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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 such testimonials might be worth a browse in those circumstances? class="infoquote "My family and I have used the firm for several years" "advice, support, communication and responsiveness is a masterclass in customer service" "they listened to me and clear...
ACSL Solicitors Ltd Review: Some firms are registered with their https: www.liverpoollawsociety.org.uk lawyers acsl-solicitors-ltd " local law society< a> as well. We know this does happen alot with property matters, where clients of the other side start leaving negative messages about the bu...
Amy King Legal Review: It's a good sentiment. Certainly when confronted with a very friendly 5-year experienced solicitor after just speaking to an incredibly curt 40-year veteran - you will be tempted to use the less experienced but more approachable person. People are weird. But definitely, make...
Backhouse Solicitors Review: But it does highlight some issues when searching for a legal practice to help you. Because if you see a rival firm with only 5 reviews that's actually 'normal'. class="infoquote "Backhouse Solicitors is a modern and forward thinking solicitors firm offering high level...
Scotland Injury Solicitors from Baker Hardman Review: But luckily if you are in England or Wales you are able to check these claims independently. class="infoquote "We are here for comprehensive premier choice for business & personal legal services. Our 1to1Legal website never asks you for your personal details and does ...
Brian Barr Solicitors Review: 'brian barr solicitors manchester'. It provides a wealth of information on any of the firms and people registered with them including trading names, alternative contact details, other offices, regulatory status, plus the qualification dates and chosen areas of law for each s...
Brodies LLP Solicitors Review: Even then, it will only be reviews people have entered for that one office. That's a range of solicitors with experience throughout the past four decades . We can't even link you to a page to view the details they hold. So while the words themselves don't really tell you wh...
Buchanan & Co Solicitors Review: If you've been through a few other articles or pages of this site you may have noticed that 1to1Legal tries to offer a range of service providers with flexible search options - rather than cramming 100+ of the same type of firm into a directory. Be careful though as some fir...
Calio Claims Review: It's just that the Calio Claims branding team focus solely on Personal Injury matters. The official website of the backing firm Lindsays is https: www.lindsays.co.uk" www.lindsays.co.uk< a>, with the official site of this branding being www.calioclaims.co.uk which is HTT...
Cook Legal Ltd Review: There are other firms with the name "Cook" in them. But law firms were genuine local fixtures for centuries before the internet arrived. class="infoquote "Cook Legal solicitors ... class="infoquote "Cook Legal is a Wirral law firm. With todays video chat a...
TWB Probate Solicitors Review:
class="infoquote "TWB Probate Solicitors. As you can see from https: solicitors.lawsociety.org.uk office 2235 twbprobatesolicitors-limited" the page on this firm< a> - solicitor Howard Brown has been a qualified solicitor since 1984. If you are unsure, it is possi...
Crockett & Co Solicitors Review: Or it could be that they are a larger firm covering several areas of law, but with each lawyer within the firm specialising in one particular case type. We have hundreds of law firms registered on our network and only a handful will accept clients who might be seeking legal ...
Cullimore Dutton Solicitors Review: The first is simple and should mean there is someone on staff with 40 years of experience working in this area of law.
If you
https: solicitors.lawsociety.org.uk organisation people 591481 cullimore-dutton-solicitors-limited?Solicitors=True" check out the page< a...
Clarkson Wright & Jakes Ltd Review: One of the great things about the birth of the internet is how it has impacted the legal service industry. Variants such as www.cwj.com are not owned by the firm and neither is any variation of clarkson-wright-jakes such as www.clarksonwrightjakes.co.uk
Details such as...
Defank Solicitors Review: Defank Solicitors https: defanksolicitors.com 1_21_fess-wills-probate.html" does list fees< a> for their Will Probate, Conveyancing, and Employment Law services which is actually more clarity than you usually see.
Defank is https: solicitors.lawsociety.org.uk or...
QualitySolicitors Large & Gibson Review: However, Quality Solicitors is not the parent company of Large & Gibson or any of the dozens of law firms currenly displaying that honorific.
class="infoquote "We have been meeting the legal needs of those in Portsmouth, Hampshire and beyond for over 120 years."< div...
Dispute Resolver Consultancy Review: Although, you don't get much information from the latter. At the time of writing this, the Dispute Resolver Consultancy states 14 years of experience on their website and over 500 cases handled which certainly sounds like the level you would want. The official website is www...
Drummond Miller LLP Review: Clients also no longer had to visit a specific building to get their matter seen to.
class="infoquote "With an expert team comprising property sales, letting and conveyancing all under one roof, our experts can help you on every step of your property journey."< div> ...
