Walters and Company was formed in January 1996 and originally practised in Priory Street in Dudley, West Midlands. Originally the workload of this firm was litigation based including Family, Civil and Criminal Litigation. It undertook both private and Legal Aid work. Agency Advocacy instructions have always been a large proportion of the firms' workload since its inception.

At the end of 1999, with the onset of Legal Aid contracting, a decision was taken to restructure the firm. From December of that year it was decided that it would undertake nothing but Agency Advocacy work.

Since that time it has built up a substantial client base of Solicitors Firms who instruct it on a regular basis. It represents, on behalf of its principals, a substantial number of the major Banks, Building Societies and Finance Houses. The Firm appears on a daily basis in the Midlands Courts representing these institutions.

This Firm undertakes Agency Advocacy in Divorce, Family and Children Act matters for Solicitors. It regularly represents both Applicants and Respondents in both the County Court and the Family Proceedings Court.

Advocacy work is undertaken in Civil Litigation hearings ranging from Small Claims Hearings to Case Management Conferences. Circuit Judge's Appointments are also undertaken.

Andrew John Walters LL.B. (Hons) was admitted as a Solicitor in September 1989. After studying and completing his Law Degree at UWIST in Cardiff and undertaking his Solicitors Examinations at Wolverhampton University he served his Articles of Clerkship with Messrs Dunham Brindley & Linn, in Dudley, West Midlands, and continued as an Assistant Solicitor until 1993. Subsequently he worked for Hawkins & Co in Dudley and opened this practice in January 1996. He specialises in Civil and Family Litigation. He undertakes hearings in the Family Proceedings Court as well as the County Court.

Natalie Smith LL.B. joined the Firm in October 2003 from Messrs Challinors Lyon Clark in West Bromwich, West Midlands, where she managed Mortgage Possession Litigation on behalf of the West Bromwich Building Society, and conducted all hearings in relation to such Litigation. She also has previously worked, for the same firm, in the Coroner's Office for Sandwell. She specialises in Civil and Family Litigation with particular reference to Possession hearings. She is the Firm's Litigation Manager.

Kelly Smith joined the practice in April 2006 as a Litigation Executive and undertakes Possession Litigation with particular reference to mortgage possession cases. She is also experienced in conducting Rent Possession hearings, Charging Orders, Third Party Debt Orders, Applications to Suspend Warrants of Eviction and general Civil Litigation interlocutory hearings.