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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: Hopefully that will change soon but the ruling body (The Bar Standards Board) are not the most forward thinking organisation when it comes to either their lawyer members or the public. However before we get into that, we should probably share the opening line of this p...
MJV & Co Solicitors Ltd Review: As Natalie isn't mentioned on the law practice's site or on the Law Society website at the time of writing this, we hope the firm at least noticed that fact. It wasn't until we researched MJV Solicitors that we realised there was a once-hugely-popular phrase now seemingly mi...
ABS Lawyers Ltd Review:
If you https: solicitors.lawsociety.org.uk organisation offices 600584 abs-lawyers-limited" check out the page for this firm< a> you'll see details of their two offices in Corby and Maghull, any alternative trading names, staff listings, languages spoken, case expert...
Antony Hodari Solicitors Review: One we saw last week was particularly odd because the complaint was about a criminal law firm that refused to handle a 'simple injury claim!'.
class="infoquote "Founded in Manchester in 1984, we have over 35 years experience of helping the public with their legal claim...
Argue & Co Legal Review: And even a one star rating for a firm having moved offices to a place where the person had to pay for street parking instead of it being free. If this were a Family Fortunes game, the top answer as to why someone chose a firm would be ethusiasm.
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Backhouse Solicitors Review:
It is also very common for firms who deal with property to have terrible reviews. As mentioned above Duffield Stunt Solicitors has merged into Backhouse Solicitors Ltd with the official site being the hyphenated and https protected www.backhouse-solicitors.co.uk Howeve...
Beers LLP Review: However that doesn't mean we ignore flaws or hide negative press when we find it. It's true the majority of firms we write about are going to receive fairly positive comments because we've already vetted them for addition to our search database. If you've read through any ...
Bell Lax Solicitors Review: That's the type that has several specialist solicitors under one roof.
class="infoquote "we can quickly understand your problem and provide sensible, down to earth advice with a clear and transparent approach to managing legal costs"< div>
The greatest resource w...
BLZ Solicitors Review: www.blzsolicitors.co.uk is the official site we link to above and currently www.blzsolicitors.com doesn't seem to be owned by anyone. You would think that these days with phone, email, and video chat - especially since the COVID pandemic - that any law firm could spare even ...
Branch Austin McCormick LLP Review:
Branch Austin McCormick has a wide range of experience amongst their staff with solicitors who started their careers in all five of the last decades. There were also several comments about how fast the process had been whether for a property sale or immigration matter. ...
Bridge McFarland LLP Review:
There is also a huge difference between a firm that claims to have 40 years of experience and 40 years of experience 'within the firm' or 40 years of 'combined experience'.
class="infoquote "The firm now has offices in Grimsby, Hull, Lincoln, Louth, and Mark...
Brown and Co Solicitors Review: People are handing tens of thousands of pounds over to fraudsters sometimes based solely on a single spam email stating the house deposit needs to be paid into a different bank account. Here are some of the resources we use that you might not have known about or things to wa...
Mackenzie Jones Solicitor Review: Even better: get an actual solicitor with both. Always make sure you are on the correct website and never discuss payments or bank details via email. In this example, there aren't really going to be any firms that say they are NOT going to fight in your corner - are there?...
QualitySolicitors Burton & Co Review: A huge mix of seasoned gurus along side fresh legs and ideas.
To be on the safe side though, make sure to bookmark the current site in case you want to come back.
So Yates and Co became QualitySolicitors Yates and Co. Unfortunately, in the heat of anger it seem...
CEL Solicitors Review: That's because legal professionals and law firms are not quite the same as your local restaurant, supermarket, or hairdresser. When legal issues come up, it's good to have options. It can also be hard to tell the various options apart at first glance with so many firms using...
Cooks Solicitors Review: It can therefore be a good idea to bookmark the site or use a search function instead just in case. So how are Cooks Solicitors looking on the independent boards?
class="infoquote "Graeme Tennant dealt with my Right to buy conveyancing and I couldn't fault him. The...
David Stinson & Co Review: they are all forms of litigation and typically follow the same process for a successful conclusion.
So what experience is available at David Stinson & Co? Luckily The Law Society of England & Wales is a great resource for getting this kind of information. They provide...
DisrepairClaim.co.uk Review: Unless the law firm you're looking at states both on their website - it is more than likely they take a cut of your compensation as a success fee - also know as a 'conditional fee arrangement'. There are firms and even individual solicitors that cover a wide range of case ty...
