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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: Sadly, many of them do you not help you pick a firm. We've been working in this industry for over 20 years now and have seen a huge amount of progress and changes. Clarity for the public should be just as important to the Bar Standards Council but, at the moment at least, ...


A City Law Firm Ltd Review: At this point we should also mention the firm's branding and navigation. A City Law Firm has been on our network for a while now and has many aspects about it you may have come across in your search for legal help and wondered what it means or where you can get more...


Antony Hodari Solicitors Review: class="infoquote "Our solicitors will keep you up to date with the progress of your claim throughout and will answer any questions you may have about the claims process."< div> Another thing people always check on are the public reviews in places such as Google, T...


Argue & Co Legal Review: Be clear though: no win, no fee only means that if you lose there are no fees. So when you see firms offering such on their website, don't just flick over it like it's nothing . So what are the review boards saying about Argue & Co as a firm? Well at the time of writing the...


Backhouse Solicitors Review: But it does highlight some issues when searching for a legal practice to help you. So just bear this in mind when checking up on any firm. etc. class="infoquote "We are a family-owned firm of specialist, problem-solving solicitors based in Chelmsford, Essex."< div>. B...

WH Solicitors Review: That's not to dismiss larger firms with multiple specialists on board. 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 la...


Beers LLP Review: Make sure you know what site you're on and never discuss payments via email . . This is understandable because seeing any negative reviews can often reveal a lot about a firm . But you can always end up with a 1-year-qualified lawyer from the 200-year-old firm in the same...


Bell Lax Solicitors Review: Even amongst conveyancing law firms where https: monzo.com blog we-sent-our-house-deposit-to-a-fraudster-who-posed-as-our-lawyer" fraud is currently rampant< a>, many of those companies have not bothered spending the extra £5 to purchase any of the alternative tld d...


BLZ Solicitors Review: Not their secretary or junior staff who joined the firm yesterday. That's something to watch for especially with property matters as scammers contact clients telling them deposits need to be made to different bank accounts. You have to remember that your solicitor and ...


Branch Austin McCormick LLP Review: If you've read any of our other articles before, you'll know that we don't put a lot of stock in 'established in ...' ancient date claims by law firms. So when we see a firm claiming to have a history going back to the 1561 - so long ago there was an entry in the Guin...


Bridge McFarland LLP Review: One thing to remember though is that when a firm has multiple offices you often have to type in the company name and location to see any reviews. The negative ones all seemed to relate to delays in a house purchase. If you look up https: solicitors.lawsociety.org.uk organi...


Brown and Co Solicitors Review: Does this translate into happy clients? For this we always turn to the public boards like https: www.google.com search?q=brown+and+co+solicitors+london&rlz=1C1CHBF_en-GBGB926GB926&oq=brown+and+co+solicitors+london&aqs=chrome..69i57j46i175i199i512j69i57.7321j0j4&sour...


Buchanan & Co Solicitors Review: So make sure you are on the correct website and never discuss payments via email. . This snippet above from the website of Buchanan & Co Solicitors is one such statement - i.e. So what are the independent forums saying? class="infoquote "Professional staff. Lu...


QualitySolicitors Burton & Co Review: But rather than simply place an extra logo on each law firm's website - they all put the words quality solicitors in front of their name. QualitySolicitors firms are independent law firms that share the aim of providing clients the highest standards of legal expertise comb...


CEL Solicitors Review: If you've read any of our other articles about law firms in the UK, you may have noticed that we consistently try to hammer home that people need to actually read the comments on reviews boards - not just flick through star ratings. You can also search a specific sit...


Cooks Solicitors Review: Not their own clients. However the problems of usually come from emails or people typing the wrong web address directly in to their browser. Newcastle RTB team where [sic] a nightmare to deal wit...


David Stinson & Co Review: The official website is at www.davidstinson.co.uk, and at the moment www.davidstinson.com is a different firm. A lawyer who is expert in one can usually handle any of the others just as well. However for smaller more simple cases such as a two week whiplash injury as a passe...


DisrepairClaim.co.uk Review: Typically we don't add claims management companies to our network. The main aim (we would hope) of housing claims is to get your living conditions improved. If a firm is regulated properly then they will state so along with their number on their website. If you can't fi...


Dylan Nair Solicitors Ltd Review: If a solicitor doesn't have a profile on their website. If you https: solicitors.lawsociety.org.uk office 469206 dylan-nair-solicitors-limited" take a look at the page< a> for any particular firm you can see any alternate trading names, a list of solictiors working ...


