Finding the Right Help in the UK
Cook's Solicitors: You can get a 1-year newbie lawyer from a three hundred year old firm or a 40-year guru lawyer from a one year old firm. 99.9999% of people involved in a property sale (obviously exaggerating for effect but essentially a truth) feel it should have gone faster and been easier...
Swain and Co Solicitors: Their site is https secure for entering your personal details in their contact form. That's a considerable range of experience between them but it should also be a good mix of seasoned wise heads alongside fresh eager ideas. The official site we link to is www.swain...
Fentimans My Law Matters: We can honestly say that in the past two decades we've never seen that happen . That's a fair enough thing to want though. Because whilst many negative comments can be totally unhelpful (e.g. Bad firms will tend to just close down and start up a brand new operation to make...
Frazer Coogans Solicitors: Would definitely use again" "Dealt with everything professionally and nothing was too much hassle"< div> These are snippets from the firm's own website, more commonly referred to as 'testimonials' rather than 'reviews' because typically the firms only post the posi...
Burton & Co Quality Solicitors: class="infoquote "Acted quickly and very professional" "Things were moved quickly and Felicity was always on the ball" "Fast, efficient and helpful" "was very helpful and I would recommend anyone who has problems in child access"< div> The question...
One Law Solicitors & Barristers: Their main branding is the OneLaw Chambers name but some review sites and official pages list them as OneLaw Ltd. The main problem in such situations is the possibility of https: www.ncsc.gov.uk information report-suspicious-emails" phishing scams< a>. Scammers email pr...
Beers Solicitors LLP:
A quick note on navigation as whilst the firm's name is quite unique, it could potentially peek a little into generic term issues. It's very common for solicitors to do this. If you've read through any of our other law firm cover articles, you'll hopefully know that w...
Disrepair Claims UK: They are a Claims Management Company specialising in the very niche case focus of Landlord Tenant disputes about https: www.itv.com news 2021-04-13 investigation-launched-into-disgusting-damp-and-mouldy-council-housing-after-itv-news-report" disrepair matters within rente...
Simper Law:
class="infoquote "Victoria is the perfect Solicitor and will fight your corner every step of the way"
"Victoria was able to take the emotion out of my case and look at it objectively"
"I would like to thank Kim for her patience and advice in putting together ...
RM Solicitors: litigation) follow the same sorts of procedures and have similar issues to contend with.
The main issue with similar domains not being owned or extra side websites only really becomes an issue in cases where the client needs to pay large sums of money such as in proper...
Ullah Law Associates: The branding is quite unique and the various alternate searches we tried such as 'ula lawyers', 'ula law firm', etc. The main resource people check out for this is the public review boards such as Google, Facebook, Yelp, Trustpilot, Yell.com and so on. It states Julian Groom...
Taylor Price Legal Ltd: One reviewer states - "Lovely foods, friendly staff". Word like 'friendly', 'efficient' or 'modern' pop up constantly but don't really help to distinguish that firm from their competitors.
It's also true that reading the positive comments can be enlightening as well. ...
Michael Leighton Jones Solicitors:
One of the best resources for estimating the experience levels of the actual solicitors at a firm is their local law society. For example, we did see one negative review about this firm on Google where the person gave one star and said simply that it was bad customer s...
Milners Law LLP: Now, through Milners, you can get your hands on all this legal expertise for a sensible price."< div>
The information provided on the law society site certainly bears out their claims of extensive experience. With any firm offering free consultations, it's always best i...
KRS Wills & Probate: Such as:
class="infoquote "I appreciate how busy people are ... The official site which we link to above is www.krsep.co.uk with www.krsep.com not redirecting there. Sadly, most law firms we've seen (and we've been reviewing them for over 20 years now) still do not wor...
Branch Austin McCormick Solicitors: Why people fall for that and don't call their solicitor to check before sending tens of thousands of pounds - we don't know. But make sure never to discuss payments via email.
. Firms that handle a single case type call themselves 'specialists' giving the impression that fi...
Trojan Solicitors: For Trojan they list Agnieszka Tomasikiewicz as having qualified in 2012 and Rameez Dar in 2017.
That's not to say there weren't things we weren't so keen on.
These days there's a huge number of firms who have chosen to focus on a handful of sometimes completely un...