Eatons Solicitors Review: It's important to note that most law firms that handle property matters do end up with a larger portion of negative feedback compared to solicitors that don't. You can look up any firm registered with them and see alternative trading names, contact details, languages spoke...
EDC Lord & Co Solicitors Review: Each section includes detailed information about the relevant legal issues, along with case studies that illustrate the firm's experience and expertise in each area. Google has changed so that sometimes you have to enter in the full name of a firm and it's location in orde...
EMD Law LLP Review: For personal injury matters, your whole case will likely be free under a no win, no fee agreement.
There was a chat feature on the site, but the two times we tried it we were simply asked for our phone number early on so someone could call us. We've covered https: ww...
Eve Lake Conveyancing & Legal Services Review: There are a lot of terms to contend with when searching for help with legal matters.
class="infoquote "Reliable Conveyancing & Legal Services based in the Hope Valley, Derbyshire. Also, while you may have gone through a dozen websites today of 'Conveyancing' firms - ...
Foster & Coleman Ltd Review: They have a huge amount of user side data about the firms and people registered with them. For example you'd obviously be much better off with a 40-year veteran lawyer from a 1-year old firm than a 1-year qualified newbie solicitor that happens to work at a 200-year old br...
Frei Solicitors Review:
class="infoquote "extremely clear, concise, practical and courteous"
"very happy with the company providing a tailored service for my company"
"simplified the entire process for my matter"< div>
Those are some snippets about Frei Solicitors from the public ...
Girlings Solicitors LLP Review: If a law firm handles only one case type such as Motoring Offences, they are clearly specialists . You can make a claim if your symptoms are triggered or made worse as a result of an accident caused by someone else’s negligence."< div>
Some other things of note we s...
Goldsmith Bowers Solicitors Review:
Not every firm is upfront about their areas of law or years of experience like Goldsmith Bowers Solicitors. Over the past two decades people have https: www.express.co.uk life-style property 1511097 property-warning-home-buyers-scam-conveyancing-fraud" handed milli...
Guardian Law Review:
class="infoquote "our specialist employment lawyers can advise and represent you"< div>
Today's article is on Guardian Law, an Employment Law specialist based in Nottingham working on the businesses side of the aisle. Most https: www.thesun.co.uk money 17881...
Harrison's Solicitors Review: You are not walking into the actual office and talking with the staff.
class="infoquote "And if the house sale falls through? Then our guaranteed 'no sale – no fee' policy has you covered."< div>
A quick note on navigation as things can get tricky when resear...
HCR Legal LLP Review: It's dedicated to helping people who have been injured directly by, or through the negligence of, doctors, nurses, clinics, dentists, physios and other healthcare professionals. Everything from a one-person sole practitioner setups to multi-office practices with hundreds of ...
Heritage Park Family Law Ltd Review: As you can see on the information page for this firm the main barrister, Lisa Smith, entered the profession in 1994. So what can you do to tell them apart?
First big difference is to determine whether the firm actually has some real experience, not just implied. In ...
Horsley Law Review: So where can you regularly get useful information about lawyers and legal practices? For example today we're using Horsley Law:
class="infoquote "A Law Firm With a Difference"< div>
As they claim at the very top of their website. So checking for an SRA number ...
Kee Solicitors Ltd Review: Hopefully one day the Scottish database will be as good as the English (which is a tough thing to say as a Scottish firm ourselves!)
class="infoquote "informative, professional and prompt in their communication"
"handled my case very professionally and always did ev...
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. All linked together in an easy to use database. For example, many people seek specialist firms for cases such as Motoring Offences, Divorce, and Conveyancing in the hope that the fo...
Lyons Solicitors Review:
class="infoquote "Specialising in Residential and Commercial Conveyancing, Family Law, Personal Injury, Wills & Probate and Powers of Attorney."< div>
This is another word that can confuse people when it comes to legal services - 'specialising'. That included a ...
Mark Croft Solicitor Review:
So if you see any law firm's website saying they are willing to take on Legal Aid cases - don't just pass that over as if it's something every law firm does.
class="infoquote "I have been involved in the criminal justice system for over 28 years."< div>
Fi...
McCarthy + Co LLP Review: It didn't even link to the secure version of the firm's website either. Sometimes simply because they received an official looking email that said to change the bank payment details at the last minute. So what are they saying?
class="infoquote "Communication was alway...
