Finding the Right Help in the UK
TWB Probate Solicitors Ltd: . The official site is www.twbprobatesolicitors.com which is HTTPS secure for submitting your personal details on their contact form. For example, in some cases you may be better off with an accountant or a barrister rather than a solicitor. There are a multitude o...
Brodies Solicitors LLP: There doesn't seem to be any other firms popping up in the search with similar names. You can receive great attention from a large firm and some small specialist firms have amazing resources and experience to draw on . Sometimes people are https: www.dailymail.co.uk news ...
PCS Legal Conveyancing: This resource may be a useful to bear in mind when trying to decide between conveyancers. Which is why we absolutely recommend reading through the comments themselves rather than relying on star ratings when it comes to legal services. A whole picture is needed. Aga...
Dispute Resolver Consultancy: However, for ADR professionals there doesn't seem to be a solid organisation watching over everything to refer you to. The main types of ADR available for solving a problem are: conciliation, mediation, arbitration, ombudsmen - in some consumer problems."< div> Concili...
CWJ Solicitors & Notaries: People have handed https: www.theguardian.com money 2023 oct 07 i-lost-240000-uk-victims-share-their-stories" their entire house deposit to fraudsters< a>. That's a wide cross-section of seasoned heads with fresh eyes if you don't mind mixing some metaphors. Variants su...
Baker Hardman Ltd: While many firms provide customer testimonials on their website, most people tend to ignore them. Hopefully they will get their butts in gear and catch up to the English Welsh version soon. You may have already noticed many of them use similar sales language and images. This...
Solidaire Law Ltd: As you can see they are generally positive. But with people able to just look up any firm across the whole of the UK, firms that specialise in one or two areas of law can keep their focus and still do well. Also none of the variants we tried such as solidairelaw.co.uk or sol...
Defank Solicitors Croydon: Their site is HTTPS secure for submitting your personal details in the contact form. The easiest way to spot the difference is by searching the bottom of the firm's website.
class="infoquote "Our costs are completely transparent, competitive and always openly discusse...
Large & Gibson Solicitors: We should point out though, that if a firm only has a handful of reviews it does not mean they are not a good firm.
class="infoquote "We are dedicated to making the process as hassle free as possible for our clients."< div>
The obvious place to check out claims ...
HCR Law Solicitors: Everything from a one-person sole practitioner setups to multi-office practices with hundreds of staff. While their Cambridge, Cardiff, Cheltenham, London, Reading and Northampton locations cover the more wider areas of law listed on the firm's main site. That's a huge range...
Horsley Holdings Ltd: Horsley's website is HTTPS secure which means your personal details should be safe when submitted via their contact form. Some are data collectors who then sell your information on to law firms. Neither do any of the variants we tried such as www.horsleysolicitors.co.uk ...
Law Solicitors: People have ended up https: www.takefive-stopfraud.org.uk conveyancing-scams " handing their entire home deposit< a> to scammers. getting you the best outcome possible and delivering a brilliant service."< div>. So you need to pay attention to the websites you are on and ...
Eve Lake Conveyancing: How does Eve Lake Conveyancing fare on the comment forums?
class="infoquote "provided exceptional services throughout the entire process"
"extremely quick to get the purchase completed"
"went above and beyond to bring things in within timescales"
"fantastic com...
Amy King Solicitor: Many don't work for an established brand name at all and strike out on their own. Some people have handed their https: www.express.co.uk finance personalfinance 1782733 scam-warning-home-deposit-hackers-online" entire house deposit< a> over to fraudsters based on just one...
Heritage Park Family Law:
class="infoquote "With Heritage Park Family Law you have the added benefit of guidance from our founder who is a specialist family law Barrister."< div>
What's the difference between having a solicitor or barrister handle your case? Quite a big one actually. C...
McCarthy and Co Solicitors: So the phrase 'award-winning' is not of itself meaningful. If they have won an award for 'best logo design', we don't think that really counts towards them being a decent legal practice.
class="infoquote "An Award Winning Team of Solicitors With A Personal Touch"< di...
Oakwood Property Solicitors: that they are out of date, inexperienced, and inefficient) those descriptions are universal so also do not help you distinguish one firm from another. Modern technology has brought services from across the UK to our fingertips. The website is HTTPS secure for submitting ...
