We have practised from 22 St Andrews Crescent and the streets around it for the best part of two centuries. Senior partner Philip Courtenay Evans has held the post since 1982. Six directors in all, conveyancing through to High Court enforcement, and a Welsh-language service for clients who prefer to start in Cymraeg.
Cymraeg Rydym yn cynnig cyngor a gwasanaethau drwy gyfrwng y Gymraeg. Cysylltwch â ni os ydych am siarad gyda ni yn Gymraeg.
Sian Mills and Hedydd Davies lead our residential team, with associate solicitors Louise Flynn (new builds, Help to Buy) and Rebecca Williams, plus our in-house licensed conveyancer Richard Thornton. A straightforward purchase typically completes in 10 to 14 weeks. Fixed-fee quotes by return on the day you ask.
Conveyancing direct · 029 2039 1692 →Sian Mills, a member of Solicitors for the Elderly, leads our private-client work. Wills written and stored, lasting powers of attorney for property and welfare, full probate administration, deputyships, and considered advice on care funding and home transfers. Our wills are registered with the Certainty National Will Register.
Speak to Sian →David Evans, qualified 1984 and partner since 2007, runs our commercial work alongside Hedydd Davies on asset and share disposals and commercial property. Company formations, shareholder agreements, contract drafting and review, commercial leases, and the structuring work behind sales and acquisitions of small and mid-sized Welsh businesses.
Speak to David →Philip Evans, Under Sheriff of Glamorgan and a High Court Enforcement Officer, leads litigation, debt recovery and enforcement, with director Kayleigh Roberts on enforcement matters. Because we hold enforcement-officer status in-house, the work goes from demand letter to High Court writ enforcement under one roof. Most firms our size refer it out.
Speak to Philip →We are believed to be the oldest law firm in South Wales. The firm opened in Cardiff in the 1850s, the same decade the docks turned the town into a coal-shipping capital and a generation of Welsh commerce wrote itself into being. We have practised continuously since, through the Victorian boom, two world wars and into the present day.
We have grown deliberately. In 2017 the partnership incorporated as LGWP Limited. In 2021 two younger directors, Hedydd Davies and Kayleigh Roberts, joined the partnership as a planned handover generation. On 1 October 2022 we acquired Davies Prichard & Weatherill, another long-established Cardiff firm, strengthening our property and private-client practice. In October 2025 Jonathan Pryce joined the board.
Qualified 1976 · Partner since 1982
Under Sheriff of Glamorgan and a High Court Enforcement Officer. Heads our debt recovery, insolvency and litigation work. 44 years on the same Cardiff practice.
Qualified 2001 · Partner since 2005
Leads private client and residential conveyancing. Member of Solicitors for the Elderly. The director most likely to handle a will, an LPA or a probate matter.
Qualified 1984 · Partner since 2007
Heads commercial and company law. Company formations, shareholder agreements, asset and share work for Welsh small and mid-sized businesses.
Qualified 2017 · Director since 2021
A fluent Welsh speaker and our point of contact for Welsh-language work. Commercial property, complex leasehold, landlord and tenant, asset and share disposals.
Qualified 2017 · Director since 2021
Enforcement, debt recovery and litigation, working alongside Philip on High Court matters. Student member of the High Court Enforcement Officers Association.
Appointed October 2025
Joined the board in October 2025, the most recent director appointment. Brings continuity from the Davies Prichard & Weatherill lineage that became part of the firm in October 2022.
Rydym yn cynnig cyngor a gwasanaethau drwy gyfrwng y Gymraeg. Cysylltwch â ni os ydych am siarad gyda ni yn Gymraeg neu os ydych am i ni wneud eich gwaith trwy gyfrwng y Gymraeg. Hedydd Davies, ein cyfarwyddwr, sy’n siarad Cymraeg yn rhugl.
Cysylltwch â Hedydd →We offer advice and services through the medium of Welsh. Get in touch if you would like to speak to us in Welsh, or if you would like us to conduct your matter in Welsh. Hedydd Davies, one of our directors, is a fluent Welsh speaker.
Speak to Hedydd →A straightforward purchase or sale typically completes in 10 to 14 weeks from instruction. Leasehold work, new builds, and chains take longer. Sian Mills, Hedydd Davies, and our licensed conveyancer Richard Thornton handle the work directly. Our conveyancing direct line is 029 2039 1692.
Yes. We will send a fixed-fee quote on the day you ask. The quote covers our fees, the disbursements we will pay on your behalf (Land Registry, searches, stamp duty), and a clear note of any third-party costs that depend on the matter (e.g. lease enquiries on flats).
Yes. Hedydd Davies, one of our directors, is a fluent Welsh speaker and is the point of contact for clients who want to instruct us in Welsh. Documents can be drafted bilingually where the matter calls for it. Tell us when you first get in touch and we will route the work to Hedydd from the start.
Yes. You will be given a named solicitor on day one and that person will be your point of contact throughout. They will hand over only if they are on planned leave, in which case you will hear from another named solicitor in the same team before the handover happens.
Yes. Philip Evans is Under Sheriff of Glamorgan and a High Court Enforcement Officer. Kayleigh Roberts is a student member of the High Court Enforcement Officers Association. The work goes from letter-before-action through court judgment to High Court writ enforcement without referral to an external firm.
St Andrews Crescent runs between Park Place and Cathedral Road, a five-minute walk from Cardiff Queen Street station and ten minutes from Cardiff Central. The office is a quiet professional terrace, the same row a Cardiff solicitor would have walked into a century ago. Appointments outside listed hours can be arranged on request.