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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:ABS Lawyers Ltd Review: (You get the idea.) Therefore if you see lower number such as 'combined experience of 10 years' - that's not a good sign. They also state qualification dates which is something that could be very useful if you're sceptical of a firm's claims in that regard. This brings us ...
Antony Hodari Solicitors Review: Their site is https secure for entering your details into their contact forms. The issue with related domains not being owned or incorrect searches really only affects law matters where the client has to pay the solicitor large sums of money. Antony Hodari's claims i...
Argue & Co Legal Review: There isn't even a stand alone page of information for most Scottish law firms on the Law Society site. class="infoquote "took the time to talk me through all the detail and legal jargon" "always gave me great advice when needing guidance on employment law" ...
Beers LLP Review: The branding is always Beers LLP but searches such as 'beers solicitors' or 'beer llp' still brought the correct firm to the top of the results. So how do Beers' solicitors fair in the public forums? class="infoquote "the whole team have been lovely and very helpful ...
Bell Lax Solicitors Review: However Bell Lax's news section has a wide range of well written articles . There were no common themes amongst the few negative reviews. On the other hand, an individual solicitor who tries to handle a huge range of case types cannot really call themselves a specialist. So...
Bilkus & Boyle Review: But there are plenty of good indicators you may not have noticed between the lines. Quite often it's the fault of the buyer seller or the other party's legal representation. Never discuss payment or bank details via email. As a Scottish business ourselves, we hope o...
BLZ Solicitors Review: That's not the case though and there are hundreds of firms out there that still charge full rates just to meet with them. Not their secretary or junior staff who joined the firm yesterday. Usually this does not affect compensation claims. One tip though is to make sure the f...
Branch Austin McCormick LLP Review: The main reason we dislike such claims is that typically a firm claiming to have hundreds of years history are doing so because they have nothing much else to boast about. As mentioned before, such a huge range of seasoned professionals mixed with fresh legs and ideas has ...
Brown and Co Solicitors Review: However there are two very important aspects to deal with from that sentence. You'll get a lot of opinions on social boards or 'help' articles about the pros cons of using a large law firm, a small local firm, a specialist, a general practice firm, etc. This is a h...
Mackenzie Jones Solicitor Review: 'mackenzie jones solicitors chester' . more than two decades later we have offices in Menai Bridge on Anglesey, St Asaph Business Park and Chester city centre with a vibrant team of twenty-three."< div>
The staff roster shows a range of experience with legal profession...
QualitySolicitors Burton & Co Review:
class="infoquote "We combine the service you expect from a national brand with the local knowledge you need from our experienced legal team."< div>
They actually have solicitors at the firm who joined the legal profession in nearly all of the past six decades. Bu...
Catteralls Solicitors Review: That's surely a very good sign. Never discuss bank details via email and just try to keep aware of which website you are on. Potential clients tend to rely more on the independent public offerings such as Google Reviews, Trustpilot, Yell, Yelp etc.
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CEL Solicitors Review: So to see CEL stating something that turned out to be both true AND not jargon-twisted - is a much bigger deal for us than you might think!
class="infoquote "Our services include: data breach claims, fraud claims, housing disrepair claims, Japanese knotweed claims, la...
Cooks Solicitors Review: Again though, whilst many solicitors use different trading names to highlight specific case types out of the same office - this one relates to a completely individual office location within the Young & Co group. Not their own clients.
class="infoquote "We are a strong ...
David Stinson & Co Review: They are therefore obviously going to be very positive and sadly they rarely contain much helpful information about what the actual good points of the firm are. But you never know what scammers will think of next so it's often a good idea to bookmark the correct website and ...
DisrepairClaim.co.uk Review: There is a simply huge number of keyword related websites targeting this area of litigation such as www.housingdisrepairhelpline.co.uk, www.housing-disrepair-claims.co.uk, and www.housingdisrepairlawyers.co.uk (just to pick out the first three in a Google search). The second...
DV Solicitors Review:
A quite note on navigation though as the branding does switch between DV and DEO Volente throughout. Far better than most others we've used.
However these ancient establishment date claims are mostly just marketing.
For example they have solicitor Dorothy Tu...
Dylan Nair Solicitors Ltd Review: So whilst someone might be very quick to jump online and talk about a pizza they just ordered - they may be more reluctant to discuss how well their dead father's contentious probate went.
A quick note on navigation. Don't ever discuss payments or bank details via em...