A.C.S.L. Solicitors: We did see a few negative comments but they were unclear and the firm has commented the name and description of the case doesn't match any of their past clients. Always make sure you are on the correct website and never discuss payment details via email.. Absolutely, a firm...
Sternberg Reed Solicitors: However you can actually look up the level of experience within most legal practices of England & Wales. we want to ensure every potential client has the opportunity to have a free 15 minute consultation with a lawyer."< div>
A quick note on navigation. Each of those w...
Eatons Solicitors Ltd: But it doesn't sound as grand put that way. One thing to watch for when researching though is that Google can often return zero reviews for a firm if you miss out the name of the town an office is in. A common one is to state the number of years the firm has existed. Weather...
WYM Legal Solicitors: According to the organisation's website, they 'deliver effective regulation of specialist conveyancing and probate lawyers ...
class="infoquote "We provide the best customer service in the industry, combined with modern-day processes and technology to ensure you are ...
Thomas & Thomas Solicitors: That's because hardly anyone is ever happy with how long it takes and there are always problems (most of which are outside the solicitor's control but still they get the blame). Remember that ampersands can't be used in web addresses so www.thomas&thomassolicitors.co.uk will...
Wolf Law Ltd: But alot of the time doesn't it just seem to be paragraph after paragraph of sales pitches?
If you've already been through a dozen law firm websites today you'll have seen a wide range of claims such as being 'award winning' (without any reference to what award) or 'le...
SG Murphy & Co Ltd: Thousands of people have https: www.which.co.uk news article friday-afternoon-fraud-the-scam-that-wipes-out-your-house-deposit-in-seconds-aczyy9J2tFkK" handed their house deposit over to fraudsters< a>, sometimes just on the basis of an official looking email. Although th...
Walker Foster Ltd: These are just some ideas on what to notice about a firm rather than relying on the sales-pitch.
class="infoquote "We aim to provide valued and reliable legal services to generations both now and in the future."< div>
This statement, also from their website, sou...
Harrisons Thames Valley Solicitors LLP: One resource we're constantly recommending to people is the website of The Law Society of England & Wales. Their areas of law also show they specialise in Property matters.
class="infoquote "Harrison's Solicitors underwent rigorous assessment by the Law Society to ...
Girlings Personal Injury Claims Ltd:
The Government has continued to strip Legal Aid and reduced the amount of people it can help to almost sub-decimal point percentages. As mentioned there are two sites. The word 'specialist' is thrown around alot and not always correctly in our opinion. It's not as if ...
UVS Law Ltd: Failure to meet the requirements for entry clearance may result in the denial of leave to enter on arrival.
UVS Law is a more recently set up branding than others, but it should be pointed out that the age of the firm bears no indication about the experience of the law...
Kee Solicitors Family Law: Sadly, that resource is the Law Society of England & Wales which doesn't cover this Scottish firm.
A couple of decades ago, a Family Law specialist practice such as Kee Solicitors would have been incredibly rare. But in the variants we tried the correct firm came up i...
Waterstone PS: Because they also provide the qualification dates and areas of law focused on by each solicitor. So how old the firm's logo really doesn't help you know how experienced the actual staff are. It's not as if 'no site' means the company has shut down for a while. Especially in ...
Mark Croft Motor Offence: There is not going to be some 200+ year old solicitor within the firm monitoring everything. This statement is clear as it means Mark Croft himself has 28 years of experience . Todays article will focus on the motor offence solicitor Mark Croft as there are some interestin...
EMD Law Solicitors: So we would mark this one down as very much a positive . But you might find law firms are never drowning in reviews - good or bad. That's not for the same reason many of you stated in our poll last year - i.e. Not just fill a form in with a junior member of staff. We've als...
Lyons Law:
class="infoquote "Lyons is an established and Progressive Law Firm in Bristol providing a personal and cost effective legal service for individual and commercial clients."< div>
Of course, the wider range of services available and the massive 100+ page websites ...
Brian Barr Ltd: So while the case list handled by the firm as a whole may be huge, your assigned solicitor may only handle one or two of those areas of law. One of the problems when trying to find a law firm to help with a case is the similarities between each firm's website.
