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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. Thankfully the legal industry is modernising and progress is speeding up in some areas. class="infoquote "We are proud of a long tradition of integrity, humanity and collaboration, and a record of notable successes ...


A City Law Firm Ltd Review: They have more information about their setup and what each award means https: www.legal500.com united-kingdom-solicitors " on their website< a>. Today's article also focuses on things you can do to research a firm you're thinking of using. Their organisation provides an e...


Antony Hodari Solicitors Review: Those are the obvious targets for fraud. But we didn't find out the spark that created Antony Hodari. Antony Hodari Solicitors are a very niche firm covering just one specific case type within the area of litigation - housing disrepair. Almost a 'crusade' mentality. If we ...


Argue & Co Legal Review: Normally there is just a few bits of basic inforation in some https: www.lawscot.org.uk find-a-solicitor ?Name=argue&Postcode=&type=firm" search results< a>. Despite the long list of case types we state this firm covers, they are actually specialists. That leads us to ano...


Backhouse Solicitors Review: class="infoquote "Our experienced team offer expert help and advice to companies and individuals across Essex, London and surrounding areas, in all aspects of law."< div> We've long praised The Law Society of England & Wales for their user side provided data w...

WH Solicitors Review: We cover locally, nationally and internationally."< div> The reason for this is that this firm focuses on one particular area. Make sure you're on the correct site and only call answer numbers you know in relation to your case. . We've long praised this organisation...


Beers LLP Review: The reason you need to be aware of potential issues is because there are lot of scams going around just now targeting case types where clients have to pay large lump sums - such as property matters. They also get a lot of weird negative comments, such as people complaining a...


Bell Lax Solicitors Review: The majority of people want to check out public review boards such as https: www.google.com search?q=bell+lax+solicitors&rlz=1C1CHBF_en-GBGB926GB926&oq=Bell+Lax+Solicitors&aqs=chrome.0.0i355i512j46i175i199i512j0i22i30j69i60.808j0j4&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#lrd=0x4870a506fa...


BLZ Solicitors Review: So to specialise in them most likely means they have a specialist knowledge they want to use or that they have a personal relationship with the process. If you want to check up on the size of a firm (if size matters to you) The Law Society website in your area will typical...


Branch Austin McCormick LLP Review: 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 Guinness Book of Records about it - we were sceptical, but very interested. The main reason we dislike such claims is that typically a firm claiming to have...


Bridge McFarland LLP Review: Don't be afraid to call the official number you already have if anything you receive seems even remotely suspicious. class="infoquote "The firm ... class="infoquote "Our solicitors are ... Photos of people in suits smiling and shaking hands with bits of paper i...


Brown and Co Solicitors Review: Other variants such as www.brownandco.co.uk take you to completely different firms and you can't have ampersands in web addresses so a www.brown&co.co.uk entry in the browser bar for example will result in an error or a search results page being shown. This snippet from the ...


Buchanan & Co Solicitors Review: But according to our poll a few years back only 8% of you put any stock in company provided reviews. However every firm we add to our network goes through various checks which we often write about, because much of the things we do can be helpful for any potential client in t...


QualitySolicitors Burton & Co Review: One of the best resources for finding out the specialties and experience of the individual solicitors within a firm is the local law societies. Burton and Co LLP https: solicitors.lawsociety.org.uk office 466124 burton-co-llp" are registered with< a> The Law Society ...


CEL Solicitors Review: It may seem a pedantic thing to do, but we're quite fed up of how much companies in the UK get away with when it comes to advertising language. The logos of each publication are there, but we couldn't see any links to click and confirm what it meant. These days that doesn't...


Cooks Solicitors Review: That can surely only be a positive thing? class="infoquote "Each matter we deal with is given personal attention by a solicitor ..."< div> A quick note on navigation again though as this firm has it's own official site at www.cooks-solicitors.co.uk (with a hyphen)...


David Stinson & Co Review: Plus they focus on a single area of law - personal injury. But note that 'no win, no fee' and '100% compensation guarantee' are not the same thing. It should be pointed out though that a good solicitor taking 25% of your £5000 settlement is still a better option than...


DisrepairClaim.co.uk Review: Or better still, post underneath their ad post asking for their regulatory status and number to try and warn others not to deal with them should they be unable to provide one. There are plenty of things we might change about the legal industry, but all in all - CMCs still...


