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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: Words like 'modern', 'friendly', 'maximum', 'jargon-free', and so on sound great. But if everyone is saying the same - what can you check to see what separates them? Not alot of people realise that there is a much more official way to see complaints about a firm than just ...
5 Essex Court Review: To have such a great industry reputation certainly puts them head and shoulders above many whilst you're making a decision about which firm you should use for your own case. But probably more so because Direct Access is unfortunately not as widely known as it should be con...
Aconveyancing Ltd Review: But also because most people end up cross with their conveyancer at some point during the sale or purchase. class="infoquote "We also provide expert legal advice ..."< div> If the firm you're checking out is located in England Wales then they will most likely be r...
Aina Khan Law Ltd Review: 5,000+ cases. Aina Khan's site says something similar: class="infoquote "Aina Khan OBE Solicitor is a world-renowned family Law specialist. Most legal professionals in the UK are signed up with some local Law Society. class="infoquote "It is amazing that you were...
Allsop Durn Solicitors Review: If you click the link to view details about the solicitors at the firm, you'll see there is certainly a range of experience amongst the staff. Maybe the 'Dearlove' part retired? Between that, possible misspellings and the .com though - we would probably recommend...
Apprise Legal Services Review: We would therefore recommend bookmarking the correct site once you're on it just to make sure. You will then be shown their case expertise and typically how many years each solicitor has been qualified for. So are there any consumer reviews to go on? Certainly t...
APS Legal & Associates Review: The main website is www.aps-legal.com and www.aps-legal.co.uk will redirect you there. Whilst a quick glance of their website may make it appear as just another Will Writing service, there are actually quite large differences between the setups behind each of those web...
Aspire Licensing Review: However to be clear - Aspire Licensing do not state they are a law firm in the traditional sense and no mention is made to 'solicitors' within the firm. However even then there are options such as hiring a barrister through the new Direct Access scheme instead of going throu...
OTS Solicitors Ltd Review: Even if someone phones you, you can always hang up and call your known solicitor back on the actual number you were originally given. OTS' claims about their extensive media coverage are certainly true. (Wherever that expression came from.)
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Avery Walters Solicitors Review: If you check the site for England & Wales you can look up the expertise and experience (or at least the qualification dates) of each solicitor within the practice you're interested in. The Harrogate office has it's own website at www.powell-eddison.co.uk, most of the variant...
AWH Solicitors Review: The internet makes it much easier to find services you need such as legal advice. But on the web you could be dealing with a basement-based-20-year-old taking people's personal injury claims and selling them on to real solicitors. For example, their staff profile pages are h...
Briffa Legal Ltd Review: Mini-articles stating how great the firm is at dealing with x, y, or z. "commercials". We love case studies in the same way teenagers love YouTube. The difference with Briffa's team is that they only do Intellectual Property day-in, day-out. She then did 7 years at another ...
CFG Law Review: Again, bias may come into play but I've been injured twice by negligence in the NHS and once had to grab the hand of a doctor who was about to use a dirty used needle on my daughter that he'd picked up by mistake. If you've tripped on a paving slab and scraped your knee, or ...
DFA Law LLP Review: In any industry, not just for law. and they were all much like these snippets above. Titles such as "The end of ‘furlough’ – what now?", "Employment Tribunal fees abolished with immediate effect" and "Commercial Property – Changes to the Use Classes Order" are just that ...
Driscoll Kingston Review: Many people only think of specialists when it comes to things such as Criminal Law. Anyway, back to this firm:
class="infoquote "98% of our Personal Injury Claims are on a no win no fee basis which means there is no financial risk to you"< div>
Some case types suc...
Hammond Trotter Solicitors Review: The longer a motor offence runs on for, the less options become available. It's a sad but true statement, and naturally results in many people pleading guilty just to save time and money. Oddly there are only a handful of reviews on Google and each office is treated individ...
Education Law Service Ltd Review:
You never know what scam will be next though so always make sure you're on the correct site and never discuss payments or bank details via email .
This applies to the Education Law Service Ltd firm as well. One last point made on the firm's website:
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Fieldfisher LLP Review: Possibly a shopping centre from the sounds of it, as there are plenty around the UK with 'field' and 'fish' in the name.
class="infoquote "We are one of the UK's leading personal injury, medical negligence and asbestos compensation claims solicitors."< div>
This s...
Frank Rogers Law Ltd Review: Make sure to find out first if you qualify before really getting in to things with that firm if Legal Aid is your only real option. There is a Law Society website for each area. Please note that whilst some firms may say they work with Legal Aid, the restrictions on who actu...