Fair Result Ltd Review: In our opinion, the age of a legal brand is unimportant . This gives you our undivided attention."< div>. Enquiring about and researching what avenues are available should be anyone's first point of call before actually starting to weigh up which firm out of those opt...


Frazer Coogans Ltd Review: You can get a 1-year novice from a 200-year old firm. (Very, very, tenuously worked out in most cases.) Seeing a founding date of 1985 would therefore seem ancient on a clothing brand. class="infoquote "went the extra mile to extract all the information I needed...


Fulton's Solicitors & Estate Agents Review: Despite not being overly 'nationalised' about most things, this is something we do feel a little frustrated at. Obviously there will be people trying a wide variety of close-but-not-quite attempts such as fultons-solicitors or fultonssolicitors. They then tell the buyer that...


Goldsmith Bowers Solicitors Review: Sometimes over just a single official-looking email telling them the bank account details to pay their house deposit into have changed.. One thing to remember is to match the size of the business with the size of the case range. Not every firm is upfront about t...


Guardian Law Review: Please also note that the firm's original HR site at www.yourhrlawyer.co.uk has now moved to www.guardian.online as a separate resources. 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=guardian+la...


Hawkridge & Company Review: However for this you are usually able to check this independently and get a good insight into the overall experience a firm may have. Always make sure you're on the correct website and never discuss payments or bank details via email. That's why some of the largest conveya...


Hill House Chambers Review: Prior to access being available you had to pay a solicitor to hire a barrister to deal with certain court matters. class="infoquote "Barristers Mohsin Aslam was very professional too when he articulated case" "Spencer's friendly demeanour and flexibility ensures the...


HooperHyde Review: The practice of having different brandings for various offices or case types within a firm became even more popular just over a decade ago due to some (both poorly conceived and poorly executed) changes in advertising guidelines amongst solicitors. At the time of writi...


Jacobs Law Solicitors Review: Which also means having worked with thousands of professionals within that industry during that time. class="infoquote "Our lawyers are friendly and approachable, an important trait when dealing with client matters."< div> Again, this is something practically ever...


JPS Walker Solicitors Ltd Review: If you've been through several law firm websites already today trying to find one you think might be best for your issue , you'll probably have noticed that many of them use the same sort of language and imagery. But there is actually much more to unpack there than you migh...


KRS Estate Planning Ltd Review: That could allow other firms and even clickbait sites (which we cover in #krs this article< a>) to be listed at the top of search results instead. Some have forced themselves to stay open an extra half hour one day a week or to offer morning appointments every second Saturd...


Lefevres Law Review: So how does this law office fare on the third party forums? The most common ones people visit are https: www.google.com search?q=lefevres+edinburgh&rlz=1C1CHBF_en-GBGB926GB926&oq=Lefevres+edinburgh&aqs=chrome.0.0i355i512j46i175i199i512j69i59.2970j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF...


Mackenzie Jones Solicitor Review: Normally you have to dig through several 'Excellent! Would recommend!' quotes to get to something useful. The majority are very positive and (unusually) very long and well written with plenty of information about what work was being done, the names of people handlin...


Mckie Legal Review: However the concept of the local solicitors office has become something of an almost quaint, nostalgic notion these days when Amazon will bring you any item in the world within 24 hrs of you ordering it (usually whilst sat on the toilet). We have seen losing sides leave neg...


Michael Leighton Jones Review: A 200 year old firm could still stick you with a 1-year qualified lawyer. Alot of problems such as ' https: www.actionfraud.police.uk a-z-of-fraud phishing" phishing< a>' can happen if you type the wrong domain name into a web browser. Plus, how old the building or the bra...


Milners Solicitors Review: They have lawyers on staff that joined the industry during all of the last three decades - such as Simon Bass who qualified as a solicitor in 1993, Victoria Barraclough in 2008, right up to Lazuna Ullah in 2019. After more than a week of reviewing specialist firms, we're get...


MJV & Co Solicitors Ltd Review: So how can you check this? class="infoquote "In many cases we can offer fixed fees, out of hours appointments and home or business visits. Just ask and, if we can, we will."< div> Luckily The Law Society of England & Wales provides an excellent user side resour...