Fair Result Ltd Review: Typically it's only cases such as litigation where firms may do considerable work upfront with an aim to getting paid near the end of the case instead. On top of that they provide free work up front to show what they can do and then fixed fee agreements. Sometimes a barriste...
Frazer Coogans Ltd Review:
With so many high street solicitors to choose from though, how do we at 1to1Legal decide which firms to include in our search database and which to skip over? Below are some criteria and resources we use. Of course, if a firm is included in our database then it means ...
Fulton's Solicitors & Estate Agents Review:
class="infoquote "approach was both professional and personal throughout the whole process"
"Numerous complications arose ... The worst comment in our opinion though, was a 3 star review for the company because the client believed the firm's offices were Hard to...
Hawkridge & Company Review:
This includes all known offices, with alternate contact details, any related trading names, staff information, languages spoken, and more. As already pointed out in the last paragraph, the firm seems to be referred to quite interchangably online as both Hawk Law and Haw...
Hill House Chambers Review:
The main website is at www.hillhousechambers.co.uk which we link to above. So the fact this company receives praise from both direct public clients as well as other law firms that have used them to handle their own cases - is certainly notable.
A quick note on na...
HooperHyde Review:
class="infoquote "I wanted to feel like I was making a difference to my clients, building relationships with them, and seeing things through from start to finish."< div>
That's a quote from the firm's founder, Catherine Hyde, about the goals of the firm. It's ver...
Jacobs Law Solicitors Review: If you flick through the data for Jacob's, you'll see they have solicitors from almost every decade over the last four of them. However Jacobs has already provided this information on the website. There are things we absolutely would consider make a firm "modern" and havi...
JPS Walker Solicitors Ltd Review: www.jpslaw.co.uk which is a completely different firm). Rather than delve into a few specific topics at length, today's article will try to cover a much wider range of points.
class="infoquote "With 30 years experience and dedicated to looking after you"< div>
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Khan Law Review: For example, you don't get individual pages on firms or their solicitors. The majority of people would imagine there's a significant difference between a Motor Offence specialist and a general practice solicitor trying the same case. Khan Solicitors is a different firm as ...
KRS Estate Planning Ltd Review:
class="infoquote "whilst everybody understands the importance of making a Will, statistics show that 2 3rds of us do not get around to preparing one"< div>
All those changes and options we've just listed are great. Some have forced themselves to stay open an extra...
Mckie Legal Review: We've seen negative reviews about firms that refused to take people's cases. That means more than you might think.
There are plenty of things you might not have thought of though that can identify a firm as offering more than another. For example:
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Michael Leighton Jones Review: That's very common though. If you've already gone through dozens of law websites today looking for the best firm for your case, you've probably noticed a lot of them use the same sort of 'sales pitch' language. Alot of problems such as ' https: www.actionfraud.police.uk a-z...
Milners Solicitors Review:
There is further information about staff members http: abstractionit.co.uk milnerslaw solicitor-staff " on the Milner's website< a>. We did see a few negative ratings but the comments were not particularly helpful as to why such a rating had been left. Usually if we...
My Law Matters Review: My Law Matters do display customer reviews on their website:
class="infoquote "They are fast and understanding and they do explain everything thoroughly"
"From start to finish, a professional and polite service from all the team"
"very pleasant to talk to on ...
OneLaw Chambers Review: For example, this morning the other law firm we wrote an article on had a 5 star rating for their 'excellent desserts'. All of the common variants you'd expect such as www.onelawsolicitors.com .co.uk also seem to be owned by different companies though not currently in use....
Pacific Law Review: .
When reviews do start popping up though (and even in your searches of any company really) you need to take the time to read through comments. Even one extra Saturday a month is actually more rare than you think, so give a firm credit for that if it's available. There ...
Penerley Lawyers Review: As mentioned before many law firms are stuck in the past and the 9am-5pm, Mon-Fri is still the industry norm.
Their site is https secure for submitting your personal details on their contact form. But so far we've not seen anything too extreme such as beanbag chairs ...
Rose Fendlen Law Review: The only difference will be on whether they charge you for running the case or provide something such as a no win, no fee agreement. Most people that end up on our site have usually already scrolled through a dozen or so law firm sites before getting here. Just always make s...
Richmond Legal Ltd Review: The information provided user-side rivals anything we've seen from other Law Societies across the UK. Law societies can be national, countywide, or attached to a large population city. 'Jack of all trades, master of none' springs to mind. It's pretty bleak though and only ge...