GloverPriest Solicitors Review: So make sure you've entered the name of the firm and it's office town when searching to make sure you're reading about the right place. Glover&Priest with the ampersand in the middle is not possible as a web address but www.gloverandpriest.com is. So seeing direct contact d...
Hampson Hughes Solicitors Review: As always, we advise giving more weight to reviewers who are marked as having reviewed several other firms as well. We tried a few on Google and the majority of the time the correct firm showed up but none of the domain varients we tried did.
As you'll have seen on the ...
Helix Law Ltd Review: I had an urgent matter that I needed advise on and Phoebe was a great help. Both with firms trying to boost their own image, and with competitors trying to sabotage others. Typically if there are grammatical errors and spelling mistakes - the reviews have been sourced from t...
HJA Solicitors Review: I don't think anyone can argue that!
There also seems to be an active interest in law generally and in helping people.
This 'big-ness' doesn't just apply to their online presence or things that could be considered mere PR branding efforts.
This popularity ...
Howe + Co Solicitors Review: The official website we link to above is www.howe.co.uk, with www.howe.com taking you to a design company in the USA. All that put together clearly makes them a very established firm and it's hard to deny them the use of the word 'leading' with all that in mind. Although a...
R James Hutcheon Solicitors Review: They all have the same address, and either of the Hutcheon names should bring up relevant information reviews etc.
R James Hutcheon Solicitors go beyond niche covering a range of case types you'll rarely see sought after by other practices such as Mercedes-Benz Diesel...
Ian Mallon Solicitors Review:
However the staff profiles on this firm's site were spot on.
A last word to sum up from the firm themselves:
class="infoquote "Whether you are a company or an individual and need legal advice – the best way to find out how we can help is to contact us."< di...
IWC Probate & Will Services Review: Most law firms are moving away from the charge-by-the-hour setup and giving clients a quote up front. 'less than 100% above board' ...
class="infoquote "Your initial consultation with us is free of charge, with no obligation to proceed."< div>
Hopefully if you've...
Jarmans Solicitors Ltd Review: We checked several variants such as www.jarmansolicitors.co.uk and those with hyphens, as well as other TLDs including www.jarmansolicitors.com and www.jarmanssolicitors.com - but none of them seemed to be owned by the firm. Our regional base keeps our rates competitive but ...
Joanna Connolly Solicitors Review: They also cover mortgage mis-selling by brokers and lenders, financial mis-selling, (including mis-sold PPI), as well as growing into the developing laws and cases relating to "Unfair Relationships" between bankers and their backers that affect how they sell to clients.
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Kudos Legal Ltd Review: The only issue when looking such things up is that there doesn't seem to be a clear separation between their Preston and Glasgow offices.
class="infoquote - "... Because we don't take commissions for referring you, we have no bias as to which firm you select. Whilst j...
Lawcomm Solicitors Review: We've seen a firm stating a 150 year history yet their staff list contained no solicitor with more than a decade's worth of experience. That will provide you better details about their expertise and experience. At this point we would actually state that any firm that hasn't ...
Leech & Co Review: You can contact us by e-mail, telephone, SKYPE or Facetime and we can offer a home appointment if required." < div>
This facility certainly separates old-school thinking solicitors from the more modern, client-focused firms. If you are a returning client you may have use...
Levins Solicitors Review: So if there are dozens of positive reviews about a legal company and all the negative reviews are about conveyancing - it's something to keep in mind. A last word from the firm's website referring to the pros of using a firm more on the outskirts of Liverpool:
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Lindsays Solicitors Review: However on Google we saw the firm only had a 3.9 star rating despite most of the reviews being positive.
Their own website is https secure for filing in contact forms with your details which is great . People who take your details and sell them on to actual firms to d...
Linkilaw Solicitors Review: Just hang up and ring back on the phone number the solicitor originally gave you. Chances are most review sites will do the same and just change some titles around. Many people can also get it entirely wrong. So how does the modern Linkilaw stack up from that angle?
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Alexander JLO Solicitors Review: listed in the Good Lawyer Guide for a number of areas." < div>
They also http: www.goodlawyerguide.co.uk lawyers 36610-paul-outhwaite about_firm" link to their listing< a> on the Good Lawyer Guide's website from several pages of their own. We agree and many solicitor...
Mason Bullock Solicitors Review: One of the solicitors retired in 2018 and the firm had to be restarted.
However with Mason Bullock Solicitors we were actually very eager to get them on to the network from the start. The situation was at least slightly covered in https: www.dailymail.co.uk news art...
