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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:

A City Law Firm Ltd Review: So if you're having trouble finding them bear that in mind. Their organisation provides an excellent range of user side data which is sadly not mirrored by their Scottish or Irish counterparts. Today's article also focuses on things you can do to research a firm you're thin...


ACSL Solicitors Ltd Review: All of these statements sound great. Thousands of people each year end up https: www.theguardian.com money 2023 oct 07 i-lost-240000-uk-victims-share-their-stories" handing large sums of money to scammers< a>, sometimes their entire house deposit, simply by not pay...


Amy King Legal Review: The idea being that the older a law firm is, the more experience it has. Watch out for firms that use marketing jargon. If you type in the name of a firm instead, you will be shown a list of all registered solicitors within the firm and can click for individual details. The...


Scotland Injury Solicitors from Baker Hardman Review: It sounds great, but most firms will make claims such as these on their websites too. Their office is in Glasgow but if you enter a phrase such as "baker hardman solicitors in glasgow" Google currently returns results for a firm called Bradley Baker Solicitors. This includ...


Brian Barr Solicitors Review: So while the case list handled by the firm as a whole may be huge, your assigned solicitor may only handle one or two of those areas of law. There is only the one office so a search for their name will usually bring up their site, links to regulatory bodies, company review...


Brodies LLP Solicitors Review: It's only there you get to hear both sides. Rather than simply showing you all reviews for a company, they may show zero reviews when you first type in the firm's name. That may have been true a few decades back when the line between a large and small firm was obvious and fa...


Calio Claims Review: For the new generations of potential clients looking up a law firm on the internet, they are simply more likely to want to use a firm called "Swift Claims" compared to "Swift & Johnson Solicitors Ltd". But, no-win-no-fee is not the same thing as 100% compensation . c...


Cook Legal Ltd Review: With todays video chat and secure online document services, the majority of cases don't require you to have to visit a lawyer's office at all. There are other firms with the name "Cook" in them. You will need a law firm authorised to work in Scotland for Scottish cases, Nort...


Crockett & Co Solicitors Review: Luckily, if you are looking for a firm in England or Wales there is a great resource online . Also note that they are listed as 'Crockett Ltd' with organisations such as The Law Society page we link to above. Their official website is at www.crockettsolicitors.co.uk ...


Cullimore Dutton Solicitors Review: The largest conveyancing firm in England last year had a Google review star rating in the 3s and some of the most praised conveyancing companies we've worked with have been plagued for simply doing a good job for their own client. Thousands of people https: www.thetimes.c...


Defank Solicitors Review: It's the person taking the case that's most important to you. Ancient founding dates are often touted to make people think the firm is well established and therefore that must mean they have plenty of experience. class="infoquote "Our firm is proud to serve the Lond...


Dispute Resolver Consultancy Review: We've seen this with law firms that use words such as 'law' or 'legal' in their name. Google has also made changes so that reviews of a firm will often not pop up with just their name entered into the search. People have also handed their entire house deposit to a fraudster ...

Clarkson Wright & Jakes Ltd Review: The official website is www.cwj.co.uk and it is HTTPS secure if you want to submit your personal details in their contact form. The downside to having a wealth of choice is of course ... While 'back in the day' most people ended up having to use the law firm near th...


Drummond Miller LLP Review: Right now the leading (by quantity) conveyancer in the UK has a Google rating of 3.2 stars. class="infoquote "great value considering all the effort they expended on our behalf" "always willing to answer any questions" "straight forward, professional and won ...


Eatons Solicitors Review: Also 'eatons solicitors leeds' will bring up different reviews to 'eatons bradford'. So what do the reviews of this firm look like? class="infoquote "handled everything in an efficient manner" "kept me well informed, replied to any of my emails" "found their bill ...


EDC Lord & Co Solicitors Review: Far too many people https: www.theguardian.com money 2019 aug 24 the-45000-deposit-for-our-first-home-was-stolen-and-the-banks-did-nothing" new="target have handed their entire house deposit< a> to fraudsters after believing an official-looking email telling them the payme...


EMD Law LLP Review: We've covered https: www.directaccessportal.co.uk " Direct Access< a> barristers and even paralegal firms which both can result in lower costs. That of a sizeable, high street office with experienced professionals - but not in the old style of solicitors some of us might ...


England & Derbyshire LLP Review: The .com does not redirect you there though and as you can see, the "&" part of the name is not in the web address. "england" and "derbyshire". The firm could have www.englandandderbyshire.co.uk but as you can see, that looks really easy to mis-type. class="infoquote...


