Finding the Right Help in the UK
Hill House Chambers Barristers: Does that mean a much better experience overall? Normally we completely ignore testimonials on company websites. Typically we refer, like most consumers, to the third party boards such as Google, Yelp, Yell, Trustpilot, etc. Prior to access being available you had to pa...
Stowe Family Law Solicitors: for 'stowe solicitors'. We always say that experience isn't everything, but a good mix of seasoned staff alongside new youthful enthusiasm can't be a bad thing in this industry. The reviews are mainly positive from what we saw with several comments about fair pricing and t...
LRose Law Ltd: This is important because there are many websites on the internet designed to look like a law firm, but are actually a marketing firm or data gathering service. But a poll we took a few years back indicated that the percentage of people that put faith in company provided t...
Bellax Solicitors: Surely an enviable staff selection for any firm to have? It should hopefully mean wise, seasoned heads but with eager, fresh ideas bouncing around. The majority of people want to check out public review boards such as https: www.google.com search?q=bell+lax+solicitors&rl...
JPS Walker Solicitors: We love case studies, but originally thought this was simply because we've been working in the industry for over twenty years. That's because whilst people are more than happy to jump online and let people know about their lovely waitress or great local car wash - they are...
The Legal Practice Solicitors:
The official website is www.thelegalpractice.co.uk but again, www.thelegalpractice.com is owned by a different firm. 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-...
Young & Co Solicitors:
The English Welsh law society site is still a simply indispensable resource for background and deeper information about any law office you are considering. The firm doesn't list testimonials on their website, but that's fine. Third you have firms where each solicitor ...
Lefevres Scotland Ltd: Even the most cursory search on the web will show that Lefevres only just became https: find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk company SC683368 officers" listed with companies house< a> in 2020.
One thing that can get confusing though is when a firm is ...
David Stinson & Co Solicitors: However, we've been reviewing and working with legal professionals for over twenty years so it's part of our daily lives. But the solicitor may take a cut of your compensation should you win. they are all forms of litigation and typically follow the same process for a succe...
Cook's Solicitors: As in the previous article, Cooks Solicitors are also a trading name of Young and Co Solicitors Ltd . Newcastle RTB team where [sic] a nightmare to deal with and he managed them so well."
"always kept me updated on what was going on and explained things"
"i used n...
Swain and Co Solicitors: 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.
However the best website for getting information about a law firm in our opinion is The Law Society of England & Wales. On th...
Fentimans My Law Matters:
class="infoquote "our team have years of experience and offer a wide range of legal services"< div>
A quick note on navigation as we're dealing with a trading name and one with three generic keywords in it: 'my', 'law', and 'matters'. It can therefore be a good...
Frazer Coogans Solicitors: We've said it before but it's worth saying again - in our opinion 'established in ...' dates absolutely do not matter.
Unfortunately, the Law Society for Scotland's website is nowhere near as good as it's English Welsh counterpart when it comes to user side data. There...
Burton & Co Quality Solicitors: But rather than simply place an extra logo on each law firm's website - they all put the words quality solicitors in front of their name. It mainly discusses how a branding exercise can end up with any perfectly decent firm looking as though they are far less. An enviabl...
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>. Something to keep...
Beers Solicitors LLP: That is not the case. We would really recommend reading the reviews through, though, rather than just relying on star ratings when it comes to law firms. But you can always end up with a 1-year-qualified lawyer from the 200-year-old firm in the same way you could be provided...
Disrepair Claims UK:
DisrepairClaim.co.uk specialising in this particular area of law therefore means we're very happy to have them on board . Many people assume that every litigation firm or compensation claim advertising lawyer will take on such cases - but they simply don't. So it's pro...
Simper Law:
These issues only tend to become problematic when the law office in question handles things such as property matters where clients are paying large sums of money. Especially the review we saw where a person looking to divorce was mad at a criminal law firm for refusing...
RM Solicitors: The usual amount is 25% of the settlement. The one review we did see:
class="infoquote "provided a really helpful and professional service to help me make a claim"< div>
was obviously very positive .
class="infoquote "If you choose to instruct us we will ac...