Dylan Nair Solicitors Ltd Review: They have a similar one under Personal Injury matters, but every single firm these days should run a compensation claim case completely free of charge .
On this occasion the fact this firm is offering considerable free time for non-litigation matters is the point of ...
Fair Result Ltd Review: When we searched for 'fair result', 'fair result divorce' and 'fair result leicester' we got back mostly news stories about random high profile celebrity divorce cases. The key is agreeing the financial settlement in the form of a consent order, this is where we believe we a...
Frazer Coogans Ltd Review: That doesn't look good, but this is why we always recommend you actually read the negative comments rather than just relying on star ratings.
class="infoquote "went the extra mile to extract all the information I needed for piece of mind"
"I have found their staf...
Fulton's Solicitors & Estate Agents Review: However we've noticed some of them using more vague statements or even marketing jargon to obscure facts. Those few extra case types and the conveyancing make up the firm's full case range. For example, if a solicitor has a client who pulls out of a deal last minute, the pe...
Goldsmith Bowers Solicitors Review: The answer isn't completely black and white, but certainly there is enough anecdotal evidence from our 20+ years in the industry to make the claim that people have found better results with specialist Motor Offence, Divorce, and Medical Negligence firms.
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Guardian Law Review: There are several statements such as these two offering free help articles. 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_HU50t...
Hawkridge & Company Review: Always make sure you're on the correct website and never discuss payments or bank details via email. That's because whilst people are quite happy to jump online and rave about their new toaster, they aren't so quick to discuss their divorce, bankruptcy, debts, or crimina...
Hill House Chambers Review:
The main website is at www.hillhousechambers.co.uk which we link to above. But the Bar Standards Board is far less consumer oriented. A solicitor's firm will have all staff working as if it's one big company together. Hill House Chambers have been recommended across our...
HooperHyde Review: But others may state something like 'over ten years of experience within the firm' - which could mean five staff members with just two years experience each. It's very common. Sometimes you don't need a solicitor. The only legal services we've seen consistent reviews on are...
Jacobs Law Solicitors Review: If we did need that much legal help so often, then there would be something so seriously wrong with us that you shouldn't listen to a work we say anyway.
The obvious idea they try to stick in your head is that the longer a firm had been established, the more experience ...
JPS Walker Solicitors Ltd Review: This is often referred to as a 'conditional fee' arrangement and will typically be around 25% of your settlement. That date however is simply when that particular name started to be used. These days with the internet people can instead search for the best representation for...
KRS Estate Planning Ltd Review: Dates on the companies house website though are only when a firm becomes a limited company. It could be their first day on the job. Some have forced themselves to stay open an extra half hour one day a week or to offer morning appointments every second Saturday - but on the ...
Lefevres Law Review: People are https: www.thetimes.co.uk static connected-families conveyancing-email-scam-hackers-steal-house-deposit " handing tens of thousands of pounds over to fraudsters< a> sometimes after only receiving a single email telling them the bank details for payment have cha...
Mckie Legal Review: For example:
class="infoquote "or if you prefer simply an out of hours appointment simply fill in the contact form"< div>
This snippet from the Mckie Legal contact page might be easily skipped over on first read, but law firms that offer to see you or even just sp...
Michael Leighton Jones Review: For some reason, those clients go right ahead and send tens of thousands of pounds to the fraudsters without checking with the solicitor if that email was genuine. 'living in the past', 'unfriendly', and 'inefficient'). What can you use?
class="infoquote "With office...
Milners Solicitors Review: If they sound a little different or slightly more zealous than the reviews you typically see on third party boards such a Google, Trustpilot, Yell.com or Yelp - we'd agree, but that's actually very common. It's something certainly Personal Injury law firm will offer because ...
My Law Matters Review: It can therefore be a good idea not to type important web addresses into the browser bar incase you make a mistake and succumb to a https: www.gov.uk report-suspicious-emails-websites-phishing" phishing< a> site too. The titular Nicholas Fentiman qualified in 1979, with...
OneLaw Chambers Review: So always make sure you're on the correct site and never discuss payments via email.
. Despite the two words being generic terms (i.e.
Right now the largest scam by far plaguing the legal industry is house deposit fraud.
OneLaw certainly has at least one other in...
Pacific Law Review:
class="infoquote "Our technology takes care of the stuff in the background so our legal team can focus on what's important - you."< div>
A quick note on navigation and contact. Any possible errors such as 'pacific solicitors' or 'pacific legal' may bring up...
