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Over the past 20 years we've written hundreds of articles about the legal industry. Here are a selection about individual firms. Whilst we obviously have not used all of their services, we have worked with many of them and can point out general tips for researching which firm to use and what questions to ask:Two Harcourt Buildings Review: There are many other differences between solicitors and barristers but we just wanted a quick article to assure you that if you are struggling to find background information on any chambers - you're not alone. If you check out pages on some barristers at Two Harcourt ...
A City Law Firm Ltd Review: class="infoquote "We are proud to be different. Some firms may state they have '15 years combined experience' or '10 years experience within the firm' which might mean they have 5x staff each with only 3 years of experience. Their organisation provides an excellen...
ACSL Solicitors Ltd Review: Unless there is a firm out there saying the like to use 'complicated English', are 'out of date', 'unfriendly', or 'inexperienced' - then this sort of information has not helped. You can easily end up with a 1-year qualified solicitor from a 150-year-old firm. If you've just...
Amy King Legal Review: But always make sure you are on the correct website and do not discuss bank details or payments via email - no matter how official the email might look. People are weird. It's always seen as if you have to make the choice between a) using a large firm with greater resources ...
Backhouse Solicitors Review: No firm will ever claim to be antiquated, backward thinking, with no expertise and offering low levels of service. A decent mix of seasoned professionals with young blood which you'd hope to see in any professional services firm. etc. Those are certainly useful when wantin...
Scotland Injury Solicitors from Baker Hardman Review: For any firm https: solicitors.lawsociety.org.uk organisation offices 7301 baker-hardman-ltd" you can look up< a> alternative trading names, contact details for all offices, areas of law covered, and details about the staff. A note on navigation as there are variati...
Brian Barr Solicitors Review: Experience is also a massive part of a successful and swift outcome to your case. So does that instantly make them a better choice? Certainly a specialist for any case type is preferrable whether it's the entire firm specialising in your legal issue or simply your assigned...
Bridge McFarland LLP Review: Depending on which browser you use a typo can end up with you seeing adverts for other firms if not simply pushing you directly to the wrong site. There are many resources available to you though and many things you might not have considered when checking a legal profe...
Brodies LLP Solicitors Review: class="infoquote "Our unique perspectives help us to see the law through many different lenses, creating new legal possibilities and solutions for our clients."< div> All firms will also undoubtedly claim to have happy past clients. Hopefully it's apparent that ...
Buchanan & Co Solicitors Review: Luckily there is a great resource online with The Law Society of England & Wales who provide a wealth of data on any law firm registered with them. The goal is to help people find the best solution for their particular case whether general practice solicito...
Calio Claims Review: For legal help south of the border we always recommend people check out The Law Society of England & Wales' website to get a wealth of background information. Because Calio Claims is - to quote the firm - 'Powered by Lindsays'. That's probably why only 8% of people clicked...
Cook Legal Ltd Review: Like when a new food item is trying to go viral, they'll push the idea of it belonging to a certain area. But law firms were genuine local fixtures for centuries before the internet arrived. Many firms provide testimonials on their websites. provide expert legal advice, de...
Cullimore Dutton Solicitors Review: Thousands of people https: www.thetimes.co.uk static connected-families conveyancing-email-scam-hackers-steal-house-deposit " have handed their entire house deposit over< a> to a scammer sometimes just because of an official-looking email saying the payment details had ch...
Defank Solicitors Review: But you can get a 40-year veteran lawyer from a 1-year old law brand, and a 1-year newbie lawyer from a 200-year old law firm. Any big changes, you need to ring your actual solicitor to check.. As you go through the hundreds of law firm websites available for legal services ...
Dispute Resolver Consultancy Review: For example, you might use ADR if you have a dispute with: a neighbour, family or an ex-partner, a company, trader or seller – this is called a consumer problem. More from the Citizens Advice site: class="infoquote "The main advantages of solving a problem with ADR ...
Clarkson Wright & Jakes Ltd Review: too much choice. That's actually rarer than you might think for a firm that handles house buying selling.
The Law Society also lists the qualification dates of each solicitor within any firm. That's because while people are often hesitant to discuss their messy divo...
Drummond Miller LLP Review:
class="infoquote "With an expert team comprising property sales, letting and conveyancing all under one roof, our experts can help you on every step of your property journey."< div>
That means you can check the actual expertise and experience of the individual ...
Eatons Solicitors Review: You can't just look up overall reviews.
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Eatons don't use any actual wording tricks that we saw.
Over the past decade there has been a massive upsurge of people https: www.telegraph.co.uk money katie-investigates thought-did-everything-right-100k-house-depos...
EDC Lord & Co Solicitors Review: This is an excellent way for potential clients to get to know the lawyers at EDC Lord and determine whether they have the experience and expertise needed to handle their legal matter. Each section includes detailed information about the relevant legal issues, along with cas...
