About Us

At your side 

For over 150 years, our clients have relied on us to help with their most important legal issues. In that time, we’ve built relationships with people and businesses in Harpenden, Luton, Milton Keynes and beyond.

We know that every client comes to us with a unique challenge. So we don’t follow rigid processes or fixed formulas.

Instead, our hand-picked team of experts take the time to listen, understand, and then solve your issue in straightforward, practical ways.

Expert. Trustworthy. Approachable.

We’re proud to have built a firm that’s open, approachable and friendly.

Because we believe that’s the best way to help our clients, across a range of legal services – including commercial, family, property, and wills and probate law.

But we’re more than just legal experts. We’re trusted advisers, here whenever our clients need us. 

"The extraordinary longevity and success of the firm is because we know how to combine traditional courtesy and values with 21^st century practices and we understand the changing face of legal requirements. We have been around a long time but we are still modern in the way we operate." 
Stewart Matthews - Managing Partner

We’ve handpicked our team so we can provide the best possible client experience where we are able to combine our technical excellence with a pragmatic straightforward approach.

Our History

In January 1867 Queen Victoria was less than halfway through her 63 year reign. In the UK, the streets were full of horses.  Gentlemen wore frock coats and wing collars whilst ladies sported voluminous skirts supported by hoops, petticoats, and or crinolines. There were no cars, no aeroplanes; no telephones and no computers. But what, you may ask, has this to do with business today?

Well, in Luton, a gentleman by the name of Walter Neve opened a solicitor’s office. Our firm, now called Neves Solicitors LLP, has offices in Milton Keynes, Luton and Harpenden, making us 150 years old.

However, it is not just the firm that is long established. At least one local family, the Cathcarts is able to proudly describe Neves as their ‘family solicitors’ for the past three generations. The Cathcarts have used Neves for both private and commercial property work on numerous occasions over the years. As Mrs Theresa Cathcart recalls; “Members of my family have used Neves for three generations. Their charm, politeness and efficiency combined with expertise in the latest aspects of law have meant that choosing Neves to conduct our legal business is our first and simplest choice.”