Finding the Right Help in the UK
Cook's Solicitors: Put simply, if a firm is doing really badly or has a bad reputation in a local area - then the branding will be changed. On the whole they are very positive but there were some negative comments as well. class="infoquote "We are a strong believer in explaining ...
Swain and Co Solicitors: One reviewer for Swain & Co even ranted about how 'ugly' the staff were and that they should get rid of any mirrors. There were quite a few negative complaints about the company on the Google review pages. So take it from us that it's statements like the above about any...
Fentimans My Law Matters: But as long as the separate branding efforts have been strong (as Fentimans seem to have done with theirs), you should be able to check out reviews on the team you will be using plus the main firm behind it without any issues. We can honestly say that in the past two decad...
Frazer Coogans Solicitors: They provide alternate contact details, other trading names, languages spoking, qualification dates of all solicitors within the firm, and more. This statement: class="infoquote "Frazer Coogans encourage staff to gain their full potential"< div> at the very end of...
Burton & Co Quality Solicitors: We are now part of a national network of firms under the QualitySolicitors Brand."< div> The firm itself has therefore been a local firm for a very considerable time . And Burton & Co became QualitySolicitors Burton & Co. Whilst most of our articles are about individua...
One Law Solicitors & Barristers: Even more positively - this change encourages lawyers to be far more invested in each case as a win is important for them as well. So how do One Law's barristers fare on those:
class="infoquote "great communication and outcome highly professional"
"exceptionally...
Beers Solicitors LLP:
class="infoquote "You have all been so efficient and made the whole process smooth running"
"Always accessible for any queries or advice"
"This was a much better experience than I have had with bigger firms in the past"
"Both ladies professional, sympath...
Disrepair Claims UK: The main aim (we would hope) of housing claims is to get your living conditions improved. Or better still, post underneath their ad post asking for their regulatory status and number to try and warn others not to deal with them should they be unable to provide one. for dam...
Simper Law: It also has a few quirks that will allow us to discuss important things to pay attention to when researching the best firm for your specific needs. Last year we ran a poll asking people whether they paid attention to testimonials on company websites and only 8% of you said y...
RM Solicitors: Normally this is done by simply emailing the client stating the bank details for payment have changed. litigation) follow the same sorts of procedures and have similar issues to contend with. there are plenty of other firms using those two initials.
However, not all ca...
Ullah Law Associates:
class="infoquote "The team members are experts in their analytical approach to cases, probing the evidence, and being prepared to challenge statute, case law, and evidence."< div>
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class="infoquote "We are a team of senior solicitors who combine their knowledg...
Taylor Price Legal Ltd: William Ho qualified as a solicitor in 1989, Ruby Bhatti in 1997, Arshad Mahmood in 2008, and Sobia Ditta in 2011. One reviewer states - "Lovely foods, friendly staff".
The Taylor Price site is https secure though so will be fine for submitting your details through th...
Michael Leighton Jones Solicitors:
class="infoquote "We offer a full range of legal services for both individuals and businesses whether large or small not only in the South Wales Valleys but also nationwide."< div>
That's another huge thing to watch for when choosing a firm. This tells you what ea...
Milners Law LLP: It's something certainly Personal Injury law firm will offer because the majority run cases on no win, no fee anyway. For one thing, there will often be far less reviews of law firms. From the information we've seen that's not the case for Milners Solicitors . People are ve...
KRS Wills & Probate: But no.
The Law Society of England & Wales has the best user-side offering we've seen from such organisations. So how can you tell 'good low-cost help' from simply 'cheap help'?
class="infoquote "I have vast, hands-on experience dealing with a variety of Wills, ...
Branch Austin McCormick Solicitors: For example, you would never see a bad review for Pizza Hut saying 'they wouldn't sell me a hamburger! ridiculous!!'. The jack-of-all-trades situation. But we've seen several people complain about a solicitor for not handling their particular type of case. Can Branch Austin ...
Trojan Solicitors:
Most importantly, they also https: solicitors.lawsociety.org.uk office 617768 trojan-solicitors-ltd" provide a list of solicitors< a> within each firm along with their qualifying dates. Luckily for potential clients in England and Wales, the local law society coveri...
