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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:33Legal Ltd Review: If you've done a little of your own homework, you'll have seen that 33 Legal Ltd was incorporated in early 2017. Medical Negligence cases for example are notoriously hard to pursue due to the extensive medical work that has to be researched and the fact the NHS regularly f...
5 Essex Court Review: In closing we'll leave you with the firm's own description of it's offering: class="infoquote "A top-tier civil law set of chambers recognised for our exemplary client service, depth and breadth of experience in our specialist areas and the outstanding quality of...
Aconveyancing Ltd Review: We also provide a fixed fee quotation, to help plan your finances from an early stage."< div> It's absolutely true that both of these are very important for clients seeking a conveyancer. Things moving slower than they'd want, or the client's feeling that their chosen f...
Aina Khan Law Ltd Review: While looking around for information about this firm you may see references to both Aina Khan Solicitors and Aina Khan Law Ltd. It states that Aina Khan qualified as a solicitor back in 1991 , so that more than verifies her claim to having over 25+ years experience. Y...
Allsop Durn Solicitors Review: Is that uncommon? Yes. You'd think this would be common practice but out of the last dozen or so sites we've looked at - this is the only firm to do so . The only issue would be perhaps mis-spelling the Alsop. Over the past few years there has been quite an upsurge of http...
Apprise Legal Services Review: In the US it has been used for much longer. or any other such considerations where you actually might care a bit more about who-gets-what once you're gone - then expert advice advice is definitely needed, and experienced advice if possible. fully explained in easy to underst...
APS Legal & Associates Review: For example, the APS Legal & Associates main website does have the usual testimonials page. We could email you from an @amazon.co.uk address right now saying your payments have failed. At the moment both www.apslegal.com and www.apslegal.co.uk don't seem to be owned by the f...
Avery Walters Solicitors Review: For example, a firm that states 'founded in 1883' could simply have bought the brand name or have found some really tenous family links with one of their staff. So despite the lower star rating for Avery Walters, we still come away with the impression of a very positive f...
AWH Solicitors Review: Peter King qualified in 1982, Samantha Harris in 1999, Fatima Musa in 2016, right up to Cathryn Davies in 2020. However with anyone able to make a flashy website and write good sales pitches - how do you know the best options for you? If you saw one firm had a multi-level ...
Briffa Legal Ltd Review: However, no firm gets to dictate what we write in their review or make changes unless we've made a factual error. Here's what a few of their peers said about founder Margaret Briffa in the Chambers & Legal 500: class="infoquote "knows what she is talking about and is ...
CFG Law Review: It suddenly occurred to us that we already have a 'poster-firm' on our network for all the things we're trying to promote. Actually, a great idea. We're recommending a huge range of decent firms that can help you though. Just use the solicitor search box in the top right col...
DFA Law LLP Review: A 40-year established firm might stick you with a 1-year experienced solicitor, and a 1-year established firm might have a 40-year experience partner on staff. DFA Law on the other hand has both a long establishment date and well-experienced staff on board: class="in...
Driscoll Kingston Review: Before we get into any more pointers though, what do Driscoll Kingston say about themselves? class="infoquote "Driscoll Kingston Solicitors' mission was to create a fresh, modern and dynamic law firm with a focus on client care and access to justice for all."< div> ...
Hammond Trotter Solicitors Review: So if the website you're on talks (or even brags) about such situations as their main selling point - then in our experience that usually indicates a less experienced solicitor. You can search this firm's name on a news search and there's no fantastical articles about them g...
Education Law Service Ltd Review: This is either because the types of cases are so niche, so complicated, or possibly not the most lucrative for a those considering their company's bottom line. For example Wills and many Tax matters can be handled by companies without any legal qualifications. Therefore the...
Fieldfisher LLP Review: A very encouraging mix of experience alongside new blood eager to prove themselves. So what are people saying about the actual service on public boards? class="infoquote "not just another legal practice" "both courteous and efficient" "outcome has been hi...
Frank Rogers Law Ltd Review: Whilst Frank Rogers does state he knows those loopholes, that is absolutely not how most cases are 'won' . This is limited to 30 minutes."< div> They also appear to have a genuine Blog section. But having worked with law firms for over 20+ years now, we know that expe...
GloverPriest Solicitors Review: If you want to know more about any particular solicitor at any firm you can usually get it from The Law Society website. They even state having roots in the area as far back as 1749, although clarify this is under a different trading name. Clients don't want to feel as...