Cheshire Estates and Legal Ltd: The legal industry struggles badly with catching up with the times. But it's really, really not. Quite often negative ratings are left by the side the law firm beat in court. To be fair, it's not as if a company can claim to be the opposite and still sound good - i.e. Many...
Fultons Estate Agents:
You'll may also see negative reviews from people who weren't even using the reviewed firm's services. Why is that important to realise?
Because for several years now https: www.whatmortgage.co.uk feature aware-risks-mortgage-deposit-fraud " targe="new people hav...
Hooper Hyde Solicitors: HooperHyde is the branding used but for some reason when you type various related phrases into search engines you sometimes get results for a service called Lawyer365 or Hooper Business Services. If you've used our site to look up or read about legal service providers before...
Antony Hodari Legal Services: That's because law firms are one of the few service providers where the losing side often comes online to criticise the firm that beat them.
As specialists go, this is an unusual one to find.
If you check on https: solicitors.lawsociety.org.uk organisation peopl...
Fair Result Divorce: There were some testimonials on the company's own website:
class="infoquote "the whole process was dealt with so smoothly"
"I got the best outcome possible"
"the contrast in their services between my first traditional divorce using lawyers was astounding"
...
Dylan Nair Ltd Solicitors: The Law Society of England & Wales has an excellent site for this and Dylan Nair & Co just happen to be registered with them. Although the branding name used is quite unique and the possible spelling typos not likely to be too multitudinous. It's when people mistype direct...
Mckie Legal Solicitors Ltd: For example https: www.theguardian.com money 2017 jan 14 lost-67000-conveyancing-scam-friday-afternoon-fraud-legal-sector-email-hacker" the biggest area of law scam right now< a> is with property buying and selling.
Knowing the correct name for a firm is also useful ...
Jacobs Law Solicitors: 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.
So for Jacobs to be unafraid in posting such a "new" start date in the face of such an "old" industr...
Allan Argue and Co Solicitors: Then there will be a fifty year established divorce specialists with less reviews than I have fingers. It was only five years ago that a solicitor said to me 'that internet thing? no, we don't do that'. Be clear though: no win, no fee only means that if you lose there are no...
Springle Solicitors: you get the picture. Although that's probably not too much of a concern because typically scammers target property matters - not wills.
class="infoquote "Our fees are fully transparent from the outset." < div>
Springle and Company do have a page on their site ...
BLZ Solicitors Ltd:
That's something to watch for especially with property matters as scammers contact clients telling them deposits need to be made to different bank accounts. If you want to check up on the size of a firm (if size matters to you) The Law Society website in your area will...
Hawkridge & Co Solicitors: However for this you are usually able to check this independently and get a good insight into the overall experience a firm may have. As already pointed out in the last paragraph, the firm seems to be referred to quite interchangably online as both Hawk Law and Hawkridge & C...
Pacific Law: . But the major mobile players we checked all direct 0800 for free now. You are just as likely to get a one year qualified solicitor from an ancient brand as you are to get a forty year experienced lawyer that joined a new legal practice starting up in their area.
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ABS Lawyers Ltd: That means they've added up the experience years of everyone within the firm.
Lastly there are firms that write statements such as the one from ABS Lawyers' site above saying they have X amount of years of 'combined experience'.
class="infoquote "The quality and ...
Stenfield Solicitors Ltd: That was across all companies and some stated product testimonials as being untrustworthy as well.
In this instance Stenfield have solicitors on board that started their careers off in practically every decade over the past thirty years . We have niche practices, speci...
Khan Law Glasgow:
For us, a specialist focuses on an area of law in order to build up a huge amount of expertise and experience whilst constantly keeping up with the latest news and changes within that area of law. Khan Solicitors is a different firm as well using www.khansolicitors.com...
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 currently have two offices in Beford and Luton covering typical items that can require long-distance reach and knowledge such as...
Suhail Ahmad at Richmond Legal: It also states fluency in Urdu and Punjabi as well as English. The main one for English Welsh legal professionals is The Law Society of England & Wales and it is simply an excellent resource for people to use. It's pretty bleak though and only getting worse.
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Trust Inheritance Limited:
class="infoquote "excellent professional, prompt and accurate service every time"
"Does what it says on the tin"
"I have found to be excellent value for money."< div>
On the whole they are positive too . Unfortunately the temptation to utilise marketing...