Cheshire Estates and Legal Ltd: The firm's branding is quite clear and unique so searches for their name and the usual variants (e.g.
class="infoquote "As a law firm, we're a bit different but in a good way!"< div>
There were several things that stood out to us on their site. Each law firm's...
Fultons Estate Agents: Plus in England Wales house sales can fall through right at the last minute through no fault of the solicitor, but they will often get the bad review anyway. So if you see reviews relating to such, it's not an error by the reviewer. Of course many firms post testimonials th...
Hooper Hyde Solicitors: Sometimes you don't need a solicitor. That's not always the most helpful information for the firm to offer because it's not as if their competitors are going to state they are 'old-fashioned', 'unfriendly', and 'inexperienced'. There are national, county, city, and even case...
Antony Hodari Legal Services: Just watch out for ads using keyword matching to display. Almost a 'crusade' mentality. If we do discover it, we'll let you know. The only common typo we saw in our logs was for www.anthonyhodari.co.uk with an 'h' in the first name. That's because law firms are one of the fe...
Fair Result Divorce:
A quick note on navigation. We did ask around our own office if anyone might want to get a divorce in order to test out this firm's claims. That means scouring dozens of company websites a day and spending a (possibly obsessive) amount of hours trawling through the ...
Dylan Nair Ltd Solicitors: That's a decent offer by comparison. So much so that when people search for reviews about solicitors but see very few - they could think something was wrong. It's when people mistype directly into a browser bar that things can sometimes go wrong. The main points people most ...
Mckie Legal Solicitors Ltd:
It's not unusual for solicitors to have one or two trading names on the side. Normally we would have a mini-rant about 'protecting clients from scammers', but that's not really necessary here. It means that law firm actually sought out the team at McKie to represent th...
Jacobs Law Solicitors: e.g. Sadly buying or selling a house in England Wales is fraught with risks delays and despite it often being completely out of the solicitor's hands - they will get blamed.
class="infoquote "Our lawyers are friendly and approachable, an important trait when dealing wi...
Allan Argue and Co Solicitors: That brings us back to the tie-breaker we mentioned before and why we always recommend calling the firm to speak to someone. On one hand they imagine a larger firm will have larger resources to draw on and bigger 'clout' against third parties . It was only five years ago th...
Springle Solicitors: By reducing wasteful overheads, we can improve personal client service. We did find some reviews on Facebook:
class="infoquote "got the outcome we needed in a very short space of time"
"would highly recommend and will definitely use again"
"very professional thro...
BLZ Solicitors Ltd: These four case types are not exactly the easiest or the best paying in relation to lawyer earnings elsewhere. Their site is https secure though so entering your information on the contact form should be fine. But on scrolling through the personal background information it...
Hawkridge & Co Solicitors: For any legal matter there are often a range of options such as a general practice firm, a specialist provider, a direct access barrister, or even sometimes a non-law-firm solution such as for bankruptcy, wills, or debt collection. Because we spotted a few negative comments ...
Pacific Law: But these days we would say that if the firm can't offer video-chat services they are now getting behind the times. However we have worked with some of the key players in the past.
Either way should really make no difference to your choice though. Pacific Law is very n...
ABS Lawyers Ltd: 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. Some go as far as big bold letters with boastful 'the client is king' banners (slightly sexist in our opinion though). But I'm sure most ...
Stenfield Solicitors Ltd: That wasn't just the legal industry either. It's not uncommon for a firm claiming 'founded in the 1800s!' to consist mostly of solicitors with only a couple of years' experience. Sometimes it has taken only a single email from a scammer to convince people to pay their house ...
Khan Law Glasgow: We wouldn't class that as 'specialist'.
class="infoquote "We fight our client's corner and have done so in many past cases, which is why we have a 100% success rate"< div>
Whilst this sounds like a bold claim it's something you have probably seen many other firms...
Deo Volente Legal: The idea being that people imagine a 200 year old amount of experience within a firm simply because their branding has existed for that long. They prefer to source reviews from independent review forums such as Trustpilot, Google Reviews, Yell, Yelp, etc. We didn't just add...
Suhail Ahmad at Richmond Legal: A last word from the company's site:
class="infoquote "Our litigation team has the wealth of experience in dealing with all types of litigation matters, whether these are civil or commercial"< div>. Most people may not know just how badly the goverment has stripped Leg...
