kingdom no . of offices 11 1 no . of employees approx . 1 400 2 major practice areas built environment education emergency services healthcare insurance local government manufacturing professional services retail & leisure social housing transport & logistics utilities key people john schorah 3 managing partner dan cutts 3 senior partner revenue 95.1 million 2015 16 4 date founded 1827 1827 liverpool company type limited liability partnership website weightmans.com weightmans is a top 45 uk law firm with 11 offices employing more than 1400 people 5 including more than 180 partners . 2 the firm offers a range of services across three business lines commercial insurance and public sector . 1 in 2016 its turnover was 95.1 million . 4 contents 1 history 2 principal areas of work 3 clients 4 offices 5 see also 6 references history edit weightmans can trace its roots back to 1827 when the firm rutherfords was established in liverpool . 6 the firm field and weightman was established in 1875 . 6 in 1887 the firm weightman peddar and weightman was established becoming known as weightmans peddar in 1913 before changing its name to weightmans in 1970 . 6 in 1988 weightmans and rutherfords merged to create weightman rutherfords and remained known by this name until 1996 when the firm changed its name back to weightmans and opened a birmingham office . 6 in 2002 weightmans merged with a team from the firm vizard oldham and became known as weightman vizards with offices in birmingham leicester liverpool london and manchester . 6 in 2004 the firm again changed its name back to weightmans before acquiring llp status in 2007 . 6 in 2011 the firm acquired offices in dartford through the acquisition of the insurance practice of vizards wyeth and knutsford through a merger with mace & jones . 6 in 2013 weightmans further expanded its national reach through the acquisition of the manchester team of semple fraser and opened a glasgow office . 6 in july 2015 weightmans merged with ford & warren solicitors acquiring a leeds office . principal areas of work edit the firm s practice is structured into three key areas commercial insurance and public sector and operates across twelve sectors built environment education emergency services healthcare insurance local government manufacturing professional services retail & leisure social housing transport & logistics and utilities . 1 clients edit the firm s clients include insurance companies public sector organisations uk plcs multinational companies public sector organisations education establishments private individuals smes and other managed businesses . 1 offices edit weightmans is headquartered in liverpool s commercial district and has offices in eight other towns and cities throughout the united kingdom birmingham 7 dartford 8 glasgow 9 knutsford 10 leeds 11 leicester 12 liverpool 13 london new street square 14 london st mary axe 15 manchester pall mall court 16 and manchester piccadilly place . 17 see also edit list of largest united kingdom based law firms references edit a b c d weightmans . chambers and partners . retrieved 2015 03 04 . a b weightmans overview . the lawyer . retrieved 2015 03 07 . a b john schorah & dan cutts weightmans . new law journal . retrieved 2015 03 08 . a b alex turner 29 july 2016 . law firm s turnover hits 95m in busy year . the business desk . retrieved 2016 07 29 . weightmans llp . the legal 500 . retrieved 2015 03 04 . a b c d e f g h history of the practice . weightmans . retrieved 2015 03 04 . weightmans birmingham . the legal 500 . retrieved 2015 03 08 . weightmans dartford . the legal 500 . retrieved 2015 03 08 . law firm weightmans signals scottish expansion plans . herald scotland . 13 january 2015 . access date requires url help weightmans knutsford . the legal 500 . retrieved 2015 03 08 . weightmans leeds office . weightmans llp . retrieved 2015 07 03 . weightmans leicester . the legal 500 . retrieved 2015 03 08 . weightmans liverpool . the legal 500 . retrieved 2015 03 08 . weightmans london . the legal 500 . retrieved 2015 03 08 . weightmans london st mary axe . weightmans . retrieved 2015 08 19 . weightmans manchester m2 . the legal 500 . retrieved 2015 03 08 . weightmans manchester m1 . the legal 500 . retrieved 2015 03 08 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title weightmans & oldid 732050873 categories law firms of the united kingdomlaw firms established in the 19th centuryhidden categories pages using citations with accessdate and no url navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a 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