Eve Lake Conveyancing & Legal Services Review: Did you know that 'solicitors' and 'lawyers' are not the same thing in the UK? If you didn't know, don't worry. class="infoquote "Here at Eve Lake Conveyancing & Legal Services, we also provide home visits on request, outside of office hours visits, including weekend ...


Farah Family Law Review: An example of a law firm we can 100% agree is https: www.lawgazette.co.uk commentary-and-opinion rise-of-specialist-law-firms 5041463.article" specialist< a>. Why could that be important for family matters? Because the title "Family Law" covers a huge number of niche le...


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. The idea being that the older the firm, the more established and experienced. There were some comments available when we looked: ...


Frei Solicitors Review: It's time consuming and costly. Because when you target a very small market of individuals with your services, getting feedback publicly can take a lot longer. class="infoquote "We determine our client’s objectives during the initial meeting, and always work toward...


Girlings Solicitors LLP Review: They have the Lexcel quality assurance mark given by The Law Society, specific accreditation for Personal Injury and also Clinical negligence matters, https: www.apil.org.uk " APIL< a> (Association of Personal Injury Lawyers) membership, listed in the Legal 500, special ...


Garden Stirling Burnet Solicitors Ltd Review: You can no longer look up reviews for an overall company. So "garden stirling burnet haddington" will show you different reviews to a search for garden stirling burnet solicitors edinburgh" . You could end up with a 1-year experienced solicitor handling your case from a 2...


Harrison's Solicitors Review: Property sales are also the only service we know of where people feel free to leave negative comments about the other side's firm complaining and even use review boards to threaten the other side to 'hurry up!' . That's a solid foundation. Also note that the full na...


HCR Legal LLP Review: However it's the independent forums most people turn to and prefer such as Facebook, Google and Trustpilot. This above is a snippet from the https: www.medicalaccidentgroup.co.uk" Medical Accident Group< a> website. HCR Legal LLP is the latter. The main website is www.hcr...


Heritage Park Family Law Ltd Review: Make sure to get some clarity about who you are talking to no matter which firm you contact. class="infoquote "we always offer an initial discussion* free of charge"< div> To Heritage Park's credit, they have asterix'ed this statement and put a clarification ...


Horsley Law Review: We've often said that it's better to have a 40 year experienced lawyer working for a firm that's only been going for 1 year versus a 1 year experience lawyer working for a firm claiming 'established in 1881' or other ancient founding date. Some are data collectors who then...


Kee Solicitors Ltd Review: Sadly, that resource is the Law Society of England & Wales which doesn't cover this Scottish firm. We've been working in the legal industry as a company since 1999, but many of our staff at 1to1Legal have been working in various law related capacities for longer than that. ...


QualitySolicitors Large & Gibson Review: class="infoquote "Meet your lawyer face-to-face and speak directly to staff familiar with your matter."< div> One of the main reasons we recommend checking out a firm on the law society's site, though, is that they also display the qualification dates of any sta...


LS Legal Solicitors Ltd Review: This isn't as much of a problem on this occasion due to the case range covered by the firm. Hence why we were happy to recommend them across our network. LS Legal is an interesting case study and a helpful way to explain how law firms can be set up these days. We ver...


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. On the other hand, a law firm with one solicitor trying to deal with 20 different case types would clearly not count as a specialist. It's common for companies in a...


Mark Croft Solicitor Review: However, if you see phrasing such as '20 years of combined experience' or '20 years of experience within the firm' - that means they've added up the experience of all staff members together. But it does have necessary and useful information http: www.mark-croft-solicit...


Marsden Rawsthorn Solicitors Review: It sounds great. Google has changed how it displays information about firms. But since there won't be any solicitors claiming to be backward-thinking or that they offer the wrong type of fees - it may not help convince you to use them instead of someone else. That's not so...


McCarthy + Co LLP Review: English and Welsh potential clients can check out all related trading names, contact information, areas of law specialised in, even the individual names and qualification dates of each solicitor within the firm. class="infoquote "At our last Q9000 quality assurance au...


SG Murphy Solicitors Review: Unless you put that in exactly you won't get to see even the few details https: www.lawsoc-ni.org sg-murphy-co-ltd411" the organisation does show< a>. Other positive things that stood out to us was the firm's attempts to provide information on their site. That's qu...


Nero Legal Ltd Review: When people want to know whether the firm can deliver the service they're looking for, the place they tend to visit are the independent review boards: class="infoquote "kept us up to date with information throughout" "well priced and extremely professional" "eve...