Trust Inheritance Limited: The article we wrote just before this one was about a solicitor with 5 star reviews for being an excellent dog-friendly restaurant. 'trust' and 'inheritance'. However we hope the information and links provided above at least show why we were more than happy to add Trust ...
Bilkus and Boyle: Whilst the firm's name is unique there are obviously quite a few possible typos. The number of scams relating to conveyancing and property in general have been increasing for years. But the client will generally blame their own solicitor. The official website we link to abov...
Catteralls in Wakefield:
A quick note on navigation as we've seen a few common errors popping up in the site search now that Catteralls have been with us for a while. In all honesty, no legal practice has a 200+ year old solicitor sitting behind a desk issuing sage advice. These are random sni...
Penerley Solicitors: The branding is very unique so no difficulties getting the correct website to pop up in the search results with varied types of related query such as 'penerleys lawyers' or 'penerly solicitor'. You don't actually have to be a qualified solicitor to sell someone some employ...
Conveyancing Search Providers: But that's the case for most related service providers such as this conveyancing searches company or others such as law costs drafting firms.
The correct firm tends to come up at the top of search results for the majority of phrases we tried. However, as already mentio...
Special Education Needs Lawyer: 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 matters.
You never know what scam will be next though so always make sure you're on the correct site and never discuss payments or bank details via...
Pump Court Chambers Barristers: So choosing one is just as much a point of discernment as any other law firm selection. Pump Court Chambers don't handle property matters, but you never know what scammers will come up with next.
It does however cause some thought to have to be given when researching th...
Mason Bullock Solicitors: The official site is www.masonbullock.co.uk with www.masonbullock.com not currently being owned by the firm. There always are. Typically we research a firm completely unbias and make the decision based on several factors such as their setup, case range, reviews, standing w...
Lindsays Solicitors Scotland: So in true internet-style, those people came onto the review boards to bad-mouth the firm assigned to sell the property. However www.lindsays.com and other common variants people will probably try such as www.lindsayssolicitors.co.uk are not currently owned by the firm. The ...
Aspire Licensing & Administrative Services: The same is sometimes true of debt matters. Aspire Licensing & Administrative Services are probably one of the most niche firms we've ever had on our network. For cases such as Motor Offenses or a Personal Injury, absolutely we would recommend a firm that is clearly a law ...
OTS Immigration Solicitors: At the time of writing they had over 450+ reviews on Google which is quite unheard of for a law firm . For some reason we can't quite fathom, the buyers sellers don't question this and simply hand all their house deposits over to the fraudsters. All following the same theme...
Reid and Black Solicitors:
class="infoquote "Reid Black Solicitors offer exceptional Legal services throughout Northern Ireland and have an expertise in Military Claims throughout the UK."< div>
Often the things that impress us most on a law firms' site are things they themselves don't se...
Howe and Co Solicitors: And by tiny, we mean absolutely unreadable. Let alone the actual people trying to get in. The majority of lawyers and law firms in the UK are registered with a local Law Society either at the national, county, or sometimes town level. Other companies such as John Howe & Co S...
Robin Somerville Barrister: The official site we link to above is www.robinsomerville.co.uk with www.robinsomerville.com not currently in use.
The fact Robin has decided to focus on an area he knows from personal experience as a three-time business owner, can only exponentially increase the exp...
Levins Solicitors:
class="infoquote "Levins are still the biggest provider of legal services in Knowsley"< div>
An online resource we always highly recommend is The Law Society of England & Wales' website.
Their website is https secure. But the solicitor will always get the ...
Aconveyancing Ltd: These can save you quite a lot of money by simply processing the actual details of the sale purchase. Search for articles on using budget firms to hear of such situations and see if they might fit with your expectations. Aconveyancing on the other hand, has completely bucke...
The Injury Solicitor Salford:
The Law Society of England & Wales have the most informative and useful user-side display we've seen though.
Immediate reaction to The Injury Solicitor may be that it looks like any other personal injury firm. But several things stood out to us which we thought...
RD Costings Ltd: With the branding containing a plural there's always a tendancy for people to drop the 's' by mistake. The focus is usually on Road Accidents, Work Injuries and Slip Trips. For others you may be better off with a Direct Access barrister to save some time and money. They don'...
