Finding the Right Help in the UK
Hutcheon Law Solicitors: If you've read any of our other review articles, you'll know that any firm we add to the 1to1Legal network has something about it we like that made them stand out. For example, if you've been injured in a car accident resulting in whiplash that gave you pain for a coup...
Penn Chambers Ltd: It doesn't have as much information regarding the firm and obviously has different contact information. class="infoquote "Established in 2008, finding our success from our direct approach to providing high-quality services based on years of experience, in a commerciall...
Frank Rogers Motoring Solicitor: 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". It's always a good idea to bookmark a law firm's site if you plan to return to it. Frank Rogers has been running for some ...
OJ Solicitors Glasgow: Unfortunately, in our opinion The Law Society of Scotland website is nowhere near as good as it's English Welsh counterpart when it comes to helping people with their search for legal help. We ran a poll last year and a whopping 81% of you said you didn't trust tes...
Kudos Legal Solicitors: communicated well at each step of the claim" - "Excellent service. However we tend to focus on third party independent review boards when doing our research which (according to our poll last year) is what most of you do as well with any company. So why did we invi...
Serious Injury Law Solicitors:
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In our experience, a huge number of personal injury firms out there do not have the expertise ...
5 Essex Court Chambers & Partners: We've also seen some understandable variants in searches such as "no.5 essex court" and "5 essex street" for example. On this site like most chambers you'll be presented with each barrister's case focus, experience and usually some testimonials for each individual rather tha...
Avery & Walters Ltd: Some people just skip through the general ratings without really looking into how those ratings were gained. Here is a selection of the more positive ones from places like Google, Trustpilot and Yell:
class="infoquote "Great service from the team with regards to a fami...
AWH Legal Ltd: www.awhsolicitors.com does not redirect to it though and www.awhlegal.co.uk is just an information site about the company background. A large number don't take any at the end of the case either, opting to obtain their fees from the third party (100% compensation guarantee). ...
HH Law Ltd: From Ian Troop and Carlos Lopez (both qualified in 2000), to Paul Hampson (2005) and Gary Doward (2019) it's a good sign of tempered experience mixed with fresh faces hungry to prove themselves. However there is a host of possible misspellings using 'Hamson' or 'Hughs' by ac...
Lawcommercial Trading Ltd: by the current Managing Director from a single desk and has grown steadily"< div>
When checking out solicitors, 1999 as a established date may sound quite new with so many firms proudly quoting founding dates 100+ years or more. (Article from the Southern Daily Echo) ...
Redwood Collections Ltd: 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.
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AJLO Solicitors: are accredited by the Law Society as Family Law specialists ..." < div>
Tens of thousands of solicitors and legal practices are listed in The Law Society's member directory. The guide is not like a Top 100 or any form of accreditation though. This type of complaint sho...
GloverPriest Solicitors Ltd: Obviously claims to a long heritage look nice and many firms seek out even the most tenuous links. So seeing direct contact details for solicitors on the Glover Priest's site and text about solicitors dealing with matters from start to finish - is encouraging .
On the ...
Jarmans Solicitors Sittingbourne: Firms should not be forever stained for the actions of one bad staff member who was fired along time ago. What does that mean? Well, at the very least they are modern enough to understand the internet (you'd be surprised how many law firms still haven't caught up). Whilst ph...
My 33 Legal Limited: 33 Legal's profiles on the other hand share on-topic matters, at a decent frequency, with rarely a self-promoting post in sight. So don't be taken in by claims of "Established in 1880" on many legal websites as if it means something incredible. Make sure to ask up front abo...
Hammond Trotter Solicitors Ltd: They also have offices in two of the largest population centres in England. Losing a license can often mean losing a job, let alone the school run, grocery shopping, weekends away, nights out, kids clubs, etc, etc, etc. However, they state a success rate of 87% and I'm sur...
Driscoll Kingston Solicitors: In this instance it's simply that they were not a limited company at first. Often when firms want to grow they'll start accepting every case type possible. However variants such as www.driscollkingston.com or those with a hyphen in the driscoll-kingston don't currently go an...