MPG Quantity Surveyors Ltd Review: The site is HTTPS secure for submitting your personal details via their online form. We discussed the new Direct Access scheme in the previous article which allows people to hire a Barrister directly rather than having to pay a solicitor to hire a Barrister for them. ...


NJS Law Ltd Review: If you https: solicitors.lawsociety.org.uk office 37242 njs-law-limited" check out the staff page< a> for this firm you'll see a range of experience levels across the last three decades including John Halstead who qualified as a solicitor in 1994, Alexander Gemmell ...


Oakwood Solicitors Ltd Review: Those were some snippets from the firm's own website where they list several such testimonials. For example https: solicitors.lawsociety.org.uk organisation offices 470186 oakwood-solicitors-limited-" for this firm< a> you can see details about all offices, contact detail...


PCS Legal Ltd Review: In the legal industry there is no one main legal body covering everything. This is because unlike most legal services, much of the buying selling process for property is not in the control of the firm. We are a firm of Property Lawyers and Probate Practitioners regula...


Sarah Rostamlou-Andrews Law Review: The website is HTTPS secure for submitting your personal information on the contact form. Alternatively a smaller firm is imagined as providing a more personal service with an interest in your specific legal issue, but they may not have the same resources or experience w...


Solidaire Solicitors Review: class="infoquote "We aim to provide a fast and efficient service, with Settlement Agreements often completed within 24-48 hours."< div> Some more notes on navigation. Certainly, I can't imagine any firm stating the opposite. For example, as we were searching tod...


Sternberg Reed LLP Review: The firm provides a considerable number of help articles on their website across a range of cases and subjects. However we always recommend reading the actual comments when it comes to law firm reviews rather than flicking through star ratings. There are lots of other...


Thomas and Thomas Solicitors Ltd Review: The firm does have testimonials on their website. Be aware that Google has changed how it displays reviews and nowadays you sometimes have to enter the location to see any reviews at all. But for their claim of being 'friendly and professional' most people will turn t...


The Law Partnership Solicitors Review: 'Divide the number of case types by the number of solicitors' is in no way a perfect rule. Always read the comments. Here's the first quote from their site we'll discuss: class="infoquote "The Law Partnership Solicitors have been based in Coventry, West Midlands for...


TWB Probate Solicitors Review: For example, in some cases you may be better off with an accountant or a barrister rather than a solicitor. One person, throughout the whole process will deal with your matter."< div> As you can see, the TWB Probate site states a solicitor will be doing the work. Some ...


UVS Law Review: UK Immigration Law is governed by the Immigration Act 1971, which has undergone several amendments over the years such as Chagos Islanders acquiring British nationality. However this can only be true if they have individual solicitors within the firm each dealing with a sele...


Walker Foster Solicitors Review: For example at Walker Foster they show solicitors with qualifications spanning the past four decades including Keith Hardington who qualified in 1995, Maxine Heppenstall in 2002, Danielle Harps in 2015, right up to Lee Kirby who joined the profession in 2022. When lo...


Waterstone Partnership Solicitors Ltd Review: That got us thinking. The snippets above are therefore from reviews posted on the independent forums such as Google, Facebook, Trustpilot, etc. But even if the firm you're checking on does have a website, we still recommend https: solicitors.lawsociety.org.uk or...


Wildcat Law Ltd Review: The most important part in our opinion though is the qualification dates of solicitors within the firm. So such statements don't really help you distinguish one firm from another. outdated, impractical, unfriendly, unprofessional, and inexperienced. Whilst many firms...


Wilford Smith Solicitors Review: Which makes these statements almost useless for a consumer trying to tell the firms apart. Keep aware of which site you are on and never discuss payment details via email.. However other companies may use clever wording to try and make their claims seem bigger than they are....


Wolf Law Solicitors Review: Sometimes just because an official-looking email came through saying to quickly change the bank details the deposit goes into. We've seen many firms with negative reviews from buyers telling them to 'hurry up' their selling client. class="infoquote "Our expert team o...


WYM Legal Ltd Review: class="infoquote "We provide the best customer service in the industry, combined with modern-day processes and technology to ensure you are kept updated, informed and stress-free!"< div> Obviously to check up on statements like these by any company most people w...


All Law Ltd Review: However, there are no 200-year old lawyers out there waiting to take your case. Here are some snippets: class="infoquote "very professional in a very relaxed way" "explained everything clearly" "knowledgeable, patient, friendly and approachable" "makes the info...


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