Ullah Law Associates: We've seen a sad trend for solicitors to start listing their favourite foods and pet's names in their profiles. That in itself is a positive sign not to be dismissed . That's why most firms will not help clients that rely on Legal Aid for funding. The most important figure ...
Taylor Price Legal Ltd: Although if you're anything like us, the main interest is usually the negative comments to see if there are any glaring bad themes appearing. William Ho qualified as a solicitor in 1989, Ruby Bhatti in 1997, Arshad Mahmood in 2008, and Sobia Ditta in 2011.
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Michael Leighton Jones Solicitors: A 200 year old firm could still stick you with a 1-year qualified lawyer. They are good words. Plus, how old the building or the brand name is has no bearing on the years of experience your solicitor may have . 'living in the past', 'unfriendly', and 'inefficient'). This te...
Milners Law LLP:
There is further information about staff members http: abstractionit.co.uk milnerslaw solicitor-staff " on the Milner's website< a>. It's something certainly Personal Injury law firm will offer because the majority run cases on no win, no fee anyway. We just mean th...
KRS Wills & Probate: That could allow other firms and even clickbait sites (which we cover in #krs this article< a>) to be listed at the top of search results instead. Kamlesh Ratilal Samji (the K.R.S. (Those are some of the more common complaints we see about law firms in general on the web.) ...
Branch Austin McCormick Solicitors:
There was plenty of other things to like about Branch Austin McCormick which is why they've been added to our database of solicitors. There were a couple of negative ratings, but unfortunately the reviewers left absolutely no comments for us to know what generated the...
Trojan Solicitors: In those ancient times before the years began starting with a 20--, firms typically were either general practice or were known for a single case type. they won 'best company logo 1999'. Indeed as you can probably tell from our article - we're quite impressed with the firm i...
Cheshire Estates and Legal Ltd: The C-E-L part stands for Cheshire Estates and Legal Limited if you see any reviews about that firm, company data, or https: solicitors.lawsociety.org.uk office 598341 cheshire-estate-and-le...
Fultons Estate Agents: Fultons do not seem to have done so, but that's not really a big issue considering that in our poll last year where we asked people how much they trusted customer testimonials on company websites - only 8% said they took them into consideration. No, really.
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Hooper Hyde Solicitors: They are not related companies. So how can you tell the crafty sales-pitches from the useful information?
One of the best resources to start with is a local law society. Motoring Offences and Divorce clients have tended to be that way for many years. People are absolu...
Antony Hodari Legal Services: We never know what fraudsters will come up with next though so just keep aware of the sites you're on and never discuss payments via email. If we do discover it, we'll let you know.
class="infoquote "Founded in Manchester in 1984, we have over 35 years experience of h...
Fair Result Divorce:
Having worked in the legal industry for well over two decades now we've worked with hundreds of law firms and thousands of legal professionals. But maybe it's a very, very convincing fraudulent email lacking the usual African General hallmarks.
One last excerpt fro...
Dylan Nair Ltd Solicitors: 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. They have a similar one under Personal Injury matters, but every single firm these d...
Mckie Legal Solicitors Ltd: We've seen negative reviews about firms that refused to take people's cases. A solicitor that takes 10% of your settlement but gets you £5000 compensation is a far better choice than one who takes no cut but only gets you a £1000 early settlement deal. We've covered many fir...
Jacobs Law Solicitors:
class="infoquote "We pride ourselves on offering our clients the very best advice in specific areas of expertise. This is done through phishing (similar looking domain names) or even the full on hacking of solicitor's contact lists and emailing clients directly.
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Allan Argue and Co Solicitors:
You will find it more likely for an actual solicitor to answer the phone and talk to you at a smaller firm which clients tend to feel better about . Even zero reviews is not a bad sign. No win no fee is not the same as the 100% compensation slogans you see some firms d...
Springle Solicitors: On top of that, families are much further away from the stereotypical husband wife 2.6 children arrangement of old.
Best of luck in your search!
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Other common sources people use are independent review boards such as Yelp, Facebook, Trustpilot, and Google. But ...