EMD Law LLP Review: We tend not to quote any provided testimonials in these articles. That of a sizeable, high street office with experienced professionals - but not in the old style of solicitors some of us might remember from the pre-2000s. only 8% of you apparently trust company provided com...
Foster & Coleman Ltd Review: Whilst that may have been a good indication of a qualified firm during the last century, people move jobs now and create new firms much easier. Foster Coleman do have https: www.fosterandcoleman.com testimonials" a testimonials page< a> on their website with comments such...
Frei Solicitors Review: People are simply not as quick to rush online and discuss how their criminal arrest, messy divorce, life changing injury, or child custody matter went compared to, for example, the pizza they just ordered. The amount of legal work required to buy, sell and just own a house i...
Girlings Solicitors LLP Review: There are separate reviews for the Personal Injury Claims department if you type that in.. That certainly looks like a good range of experienced heads but with fresh eyes!
class="infoquote "We specialise solely in injury claims (accident claims, medical clinical negli...
Goldsmith Bowers Solicitors Review:
Not every firm is upfront about their areas of law or years of experience like Goldsmith Bowers Solicitors. However we see such claims as basic marketing ploys. Always remember though that ampersands cannot be in web addresses (e.g. Excellent recovery rates"< div> ...
Guardian Law Review: Almost obsessed.
This is all very important to consider though because there are a lot of scams targeting clients of lawyers these days. At the time of writing we could only find a total of four reviews on the most popular boards https: www.google.com search?q=gua...
Harrison's Solicitors Review: Many firms provide testimonial pages on their website, but according to our poll a few years back most agreed with us that company provided testimonials are not always the most informative. Never discuss payments via email. For example, when we searched for "harrisons sol...
HCR Legal LLP Review: The Law Society lists Child and Parent Law, Eagle HR, Harrison Clark Rickerbys inc Gordon Lutton, Harrison Clark Rickerbys inc Shawcross, wills at work, HCR Hewitsons inc Houlden Sweeney, HCR Law, and HCR Legal LLP Licensing, all as trading names they have used or are using....
Heritage Park Family Law Ltd Review: If their name wasn't enough of a giveaway , the first line of their website:
class="infoquote "Specialists in family law since 1994 representing clients in all aspects of divorce, separation, financial arrangements, co-habitation and matters involving children."< div...
Horsley Law Review: So checking for an SRA number is a good idea before filling in a contact form. Neither do any of the variants we tried such as www.horsleysolicitors.co.uk
If you are going to look around for further information about the firm before making a decision, you'll notice ...
Kee Solicitors Ltd Review: The snippets above are from such independent boards and are mainly positive . The property conveyancing market has been plagued for years by scammers https: www.thisismoney.co.uk money mortgageshome article-3385825 Sarah-Ritchie-saved-45-000-dream-home-lost-devastating-ne...
QualitySolicitors Large & Gibson Review: Each firm also typically changes their own website to redirect to a profile section on the main https: en.wikipedia.org wiki QualitySolicitors" www.qualitysolicitors.com< a> instead - but more on that later. However, Quality Solicitors is not the parent company of Large &...
LS Legal Solicitors Ltd Review: If you https: solicitors.lawsociety.org.uk office 592252 ls-legal-solicitors-ltd" look up this firm< a> you'll see a range of experience types and case focuses. Unfortunately there have been thousands of law firm clients targeted in recent years such as those who've ended...
Lyons Solicitors Review: You could get a 1-year qualified lawyer from a 200-year-old firm, or a 40-year veteran from a 1-year-old firm. This firm's branding is 'Lyons Solicitors' but the official web address is www.lyonslaw.co.uk not www.lyonssolicitors.co.uk (which shows no site at the time of writ...
Mark Croft Solicitor Review: They are too busy https: www.dailymail.co.uk news article-12003657 Brisbane-couple-conned-102-000-savings-house-elaborate-scam.html" taking huge amounts of money from house buyers< a>. But it does have necessary and useful information http: www.mark-croft-solicitor.co.u...
McCarthy + Co LLP Review: So the phrase 'award-winning' is not of itself meaningful.
class="infoquote "At our last Q9000 quality assurance audit we were rated 99%."< div>
They have accreditation from various organisations such as APIL (Association of Personal Injury Lawyers) as well as a...
MJV & Co Solicitors Ltd Review: Such as:
class="infoquote "We have around 50 years combined experience of acting for people and businesses"< div>
The length of time a firm has been running is pretty much always a prime positioned bit of marketing designed to grab the visitor's attention. They ...
SG Murphy Solicitors Review: Including each side leaving negative feedback on each other's firm. In fact, when we searched for 'SG Murphy's firm on their website it said no such firm existed. In the last piece we wrote the firm had multiple complaints about feeling fobbed off onto junior staff. For toda...
