About Us
We specialise in helping individuals and families with wills, probate, powers of attorney, trusts and more. Our approachable solicitors combine legal expertise with genuine compassion—offering guidance you can rely on when planning for the future or facing life’s most difficult challenges.
Based in York, we’re a friendly team of specialist private client solicitors. For over a decade, we’ve been helping clients from all over the world with everything from Wills and Probate to Power of Attorney.
Whether you’re a business looking for expert guidance or an individual planning for the future, our clients often tell us they find exactly what they need right here with us.
We’re also here to support you with Trusts and Tax, Managing Affairs, Court of Protection, Missing Persons Law, Disputes, and Document Services.
Delivered with care. Delivered with expertise. Delivered with a warm, personal touch.
Our commitment to you
Building relationships that last
Compassionate support when it matters more
Trust in our expertise
We put you first
At Roche Legal, we believe in putting you at the heart of everything we do. Good old-fashioned customer service is our priority, and we’re always ready to make your experience as smooth as possible. If it’s easier for you, we can come to your home for meetings, so you don’t have to worry about travelling.
We have a special focus on supporting elderly clients, young families, and small business owners, always with a personal touch to make things easier for you.
Client Reviews
We’re proud of the trust clients place in us.
The reviews come directly from Google, Trustpilot and letters of thanks shared with our team.
We publish them as written (with only minor edits to protect privacy), so you can see what working with Roche Legal is really like.
I would recommend to friends or family
The Roche Legal team are professional, personable and experts in their field. I would not hesitate to recommend to friends or family.
Highly recommend.
Very helpful service from start to finish.
Great
Service I received was great.
Thank you
Excellent, reliable, friendly service.
Very efficient
Your service is very efficient.
Excellent service
Roche Legal Solicitors provided us with an excellent service. Staff are friendly, professional and courteous. Alex who dealt with our needs clearly explained everything in a way that was easy to understand. She conducted the two appointments we had with her at a good pace and we felt relaxed in her company. We would highly recommend this firm to others.
Extremely useful
The at home and evening service was extremely useful.
Very polite
Excellent service from reception to the partners, very polite. Thank you.
Caring and genuine and kind
I’ve not worked with Rachel, but I have spoken with her several times. She is caring and and genuine and kind. When we have clients with needs in the UK, I refer them to her with confidence.
Caring and professional
We recently completed joint will writing with Melanie at Roche in York and were very pleased with the whole experience. Melanie was very professional, but kind and caring and we felt at ease undertaking something that is not the easiest of tasks to consider. I would really recommend using Roche and would not hesitate to use the team again. Great experience.
Professional
Professional, responsive and efficient solicitors. Highly recommend!
Caring and professional
We recently completed joint will writing with Melanie at Roche in York and were very pleased with the whole experience. Melanie was very professional, but kind and caring and we felt at ease undertaking something that is not the easiest of tasks to consider. I would really recommend using Roche and would not hesitate to use the team again. Great experience.
Highly recommended
Extremely helpful & professional. Highly recommended.
Positive feedback
I’ve referred numerous clients to Roche Legal over the years and have only ever had positive feedback on the service they offer
Home visit
We really appreciated that you were prepared to do a home visit.
I cannot recommend them enough.
Having had dealings with family matters for a few years, Rachel and her team are sensitive caring and most of knowledgable when it comes to family law. I cannot recommend them enough.
Oliver
Extremely satisfied
Thank you for our two meetings to make our wills through Will Aid. We were extremely satisfied with the service we received and found you to be sensitive and reassuring. We would be happy to recommend your practice.
Thank you
Rachel and her team are fantastic. As a local business owner I needed the services of a solicitor to help my own client. They were quick to respond, flexible when other firms were not and really friendly and happy to help. So glad we called upon the services of Roche Legal, just fantastic. Thank you.
Really helpful and supportive team
Really helpful and supportive team. Melanie took time to listen to our requirements and understand our needs. She gave us lots of helpful tips and advice that were in addition the service we requested and not done as an ‘upsell’. The follow up paperwork was timely and thorough leaving us feel supported and looked after. Very professional and friendly local business.
Very professional yet personal
Very professional, straightforward service. Nothing too much trouble, no matter how silly I thought my question may be, Melanie treated me with compassion and respect, ensuring I fully understood everything without making me feel like an idiot. A truly personal approach and definitely the best experience I have ever had with any solicitor. Roche Legal are just unique in their approach and a pleasure to work with. I would highly recommend Roche Legal to anyone looking for Wills and Probate services.
Thank you
Thank you for all your hard work on Patricks estate, and for getting it sorted so quickly.
Very professional service
Very professional service with efficient, friendly staff.
Thank you
We used Rachel to prepare our Wills and the service was excellent. Very friendly and efficient, the process was a lot easier than I thought and I have recommended her to my friends and family. Thank you Roche Legal for your help.
Spot on
All staff were so friendly + helpful. Very quick + efficient service.
Lovely, friendly advice
What we asked for was completed in time and on a very high professional level. Lovely, friendly advice and very professional
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Efficient and professional
The service has been very efficient and professional.
I can highly recommend them
Roche Legal give specialist legal advice in a practical, easily understood and responsive way. I can highly recommend them for wills, probate, Powers of Attorney, disputes estate claims, trusts and other such work.
Excellent, very professional service.
Excellent, very professional service. Everything was clearly explained and I felt Clare really listened to my needs and acted accordingly. I would definitely recommend Roche legal to friends.
Professional, Patient and Kind
Thank you for your professionalism, patience and kindness.
Excellent service
Excellent service and able to accommodate our availability.
Thank you.
I found it to be perfect. Just thank you.
No hesitation in recommending
Rachel provided me with very proactive and efficient legal advice, clearly setting out the available options and dealing with the necessary paperwork in a timely manner… I would have no hesitation in recommending her to others who are in need of the legal services that she provides.
Very impressed with the service
I cannot recommend Rachel and team at Roche Legal enough. Very impressed with the service, excellent communication, kept me fully informed. Friendly, approachable professional service.
Highly recommend Roche Legal services. Smooth, stress-free experience.
Roche Legal set up Wills & Powers of Attorney for our family. They acted promptly, efficiently & fully executed our requirements. Despite restrictions imposed by Covid, the experience was stress free and easy. Roche legal staff are experienced and friendly.
Putting our affairs in order had been on our to-do list for some time, having now completed the formalities we feel relieved that this is in place for the ease & benefit of our family. Roche Legal were recommended to us by several friends, including other solicitors in different fields. we, in turn, would happily recommend them to others.
Prompt replies
Very happy. Staff guided us through some quite complicated processes. Prompt replies to questions, too
Roche Legal is a spectacular team of Estate practitioners
Roche Legal is a spectacular team of Estate practitioners that are not only loved by their clients – they are respected by their peers. Similar to Roche Legal, we are a thriving Estate law firm in the USA and we love the opportunity to work collaboratively with a client centered, driven and creative leader like Rachel.
Just perfect for what I needed
Clare was great – proactive, friendly, helpful, knowledgeable, approachable, professional – just perfect for what I needed.
I would highly recommend!
Incredible service and genuine care. Thank you so much. I would highly recommend!
Rachel is very diligent and trustworthy
Rachel is very diligent and trustworthy and delightful to work with. I would highly recommend her for any matter you need her or her firm to handle.
Stress free service
Thank you for a wonderful, straightforward, stress-free service.
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