Dylan Nair Solicitors Ltd Review: But just keep aware whether you've come back to the correct site by either bookmarketing it for later or searching for the correct firm. The main points you need can often be gained from a local Law Society. That's a decent offer by comparison. Don't ever discuss payments or...


Fair Result Ltd Review: 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 options to use. We simply try to offer a sort of business insider view. Unfortunately Google was being it's us...


Frazer Coogans Ltd Review: If you see a firm stating they are 'one of the leading' without any further information to back up what that means - or if the firm claims to be 'award-winning' but has no information about what awards they have won - then we recommend you ignore the statement comple...


Fulton's Solicitors & Estate Agents Review: Obviously there will be people trying a wide variety of close-but-not-quite attempts such as fultons-solicitors or fultonssolicitors. The research people do to confirm company statements about customer care usually involves public review boards such as Google, Yelp, and Trus...


Goldsmith Bowers Solicitors Review: For example, if you see a law firm of two solicitors stating they cover a dozen different areas of law including Immigration - they are logically less likely to be able to keep fully updated on all legal guidelines for every case type versus an Immigration specialist firm....


Guardian Law Review: 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+law+nottingham&rlz=1C1CHBF_en-GBGB926GB926&sxsrf=ALiCzsZbN_HU50tpkEOaHnK41vCAgn0gRQ%3A1666210938735&ei=elxQY5HBLJSKhbIPj6ydqAU&ved=0ahUKEwiR...


Hawkridge & Company Review: Ampersands can't be in domain names so certainly you can't go to something like www.hawkridge&co.co.uk but all the other variants we checked such as www.hawkridge.co.uk or www.hawkridgeandco.co.uk were also owned by other firms. As mentioned before though, make sure to read ...


Hill House Chambers Review: One thing we think the firm could improve on is fuller profiles for each of the barristers on the books. Always take care on the internet as many legal matters are now being targeted by scammers due to the large amounts of money available. A chambers is more like a col...


HooperHyde Review: Sometimes you don't need a solicitor. The official site we link to above is www.hooperhyde.com with www.hooperhyde.co.uk not currently redirecting you there. People are absolutely happy jumping online after a good or bad meal to review the restaurant they've just been to. If...


Jacobs Law Solicitors Review: You can also see what each solicitor specialises in. In this instance that's "Jacobs Law Solicitors Birmingham". Never discuss payments or bank details via email. A really good resource we constantly advocate is your local Law Society. There are dozens of alternates to try s...


JPS Walker Solicitors Ltd Review: Some go really overboard trying to claim ancient founding dates such as 'established in 1771'. So there is definitely experience within the firm , and even better as he seems to have focused on a single area of law rather than trying to be a 'jack of all trades' solicitor. ...


KRS Estate Planning Ltd Review: If you're a thorough background checker (and we're acutely aware that many of you are) you'll notice that KRS Estate Planning Ltd is listed with Companies House as having a https: find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk company 10920582" start date in 201...


Lefevres Law Review: Here is what they said about him: class="infoquote "A Fellow of the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers, he is also the current convener of the Law Society of Scotland's Civil Justice Committee, a peer reviewer for civil legal aid and a member of its Pursuers' Panel...


Mackenzie Jones Solicitor Review: Even better: get an actual solicitor with both. The Law Society of England & Wales is a site we've long praised for it's bountiful information and simple layout. class="infoquote "Our story began in 2000 with a small office ... So here are some of the things we noti...


Mckie Legal Review: Most scammers target law firm clients that will be making a payment to their solicitor. Hence the popular no win, no fee slogan across all their websites. It's not unusual for solicitors to have one or two trading names on the side. The legal industry is one that r...


Michael Leighton Jones Review: Alongside the qualification dates for the solicitors on the law society website, you'll see a tab marked Areas of Practice. class="infoquote "Simply contact us to book a free no obligation meeting"< div> For Personal Injury and Property matters we would expect ev...


Milners Solicitors Review: But for matters such as Family Law there are still plenty of firms that charge full priced fees even for the initial consultation. Those people then apparently pay tens of thousands into the fraudster's bank account without bothering to check with the solicitor that the em...


MJV & Co Solicitors Ltd Review: Tens of thousands of pounds have ended up in the pockets of fraudsters. We've been working in the legal industry for over 20 years now and can certainly remember a lot more 'XZY & Son' brands being around. But if it's 10x staff members with an average of only 5 years' expe...