MGBe Legal Ltd: If you've visited a few dozen law firm websites already today you'll have seen most use the News or Blog sections to write a couple of lines about a common news article followed by twenty paragraphs of more sales pitches about why you should use their services.
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McEwan Fraser Legal Scotland: But that's something we're not totally sold on. If anyone emails or phones you about payments or bank details - do not respond. They have over 500+ reviews on Google at the time of writing this but still over a 4 star rating. However, McEwan Fraser Legal actually are out of ...
Fieldfisher Solicitors LLP:
Establishment is something different in the minds of various people.
class="infoquote "We are renowned for our expertise in handling mesothelioma and other asbestos related disease claims."< div>
Luckily, some of the firm's offices are in England which puts t...
Assured Probate Services: If you've read a few of our other articles, you'll know there is usually something unique or alternative about the firms we choose to review. Either they are unbelievably niche in their target market, have achieved impressive growth during hard times, or have managed to ge...
Linkilaw Solicitors Ltd in London: A final word from Linkilaw about their services:
class="infoquote "With straight forward and clear-cut advice, we help start-ups and entrepreneurs navigate law to help them succeed."< div>. There are quite a few such standout phrases across the site, including:
...
NV Legal Solicitors: These do not mean the same thing. Usually people expect the term specialist to apply to firms that deal with more niche titles such as Wills or Motor Offenses. There are two frequently used catchphrases when it comes to Personal Injury matters. However, communication betwe...
SR Law Solicitors London: At 1to1Legal we're very picky about the firms we review, bring on to our network, and then recommend to people. Always be aware that a law firm should never ask you about bank details in an email if you get one. However, we also have experienced consultants in other areas of...
DFA Law Solicitors: There is a lot to find between-the-lines in the wording firms use on their website too. For example, this from the DFA Law website:
class="infoquote "DFA Law has been advising clients in Northamptonshire, and across the region, for over 180 years."< div>
We've me...
Ian Mallon Solicitors Ltd: Put it all together and you can get a much better picture of how well established and how strong a firm and the team within it are. That's great, and more firms should follow their setup . Over the past 20+ years of working with law firms we've seen so many negative revie...
TSABI Ltd Solicitors: The Solicitors Advocates & Barristers Inc are signed up with The Law Society of England & Wales which is one of the better ones. We also recommend that if someone calls you to discuss money, you politely hang up and call back the official phone number you were given.
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Thorpe Wilson Ltd: There is an injured party who needs to get compensation from a third party or a third party's insurer. So whether your case is an injury at work, in a car, or on a pavement - the core practice is the same. Sadly in the legal professional you may have noticed that nearly all ...
Allsop Durn Dearlove: (No ... Sometimes when looking for new firms to add to our network we're not starting from a completely ignorant position.
A quick note on navigation. allsop-durn) domains are unlikely to be common mistypes so there are no real security concerns there . Is that uncomm...
MTA Solicitors LLP:
class="infoquote "Local, friendly, experts.
Unfortunately MTA Solicitors seem to have been incorrectly blamed for a cold-calling scam which you can see detailed https: www.sra.org.uk consumers scam-alerts 2019 aug mta-solicitors-llp-mta-personal-injury-solici...
Apprise Legal Services: Now, it's practically 'common'. Thirty years ago a same sex civil partnership each life-insured with ex-partners and an adopted child would have been inconceivable. There has been a huge rise in self-employment in this country though and family setups are getting increasin...
Aina Khan Solicitors: (Both genuine law firm names.) Plus most scammers https: www.theguardian.com money 2017 jan 14 lost-67000-conveyancing-scam-friday-afternoon-fraud-legal-sector-email-hacker" are targeting property law firms< a> due to the large payouts and ease of tricking people into dep...
Will Taborn Ltd: The official site we link to above is www.taborns.com (www.taborns.co.uk does not bring anything up right now) and whilst the branding is simply 'Taborns' it is the Will Taborn Ltd name that will bring up other relevant information such as companies house. Otherwise all we w...
Hutcheon Law Solicitors: Last year we ran a poll and it turned out that only 21% of people actually trusted testimonials on company websites. They will have the third party cover your legal costs as well. So when they make this claim on their website:
class="infoquote "litigation experience s...
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