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Welcome to Thomas Dunton Solicitors LLP, a law firm based in Orpington, Kent

We are pleased to have provided specialist legal advice and services to the local Orpington community and further afield for over 40 years.

When you team our years of experience with our personalised service, you get something really quite unique. That’s why we have the reputation for being approachable, realistic and understanding.

Our solicitors are here to talk to you about even the most complex legal matters, to listen to your needs and offer practical solutions. Whatever legal assistance you require, please get in touch today on 01689 822554 or email us to see how we can help.

Why not join us for a free legal talk on Wednesday 20 March at Orpington Library. Find out more.

 

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Orpington Office

217-219 High Street, Orpington,
Kent BR6 0NZ (view map)
Tel: 01689 822 554

Opening Hours

Monday 9am-5pm
Tuesday 9am-5pm
Wednesday 9am-5pm
Thursday 9am-5pm
Friday 9am-5pm
Saturday Closed
Sunday Closed

What our clients say

“All very satisfactory, efficient and approachable. We now look upon Thomas Dunton as our solicitors”.

“Extremely satisfied with the service that you have provided. We will be recommending Thomas Dunton to our family and friends”.

“Great patience and great deal of thought to ensure our Will achieved our complicated requirements. Thank you”.

“I found the staff I dealt with professional, practical and patient…helping to clarify matters and enabling me to take better informed decisions”.

“Wonderful and understanding of my circumstances. Guided me through the process and presented all the options in a way that I could understand”.

“Thank you for all your hard work. You have been amazing. I will forever be thankful that you were my solicitor”.

“The service was exceptional —  friendly, welcoming and sympathetic. I do not think that I could have received a better service anywhere else”.

“No words to express my gratitude to your amazing work and patience”.

“Thank you very much for the courtesy, care and efficiency which we have received from you and everyone we have dealt with at Thomas Dunton.  We made a good choice when deciding to go with yourselves!”.

“Thank you so much for all your help for my family and I.  I am so very  grateful.  You’re  my little Christmas angels”

“What you all do for people is amazing. You should all be proud of yourselves for putting a little bit of light back in my life and I’m most certain that of others”

“The firm give their clients very detailed and clear advice in plain English.”

“Catherine Westcott truly helped us beyond her duty and was always there for us, going that extra mile made all the difference”.

“Extremely friendly, did not feel that anything was too much trouble”.

“I received a very prompt, professional and caring service from you at a very sad and distressing time”.

 

“Catherine Westcott is the best conveyancing solicitor I have ever worked with. She was excellent from the first phone call to the last.

“We have both been impressed with Catherine’s diligent and thorough conveyancing, highlighting issues with the property that had been missed during the previous sale, so we are both very happy with our choice of solicitors! We’d be delighted to use Thomas Dunton again.”

“Melanie Dunton was extremely professional and knowledgeable, but we were very impressed with how understanding and compassionate she was at a difficult time”.

“We would definitely recommend Thomas Dunton and would use again for conveyancing”.

“Ruchi Keerth was very knowledgable in everything I asked and I found Lisa Hodgkins to be very helpful and polite.”

“We were so impressed with the service received from Catherine Westcott. At all times we felt she was pushing the process for us!”

“From the very first contact with the office, your service was always efficient, helpful and personal. You made a complex process very simple.”

“Thank you again for all of your help throughout the conveyancing process. You helped alleviate the stress.”

“Thank you for all support. I would like to say how impressed I have been with your service.”

“I am so very grateful to Temitope Okenla for his tireless hard work, professionalism and dedication to the completion of my house under such difficult and trying circumstances, to say the least! He is a real credit to your firm.”

“Both Temi and Sally were very supportive. We have used TD for in excess of 30 years for all our legal support.”

“I was very happy with the service received. Daniela was very patient in explaining things I did not understand. I would recommend Thomas Dunton to friends.”

“Temi was extremely professional in his dealings.”

“Both Temi and Sally were very supportive. We have used TD for in excess of 30 years for all our legal support.”

“As always, very good. Been a customer for years. Wouldn’t go anywhere else.”

“Very competent and I always felt like I was in good hands. Friendly and approachable.”

“We were very happy with the service provided, extremely helpful, efficient and very quick. Overall, excellent service. Thank you! Service provided was faultless from start to finish.”