BLZ Solicitors Ltd: If you look at the page for https: solicitors.lawsociety.org.uk office 6833 blz-limited" this firm< a> you'll see there are only two solicitors working within it, with just over a decade's experience between them. No really, that last one actually happens more than we eve...
Hawkridge & Co Solicitors:
This is important to note because over the past few years https: www.moneysavingexpert.com shopping stop-scams " thousands of people have handed over millions of pounds< a> to fraudsters.
class="infoquote "We are a specialist legal firm providing a range of ...
Pacific Law: Some are chargable, some aren't, some are really expensive. Versus the other side proclaiming their distate for all things stuffy and blasting a thesaurus-worth of synonyms of the word 'modern' across their sales pages. At the moment www.pacificlaw.com is owned by a firm i...
ABS Lawyers Ltd:
class="infoquote "ABS Lawyers are a law firm with over 85 years of combined experience"< div>
There are typically three ways for firms to give the impression that they have the experience necessary to handle your case with great proficiency. Thousands of people ha...
Stenfield Solicitors Ltd: We have niche practices, specialist consultants, barristers, and even non-law-firm related solutions to some problems such as debt or will writing.
class="infoquote "Stenfield Solicitors is a multidisciplinary law firm serving national and international clients from it...
Khan Law Glasgow: There is also a Khan Mather, Aina Khan Law, Ali Khan Law, and more. But you also get firms that cover a huge range of case types that call themselves specialists as well. Normally a firm obtains testimonials for their site through direct questions or specific feedback questi...
Deo Volente Legal: They prefer to source reviews from independent review forums such as Trustpilot, Google Reviews, Yell, Yelp, etc. Most interesting to us though are the qualifying dates of the legal professionals within the firm as these can provide an insight into the general levels of ex...
Suhail Ahmad at Richmond Legal: It's also become more of a pain to organise. That's plenty of time to have gotten to grips with the chosen areas of law. It's pretty bleak though and only getting worse. Sadly the tradition of 9am-5pm Mon-Fri working hours for solicitors still holds true today for many fir...
Trust Inheritance Limited: Rather than simply only doing the one case types, specialists in Estate matters will often cover a much wider range of issues and provide a much wider range of services.
class="infoquote "As market leaders, we are passionate about the customer service and support we ...
Bilkus and Boyle: For example, we have three 5 star reviews on Trustpilot but due to the way they calculate averages - we only have a 3.5 star rating overall. For example, the review we saw criticising a Criminal Law firm for refusing to take on someone's Divorce case.
We usually can't ...
Catteralls in Wakefield:
Thousands of people have lost millions of pounds to these fraudsters. They stated as such on their about us page. You'll note that they have solicitors that have qualified in every decade from the past 40 years including Philip Lisle who qualified in 1981, Julie Burge...
Penerley Solicitors: 'Less-stuffy' is a phrase we're seeing pop up more and more in newer firm's sales pitches about their services. We really don't advise relying on any individual ratings about a company without accompanying explained reasons. Unfortunately this has not really spread to law fi...
Conveyancing Search Providers:
If you've read some of our other articles where we research solicitors, barristers and law practices across the UK - you'll probably be used to seeing far more in depth information, resources, and opinions than what's been provided here. It probably doesn't occur to emp...
Special Education Needs Lawyer:
A specialist like the Education Law Service that does such cases day in, day out (again, just like specialists for other legal matters) will likely cover a much wider range of work within that area of law. Some will offer a reduced fee for the first consultation, up to ...
Pump Court Chambers Barristers:
Always make sure you are on the correct website and never discuss payments or bank details via email.
The fact Pump Court Chambers state a target demographic of their local area is a good sign (to us at least) that they do not overstretch themselves or want to ...
Mason Bullock Solicitors:
However with Mason Bullock Solicitors we were actually very eager to get them on to the network from the start.
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 see ...
Lindsays Solicitors Scotland: Lindsays deal with many cross border issues so have to deal with English law when it comes to things such as property sales. However on Google we saw the firm only had a 3.9 star rating despite most of the reviews being positive. consistently exceeds everything I ask of him"...
