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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: We've actually written articles on how more firms should be connected with good therapy centres and how treatment should be a bigger part of settlements rather than just money to cover what's already happened. Well, I apologise for failing to keep my promise of a much s...


5 Essex Court Review: With barristers you'll also find they tend to specialise much more niche-ly than solicitors. Many of our barristers are qualified to accept Direct Access instructions."< div> That's from the firm's own website which also goes on to discuss the relevant fees, advant...


Aconveyancing Ltd Review: They cover a good range of matters including Right to Buy, New Builds, Shared Ownership, Help to Buy and Part Exchanges. class="infoquote "We’re transparent about timescales, keeping you updated if any complications arise. Certainly the firm's expertise has b...


Aina Khan Law Ltd Review: Be aware that www.ainakhanlaw.co.uk is currently not in use. It states that Aina Khan qualified as a solicitor back in 1991 , so that more than verifies her claim to having over 25+ years experience. class="infoquote "She [Aina] has for many years had a personal...


Allsop Durn Solicitors Review: Allsop Durn don't actually have any on their website, but there are plenty on the third party boards such as Google, Trustpilot, Yelp, Yell.com and so on. A good mix of 'wiser heads' whilst still having some fresh blood in the mix. For example, Allsop Durn have a good...


Apprise Legal Services Review: Thankfully these days there are a large number of indepedent review boards such as Google, Trustpilot, Yell.com, Yelp and so on. Something you're much less likely to get from a typical high street law firm that just states 'Wills' under a huge list of other case types they h...


APS Legal & Associates Review: class="infoquote "APS Legal and Associates are one of the UK’s largest and most reputable will writing and estate planning companies."< div> Most websites make claims like this using terms such as "estimated", "possibly", "one of the", "up to" and so on. This is ...


Avery Walters Solicitors Review: Most solicitors in the UK are registered with them in their respective areas. Of course some of it is just common sense and a bit of online experience. Both offices deal with Conveyancing which has been a huge https: www.theguardian.com money 2020 feb 29 bank-scam-sol...


AWH Solicitors Review: class="infoquote "We understand that the legal process can be daunting and the associated costs hard to keep track of, so we offer a clear price guarantee."< div> Luckily the old days of heavy hourly rates and surprise bills at the end of a case are pretty much g...


Catteralls Solicitors Review: In all honesty, no legal practice has a 200+ year old solicitor sitting behind a desk issuing sage advice. Spending all day on the phone repeating the same (often upsetting) story to several solicitors is not ideal. That's surely a very good sign. More importantly, which so...


DFA Law LLP Review: Obviously we were impressed enough with this firm to add them to our network: class="infoquote "We pride ourselves on our levels of service, independence and value. Which sounds great, but in reality the person assigned to you has only 3 years' experience themselves....


Hammond Trotter Solicitors Review: You can search this firm's name on a news search and there's no fantastical articles about them getting the rich and famous off the hook for something they likely deserved to be punished for. Working with the law and the court system is the simplest and most effective way o...


DV Solicitors Review: You may get a one year qualified solicitor from a 200 year old firm. DV Solicitors have other positive points. People have https: www.thetimes.co.uk static connected-families conveyancing-email-scam-hackers-steal-house-deposit " handed over millions to fraudst...


Education Law Service Ltd Review: Sometimes the only way to ensure your child gets the correct care is to get the legal system of the country to push back against the education system. In the past this usually only applied to cases that would be run on a no win, no fee basis anyway such as Personal Injury ...


Fieldfisher LLP Review: It's pretty much a universal given at this point. class="infoquote "At Fieldfisher we cater for clients with complex, difficult and high value personal injury, medical negligence and asbestos claims."< div>. But according to our poll last year, many members of the pub...


Frank Rogers Law Ltd Review: Note that many law firm's websites will make a statement such as "40 years of experience within the firm" or "20 years of combined experience". So that's good. This is limited to 30 minutes."< div> They also appear to have a genuine Blog section. This is sometimes bla...


GloverPriest Solicitors Review: Whilst the individual names Glover and Priest may sound common enough, there is still room for errors. We therefore absolutely recommend bookmarking the official site once you're on it and of course never discuss personal bank details via email. We've gone in depth on this...


Hampson Hughes Solicitors Review: For example, if they have obtained more compensation for you than the insurance company originally offered. But there really are issues that need to be dealt with by mental health professionals. Having spent more than a year 'face down on the wet pavements of Liverpool taki...