Bilkus and Boyle: we are proud to serve the community and clients all over Scotland, UK and abroad"< div>
These days there are dozens of review forums online such as Google Reviews, Yelp, Trustpilot, Yell, etc.
class="infoquote "Providing quality legal services since 1980"< div> ...
Catteralls in Wakefield:
Thousands of people have lost millions of pounds to these fraudsters.
If you https: solicitors.lawsociety.org.uk organisation people 412101 catteralls?Solicitors=True" check out the page for this firm< a> on there you'll see details of alternative contacts, var...
Penerley Solicitors: Obviously during lockdown though everything is a bit haywire. Even helping you register as a limited company is not the sole discretion of lawyers. Unfortunately this has not really spread to law firms as much as everywhere else. The official site we link to above is www.pen...
Conveyancing Search Providers: Whilst most general consumers will use a service and then happily go online to inform others about their positive or negative experience. But it's surely a fair one. This includes Local Authority Searches, Drainage and Water, Flood, Land Registry, Due Dilligence (Lawyer Chec...
Special Education Needs Lawyer:
We've seen quite a few lawyers offering a full hour's face to face consultation to discuss your case for free.
class="infoquote "We offer a free thirty minutes remote virtual consultation"< div>
A nice respectable middle offering that will hopefully let you g...
Pump Court Chambers Barristers: It's not that they are a small firm either.
Now whenever there are various court matters where you will need a barrister - you can usually hire one yourself directly. Pump Court Chambers don't handle property matters, but you never know what scammers will come up with ...
Mason Bullock Solicitors: Mason Bullock Solicitors was an unusual situation for us when it came to deciding on whether to add them to our network.
class="infoquote "most of our cases can be dealt with successfully via phone and email"< div>
The firm has been around for a while so if you se...
Lindsays Solicitors Scotland: The contact details and links above are for Calio Claims which is a specialist setup from Lindsays focusing on Personal Injury matters. However on Google we saw the firm only had a 3.9 star rating despite most of the reviews being positive. Most of the time it's just simply ...
Aspire Licensing & Administrative Services: However to be clear - Aspire Licensing do not state they are a law firm in the traditional sense and no mention is made to 'solicitors' within the firm. Their website is https secure though for entering your person details in the contact form. You can always hang up and ri...
OTS Immigration Solicitors:
class="infoquote "our team of solicitors are described as 'professional' and 'extremely knowledgeable'"< div>
In every area of the UK there are various Law Societies which legal professionals can sign up to. It is a good hallmark of establishment and an indicat...
Reid and Black Solicitors:
It should be mentioned that Reid Black have moved away from the usual Testimonials page on their own site and actually list their Google reviews directly on the front page.
As the firm deals with property matters, it is therefore hugely important that you pay clo...
Howe and Co Solicitors: If you scroll down to the bottom of most pages on their website you'll also see a short list of awards they have won and been nominated for. Other companies such as John Howe & Co Solicitors are using www.jhowe.co.uk, and The Howe Practice have www.thehowepractice.co.uk so i...
Robin Somerville Barrister: We've seen several consultants and sole practitioners advertising themselves as handling everything from Family Law, to Personal Injury, plus Immigration and more. The website is https secure for entering your personal details in the contact form. Direct Access is somethin...
Levins Solicitors: We don't just gush about how wonderful they are with lots of exclamation marks. For example, https: www.lbc.co.uk news manchester-students-police-flat-random-checks-party-covid-rules " they were approached regarding< a> the covid testing of students at universities. You c...
Aconveyancing Ltd: Often all the on the same day. providing some extra time for people to call with questions. They also handle Remortgages, Transfer of Equity, Lease Extensions, Equity Releases and Landlord Tenant matters. Some of the largest and most popular firms that we've worked with have...
The Injury Solicitor Salford: Whilst the majority of legal https: www.thisismoney.co.uk money mortgageshome article-3385825 Sarah-Ritchie-saved-45-000-dream-home-lost-devastating-new-scam.html" scams at the moment involve property matters< a> with fraudsters managing (somehow) to convince people to tr...
RD Costings Ltd: These can include Sexual Abuse, Emotional Abuse, Domestic Abuse, Assaults, and even the death of a loved one at the hands of another person.
However, whilst we would normally issue warnings and recommend various ways to protect yourself online - there really isn't much...