Hampson Hughes Solicitors Review: For example, we've always made our thoughts about 'online compensation calculators' very clear. Unfortunately the only way to really know if a firm lives up to that promise is at the end of the case. But there really are issues that need to be dealt with by mental health pro...
Helix Law Ltd Review: I would not hesitate to recommend them." "Avery approachable and helpful company - I called out of the blue to get some general advice and potentially line up some work with Helix Law. Even on search engines you may find one word extra or wrong will bring up quite diffe...
Howe + Co Solicitors Review: This can sometimes end up in reviews about the wrong firm being placed. Gushingly so on occasions, as I'm guessing they were in relation to situations such as immigration where people can feel literally in the middle of life death struggles. One of the few areas of law Howe...
R James Hutcheon Solicitors Review: Not just the legal industry either - in general. Also The Law Society page we link to above will link you to a law firm called Hadcalry Ltd, although thankfully that branding does not appear to have it's own website. But if your case wins, the solicitor may take up to a 25% ...
Ian Mallon Solicitors Review: That's great, and more firms should follow their setup . The goal of 1to1Legal is not to create a massive directory of law firms with as many crammed in as possible. Sadly, the focus seems to be more on the person's favourite colour and hobbies rather than any real insight ...
IWC Probate & Will Services Review: Someone usually has to lose in a case. Also whilst https: find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk company 04532330" the official name< a> seems to be IWC Estate Planning & Management Ltd, we see it compacted to IWC Probate & Will Services in some places with th...
Jarmans Solicitors Ltd Review: Either way, it reflects well on their general setup. class="infoquote "We have the strength and breadth of service and expertise of the large London and Kent firms but provide exceptional service at better value. A pretty good mix of experience and fresh minds. That's...
Joanna Connolly Solicitors Review: For consumer credit disputes, they also list themselves as consumer credit specialists, helping consumers when court proceedings are either being threatened or already issued. Previously Head of Consumer Credit Litigation at MSB Solicitors, Joanna has had extensive litigatio...
Kudos Legal Ltd Review: communicated well at each step of the claim" - "Excellent service. Whilst scammers tend to https: www.theguardian.com money 2017 jan 14 lost-67000-conveyancing-scam-friday-afternoon-fraud-legal-sector-email-hacker" target law firms< a> that handle property matters, ...
Lawcomm Solicitors Review: In most cases you can work with us directly by phone, email and our secure client portal or we are happy to meet with you in any of our locations or even at your home or place of work."< div> As we've mentioned before with other firms we've written about, there is a ve...
Leech & Co Review: There are some error addresses that the firm own and which redirect you to the correct site such as www.leechsolicitors.co.uk but definitely don't rely on this . There are so many variants and we didn't even scratch the surface. Why is all that relevant? To make the po...
Levins Solicitors Review: Currently www.levinslaw.com is owned by someone else. You can always hang up and call back on the phone number you know is correct. We always recommend to never judge a general practice firm by it's conveyancing reviews though. For example, https: www.lbc.co.uk news manche...
Lindsays Solicitors Review: But also several more recent additions such as Ben Doherty (qualified in 2004) and Douglas Roberts (2008). But I'm guessing most people that see articles with companies holding large cheques being handed to a charity rep - have a little cynicism in them too. The contact deta...
Aspire Licensing Review: Much more than a firm that only covers a handful of such cases each month as part of their general commercial legal work. There is a firm called Aspire Law but that's a totally different group with their own website. a close relationship with all our local responsible author...
Linkilaw Solicitors Review: So you may not be able to see reviews under the new name on the usual sites like Google, Yelp, TrustPilot and so on for several months. We did find a few still hanging around:
class="infoquote "They took the time to understand how our business works and the quality o...
Alexander JLO Solicitors Review: Alexander JLO Solicitors is obviously a very popular firm amongst a huge population with plenty of other options to choose from. If you read the actual comments alongside ratings, you'll be surprised at how many "they only had tea and I drink coffee!" type of negative revi...
Mason Bullock Solicitors Review: Mason Bullock Solicitors was an unusual situation for us when it came to deciding on whether to add them to our network. If you ever want to look up the specialties or qualification dates of the solicitor you are thinking of using, there is usually that information on the fi...
McEwan Fraser Legal Review: This therefore came across as a little gimmicky. But that's something we're not totally sold on. The only common issue we've seen in the search stats is the mis-spelling of 'mckewan' rather than 'mcewan'. - that's quite a small niggle.
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MGBe Legal Review:
class="infoquote "I’ve been so lucky to find such an extraordinary professionalism and human availability, in helping me for several video calls, even the day before Xmas, for applying across the newest and complex Work Permit forms for EU citizens before Brexit, the ...
