Our History

Established in 1983, a series of successful and strategic mergers has seen the practice grow rapidly from its origins in Manchester to expand across England.  Our various office locations means that approximately 60 per cent of the population of England and Wales live within an hour of one of our offices.

The firm was originally established by Roger Coleman in Manchester, and at that time was a two partner practice supported by three admin staff.   

In 1988, Roger Coleman and Janet Tilley opened a new company in Kingston-upon-Thames called Coleman-Tilley, specialising in legal expenses insurance work and in 1989 the Walsall office was opened as a brand of Coleman & Co, which in 1991 became Colemans Solicitors.  

In May 1996, Coleman Tilley merged with a local Surbiton firm Tarrant Sutton, specialising in property and litigation - to form Coleman Tilley Tarrant Sutton (later abbreviated to CTTS) which rapidly became one of the largest legal practices in Surrey.

In January 2002, Colemans Solicitors merged with CTTS to form the current name of Colemans-ctts. 

April 2004 saw the business acquire the Birmingham Personal Injury Department Ricksons (known as Axis).  This acquisition built on the already established reputation the practice had developed in the insurance and personal injury circles.  

In July 2006 colemans-ctts merged with Anthony Samuels & Co, a leading firm of solicitors with offices in Esher, Surrey and Cockfosters, Hertfordshire specialising in property development and private client transactions. 

On the 1st May 2008, colemans-ctts became a Limited Liability Partnership.  It was felt that the time was right for a practice of our size and complexity to become an LLP and that making the switch would enable us to maintain the quality of service to our clients as well as allow the continued organic growth of the company. 

Through the various mergers of colemans-ctts we have produced an integrated business with the resources and infrastructure to serve clients on a national basis whilst retaining the client service standards to be expected of a local practice. 

The mergers have enabled us to consolidate and strengthen our position in our existing markets by enhancing the level of support and expertise we can provide, whilst at the same time presenting the opportunity to expand the range of services we can offer to both private and corporate clients.