27th October 2025

Public records confirm that Bryn Graham Higgott is a solicitor who has worked within local-authority legal services, including at Cheshire East Council and other local bodies. His name also appears on historic company records linked with a number of small legal and business entities registered in Teesside between the 1990s and 2010s.

The Law Society’s Solicitors Register lists Mr Higgott as a practising solicitor. The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has published formal decisions about his practising certificate in 2014 and 2015. Those notices—available on the SRA’s website—state that his certificate was granted subject to conditions. Such conditions are not findings of misconduct but are regulatory controls imposed “in the public interest” to limit or define the scope of practice.

The published SRA outcomes specify that:

  • Mr Higgott may act as a solicitor in in-house employment for a local authority, or in commerce and industry;
  • He may not act as a sole practitioner or owner of an authorised law firm without further approval; and
  • The SRA regarded these measures as proportionate under Regulation 7 of the 2011 Practising Regulations and the Legal Services Act 2007.

Earlier records show Mr Higgott had previously been suspended from practice for two years in 2011 following a decision of the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal. That suspension period has expired, and he later returned to practice under the controlled conditions described above.

In the early 2000s, employment-tribunal proceedings reported in national and regional press involved Higgotts Solicitors Ltd—a Billingham-based firm of which Mr Higgott was principal—and a former employee, Denise McLaren. The tribunal found in favour of the employee on grounds of unfair dismissal and awarded compensation; the findings were reported by the Evening Gazette and syndicated via The Free Library news archive in 2004.

Companies House filings list Mr Higgott as having held numerous directorships since the 1990s, including at Higgotts Solicitors Ltd, Higgotts Ltd, and other small private companies such as Albion Gaul Ltd and Venturepoint Ltd. Most of these entities have since been dissolved.

Regarding Cheshire East Council, public meeting documents confirm that Mr Higgott has acted as a member of the council’s legal team. The council has not issued any public statement linking him to disputes mentioned by residents.

What can be proved:

  • Mr Higgott is a qualified solicitor regulated by the SRA.
  • The SRA imposed formal practising-certificate conditions in 2014 and 2015.
  • He has worked for Cheshire East Council and other public bodies in in-house roles.
  • His earlier private firm, Higgotts Solicitors Ltd, is now dissolved.
  • A 2004 employment-tribunal judgment concerning his former firm is a matter of public record.

Readers wishing to confirm details can consult the Solicitors Regulation Authority website (www.sra.org.uk/consumers/solicitor-check) and the Companies House register for company histories. Both are authoritative and freely available.

Sources: SRA regulatory-decision notices (2014–2015); Law Society Solicitors Register; Companies House filings; The Gazette; tribunal reports archived via The Free Library; Cheshire East Council public documents (accessed October 2025).