My Law Matters Review: 9 times out of 10 the client feels a property sale should have gone faster or blames their solicitor for problems with independent survey reports that are out of their control. Sometimes they operate using both the original and new trading names simultaneously. A good place ...


OneLaw Chambers Review: class="infoquote "outcome was successful and the solicitor Aejaz Mussa I dealt with was helpful, honest and a subject matter expert" "Very professional, very reliable." "I'm happy with the work, process, service, progress and the result." "explained the...


Pacific Law Review: However we have worked with some of the key players in the past. Even one extra Saturday a month is actually more rare than you think, so give a firm credit for that if it's available. Some are chargable, some aren't, some are really expensive. As we said, this is a new firm...


Rose Fendlen Law Review: Make sure to listen carefully to the options provided and don't assume both will apply to your case.. class="infoquote "Rose Fendlen Law is a trading name of LROSE Law Limited"< div> A quick note on navigation as the firm changed trading name in late 2022. So w...


Reynolds Macdonald Solicitors Review: Whilst many people will be quick to jump online and tell people about a meal they've just eaten. Normally in our information articles about firms we tend to dive off into a few tangents about general things to watch out for when researching which legal service provider is be...


Simper Law Ltd Review: class="infoquote "our practice has quickly gained a good reputation within the legal world"< div> In most industries these days people praise the 'new'. Kim Simper comes up as having qualified as a solicitor in 1992, with Sally Riches qualifying in 2001, and Victo...


Springle & Co Solicitors Review: Estate Planning is what we would consider a fairly new term in the UK. class="infoquote "We're independently owned and we believe that smaller is better. Always keep aware of what site you're on and who you're chatting with - either by email or phone. There are cheape...


Stowe Family Law Review: That's why this statement on the firm's website stood out to us the most out of everything: class="infoquote "We believe you should have the opportunity to speak to your solicitor, without being charged, before you choose to entrust your case to us. However this state...


Summerfield Browne Solicitors Review: A mix of seasoned professional alongside fresh legs. Today's is going to discuss Summerfield Browne Solicitors as they have an alternate setup which they've run for many years but which is now becoming more popular since Covid. Hopefully we will see all law firms offer fre...


Swain & Co Solicitors Ltd Review: But we always recommend reading actual comments rather than relying on simple star ratings when it comes to law firms. There are unhelpful positive reviews too, such as: class="infoquote "Easy to find, parking near by, less than one minutes walking from the train stati...


Taylor Price Solicitors Review: Making them a group of specialists rather than a firm trying to take on too much at once. Watch out for firms that claim ancient establishment dates such as 'founded in 1781'. One that they seem to be offering face to face initial consultations for free at either of thei...


Thaxted Legal Ltd Review: So you'd think we'd always have an arsenal of tools to research any firm we come across. So if there are no official good places to get information about the firm you're researching, the next obvious thing people try are the public boards such as https: www.google...

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. A quick note on navigation with the firm having an 'and'. The other item in the original quote is ab...


Stephanie Heijdra Review: class="infoquote "Direct access is a scheme which qualifies barristers to take instructions directly from a client, enabling you to instruct a barrister without first going through a solicitor. Barristers may be part of a 'chambers' or simply be working on thei...


The Legal Practice Ltd Review: One very common thing we come across on law firm websites are founding date claims. That's because the legal industry is currently plagued by fraudsters trying to scam house buyers out of their deposit money. The official website is www.thelegalpractice.co.uk but again...


Trojan Solicitors Ltd Review: As mentioned before - when it comes to Immigration these days it's probably a very good idea to make sure your lawyer is a specialist. But aside from the various options of legal professionals, there are also options between using a large general practice firm, a smaller s...


ULA Solicitors Ltd Review: That's why most firms will not help clients that rely on Legal Aid for funding. Make sure you keep aware of the site you're on and never discuss payment details in emails . The main resource people check out for this is the public review boards such as Google, Facebook, Yel...


Woodstock Legal Services Review: Woodstock Legal Services is a trading name of Woodstock Legal Services Limited so not too much confusion there. If you've already been through a few dozen today it's likely you've seen every single one of them make the claim quoted above from Woodstock's. They brag about the...


Youngs Solicitors Review: However this is still a very confident move because linking through to third party sites for people to view comments about your firm has quite an element of risk. So it's essentially a collection of specialists within one office. The only negative comments we saw relate...


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