Plain language, every time.
Pleadings have to be technical. Our letters to you say what happened, what it means and what happens next.
About the office
Small on purpose, and staying that way.
Opened in 2009 by David Cheung. Six solicitors today, one stair, and the same way of working.
Who we are
A townhouse floor, not a tower.
The firm is named after the lane it sits on. Two floors of a New Town townhouse between Frederick Street and Hanover Street, up one stair, with a back room that gets the afternoon light and rooms small enough that a conversation stays a conversation.
Most of our work arrives the same way: a couple separating, a flat changing hands, a shop owner who signed a lease they should not have, a family who has just found out what legal rights are. It is rarely glamorous and it is always personal, so we answer our own phones and we keep the client list short enough to do that.
- 17
- years on the same lane
- 6
- solicitors, one name on your file
- £850
- fixed fee on a flat purchase, plus VAT
How we work
Three habits that set the tone.
A price before the work.
Wills, powers of attorney, conveyancing and most executries are a fixed fee plus VAT, with outlays listed separately. A court action is estimated by stage and capped in writing.
One solicitor owns your file.
You meet them on the first call. Trainees help, partners review, one name stays answerable to you.
Since 2009
Seventeen years on the same lane.
Nothing dramatic, which is rather the point.
- 2009David Cheung takes two rooms on Thistle Street for wills, executries and conveyancing.
- 2013Alison Ng joins and the family practice opens, mostly separation agreements and contact disputes.
- 2016Employment work starts under Fiona Yeung, for owner-run firms across the Lothians.
- 2020Video first calls become normal, and stay, for clients in Musselburgh, Livingston and further out.
- 2024The floor above comes free, and the office finally gets a room with a proper table in it.
In their words
Three clients, three matters.
They explained what legal rights mean for our children in one meeting, better than three months of reading online. Everything after that went exactly as described.
Our offer went in on a Wednesday closing date and missives were concluded inside a fortnight. The Home Report had a damp note and they made the seller deal with it.
Two years of arguing about a shared stair. One letter, a Simple Procedure claim drafted but never lodged, and the factor finally did the repair.
Where we stand
Regulated, insured and answerable.
- Thistle Street Law LLP is regulated by the Law Society of Scotland, and all six of us hold a current practising certificate.
- Client money sits in a client account run under the Law Society's Accounts Rules, and is never used for anything else.
- Professional indemnity cover is held through the Master Policy, as it is for every practice in Scotland.
- If we get something wrong, tell us first. We have a two stage complaints procedure and eight weeks to answer, and after that the Scottish Legal Complaints Commission will look at it.
- We are registered with the Scottish Legal Aid Board for civil legal assistance. Alison Ng and Kenneth Lau take legal aid in family and civil matters; the rest of the practice is privately funded.
- All three partners are notaries public, so an affidavit or a statutory declaration can usually be done in the same visit.
Come and see the place.
Twenty minutes, free, and no obligation at the end of it.