McEwan Fraser Legal Review: - that's quite a small niggle. Whilst MFL are mentioned in the https: solicitors.lawsociety.org.uk organisation offices 6448 mcewan-fraser-legal" England & Wales database< a>, they are not actually based down there so full information is sadly not provided. It's certainl...
MTA Personal Injury Solicitors LLP Review: So what resources are available to back up such claims? Certainly the firm has the usual testimonials on it's website:
class="infoquote "They dealt with my medical claim empatheticly and helped advise me appropriately and explained jargon that an average person may ...
NV Legal Ltd Review: The fact NV Legal is already doing this is a great indicator of a firm with both the mindset and resources we agree with. You can end up having someone's secretary as your only point of contact.
Please note though, that a firm which takes 25% of your compensation if y...
OJ Solicitors Ltd Review: This is something we've said repeatedly elsewhere. We're amazed at the number of immigration firms on the web that only have an English version of their website. There are dozens including Yelp, Google, Facebook, Yell.com, Trustpilot, etc. However you never know what's aro...
Penn Chambers Solicitors Review:
The firm's Blog section is also very client-oriented. Thankfully the majority of lawyers in the UK are signed up with their local Law Society. If you use up the hour asking questions you could have had the answers to for free online - then that's money down the drai...
Pump Court Chambers Review: These are not just other offices of the same group of barristers.
class="infoquote "Recent changes in the law mean that members of the public, commercial organisations and non-commercial organisations can now instruct a barrister directly without the need to go through...
RD Costings Review: At the moment the bulk of fraud is aimed at property law firms. There may still be fees if your case wins. This is a costs drafting firm aimed at lawyers themselves. The site also states:
class="infoquote "You may be entitled to compensation if you have been a victim...
MGBe Legal Review: That in itself is a reliable bit of industry recommendation .
However, as this firm only deals with immigration and the site is https secure - we don't envisage any real problems with scammers.
class="infoquote "Solicitor qualified in England & Wales and in Italy...
Redwood Collections Ltd Review: On the 1to1Legal search function we always try to ensure there's a balanced number of specialist firms such as this alongside the general practice firms that cover a range of legal and or business matters. This focuses our staff on achieving the result our clients desire. Re...
Reid Black Solicitors Review: It simply means that when we researched the firm at the time they came up as being a good firm, covering a good range, with little or no complaints registered on forums or with the relevant organisations. This is a great move because as our poll last year showed, most peop...
Robin Somerville Direct Access Barrister Review:
class="infoquote "Robin Somerville helps businesses and professionals solve their legal problems."< div>
So what other ways can you evaluate a firm you're checking out? The review boards for Robin Somerville are quite sparse for comments by previous clients. They...
SBW Law Ltd Review: The majority of scams targeting law firm clients at the moment https: www.halifax.co.uk aboutonline security protecting-yourself-from-fraud keep-your-home-safe-mortgage-deposit-scams.html" tend to focus on those involved in a property purchase< a>. First:
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Serious Law LLP Review: What's the difference between a 'serious' injury and a regular one? Two weeks of whiplash after a car accident can be handled by almost any firm because the amounts you can claim are practically set in stone. So we know to take un-explained negative ratings with a pinch of s...
Simons Rodkin Solicitors LLP Review: the domains www.simonsrodkin.co.uk and the dot com versions were not owned by anyone.
A quick note on navigation. However, we also have experienced consultants in other areas of law."< div>
Most firms will have some sales-pitch statement like this on their website ...
Taborns Legal Business Review: A piece on the University of Oxford appealling for help with a legal dispute AI-based system. Please note that W Taborn & Co is not the same company, they are some sort of luggage manufacturer in London. No matter how hard a firm tries, that's just how things come out. The o...
The Injury Solicitor Ltd Review: But several things stood out to us which we thought we would share. We always ensure there are a good dollop of main-stream, high-street solicitors to choose from.
class="infoquote "The Injury Solicitor is a niche law firm specialising in recovering compensation for...
Thorpe Wilson Solicitors Review: Obviously with the dozens of firms we review on this site, it's impossible for us to come up with dozens of legal matters to test them with as a consumer. Thorpe Wilson don't have any testimonials listed on their website. The Law Society of England & Wales has an excellent w...
The Solicitors Advocates & Barristers Inc Review: The branding has the longer name but you will find most things such as regulatory bodies mentioned above and review pages use the acronym version. This was back when they were originally called Asghar & Co Solicitors. So that's noteable to us. They also weren't averse to lis...
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