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We give specialist advice in employment law, HR legal, franchising, risk management, dispute resolution and mediation.

Based in Surrey, with excellent links to the City, we service our clients in London, nationally and internationally. We offer our personal and pragmatic legal advice to clients with a flexible approach to costs, tailored to your business needs.

You can rely on us. We are always willing to go the extra mile to achieve the best results for you. We work in partnership with you in an energetic and dynamic way. We are committed to high quality service and committed to success.

Highly regarded lawyers, Helen and Kate provide legal services across Surrey, London and nationwide for international clients as required.

We look forward to working with you.

Both Helen Boddy and Kate Matthews are ranked as Leading Individuals in the Legal 500 UK 2024’s Elite “Leading lawyers” list. This is the Legal 500 UK 2024 guide to outstanding lawyers nationwide.

Helen Boddy and Kate Matthews have been consistently ranked in the key legal directory Chambers UK. In 2024, Helen Boddy is ranked as Band 1 Employment lawyer, Kate Matthews is ranked in Band 2 for Litigation and Band 3 for Franchising. 

“Knowledge, reason and clarity are the attributes of this team which stand out. The advice means I understand the framework within which I am making decisions.”

Legal 500 Legal Directory 2024

“‘A small dynamic team willing to explain things clearly and get the job done on-time in a professional manner.”

Legal 500 Legal Directory 2024

“‘The partners have first class experience and expertise with commercial awareness. They express this without the jargon offered by many professionals which helps the client’s decision-making processes.”

Legal 500 Legal Directory 2024

“‘The partners have first class experience and expertise with commercial awareness. They express this without the jargon offered by many professionals which helps the client’s decision-making processes.”

Legal 500 Legal Directory 2024

“The team at Boddy Matthews are unique. They deliver legal services to an exceptionally high standard, the extent of their legal knowledge is outstanding, they are pragmatic, responsive, clear when giving advice or communicating and authoritative.”

Legal 500 Legal Directory 2024

“When you run a business, you need excellent response times and good communication, you always get this from Boddy Matthews. Their level of collaboration never falters. The people are personable and knowledgeable.”

Legal 500 Legal Directory 2024

Clients say:

“Helen Boddy is an excellent employment lawyer; she looks at cases from a pragmatic as well as professional angle, resulting in helpful and comprehensive advice to the client.

“Helen is great at communicating clearly, cutting through a maze of facts and putting across the salient points. She is a great negotiator.

“Kate Matthews’ commercial and technical knowledge is excellent. She is tenacious in the protection of her clients’ interests, whilst keeping open a sensible line of approach with the opposition.

“Kate provides valuable advice in a clear and concise fashion.

“Both Helen Boddy and Kate Matthews go out of their way to fit around their clients’ time requirements. They are extremely flexible and their advice is of a high quality, and pragmatic. They are both extremely easy to work with.”

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