Rose Fendlen Law Review:
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. At the time of writing, any variation such as 'lrose solicitors' or 'rose fendlen solicitors' still brings...
Reynolds Macdonald Solicitors Review: Whether you have been involved in an accident, received bad advice, negligent medical treatment or have a dispute we're here to help."< div>
When it comes to 'specialist' firms most people will tend to think of single case types such as a firm that handles divorce solel...
Simper Law Ltd Review: For some reason though, the legal industry still has the complete opposite mentality.
class="infoquote "our practice has quickly gained a good reputation within the legal world"< div>
In most industries these days people praise the 'new'.
Simpler Law https: ...
Smith and Graham Solicitors Review:
class="infoquote "always available when we had questions"
"Fair priced and transparent in their dealings"
"responsive and always kept me updated with the developments of the case"< div>
The independent review boards were mainly positive comments like this...
Springle & Co Solicitors Review: There is an unrelated firm called Spring & Co Solicitors so just be careful how you type and click. At the time of writing we could not get any actual comments to pop up on Google for Springle's prior clients. Either national or local. The dog's ... The first port of call we...
Stenfield Solicitors Review: Whereas a new brand legal practice that popped up last month could have several well seasoned lawyers with dozens of years' experience between them. But how are people feeling about the services they've received from Stenfield Solicitors? The firm doesn't have a testimonia...
Stowe Family Law Review: If you https: solicitors.lawsociety.org.uk office 543705 stowe-family-law-llp" check out their pages< a> you can see office addresses, contact details, languages spoken, etc. So how can you tell the difference between firms if they all say they have experience and experti...
Summerfield Browne Solicitors Review: Plus, for the public boards things can get a little more complicated.
On the subject of the site, the official address is www.summerfieldbrowne.com but other tlds we tried such as www.summerfieldbrowne.co.uk did not redirect there. Summerfield Browne are therefore a ...
Swain & Co Solicitors Ltd Review: They are usually much more full of praise too, which is probably why only 8% of you voted in our poll year saying you took company-own testimonials into account. So take it from us that it's statements like the above about any flexible payment options which people should re...
Taylor Price Solicitors Review: Such as needing to watch out for people who simply can't search properly. We've seen that more times than should be expected.)
Certainly there is a lot of praise and accompanying acronyms being thrown around their staff too.
class="infoquote "Emails have been se...
Thaxted Legal Ltd Review: They were all very positive and helpfully provided examples of why each of them were happy with the service rather than just blank ratings. There are always some trying to fleece Will Writing service seekers or Injury Claimants in different ways too. A quick note on naviga...
Stephanie Heijdra Review: This is because a solicitor will often have to hire a barrister to do certain types of court work.
class="infoquote "In her immigration law practice, she represents a variety of clients facing serious matters which includes matters involving young and vulnerable clien...
The Legal Practice Ltd Review: This seems to be an actual goal or at least a point of pride for the firm because we also saw this statement on their website:
class="infoquote "At your request we are able to provide communication in Gurjrati, Hindi, Konkani, Marathi, Punjabi, Swahili, and Urdu."< div...
Trojan Solicitors Ltd Review:
There have been several other good advancements in the industry such as no win, no fee agreements. Luckily for potential clients in England and Wales, the local law society covering those countries is the best we've seen .
Most importantly, they also https: sol...
ULA Solicitors Ltd Review: It states Julian Groombridge qualified as a solicitor in 1998, Mohammed Ullah in 2004, Ines Azreyek-Diab in 2013, and others. If you check out the page on the law society site for ULA Solicitors Ltd you'll see the qualification dates and case focus of each solicitor within t...
WH Solicitors Review: It's not enough to just say you are a specialist. Especially for certain case types such as Divorce, Criminal Law, Motoring Offences, Conveyancing, and Immigration - the latter of which is what the firm clearly handles.
class="infoquote "We're flexible with our fees...
Woodstock Legal Services Review:
class="infoquote "we pride ourselves on providing quality practical legal advice and a bespoke personalised service for our clients"< div>
The normal first port of call for most people though is the public review boards such as https: www.google.com search?q=Wo...
Youngs Solicitors Review: That's because practically every house purchase sale in England and Wales takes longer and is more complicated than the buyer seller wants. They list related trading names, all office locations, languanges spoken, case types handled, and even the years qualified and areas of...
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