eastbourne east sussex united kingdom no . of offices 4 no . of lawyers 80 major practice areas business law family law date founded 1889 founder dr frederick goodwin company type partnership website www.gabyhardwicke.co.uk gaby hardwicke solicitors is a law firm in east sussex england . it provides business and family law services and has offices in hastings bexhill on sea cooden and eastbourne east sussex . in march 2011 gaby hardwicke were the first british law firm to serve a court summons via facebook . 1 the firm was awarded the title regional law firm of the year for 2011 by the publishers and readers of finance monthly . 2 contents 1 history 2 main practice areas 3 references 4 external links history edit the firm was founded in 1889 by dr frederick goodwin a former gladstonian candidate for bury st edmunds who three years later was joined in practice by ralph hale gaby . 3 goodwin left the partnership in 1894 4 most probably due to ill health he died in 1897 of heart disease 5 leaving gaby to continue alone . after the first world war gaby was joined in partnership by herbert junius allen hardwicke known as allen hardwicke son of the physician herbert junius hardwicke . 6 by 1921 the firm was known as gaby and hardwicke and had opened an office in bexhill on sea . 7 following ralph gaby s death in 1927 8 the firm s title briefly changed to gaby hardwicke and evans vaughan then to gaby hardwicke evans vaughan and bubear as it acquired new partners . in 1940 evans vaughan and bubear left the partnership 9 and allen hardwicke continued in practice alone . he was joined by other partners including j. m baldry g. g. herbert and a. j. arscott 10 and was still practising law at the time of his death at age 83 in 1965 . 11 gaby hardwicke solicitors has expanded considerably during the last four decades and has merged with several smaller local firms including yearwood & griffiths re mitchell & co eaton sagar langhams temple bird and morgan & lamplugh . its cooden office opened in 1978 its eastbourne headquarters in 1985 and its hastings office in 1999 upon the merger with eaton sagar . 12 main practice areas edit commercial dispute resolution company and commercial law conveyancing corporate finance employment law family law lasting powers of attorney personal injury probate property law trade marks trusts wills references edit the telegraph . 14 march 2011 gaby hardwicke wins regional law firm of the year award . gaby hardwicke . hastings and st. leonards observer page 5 . 13 february 1897 . missing or empty title help the london gazette . the london gazette . 20 march 1894 . p. 1682 . retrieved 6 february 2014 . hastings and st. leonards observer page 5 . 13 february 1897 . missing or empty title help bexhill on sea observer . 3 july 1965 . missing or empty title help the london gazette . the london gazette . 20 may 1921 . p. 4045 . retrieved 6 february 2014 . the times page 1 . 12 october 1927 . missing or empty title help the london gazette . the london gazette . 29 october 1940 . p. 6321 . retrieved 6 february 2014 . the london gazette . the london gazette . 15 june 1965 . p. 5740 . retrieved 6 february 2014 . bexhill on sea observer . 3 july 1965 . missing or empty title help gaby hardwicke solicitors website about us page external links edit official website v t e legal services in the united kingdom law of the united kingdom economy of the united kingdom law firms largest firms in the uk europe worldwide current addleshaw goddard allen & overy anderson strathern ashurst asons blm berwin leighton paisner bird & bird blake morgan bristows brodies browne jacobson burges salmon burness paull clifford chance clyde & co cms cameron mckenna co operative dac beachcroft dentons1 dickson minto dla piper2 dwf eversheds farrer & co fieldfisher freshfields bruckhaus deringer gowling wlg3 herbert smith freehills hill dickinson hogan lovells2 holman fenwick willan ince & co irwin mitchell king & wood mallesons lewis silkin 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