Nicholson Jones Sutton Solicitors Review: People make mistakes and can simply be idiots. Here you can get clear answers about the experience levels of a firm AND their specialist case types. Which is surely a good type of staff mix at any firm?
class="infoquote "NJS Solicitors understands that each client is ...
Oakwood Solicitors Ltd Review: This should mean everyone has a much wider range of choice when it comes to getting help. A selection of seasoned minds with hopefully some fresh eyes mixed in?
class="infoquote "kept fully informed at all times"
"Very professional and to the point"
"very professi...
PCS Legal Ltd Review: It introduces a regulatory name many may not be familiar with .
The firm's branding seems solid around the name PCS Legal Ltd based in Essex with the official site at www.pcslegal.co.uk which makes it easier to remember and to not make mistakes. Just remember that th...
Solidaire Solicitors Review: We've seen firms state phrases such as "20 years of combined experience within the firm". Solidaire Solicitors is the trading name of Solidaire Law Limited so you may see one or both names listed on regulatory sites such as the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA).
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Sternberg Reed LLP Review:
There are lots of other bits and pieces you can spot about a firm that can help distinguish them from others. Some people just click to purchase the first listing on Amazon to save time. But when it comes to legal services it's not unusual for people to spend consider...
Thomas and Thomas Solicitors Ltd Review: Then you get companies claiming to be 'a large firm with a small firm feel'. That's actually a bigger deal than you might think. They do use some of the wording we mentioned before, such as:
class="infoquote "Our team of experienced solicitors who are specialists in t...
The Law Partnership Solicitors Review:
With much more flexibility these days in working placements, you could find a 40-year veteran solicitor at a 1-year old law firm and a 1-year novice at a 200-year old firm. To start with, Google is trying to be stricter on review searches, so these days you sometimes...
TWB Probate Solicitors Review: This mean you can also use the Law Society site to verify any claims a firm or professional makes about their experience.
class="infoquote "TWB Probate Solicitors. While we are concerned about the number of new firms springing up offering 'fast fuss free divorces' - ...
UVS Law Review:
There are various categories of visas and permits available for individuals seeking entry into the UK. There are firms which will state they 'specialise' in a wide range of legal matters including immigration. If there are only 2x people in the firm covering a dozen a...
Walker Foster Solicitors Review: These are just some ideas on what to notice about a firm rather than relying on the sales-pitch. If all firms claim to be modern, friendly, and experienced (which they will because none will claim to be unfriendly, out of date, or inexperienced) then it's not useful informat...
Waterstone Partnership Solicitors Ltd Review: Common sense dictates there will not be a 200-year-old wise old lawyer running the place. For example www.waterstoneps.co.uk currently does not redirect you to the correct site. Because although practically every law firm has a website these days, what if the firm you've ...
WH Solicitors Review: Normally our articles use a specific law firm to highlight a point or explain a resource you can use when researching various types of firm, or legal professionals that deal in specific areas of law.
class="infoquote "WH Solicitors is a specialist immigration solicit...
Wildcat Law Ltd Review: The firms branding is quite unique so even error searches we tried such as 'wildcat legal' brought up the correct firm. So such statements don't really help you distinguish one firm from another. They have a very useful user side offering of data regarding a firm's contact d...
Wilford Smith Solicitors Review:
But according to our poll a few years back 92% of people preferred public review boards https: www.google.com search?q=wilford+smith+solicitors+sheffield&rlz=1C1CHBF_en-GBGB926GB926&sxsrf=ALiCzsY4z5BdGd-bGw3ypOvADy372lua0Q%3A1670936594707&ei=EniYY4LeKpyVhbIP3IGnyA8&v...
Wolf Law Solicitors Review:
Wolf Law show a mix of abilities with solicitor Nadeem Akhtar qualifying as such in 1999 and Lyndsy Sword joining the profession in 2019. (If that makes sense?)
class="infoquote "You'll be given a representatives mobile number so you can call, even when the offi...
WYM Legal Ltd Review: by setting entry standards and regulating providers to deliver high quality, accessible legal services' . and an unusual three letter start - we've seen plenty of typos in our search function.
class="infoquote "We provide the best customer service in the industry, com...
All Law Ltd Review:
class="infoquote "We focus on ... For example, with Law (aka All Law Ltd) it says solicitor Jeffrey Garland qualified 1982 while Christopher Mccrudden joined the profession in 2016. So you need to pay attention to the websites you are on and the emails you receive. ...
Eve Lake Conveyancing & Legal Services Review:
class="infoquote "Here at Eve Lake Conveyancing & Legal Services, we also provide home visits on request, outside of office hours visits, including weekend appointments."< div>
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