“Once again I am more than happy with the service received from Thomas Dunton. Everyone was professional and everything was dealt with in a timely fashion.”

“They always consider and point out the consequences of what you request, so you end up with the best possible solution.”

“It is difficult to express the value of such a service to someone at risk of losing their mental capacity. My heartfelt thanks to Catherine and the team. You have been utterly brilliant when we needed you most.”

“The conveyancing service was excellent and thorough with great attention to detail. Every single member of staff was efficient and a delight to work with. We will definitely be turning to them again should the need arise.”

“In this day and age of impersonal internet services, we feel lucky to have dealt with a firm which operates at the human level.”

“Thomas Dunton Solicitors is a very well-run and closely supervised practice with good client care practices.”

“Many thanks for handling the sale of my flat. I would have no hesitation in recommending Thomas Dunton to anyone, a first-class service.”

“I have been using Thomas Dunton Solicitors for the past 20 years. Never had a problem yet.”

“Thank you for your help, guidance, tenacity and infinite patience.”

“Catherine’s client service is excellent. She is responsive and professional, whilst providing first-class advice throughout. She worked around a swift timeline for us and completed successfully. I would and have recommended your conveyancing team to others.”

“Excellent service. Would highly recommend Catherine and Temi. Temi was very helpful at the end when trying to exchange and facing delays.”

“I used Thomas Dunton Solicitors after my cousin died, without leaving a will. I was very impressed with the professional and efficient way in which Catherine Crabtree handled what was a long and difficult process. I would certainly use their services again.”

“I should like to thank you and all the team in both the probate and conveyancing departments, for all of your work on behalf of my family and myself. The [matter] has been handled with sensitivity, understanding and professionalism throughout.”

“Excellent service – explained clearly to me what needed to be done.”

“Very happy with the professional service that I received from you.”

“Catherine [Westcott] has been brilliant – very approachable, explained things clearly and made it much more manageable process then my last conveyancing transaction with another firm.”

“Ms Bengo went above and beyond to provide an excellent service to my family at an extremely traumatic and difficult time. She was kind, patient, helpful and at all times was very professional and we are extremely grateful to her. Thank you.”

“Thomas Dunton has been dependable and has helped us settle some problems.”

“Aylin Osman and her assistant Sally Johnson were very helpful in our property purchase transaction. As a first time buyer this can be a very stressful experience, but the firm as a whole provided very clear advice and updated us at every stage of the transaction. Also a quick shout out to Catherine Westcott and Melanie Dunton for their expert involvement and the ladies at reception as they were professional and polite.”

“Just wanted to say a huge thank you on behalf of my family. Considering how short notice this matter was, you and your team were absolutely fantastic. I really appreciate everything you have done for us.”

“Once again, can I express my sincere gratitude for everything you have done for my mother and our family, we all greatly appreciate it.”

 

“Catherine Crabtree prepared our mirror wills. She was knowledgeable and efficient, and provided us with helpful and practical advice. A pleasure to deal with her and her team. A very reasonable fee too.”

“Thomas Dunton Solicitors continues to be a very well managed practice with very good client care, excellent client feedback, and highly motivated members of staff at all levels.”

“Excellent service – made the sale and purchase so straightforward.”

“Thank you to everyone involved in dealing with the estate of my late wife. There was a great deal to be sorted, complicated by the fact that I am unable to visit your offices. I was grateful that you took the trouble to see me [somewhere convenient].”

“I would like to say thank you so much for all your hard work during the process. It was, at times, very frustrating, but we got there in the end, and we always felt that your diligence and professionalism gave us the confidence we needed to progress to the end.”

“Vernon Hadida is by far the best solicitor I have ever dealt with.”

“Extremely satisfied with the service which I considered excellent value for money.”

“I was very happy with the service. I was always able to speak to somebody that could help me when I telephoned.”

“Thank you for all your work on my claim. I am extremely grateful for your assistance.”

“Thomas Dunton exceeded my expectations in terms of both service quality and value for money.”

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We are hosting a free legal talk on Wednesday 20 March at Orpington Library. If you are interested in finding out more about finding the right solutions for you and your family, please come along!

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Sometimes a friendly face on a video works better than the written word. Which is why we have compiled the Your Virtual Solicitor© series.

Short, informative videos that answer some of the legal questions we are often asked.

If you have any burning legal questions, send us a message and it may be chosen as our next YVS©.

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