Howe + Co Solicitors Review: So it's always best to actually read the comments themselves and company responses if available rather than just flicking through star ratings. One of our staff worked in immigration (Liverpool) for about a year and confirms it can be a very emotionally strenous environment,...


R James Hutcheon Solicitors Review: See what I did there? Most law firms have testimonials dotted around or even a full page dedicated to them. Beware of law practices touting ancient founding dates. Unfortunately, the bits and pieces that we think are really important are often a couple of pages in, only...


Ian Mallon Solicitors Review: Unfortunately today https: solicitors.lawsociety.org.uk office 591362 ian-mallon-solicitors" the page for this firm< a> on The English Welsh Law Society's website wasn't working properly. Over the past few years having staff profiles on the company website has become more...


Jarmans Solicitors Ltd Review: She was completely professional and sensitive throughout the process, keeping me updated on progress regularly. Even so far as responding to reviews on third party site. The first is that the website didn't display well on older machines we tested. The second is opening hou...


Khan Law Review: That's a ridiculously simplistic example, but it hopefully conveys the general point. For all we know their award could be for best logo design or for having the nicest waiting room chairs. Some firms may take a cut of your compensation if you win. For us, a specialist...


Kudos Legal Ltd Review: class="infoquote "You can rest assured that your case will be in good hands and will be handled by highly experienced experts."< div> Another very common marketing tactic amongst solicitors is to boast about ancient founding dates. However we tend to focus on thir...


Lawcomm Solicitors Review: We then have to spend several paragraphs explaining and providing examples to show why conveyancers will always get an abnormal percentage of negative comments. So what are people saying on the independent review forums: class="infoquote "I have found their services ex...


Levins Solicitors Review: The official website of the firm is www.levinslaw.co.uk as linked to above. The experience of the staff is the most important thing and we'll cover that later. The following is therefore some of the things we like about the company, some quotes from the firm and indepe...


Lindsays Solicitors Review: But one thing that impressed us about Lindsays is the same sort of lack-of-boasting as we saw with their testimonials page before. Why people fall so easy for this we'll try and put together an article on later. Search engines seem to bring up the correct firm no matter wh...

Aspire Licensing Review: Whilst we often discuss the pros and cons of using specialists, we usually are talking about firms that handle Business Law compared to a firm that tries to handle absolutely everything from Divorce to Litigation to Motor Offenses and more. In fact, an experienced accountant...


Linkilaw Solicitors Review: You never know where the next scam might come from though so pay attention to the web address you are on and be aware that it's very easy to fake the "Sender:" box of an email. I really loved working with people there, they are truly professionals." "transparent ...


Alexander JLO Solicitors Review: If you read the actual comments alongside ratings, you'll be surprised at how many "they only had tea and I drink coffee!" type of negative reviews exist. The site does have staff profiles as we mentioned earlier which is always good. There's plenty of information to ge...


Mason Bullock Solicitors Review: When many of those clients would have benefited more from psychological treatement assessment or negotiating better coverage for future medical bills. There are far better paying areas of law which is probably why so few firms get involved. So it's always a good idea to book...


McEwan Fraser Legal Review: class="infoquote "Open weekdays from 8am - Midnight and 9am - 10pm on Saturday and Sunday."< div> Again, another thing which the legal industry is very, very slowly changing and which we have advocated for so long - a move away from the 9am-5pm Mon-Fri only hour...


MGBe Legal Review: So it may be an idea to bookmark the site . As mentioned, some bits of information we've gleaned from the web came through using the actual solicitor's name. However, as this firm only deals with immigration and the site is https secure - we don't envisage any real pro...


MTA Personal Injury Solicitors LLP Review: There are also two Bromley addresses knocking around as well, but it's the same practice and the address on the firm's website is the correct one if you need to visit. (That's actually a really depressing statistic but we'll leave that discussion for another day.) So aside f...


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. The NV Legal website has wide range of help articles on it's site including https: www.nvlegal.co.uk moped-pothole-accident-six-figure-settlemen...


OJ Solicitors Ltd Review: In any given area we may only recommend 3-4 local law firms for your case type. A one-year-old firm might have twenty-year-experienced solicitors on staff and a twenty-year-old firm might stick you with a one-year-experienced solicitor. Many people believe they mean the same...


OTS Solicitors Ltd Review: We check the usual spots most people visit such as Google, Trustpilot, Yell.com and Yelp. That's like leaving a bad review for McDonalds for not selling pizza. So stars don't always reflect real position in the minds of previous clients. Most people know how to spot fake rev...