Aspire Licensing & Administrative Services: provide advice and guidance should a contested hearing need to be arranged and assist with representation ..."< div>
The list of services Aspire state on their website is extensive. Much more than a firm that only covers a handful of such cases each month as part of the...
OTS Immigration Solicitors:
This sort of coverage can be a good sign of a firm's establishment as well.
class="infoquote "Our team of Solicitors are dedicated to providing the best service to clients by catering to each and every client individually and specifically.< div>
This brings u...
Reid and Black Solicitors: Millions of pounds a year https: www.irishnews.com news northernirelandnews 2018 10 08 news thousands-of-pounds-stolen-in-elaborate-scam-targetting-house-buyers-1452999 " are being handed over to scammers< a> for the most mundane of tricks such as emails seeming to come f...
Howe and Co Solicitors: Gushingly so on occasions, as I'm guessing they were in relation to situations such as immigration where people can feel literally in the middle of life death struggles.
A quick note on navigation as was mentioned before - there are other legal companies with Howe in t...
Robin Somerville Barrister: Direct Access is something barristers have to apply for and be qualified to offer.
Also Robin does not handle any matters that are currently a major target for fraudsters such as conveyancing (where scammers convince people to play their deposits into false bank accoun...
Levins Solicitors: If you https: solicitors.lawsociety.org.uk office 476207 levins-solicitors" check out the page< a> about Levins Law on their site you'll see alternate contact details, SRA regulatory status, staff information, areas of practice, languages spoken, and more. Not least to he...
Aconveyancing Ltd: Things moving slower than they'd want, or the client's feeling that their chosen firm could have done more to prevent a certain situation. Remember you can always use quotation marks around a word or phrase to force Google to only search for that specifically instead of what...
The Injury Solicitor Salford:
The Injury Solicitor is a genuine law firm with a qualified solicitor .
class="infoquote "The Injury Solicitor is a niche law firm specialising in recovering compensation for our clients who have been involved in a Road Traffic Accident"< div>
Sadly, many...
RD Costings Ltd: RD Costings came to our attention because they specialise in an area of law we've never seen any other firm do so before.
When you see firms stating "no win, no fee" across their site, that doesn't necessarily mean there are no fees at all.
For example most peo...
MGBe Legal Ltd: At 1to1Legal we like to research and review a wide variety firms. What about prior clients?
The legal industry is not the same as other such as retail when it comes to public reviews.
So are MGBe Legal any good? Well as we've added them to our referral network cle...
McEwan Fraser Legal Scotland: (Please search for Rhod Gilbert's rant on award winning mince pies to more understand how we feel about the issue.) We ran a poll a few years back asking people whether they actually checked up on which awards a firm claims to have won. Therefore firms that cover nationwid...
Fieldfisher Solicitors LLP: Even more odd was the comment about them having 'very understanding traffic wardens'.
class="infoquote "At Fieldfisher we cater for clients with complex, difficult and high value personal injury, medical negligence and asbestos claims."< div>. As there are no extra ge...
Assured Probate Services: For example, the APS Legal & Associates main website does have the usual testimonials page. However, putting everything we've written so far together - it may now be more apparent why we decided APS would be a good firm to both write about and include in the list of recommen...
Linkilaw Solicitors Ltd in London: But law firms are starting to realise that telling people they've been established for over 150 years no longer impresses.
Even though Linkilaw's new branding isn't a huge departure from the last, it does mean there could be cross over for a time as review sites update...
NV Legal Solicitors: These do not mean the same thing. The website is https secure for entering your details on the contact form. The first simply means that if your case loses, there will be no fees. The fact NV Legal is already doing this is a great indicator of a firm with both the mindset...
SR Law Solicitors London: We also saw that neither www.srlaw.co.uk or the .com redirected you to the correct site. However, we also have experienced consultants in other areas of law."< div>
Most firms will have some sales-pitch statement like this on their website about how great their lawyers ...
DFA Law Solicitors: You can always hang up and call them back on the phone number you know is definitely for the firm. If you've been through quite a few solicitor's websites already you'll have noticed that their Blog News section is usually just half a dozen extra sales-pitch articles. A toug...
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