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Frei Solicitors Ltd: We enjoy working with our clients, and strive to build a lasting relationship."< div>
A quick note on navigation.
class="infoquote "Frei Solicitors is an international, boutique luxury asset law firm, acting for wealthy individuals, families and businesses acros...
Drummond and Miller Solicitors: For example, www.drummond&miller.co.uk could not exist, it would be www.drummondandmiller.co.uk
The site is HTTPS secure for submitting your contact details via their form. There are now literaly thousands of firms within the reach of your fingertips that could handl...
Calio Claims by Lindsays: This is typically in larger cases such as Medical Negligence where a lot more time and risk have to be taken on by the firm. This really should just be a matter of what logo is at the top of the emails and letters you receive. As the rules and regulations and guidelines flew...
EDC Lord Solicitors: 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. The site also includes a blog section that features articles and updates on legal topics of interest, such ...
Nicholson Jones Sutton Solicitors Ltd: However for this piece the two are going to be merged together deliberately because sometimes a little insight into how things are viewed from one side - can help provide a little clarity to the other.
It's always important to focus when doing things online that mi...
Cullimore Dutton Solicitors Ltd: This combined with our impressive depth of knowledge and expertise ensures that we provide a solution focused approach for our clients."< div>
For example, you may not have noticed the difference in wording when it comes to claims about establishment. You have to read...
The Law Partnership Ltd: Lots of people make mistakes leaving reviews so the best thing to do is look for any positive or negative 'themes' amongst the actual written feedback left by people.
That means you can look up how many years someone has been a solicitor for any of those firms and what...
Wilford Smith: Which makes these statements almost useless for a consumer trying to tell the firms apart. However other companies may use clever wording to try and make their claims seem bigger than they are. compared to testimonials provided by the company themselves. We are your trusted ...
Foster & Coleman Solicitors: So what can you use to separate them and find the firm that fits your needs best?
class="infoquote "Foster & Coleman are a dynamic law firm providing the very best advice and representation in relation to a wide range of practice areas."< div>
This snippet fr...
Wildcat Law Solicitors: So searching for 'wildcat law london' versus 'wildcat law southampton' will bring up different individual results reviews. The firms branding is quite unique so even error searches we tried such as 'wildcat legal' brought up the correct firm. For example this snippet from th...
LS Legal Solicitors: That's the difference to watch for. They even have https: www.youtube.com @lslegalsolicitors6960" multiple vidoes< a> dedicated to the subject on Youtube. Hence why we were happy to recommend them across our network. These days you can find a solicitor specialising in an...
A City Law Firm: It's more likely for firms to just say they are 'award winning' and make no reference to what that award might be. A City Law Firm has been on our network for a while now and has many aspects about it you may have come across in your search for legal help and wondered wh...
Buchanan & Co Solicitors Ltd: So make sure you are on the correct website and never discuss payments via email.
. But according to our poll a few years back only 8% of you put any stock in company provided reviews. Be careful though as some firms use sneaky marketing jargon to make you think they have f...
Goldsmith Bowers Solicitors Ltd: Over the past two decades people have https: www.express.co.uk life-style property 1511097 property-warning-home-buyers-scam-conveyancing-fraud" handed millions over to fraudsters< a>.
With people moving more freely between companies these days that is even less tr...
Guardian Law Ltd: But you simply must make sure to read the comments left by people rather than simply glancing at star ratings. Please also note that the firm's original HR site at www.yourhrlawyer.co.uk has now moved to www.guardian.online as a separate resources.
This is all very im...
Backhouse Solicitors Ltd: You would think that the development of the internet and every company having a full website about themselves with dozens of third party resources to provide independent information etc. Because if you see a rival firm with only 5 reviews that's actually 'normal'. An actual...
WH Law Ltd: The amount of expertise and experience is a huge factor in selecting a firm. We've seen law firms praised for their innovative menu and criminal law specialists rated one star for refusing a divorce case. We've long praised this organisation's consumer offering over the year...
2 Harcourt Chambers: We've been doing this 20 years and didn't understand a lot of it either. Two Harcourt Building's official website is the helpfully short www.2hb.co.uk but www.2hb.com is not owned by them and there are several variants such as www.harcourtchambers.co.uk as well. So what ...