Penerley Lawyers Review: There were all positive , but none of the reviews had left any useful comments. Penerley do have slightly longer opening hours than some firms and we saw one website listing them as having a half day Saturday open too. Obviously with huge amounts of money changing ha...


Penn Chambers Solicitors Review: Not all solicitors are qualified to actually represent their clients in court. Meaning customer engagement and feedback monitoring are clearly a priority . You can usually find other information such as the practice's case range, staff, other offices, alternative contact de...


Pump Court Chambers Review: Always make sure you are on the correct website and never discuss payments or bank details via email. They also state: class="infoquote "we have provided high-quality legal representation to clients in the UK and overseas for more than 70 years"< div> Whic...


RD Costings Review: RDCostings don't have 'Online Compensation Calculators' tempting you in with promises of Ј10,000 settlements for your paper cut. A whiplash claim against an insurer where the third party has already admitted fault is pretty much a slam dunk. The 25% is sometimes more of a bo...


Redwood Collections Ltd Review: No disrepect meant to the many law firms that handle debt collection, but using a firm that is solely built to handle this single case type does generally provide more speedy results. class="infoquote "Commission is only charged upon successful collections. Some are se...


Reid Black Solicitors Review: Most solicitors will register with a Law Society even though it is not mandatory. For a start, Military Claims are a much rarer case type to be taken on by most personal injury handling firms. So how do Reid Black Solicitors stack up on independent boards? class="inf...


Richmond Legal Ltd Review: Therefore any legal professional still willing to help clients apply and then work under those provisions will always get some respect from us . Sadly the tradition of 9am-5pm Mon-Fri working hours for solicitors still holds true today for many firms in the UK. Also the m...


Robin Somerville Direct Access Barrister Review: Whilst there may be some common typos regarding the last name, the few we tried still brought up the correct website in search results. We tried entering all the information it asked for and then different bits and pieces. Not just for the legal industry either. Direct ...


The Search Bureau Review: The official site which we link to above is www.searchbureau.co.uk but www.thesearchbureau.co.uk will also redirect you there. class="infoquote "We are a well established market leader in England & Wales dedicated to offering our clients the best solutions available ...


Serious Law LLP Review: class="infoquote "We support you for as long as you need us. But many people (quite a large percentage according to our poll last year) don't trust them nearly as much as those on third party review sites such as Google, Yell, Trustpilot, etc. We've just spent a whole ...


Simons Rodkin Solicitors LLP Review: If you https: solicitors.lawsociety.org.uk organisation people 594908 simons-rodkin-solicitors-llp?Solicitors=True" check out the page for this firm< a> for example, you'll be shown a wealth of information including alternative contact details, lists of all their off...


Stenfield Solicitors Review: We've also seen anti-capitalist rants copy pasted across a dozen legal professional's review sections. Luckily Stenfield are members of The Law Society of England & Wales which is simply an excellent resource for consumer-side information. class="infoquote "very impr...


Taborns Legal Business Review: We provide a transparent, efficient and cost-effective service for corporates, SMEs, Family Offices or individual clients requiring legal solutions."< div>. On top of that, the cheaper service may be a legal professional that handles nothing but business contracts day in day...


The Injury Solicitor Ltd Review: Whilst it's not mandatory for a law firm or lawyer to register with their local Law Society. 100% compensation guaranteed, on the other hand, promises no part of you compensation will be taken. If you're ever in doubt, the various Law Society databases are a great resource. ...


Thorpe Wilson Solicitors Review: class="infoquote "Exceptional Customer Care to accomplish the best results"< div> All companies have sales-pitch language on their websites. We would also recommend bookmarking the website if you plan on coming back to it. stating to be a 'specialist' for such a...


Trust Inheritance Ltd Review: There is a whole section https: trustinheritance.toolboxx.co.uk #bereavement" offering various products< a> to tailor towards what you might need if you're looking to handle the matter by yourself as much as possible. Unfortunately the temptation to utilise marketing lang...

Bilkus & Boyle Review: it almost makes them meaningless. Typically one side is always unhappy at how a sale has gone either due to timescale, delays with finance, things popping up during the search phase, and so on. This could be a national one, county based, or city wide for larger population ci...


The Solicitors Advocates & Barristers Inc Review: class="infoquote "TSABI is made up of people who are passionate about helping individuals and businesses by delivering legal solutions that highlight their real talent in different areas of law."< div> Claims like this are across the majority of websites you'll s...


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