Lauren Smallwood

Wills & Tax Associate

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Lauren completed her training contract with us and is a qualified Solicitor in the Wills & Tax team. Lauren graduated from Bournemouth University with a first-class degree in Law and graduated with a Distinction from the LPC in November 2019. She undertook her training contract with us completing her seats in Corporate & Commercial, Commercial Property, Family and Wills & Tax. In September 2021 she qualified as a Solicitor and joined the Wills & Tax team in Ringwood assisting Lee Young. As of January 2026, Lauren is an Associate in the Wills & Tax department. Lauren does have some previous experience in the legal sector prior to starting her training contract here, having worked within a local firm for a little over a year alongside her studies.

  • Regulated by: The Solicitors Regulation Authority

  • Regulator ID: 660412

  • Based in Wimborne, Dorset
  • Licensed for 4 years

Accepting new clients via ReviewSolicitors

Lauren completed her training contract with us and is a qualified Solicitor in the Wills & Tax team. Lauren graduated from Bournemouth University with a first-class degree in Law and graduated with a Distinction from the LPC in November 2019. She undertook her training contract with us completing her seats in Corporate & Commercial, Commercial Property, Family and Wills & Tax. In September 2021 she qualified as a Solicitor and joined the Wills & Tax team in Ringwood assisting Lee Young. As of January 2026, Lauren is an Associate in the Wills & Tax department. Lauren does have some previous experience in the legal sector prior to starting her training contract here, having worked within a local firm for a little over a year alongside her studies.

  • Regulated by: The Solicitors Regulation Authority

  • Regulator ID: 660412

  • Based in Wimborne, Dorset
  • Licensed for 4 years

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Monday 09:00–17:15
Tuesday 09:00–17:15
Wednesday 09:00–17:15
Thursday 09:00–17:15
Friday 09:00–17:15 (Open)
Saturday (Closed)
Sunday (Closed)

7-8 Church Street, Wimborne, BH21 1JH

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Tracey Smythe

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Will

Thank you to Lauren Smallwood who was both friendly and professional - making a daunting but necessary procedure seem much less complicated. Lauren was efficient and knowledgeable. Highly recommended.

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Hi Tracey, thank you for leaving your positive feedback about Lauren - we will pass this onto her!

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anonymous

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New wills

Very friendly and helpful from the word go of over meetings.

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Hello, thank you for your feedback. We will pass this onto Lauren and her team!

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John Allsopp

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Wills

Pleasure to deal with. Helpful, pleasant. Delays were caused by ourselves not Frettens.

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Thank you for leaving us your positive feedback, we hope to work closely with you again soon!

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Wills

Lauren was knowledgeable, friendly and professional. I would recommend Frettens to others and use again.

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Thank you for leaving us a review Nicola.

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Making of a Will

AS soon as I walked into their office, they made me feel welcome and there was no feeling of stuffiness or rigidness. Lauren was full of knowledge, which was easy to understand, and she made me feel comfortable. She explained everything really well.

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Hello, thank you for leaving us a 5-star review. We appreciate your feedback and look forward to working with you again in the future!

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Audra

They gave me all the information I needed and due to my disability they were happy to come to my flat to get my Will sorted out. Would thoroughly recommend them.

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Thank you for taking the time to leave us a review. We're so pleased to hear that you would recommend us!

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Mike

Updated my will. All went smoothly and everyone was very helpful and patient.

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Thank you for your kind review. We're so pleased to hear that you were happy with the service you received :)

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