Dutton Gregory

Dutton Gregory is a full-service law firm that acts for individuals, SMEs, and growing corporates, with offices across Hampshire, Dorset, Surrey, and Merseyside, as well as a presence in London, enabling UK-wide support.

The firm is built around three core pillars, Property, Family and Business, and is known for taking a practical, approachable and client-centred service.

Dutton Gregory is widely recognised for its depth of expertise across a broad spectrum of sectors, including residential and commercial property, the private rented sector, family, and professional services.

The firm’s highly regarded lawyers are noted for excellence, making Dutton Gregory a trusted partner for both personal and business legal needs.

Property (Residential & Commercial)

Dutton Gregory’s property services deliver comprehensive advice across the residential and commercial sectors. The team combines technical excellence with practical insight, guiding clients through every stage of the property lifecycle, from high-volume residential conveyancing to complex commercial transactions and development projects.

The nationally recognised Property Lettings & Revenue department sets the firm apart, providing specialist support to landlords, agents and investors in the private rented sector.

• Residential conveyancing across the South with CQS accreditation
• Full commercial property lifecycle support (acquisitions, disposals, development and asset management).
• Property Lettings & Revenue department with tenancy documentation, possession claims, defended claims, revenue recovery, and training for the PRS, delivered by a nationally recognised, specialist team.

Family

The firm’s family and private client teams are known for their empathetic yet robust approach to sensitive matters. They advise on the full spectrum of family law issues, including financial remedies, child arrangements and adoption, with a strong focus on constructive resolution.

Alongside this, the private client team delivers clear, tailored advice on wills, trusts, estate planning and later‑life matters. At the same time, the personal injury and clinical negligence specialists act in high‑value, complex claims, securing life‑changing outcomes for clients.

• Full-service family offering (divorce, financial remedies, child arrangements, and nuptial and cohabitation agreements) with a dedicated Child Protection & Adoption team, emphasis on pragmatic, client-centred resolution.
• Wills, trusts & estate planning, estate administration, contentious trusts and estates, later-life planning, delivered with clear, jargon-free communication.
• Serious personal injury and clinical negligence claims, with evidence of successful outcomes and settlements.

Business

Dutton Gregory’s business services group supports SMEs, owner‑managed businesses and growing corporates with pragmatic, commercially focused advice. The team handles corporate transactions, commercial contracts and shareholder matters, complemented by expertise in employment law, immigration and business restructuring.

Its dispute resolution specialists manage complex litigation across contractual, corporate and property‑related issues, ensuring clients receive strategic solutions that protect their interests and drive business continuity.

• Contentious and non-contentious employment advice, including investigations, restructuring/TUPE and senior exits.
• Midmarket corporate transactions and advisory, commercial contracts, shareholder and partnership matters, business immigration and employment support.
• Dispute resolution covering contractual, corporate/shareholder and property-related disputes as well as insolvency, with published insight on litigation developments.
• Immigration sponsorship/worker routes, as well as personal applications, are embedded within the broader corporate and individual services suite.

Key Contacts

• Paul Sams, Managing Partner.
• Sarah Sams, Partner – Head of Residential Property.
• Derek Austin, Partner – Head of Commercial Property.
• Gina Peters, Partner – Head of Property Lettings & Revenue.
• Jonathan Brown, Partner – Head of Corporate.
• Darren Tibble, Partner – Head of Employment.
• Jonathan Whettingsteel, Partner – Head of Family.
• Andrew Witt, Partner – Head of Dispute Resolution and Medical Negligence.
• Emily Taylor, Partner – Head of Wills, Trusts & Estate Planning.
• Sarah Ferrari, Partner – Head of Child Protection & Adoption.

Bournemouth

Everdene House

Deansleigh Road

Bournemouth

Dorset

BH7 7DU

Chandler's Ford

Concept House

6 Stoneycroft Rise

Chandler's Ford

Eastleigh

SO53 3LD

Liverpool

Liverpool Office

4th Floor Exchange Court

1 Dale Street

Liverpool

L2 2PP

London

11-12 Old Bond Street

Mayfair

London

W1S 4PN

Southampton

Unit 26 Director General's House

15 Rockstone Place

Southampton

SO15 2EP

Winchester

44 Jewry Street

Winchester

Hampshire

SO23 8RY

Woking

24 Church Street West

Woking

Surrey

GU21 6HT