A WORCESTERSHIRE law firm is set to smash the £8m mark for the first time in its history after significant growth across a number of its specialist divisions.

QualitySolicitors Talbots, which has offices in Kidderminster and Stourport on Severn, plus five others across the Midlands, has bucked a flat property sector by posting a 20 per cent rise in commercial and residential matters in the last year, dealing with up to 700 cases per month.

This puts the firm in the top 20 conveyancing firms in the UK, with Land Registry data placing it in 13th position. There have also been increases in the family trusts and estates and the recently expanded business services team.

The results were announced at QualitySolicitors Talbots’ business and property conference, which saw investment specialist Justin Urquhart Stewart provide more than150 delegates with an insight into economic trends.

Martyn Morgan, director at QualitySolicitors Talbots, said: "It has been a very good year for the business and we are delighted to be on course to pass £8m in fees in 2015, recruiting 20 new lawyers and support staff in the process. We’ve seen steady growth across all our specialist teams, but property has definitely been the biggest success, especially considering the market has remained relatively flat.

“One of the issues we do have is finding the right property people, as a lot of conveyancing specialists left the sector and retrained during the recession. We are already looking at ways to overcome this problem, with one option being to explore development programme to ‘grow our own’."

In addition to providing an industry update, the conference also raised more than £2000 for the Chris Westwood Charity for Children with Physical Disabilities.