North West solicitors with a
reputation built
on quality and experience
A century of legal expertise
Based in Adelaide Street, Fleetwood, Addies was founded in 1881 by Robert Forrester Addie, who purchased a solicitors’ practice from the executors of John Bond, who had founded it twenty years earlier. In 1907 – roughly the same time he became Recorder of Salford County Court – his sons Douglas and Clive qualified as solicitors and took over the firm. Upon their deaths (within three months of each other), Douglas’s son, Robert, and Mr R Preston took over the running of the firm.
The firm was subsequently bought from the Forrester Addie estate by Henry Melling, an assistant solicitor with the firm. He ran the practice until 1983, at which time Charles Knowles purchased the practice from him. Mr Knowles went on to take the role of Notary Public, a crucial legal position which had been held by various members of the Forrester Addie family from 1882 to 1988.
In 1988 the firm extended and amalgamated, changing its collective name to Addie Jones.
Looking to the future with Addies
Since then, Addies – as the firm is now called – has gone from strength to strength, adhering to traditional values while remaining abreast of technological progress, and prospering as a result. The firm’s partners and fee earners all focus on difference aspects of law, providing clients with the highest level of service and expertise at all times.
Addies takes pride in its local, people-focused approach: many members of the team were born and live in Fleetwood, and some have been at Addies for over twenty years. Addies is proud to be a local firm and look forward to meeting your legal needs, whatever may be on your mind.