MGBe Legal Ltd:
However, as this firm only deals with immigration and the site is https secure - we don't envisage any real problems with scammers. What about prior clients?
The legal industry is not the same as other such as retail when it comes to public reviews. Also, MGBe Leg...
McEwan Fraser Legal Scotland:
It may surprise you therefore to see us recommending and writing about McEwan Fraser Legal who, on the face of it, appear to be a regular high-street-styled property firm. But you'd be wrong. This includes Best Estate Agent Edinburgh and Scotland (AllAgents 2020) and ...
Fieldfisher Solicitors LLP: The main site we link to above is www.fieldfisher.com with www.fieldfisher.co.uk redirecting you there.
The firm has merged with others over the years including Martineau and Reid, Waterhouse & Co, Allison & Humphreys, etc.
class="infoquote "For more than 30 year...
Assured Probate Services: Typically they will state "ABC Wills is run by ABC Solicitors Ltd and regulated by the SRA No.000001" or something similar.
But will writing is actually a far less regulated industry than you might think . If you don't want to scroll through the whole sales pitch, then...
Linkilaw Solicitors Ltd in London:
The site is https so should be secure for entering your personal information into their contact forms.
The flip side of this is that many commercial law firms can seem unapproachable regarding the smaller details of having your own business. A few new types of busi...
NV Legal Solicitors: It absolutely is possible for a firm to be a specialist in this area in the same way a Family Law specialist will be expert in both Divorce and Child Support matters. But these are all under the same umbrella term of 'Litigation'. That can only have positive implications ...
SR Law Solicitors London: Not only that, when it turned out the staff member couldn't actually help with the problem - they gave some helpful advice and passed them on to someone that might be able to deal with the matter rather than just saying 'sorry, can't help you'. All glowing commendations for...
DFA Law Solicitors: amazed how responsive and reliable Amy was throughout every step of the process"
"Our estate agent expressed their astonishment when everything was handed in so quickly compared to other solicitors ..."< div>
We flicked through the usual forums such as Google, Yelp...
Ian Mallon Solicitors Ltd: As the firm uses the founder's name rather than generic law keywords for it's web address, there shouldn't be as many possible issues .
class="infoquote "this company came with good recommendations, very grateful to them for my positive experience through a difficult...
TSABI Ltd Solicitors: TSABI Ltd aka The Solicitors Advocates & Barristers Inc first caught our eye as being a larger firm that still handled Legal Aid cases. The branding has the longer name but you will find most things such as regulatory bodies mentioned above and review pages use the acronym v...
Thorpe Wilson Ltd:
A quick note about navigation. There are also links to each staff member to see their own individual case focus, qualification dates, and roles within the firm.
Having worked with law firms for over 20 years now, our team know the best resources to help you resear...
Allsop Durn Dearlove: As this firm also handles property, always make sure to keep an eye on the email address you're being emailed from and the web address you land on as it's not always transparent. (No ... So does that make us bias enough to throw away 20+ years of impartial article writing? W...
MTA Solicitors LLP:
Another type of scam going round right now is https: www.theguardian.com money 2020 jul 18 homebuyer-loses-300000-to-fraudsters-but-gets-it-back-after-we-step-in" targeting people trying to buy or sell a house< a> in order to get them to accidentally deposit money i...
Apprise Legal Services: he offered best practice advice and provide real insight into the how, what, where and why of the legal considerations of what we needed to achieve"
"I have and will continue to recommend him to my contacts requiring his services"< div>
However a poll we ran a coup...
Aina Khan Solicitors: According to our poll last year only 21% of people trusted reviews posted on a company's own website. It may have nothing to do with their actual legal expertise. But if everyone's saying it, how can you tell the firms apart?
We were therefore very happy to find the Ai...
Will Taborn Ltd: A piece on the University of Oxford appealling for help with a legal dispute AI-based system. For example if you were seeking help with a tax matter, we may show you options of a regular high street solicitor, a direct access barrister, and a regular accountants office. The ...
Hutcheon Law Solicitors: If you do see an actual compensation calculator on a firm's site though, don't bother with it. For example, R James Hutcheon Solicitors' opening hours are 9.30am-7pm Mon-Fri . On top of that there are hundreds of third party firms that will 'manage' your case.
One thi...
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