Two hundred and sixty seven years of continuous solicitor practice in Tunbridge Wells, Sevenoaks and Paddock Wood. Berry & Lamberts is the 2012 merger of Berry & Berry LLP and Lamberts Solicitors, trading under the unified name since September 2014. The local Law Society was founded in our Church Road office on 29 May 1933 and returned there ninety years later. Twelve partners and four practice areas across three Kent doors today.
A general high-street practice with department heads who supervise their own files. Property and Private Client are the spine; Family Law and Business sit alongside them. Conveyancing Quality Scheme accredited, Children Law accredited, ISO 9001 quality certified, Cyber Essentials, LawNet member.
Residential, rural and commercial conveyancing across West Kent, the Weald and the M25 commuter belt. Conveyancing Quality Scheme accredited by the Law Society. Lease extensions, equity release, freehold acquisitions, boundary disputes, party-wall, restrictive covenants, social-housing landlord and tenant. Robert Moseley LLP heads Residential & Rural Property; William Moore heads Commercial Property; Eleanor Lister and Kizzy Packer also sit on the property side.
Will drafting, lasting powers of attorney, deputyship, inheritance tax and trusts, probate and full estate administration, wills and inheritance disputes. The Private Client Team won LawNet Team of the Year (Individual Law) at the 2025/26 awards for exactly this work. David Lea heads the team, with Emma Houghton and Lisa Maley on the partnership.
Divorce and separation, financial settlements (including pension sharing and second-family arrangements), cohabitation agreements, pre and post-nuptial agreements, dissolution of civil partnerships, domestic abuse, children’s care post-separation, parental responsibility, children in care proceedings. Law Society Children Law accredited. Juan Ramon Masoliver Noble (“Yashin”) heads Family Law; Amanda Wilson also a partner on the team.
Commercial agreements (customer, supplier, director, partnership, shareholder, start-up, exit), commercial disputes and debt recovery, business sale and purchase (asset and share), employment services for employers, EmployRight subscription advice, social housing for landlords, commercial property and leases. Paul Reader (Managing Partner) heads Company & Commercial.
The Berry and Lambert families have practised law in West Kent since 1759. Two centuries later the two firms shared a doorstep, a postcode and a client base. They formally merged on 10 February 2012 under the LLP that Companies House records as OC372351, and adopted the unified Berry & Lamberts trading name in September 2014.
The address has a second history of its own. On 29 May 1933 the Tunbridge Wells, Tonbridge & District Law Society was founded in the offices of Berry & Berry at 11 Church Road. The Society's first minute book lists this building. Ninety years later, in May 2023, the Society returned to the same address to mark its anniversary.
Today the firm trades from three doors in Tunbridge Wells, Sevenoaks and Paddock Wood. Twelve partners. Four department heads (Company & Commercial, Private Client, Dispute Resolution, Family Law) plus separate heads for Residential and Commercial Property. Two LawNet awards in two years.
“Our 270+ year history enables our friendly and human teams to draw on a wealth of experience to provide dependable advice in a relaxed, professional environment.” Berry & Lamberts, on its own house style
A partnership of twelve, each named in writing on the files they supervise. Paul Reader has held the Managing Partner role since Nigel Stratton's retirement on 29 March 2018.
On the morning of 29 May 1933 a small group of Tunbridge Wells and Tonbridge solicitors met in the offices of Berry & Berry on Church Road and constituted the Tunbridge Wells, Tonbridge & District Law Society. The Society has met without break since.
In May 2023 the Society returned to the same address to mark its ninetieth anniversary. The minute book that opened the meeting in 1933 sat on the same kind of desk in the same kind of room. The address that was the cradle of the local profession is the address Berry & Lamberts gives clients today: 11 Church Road, TN1 1JA, five minutes on foot from Tunbridge Wells mainline, free parking on site.
LawNet's awards are judged by a panel of specialists for innovation and strategic success across the network's SME members. Berry & Lamberts took the firm-level prize in November 2024 and the Private Client team prize a year later.
A solicitor's bill of fare for an evening in West Kent is more likely to include something Berry & Lamberts have helped pay for than not. The list below is the current shortlist, drawn from the firm's own register of partnerships and sponsorships.
A short enquiry form for an initial response by telephone or email. Once we understand the matter we can quote a fee on a fixed or hourly basis with an estimated total in writing, and we will say in the same letter which partner will supervise the file.
The three branches share opening hours, partner cover and file-handling. The Tunbridge Wells head office sits five minutes on foot from the mainline station, with free on-site parking.
11 Church Road
Tunbridge Wells
Kent
TN1 1JA
First Floor, Hearts of Oak House
4 Pembroke Road
Sevenoaks, Kent
TN13 1XR
60 Commercial Road
Paddock Wood
Kent
TN12 6DP
Since 1759. The current firm is the 2012 merger of Berry & Berry LLP and Lamberts Solicitors, two practices whose own lineages reach back 270 years between them. The unified Berry & Lamberts brand was adopted in September 2014. The Tunbridge Wells, Tonbridge & District Law Society was founded in the offices of Berry & Berry at 11 Church Road on 29 May 1933, and returned to the same address in May 2023 for its 90th anniversary.
One firm, twelve partners, three doors. Tunbridge Wells (11 Church Road) is the registered head office and the largest branch. Sevenoaks (Hearts of Oak House, Pembroke Road) and Paddock Wood (60 Commercial Road) carry the same departments and the same opening hours. A file opened at one branch can be progressed at any of the three.
Yes. A free residential conveyancing fee quote is available via the website or by telephone to any branch. The quote is written, itemises the legal fee and the disbursements (searches, Land Registry, ID checks, electronic money transfers), and is honoured at completion. Law Society Conveyancing Quality Scheme accredited.
Yes to both. Berry & Lamberts LLP is authorised and regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority under SRA number 567287. The firm is also a Legal Aid franchised firm, regulated by the Legal Aid Agency, and is authorised to offer legal representation at public expense in particular areas of work. Companies House number OC372351, VAT 209 6047 68.
West Kent first. The catchment includes Tunbridge Wells, Tonbridge, Sevenoaks, Paddock Wood, Kings Hill, Tenterden, Cranbrook, Edenbridge and the Weald. Beyond that the firm acts for clients across the South East and all of England and Wales. International matters via referral.