My Law Matters Review: the other side's client left negative comments after a case) - you should also be wary of review boards when it comes to any firm that handles property matters. That's probably why only 8% of you voted last year that you took company website testimonials into consideration...


OneLaw Chambers Review: For each firm it provides user-side data including alternate trading names, all office addresses, other possible contact details, languages spoken, and more. Barristers normally say very clearly on the front page of their website whether they can accept direct instructions. ...


Pacific Law Review: Some are chargable, some aren't, some are really expensive. class="infoquote "We listen ... will probably continue for some time. However we have worked with some of the key players in the past. However, to state 'pay no attention to this reviewer, they are just a sore...


Rose Fendlen Law Review: If a legal practice https: solicitors.lawsociety.org.uk office 15402 lrose-law-limited" is registered with them< a> you can see all known trading names, contact details, alternative office addresses, staff qualifications specialties, and so on. It seems that communication...


Reynolds Macdonald Solicitors Review: Apparently people really are sending tens of thousands of pounds to the fraudsters without bothering to check with their solicitor about the payment change first. In the same way that a Family Law specialist will handle divorce, child custody, and more; most cases invol...


Simper Law Ltd Review: class="infoquote "Between them, our solicitors have around 50 years' experience in law, and are passionate about working with all types of clients, both personal and commercial."< div> Most law firms will make a claim about the amount of years experience within t...


Springle & Co Solicitors Review: class="infoquote "We're independently owned and we believe that smaller is better. The official website is www.springleandco.co.uk which we link to above, with www.springleandco.com not currently owned by anyone. Best of luck in your search! . There is an unrel...


Stowe Family Law Review: Today's piece covers the website of Stowe Family Law where there is a fair mix of writing and images to scroll through even on the first page. It is important you are comfortable with your solicitor; you feel they understand your legal needs and, just as importantly, the emo...


Summerfield Browne Solicitors Review: This is a very good example of why. Plus, errors in the web bar may take you to a totally different site. For many the term 'Solicitor' still brings up the image of an old building in the centre of town and old men in old dusty wigs. The firm states offices in London,...


Swain & Co Solicitors Ltd Review: Our last article was about a firm that used different trading names from the same office address. Their site is https secure for entering your personal details in their contact form. class="infoquote "Thank you so much for all you have done for me." "I can't ...


Taylor Price Solicitors Review: Two, this also seems to be valid for their whole case range. If you typically just look at star ratings when researching companies online, it's something you shouldn't do when it comes to law firms. The firm deals with property matters which is currently one of the bigg...


Thaxted Legal Ltd Review: So make sure to always read through ratings rather than just glancing at average stars. This doesn't mean you shouldn't still be very careful online though. The absence of negative information isn't the best indicator of a positive choice. it more often than not a successf...

Smith and Graham Solicitors Review: This is important because depending on the browser you use, entering an invalid address can send you to search results which can list the wrong firm at the top. As we only review the legal industry and it's professionals from our experience working with them over the past ...


Stephanie Heijdra Review: Unfortunately with the direct access scheme being so new it may not be something you've heard of yet and hopefully more information on each barrister will become available as the scheme and awareness grows. This is even more difficult for people working under their ow...


The Legal Practice Ltd Review: The majority will have a huge chunk of negative comments. The official website is www.thelegalpractice.co.uk but again, www.thelegalpractice.com is owned by a different firm. People https: www.express.co.uk finance personalfinance 1497866 Lloyds-bank-scam-warning-fra...


Trojan Solicitors Ltd Review: class="infoquote "We have expertise at all levels of immigration."< div> Reading through the firm's website there are several statements like this along with clarifications about how well they are acquainted with the immigration system in the UK. You could also ...


ULA Solicitors Ltd Review: A quick note on navigation. The branding is quite unique and the various alternate searches we tried such as 'ula lawyers', 'ula law firm', etc. It states Julian Groombridge qualified as a solicitor in 1998, Mohammed Ullah in 2004, Ines Azreyek-Diab in 2013, and others....


Woodstock Legal Services Review: 'we are unapproachable, confusing, and slow'. Clearly we ended up with a positive impression of their law practice otherwise we would not have added them to our network. We've seen lawyers rated 5 stars for their great new menu and a divorce specialist given 1 star for ref...


Youngs Solicitors Review: At the bottom of some of the pages on the Youngs website they link to their independent review boards on Google and Trustpilot. We've even seen negative reviews by the clients on the opposite side of a sale purchase who have been told that it's the other person's solic...


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