MPG Quantity Surveyors Ltd Review: It would be great to see this from other regulatory bodies. It not only provides greater insight into the process itself, but also highlights where you might be able to save time and money using a service such as MPG over hiring a law firm to litigate straight away. So they ...
SG Murphy Solicitors Review: On the law society's website they are listed as S.G Murphy & Co Ltd.
class="infoquote "At SG Murphy Solicitors we want to provide a level of customer service that will exceed your expectations. So what are the independent forums saying?
class="infoquote "well-v...
Nero Legal Ltd Review: Our commitment is to donate money from our turnover not profits! We are partnered with many of the UK leading charities as well as a whole host of local community projects across Scotland."< div>
The firm is very proud indeed of its charity work and, at the time of wri...
Nicholson Jones Sutton Solicitors Review: After 20+ years of writing articles about the legal industry, we often worry that we can no longer tell the difference between what might interest legal professionals versus the general public. Currently www.njslaw.com takes you to a US firm and variants such as www.nicholso...
Oakwood Solicitors Ltd Review: However, our poll a few years back indicated that only 9% of people trusted company provided testimonials. It's hard to know if a firm is friendly from their website only, and unless there are firms out there claiming the opposite (i.e. It sounds great, is clear about their ...
PCS Legal Ltd Review: Because property matters have been targeted by scammers more and more in recent years. It introduces a regulatory name many may not be familiar with . It may surprise you to learn that not all firms advertising that they deal with property matters have an actual solicitor o...
Sarah Rostamlou-Andrews Law Review: If you get a speeding ticket, most people will instantly look up a motor offence specialist. For legal professionals such as solicitors, paralegals, or barristers chambers this is not always easy. regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority with over 15 years post-quali...
Solidaire Solicitors Review: When firms had to rely on local word of mouth or distance between a customer and any advert they could place - legal practices would tend to try and take as many different case types as possible to ensure a steady stream of business. Many people have lost tens of thousands b...
Sternberg Reed LLP Review:
class="infoquote "We are one of the largest law firms in Essex & East London, with offices in Barking, Romford and Grays."< div>
That snippet is a quote from the Sternberg Reed solicitors' website and encapsulates alot of the type of language firms use when tryi...
Thomas and Thomas Solicitors Ltd Review: Here are some snippets:
class="infoquote "The whole process was handled professionally, but at the same time in a friendly manner."
"Alun and his team went out of their way"
"They are professional."< div>
However in a poll we ran a few years back only 8% of ...
The Law Partnership Solicitors Review: People have https: www.bbc.co.uk news world-europe-jersey-64624656" handed their entire house deposit< a> into fraudster's bank accounts sometimes simply because they got an official-looking email telling them to change the bank details. Unfortunately there are more than ...
UVS Law Review: Most firms will make claims about being 'exceptional' or 'committed' (certainly none will be claiming the opposite) but the thing to notice is that the firm specialises in immigration matters - i.e.
UVS Law is a more recently set up branding than others, but it shoul...
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. They are...
Waterstone Partnership Solicitors Ltd Review: 'waterstone partnership bradford'.
class="infoquote "competent, professional, knowledgeable and very helpful throughout"
"available to us 24 7 and really went above and beyond"
"kept me up to date with what's happening"
"made sure I got the appropriate treatment...
Wildcat Law Ltd Review:
Whilst many firms claim huge histories with tag lines such as 'established in 1881', the founding date of a firm is actually pretty meaningless if they assign a 1-year qualified newbie lawyer your case.
class="infoquote "Unlike most law firms in England and Wal...
Wilford Smith Solicitors Review: So what can you do?
class="infoquote "We have been successfully representing businesses & individuals for over four decades."< div>
Normally on a firm's site you'll see a statement such as this. However other companies may use clever wording to try and make th...
Wolf Law Solicitors Review:
class="infoquote "Our expert team of personal injury specialists can help with any type of claim."< div>
Luckily for the English and Welsh, the national Law Society has an amazing website full of userside data to help you verify a firm's claims about 'experts' ...
WYM Legal Ltd Review:
class="infoquote "As a CLC accredited conveyancer, the focus of the business is our client’s satisfaction, reducing stress throughout the process."< div>
WYM has also received https: www.clc-uk.org about what-we-do " CLC accreditation< a>.
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All Law Ltd Review: If you see a website claiming 'established in 1881' or ancient founding dates - that's obviously meant to give the impression that the firm is well-established with lots of experience . For a start, most of them look the same with the same sales language, promises, and so...
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