MJV Law Solicitors: Such as:
class="infoquote "We have around 50 years combined experience of acting for people and businesses"< div>
The length of time a firm has been running is pretty much always a prime positioned bit of marketing designed to grab the visitor's attention. The F...
Bridge McFarland Solicitors: The most common place people go to when looking up any firm is a search for reviews.
That means if you see a firm claiming a wealth of experience, you can check.
There is also a huge difference between a firm that claims to have 40 years of experience and 40 ...
Woodstock Legal Services Ltd: A mix of seasoned heads on fresh legs. Clearly we ended up with a positive impression of their law practice otherwise we would not have added them to our network. We've seen lawyers rated 5 stars for their great new menu and a divorce specialist given 1 star for refusing t...
The Lady Barrister: We think that lends far more weight to the review so have decided to include such snippets this time. Usually we do not include company provided testimonials after the poll we took a few years ago indicated less than 8% of people trusted them. (There have been none against...
Summerfield Browne: Most firms will say they are modern with a unique setup. Why not call us today for a free quote."< div>
There is quite a bit of information on Summerfield Browne's site including https: www.summerfieldbrowne.com team " staff profiles< a> but obviously speaking to th...
Thaxted Legal Immigration: There are always some trying to fleece Will Writing service seekers or Injury Claimants in different ways too. etc. A quick note on navigation though as the firm's official website is www.thaxtedlegal.com which we've linked to above but none of the variants such as www.thaxt...
Smith & Graham Solicitors: Sadly establishment dates are one of those marketing things companies with less-than-good-intentions misuse all the time. But hopefully from the examples and resources quoted in the article below, you'll see why they have been added to our network. The number of large multi-...
Brown & Co Solicitors: no other firm is going to say they are 'inexperienced').
Does this translate into happy clients? For this we always turn to the public boards like https: www.google.com search?q=brown+and+co+solicitors+london&rlz=1C1CHBF_en-GBGB926GB926&oq=brown+and+co+solicitors+lo...
Mac Jones Solicitors: 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 professionals from each decade over the past 40+ ...
Hill House Chambers Barristers:
class="infoquote "Are you a solicitor looking for a barrister to instruct, or a member of the public looking for the right direct access barrister for your case, what should you be looking for?"< div>
That snippet from the Hill House website is certainly a good s...
Stowe Family Law Solicitors:
Another quick note on navigation would be the website. You have to search for your specific local office to see reviews about it only. That's why this statement on the firm's website stood out to us the most out of everything:
class="infoquote "We believe you s...
LRose Law Ltd:
This isn't too much of a concern though as Litigation firms such as RF Law are not really targeted by scammers as much as other areas of law (e.g. Discrimination Cases ... Housing Disrepair & Other Litigation"< div>
Statements like these on various law firm's we...
Bellax Solicitors: For all we know the poor rating is for something ridiculous or not even for the correct firm. A firm that handles a single case types such as Motoring Offences is an obvious example of a specialist . The majority of people want to check out public review boards such as htt...
JPS Walker Solicitors: But sometimes the clues are in what initially might seem common, almost mundane statements.
Only a few decades ago people were pretty much restricted to using their local high street solicitor for everything from Divorce, to Injury Claims, Will Making, and even selling...
The Legal Practice Solicitors: For example searching for both Rickmansworth and Wembley London could provide a better overview. That's actually a much bigger deal than you might think. One very common thing we come across on law firm websites are founding date claims. People https: www.express.co.uk fi...
Young & Co Solicitors: Each branding has it's own local office and website too. It's quite a common company name really, so make sure you are on the correct site.
Practically every law firm that handles property matters has negative reviews about their handling of it. We have zero hesitation...
Lefevres Scotland Ltd: And above all, the comfort of knowing your best interests are protected."< div>
These statements from the Lefevres website are claims made by practically every law firm. It may sound like a lot, but bear in mind that a good lawyer taking 25% of a £5000 win is better tha...
David Stinson & Co Solicitors: For David Stinsons and Co they are all positive and look genuine . All law firms should be absolutely transparent about this up front before you sign anything.
class="infoquote "We have a proven track record of success with our clients and we cover a wide area of t...
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