTS SAY
Many thanks for representing me during those times.. thanks for being there.
Client testimonial about Paul Harbison - Mental HealthWHAT OUR CLIENTS SAY
Thank you for all your support and hard work. I would certainly feel confident using David Gray's again.
Client testimonial about Cliff Veitch - PropertyWHAT OUR CLIENTS SAY
I just wanted to say thanks again for all your help with the application. I’m sure that without you it would not have gone through so quickly and easily.
Client testimonial about Bryony Rest - ImmigrationWHAT OUR CLIENTS SAY
Mary was wonderful. She let me speak and explained everything clearly. I so appreciated her kindness and listening skills. Mary made me feel I had a choice, a voice and that I was able to put my views forward made me feel less stressed.
Client testimonial about Mary Shaw - Mediation