Reynolds Macdonald Solicitors Review:
In the same way that a Family Law specialist will handle divorce, child custody, and more; most cases involving claims against a third party for compensation (i.e. The usual amount is 25% of the settlement. Normally this is done by simply emailing the client stating the...
The Search Bureau Review: to confirm past client opinions.
class="infoquote "We are a well established market leader in England & Wales dedicated to offering our clients the best solutions available on the market at the best prices in an accurate and timely manner."< div>
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Simper Law Ltd Review: That's a big reason to make sure you're on the correct site and bookmark places instead of accidentally typing the wrong web address into your browser.
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Simpler Law https: find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk company 09950480" became a Limited firm<...
Smith and Graham Solicitors Review: The official site is www.smithandgraham.co.uk and currently www.smithandgraham.com doesn't not redirect there. However make sure you enter the full name of the firm and the town. They also have actual prices listed on their website which is rare and great to see . Unfortuna...
Springle & Co Solicitors Review: Then on top of that, families are much further away from the stereotypical husband wife 2.6 children arrangement of old. Rather than separate services with different firms, you sort out everything in one place. A sort of wedding-planner for end-of-life (if that's not too dar...
Stenfield Solicitors Review: Not to mention that Trustpilot's rating calculations mean that a firm with four 5 star reviews will end up with an average of 3 stars total. We've also seen anti-capitalist rants copy pasted across a dozen legal professional's review sections. We absolutely recommend reading...
Stowe Family Law Review: Many firms will have testimonials on their website, but as they tend to be only the best possible comments - people want to find those disgruntled customers to see if there are any common themes. If you https: solicitors.lawsociety.org.uk office 543705 stowe-family-law-l...
Summerfield Browne Solicitors Review: Hopefully we will see all law firms offer free initial consultations in the future, even just 30 mins over video chat. We've been hoping that for many years and it's getting there . When Covid hit many companies across all industries realised they can do the job just as ea...
Swain & Co Solicitors Ltd Review: Those kind of sections surely say more about a firm than any intro marketing jargon or a thousand photos of people in suits smiling and shaking hands. The above are snippets from the firm's own testimonial page.
class="infoquote "Thank you so much for all you have done...
Taylor Price Solicitors Review: For example most firms will also claim a certain amount of experience, although not always in the clearest of way. A prime example is amongst the Google reviews for Taylor Price's business. It's not as if there is any firm out there claiming to have the complete opposite of ...
Thaxted Legal Ltd Review: With them only handling immigration matters it's also safe to assume they will be more up to date than a solicitor trying to handle a dozen different case types at once. But if you see a firm of 1 or 2 solicitors stating they handle every case type you can think of from Pers...
Stephanie Heijdra Review: (There have been none against Stephanie at the time we checked.) All extra information such as qualifications or even clear specialist areas of law are not provided. As they do not work as a team that doesn't really help you as a client know much about how your case might po...
The Legal Practice Ltd Review: You can end up with a 1-year-qualified lawyer from a 300-year-old brand name the same as you can end up with a 40-year-experienced lawyer from a 2-year-old firm. Also be aware that if a firm has more than one office there may be separate reviews for each. Sometimes simply be...
Trojan Solicitors Ltd Review: The majority did so simply because they received an email that told them the bank details for their solicitor had changed. Luckily for potential clients in England and Wales, the local law society covering those countries is the best we've seen . As mentioned before - when ...
Trust Inheritance Ltd Review: They also offer a fully online service called a DIY Probate Toolkit at a fraction of the cost of the managed service. Unfortunately the temptation to utilise marketing language on any company's site always seems to be too much for them to pass up. We don't just add anyone....
ULA Solicitors Ltd Review: The official site we link to above is www.ulasolicitors.com with www.ulasolicitors.co.uk not currently redirecting you there.
class="infoquote "We are a team of senior solicitors who combine their knowledge and expertise in representing our clients on the most serious...
Youngs Solicitors Review: They list related trading names, all office locations, languanges spoken, case types handled, and even the years qualified and areas of law targeted by each individual solicitor within a firm. Each individual office they manage has kept a local, recognisable name with their ...
Lefevres Law Review:
class="infoquote "We strive to learn everything about your company and truly get to know you on a personal level, so as to serve you as a trusted advisor for the long term."< div>
The first place people tend to visit when researching a firm is the public review b...
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