A complete redesign of webblowbarry.com — rebuilt to the standard of the world’s leading law firms, in the firm’s own deep red, cream and charcoal, with the crest untouched. This proposal presents the new design, what changes, the value it creates, and the investment required.
Webb, Low & Barry is one of Zimbabwe’s most respected law firms — established 1897, counsel in landmark constitutional matters, and home to some of the country’s best-known lawyers. The current website, however, reads like a standard small-business template: a large centred logo pushing content down the page, long unbroken paragraphs, no clear calls to action, tariffs offered as raw PDF links, and the firm’s credentials — its heritage, its people, its four specialist departments — buried in dropdown menus.
We have redesigned and rebuilt the full website — all nine pages — modelled on the conventions of top-tier international firms: confident editorial typography, a dark hero that states the firm’s stature in one line, clear practice-area architecture, prominent lawyer profiles and an enquiry path on every page.
Nothing about the brand changes. The crest is untouched, and the identity — the deep red, the cream, the charcoal ink — is retained without deviation; it is simply deployed with far more discipline and impact.
What changes is everything around it: structure, typography, messaging, mobile experience, speed and conversion. The result is a website that carries the firm’s standing — and turns the referral moment into an enquiry.
This is not a mock-up. It is the actual rebuilt home page, embedded below. Scroll inside the frame, hover the cards, and switch between desktop and mobile views.
The full redesign covers all nine pages — Home, About, Expertise, The Team, News, Gallery, Community, Tariffs and Contact — delivered with this proposal.
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All nine pages, fully navigable — best experienced full-screen, and on your phone.
A side-by-side view of every meaningful design decision, and the reasoning behind it.
| Area | Current website | Proposed redesign |
|---|---|---|
| First impression | ✕A large centred logo and a two-row menu occupy the entire first screen; the firm’s story starts below the fold. | ✓One confident line. A slim sticky header and a full-screen editorial hero: “Counsel of record for over a century” — with an immediate enquiry button. |
| Structure | ✕A single long page of unbroken paragraphs; services, people and heritage compete for attention. | ✓Clear sections in a deliberate order — expertise → credibility → people → community → contact. Each of the nine pages has one job. |
| Practice areas | ✕Listed once, in a sentence: “commercial law, family law, property law…”. | ✓Six scannable practice cards on the home page and a dedicated Expertise page for all four departments, each with a named key contact. |
| The lawyers | ✕A specialists page exists but is not surfaced; no photographs or credentials on the home page. | ✓Partner profiles with photographs featured on the home page — the firm’s strongest asset placed front and centre, structured by seniority. |
| Calls to action | ✕No buttons anywhere on the home page; contact details only in the footer. | ✓“Make an Enquiry” persistently in the header, a contact band on every page, click-to-call numbers, and a structured form that routes matters by department. |
| Heritage | ✕“Established 1897” mentioned in passing text. | ✓Heritage made a brand pillar: an est.-1897 stat bar, an interactive timeline on the About page, and the founding ethos presented as a signature quote. |
| Tariffs | ✕The dropdown menu links straight to raw PDF files. | ✓A proper Tariffs page explaining each Law Society schedule before offering the download — clearer, more professional, and it keeps visitors on the site. |
| Mobile experience | ✕A desktop layout adapted by the theme; the heavy header consumes most of a phone screen. | ✓Designed mobile-first: compact menu, tap-to-call, stacked cards and fast-loading, typography-led pages. |
| Design system | ✕Generic WordPress theme styling; inconsistent spacing and all-caps serif banners. | ✓A bespoke design system — consistent grid, spacing and type scale (editorial serif + modern sans) — using the existing palette with no deviation. |
| Search visibility | ✕Minimal on-page structure; a single news post. | ✓Semantic headings, per-page meta descriptions and fast loads — aimed at “law firm Bulawayo”, “conveyancers Bulawayo” and “arbitration Zimbabwe”. |
A website redesign is not a cosmetic expense. For a professional-services firm it is a revenue asset. Here is where the return comes from.
Legal work in Zimbabwe travels by referral. When a referred client checks the firm online, the new site confirms the recommendation instead of undermining it.
Few Zimbabwean firms can put names of this standing on a home page. The redesign does — with photographs, credentials and seniority made visible.
Established 1897, counsel in landmark constitutional matters — the redesign builds the story into a stat bar, a timeline and a founding-ethos quote.
A dedicated Tariffs page explains each Law Society schedule before offering the download.
Fast, semantic pages with proper metadata, aimed at the searches that matter: “law firm Bulawayo”, “conveyancers Bulawayo”, “arbitration Zimbabwe”.
Data-light pages, tap-to-call numbers and thumb-friendly navigation that respect mobile data.
One once-off fee for the complete redesign, with an optional monthly retainer to keep the site fast, secure and current.
Once-off project fee
50% deposit (US$175) on commencement, balance on go-live. The site is already built — go-live in under two weeks of approval. Professional photography of partners and chambers can be arranged and is quoted separately.
The site stays fast, current and secure — without occupying your staff
The build fee is US$350 with or without the retainer. Month-to-month — begin at go-live or later, cancel any time on one month’s notice. Fees exclusive of any applicable taxes.
Sign-off on this proposal and chosen option; deposit invoice issued.
One partner-review round: final wording, people profiles, and any photography you wish to include.
SSL installed, contact forms wired, site deployed to your domain with all old URLs redirected.
Staff walkthrough, a plain-English editing guide, and the 30-day support window begins.
Approve the proposal and the new Webb, Low & Barry website can be live in under two weeks.