MTA Personal Injury Solicitors LLP Review:
class="infoquote "At MTA Solicitors, customer service is at the very heart of our business. So even though injury claim clients don't seem to be being targeted in that way, it's still probably a good idea to bookmark the correct site we link to above . It only shows t...
NV Legal Ltd Review: There are quite a few independent forums such as Google, Trustpilot, Yelp, Yell.com and so on which can often provide far more insight into how a firm treats it's clients than the testimonials each might strategically place on their own website. However, communication betwe...
OJ Solicitors Ltd Review: The most common tld variants of www.oj-solicitors.com and www.ojsolicitors.com are similarly not going to get you to the correct place. It is certainly not the case that the standard high street law firm is the best option in every scenario. Not just for the legal industry e...
OTS Solicitors Ltd Review: So not to be sneezed at. That's like leaving a bad review for McDonalds for not selling pizza. Common errors we would expect such as dropping the extra 's' (i.e. We check the usual spots most people visit such as Google, Trustpilot, Yell.com and Yelp.
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Penn Chambers Solicitors Review: Especially with so many solicitor firms touting far more ancient founding dates. Of course, finding them is the tricky part. That may sound odd, however solicitors and barristers are actually two quite different groups. Don't underestimate the usefullness of such basic infor...
Pump Court Chambers Review: A real established and recognised group. But there are far more comments that we noticed, probably more so than most consumers would. Words such as 'modern', 'leading', 'top', 'award-winning' and so on are thrown around as if they have no meaning. So choosing one is just as ...
Redwood Collections Ltd Review: Some are only set up to send threatening letters. Redwood managed to get my money back. VERY fast turnaround ..."
"I had a long standing debt that I could not get paid. Naturally, many of them charge much more but if you can find one like Redwood Collections that offer ...
Reid Black Solicitors Review: they don't even mention your claim type on the front page of their website or in the dropdown menu of their information pages) - then you may be better off going elsewhere to a firm that does seem to actively want such types of cases.
All these together hopefully show ...
Robin Somerville Direct Access Barrister Review: The website is https secure for entering your personal details in the contact form. The official site we link to above is www.robinsomerville.co.uk with www.robinsomerville.com not currently in use. When the new rules came in, they were not simply applied to all barristers...
SBW Law Ltd Review:
What should matter more is the experience of the actual solicitors within the firm itself. Surely an enviable position for any firm to be in?
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The Search Bureau Review: This includes Local Authority Searches, Drainage and Water, Flood, Land Registry, Due Dilligence (Lawyer Checker), Utilities, and more.
The lack of easily available reviews shouldn't be viewed negatively in these cases. However, as already mentioned at the outset of th...
Serious Law LLP Review: Especially if you search for related terms such as 'serious injury' or 'serious injury law' which is the name of the website. Please note that www.seriousinjurylaw.com is a completely different firm and currently www.seriouslaw.com shows nothing at all.
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Simons Rodkin Solicitors LLP Review: That last snippet for example indicates that whoever took the reviewer's call must have listened properly and for some time . The address could also lead to some of the usual typos we see with hyphenated URls or those that don't use the firm's name in them - e.g. We will co...
Taborns Legal Business Review:
class="infoquote "We assemble the most efficient legal team for your specific needs; by combining the most suitable people for the matter at hand we centre on striking the right balance between cost and the desired output."< div>
Unlike a business law solicitor wh...
The Injury Solicitor Ltd Review:
The Law Society of England & Wales have the most informative and useful user-side display we've seen though. But such ancient founding claims are really just marketing ploys. These days solicitors move around law practices and even start up their own much more than ju...
RD Costings Review:
When you see firms stating "no win, no fee" across their site, that doesn't necessarily mean there are no fees at all. Lastly, when you search for the "rd costings" name on a search engine there is a company website at www.rcostings.co.uk for a different firm. (Yes, ...
Thorpe Wilson Solicitors Review: The www.thorpewilson.com version currently shows nothing and all the typical typos versions we checked such as www.thorpwilson.co.uk were also not owned by the firm. There is an injured party who needs to get compensation from a third party or a third party's insurer. So whe...
The Solicitors Advocates & Barristers Inc Review: The Solicitors Advocates & Barristers Inc are signed up with The Law Society of England & Wales which is one of the better ones. Whilst you may think Legal Aid is something like the NHS (i.e.
A mix of older, wiser 'mentors' along with the hungrier, younger generation...
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