SBW Lawyers Ltd: is an Alternative Business Structure authorised and regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority"< div>
There are three things in there but the one you may not have seen before or know much about is SBW Law being an https: www.lawsociety.org.uk en topics business-...
IWC Estate Planning & Management Ltd: The problem is that solicitors are not making burgers or installing your TV. to try and balance the negative reviews people were posting about them.
class="infoquote "There are various of ways to contact us, including Telephone, Skype, Facebook, Twitter, Whatsapp, BBM...
Briffa Intellectual Property Solicitors:
Why am I bringing this up? Because I'm about to write a very glowing review of this particular firm and I don't want people to think for one second that it's because I've been paid to do so or that my pro-stance is typical. I skimmed through about a dozen and didn't...
Helix Law Solicitors: This inevitably results in those articles being thin on content, but packed with extra sales pitches about the firm.
Helix Law's article section on the other hand does seem to have a large number of articles aimed at the general consumer. Solicitors second. I would no...
Leech and Co Solicitors Ltd: It will tell you not only who is working at that firm but what their specialities are and how long they have been practicing . Our ambition is to build a law firm that is based on long-term, trusting relationships with our clients. However if more legal advice providers cou...
Joanna Connolly Solicitor Advocates: For consumer credit disputes, they also list themselves as consumer credit specialists, helping consumers when court proceedings are either being threatened or already issued. You will be able to purchase "one-off Pay As You Go (PAYG) legal services at any time with prices s...
CFG Law: To us, pulling together all these extra resources and making them part of the claiming firm's duty rather than the client's - seems utterly logical.
The type of cases they handle can be seen a bit more clearly in their Case Studies section.
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Hodge Jones and Allen Solicitors: Everything from Legal 500 UK Firm of the Year, Legal Aid Team of the Year, Personal Injury Team of the Year and even individual awards such as staff ending up on The Lawyer Hot 100 list. Whilst most online scams relating to solicitors tend to revolve around property sales, y...
CSL Law Croydon: We link to the official www.csllaw.co.uk above and there is no current website at www.csllaw.com or other tlds. He is also a specialist in relation to children matters including contact and residence."< div>
He is also a member of http: www.resolution.org.uk" Resolut...
RSR Law Croydon: The No Time to Lose campaign aims to raise awareness of occupational cancers and help provide solutions to help tackle this problem.
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The facts, figures, and even the campaign's existence were things I wasn't aware of which is why I de...
Johnsons Solicitors Nottingham:
class="infoquote "We have experienced teams of criminal defence solicitors in all of our offices based in Nottingham, Sheffield, Derby, Mansfield, Chesterfield, Doncaster, Scunthorpe, Barnsley, Grimsby and Lincoln. When I worked in immigration, I was the guy that show...
Autologistic Solutions Limited: Normally we would rummage through Ombudsman databases, mountains of consumer reviews, news articles, and dig around page 13 of search engine results looking for the information and points of view people might otherwise miss. For example, we still offer people a solicitor to ...
Philip Nam White Collar Legal: He has Specialist Paralegal Qualifications in Civil Litigation and Personal Injury, holding a general practising certificate as a Tier 4 Member of the http: ppr.org.uk " Professional Paralegal Register< a>. It's "more than" the Citizen's Advice Bureau.
The owner's p...
Stephen McCaffery & Catherine Stock: However, they decide to play on their newness with a bold statement on the front page of their website:
class="infoquote "Kings View Chambers seeks to address the failings in traditional chambers and establish a new and better way for barristers to work.
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Kings Court Trust Probate: Again, case examples are something law firms use on their website to great effect.
Of course, the fact both these things are commonly provided by law firms might be the very reason they are not provided on the KCT website. Obviously there would have been a lot of change...
EHL Solicitors UK: That means the only other alternative is www.edwardhandslewis.co.uk, but neither that or the www.edwardhandslewis.com version are owned by the firm either.
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You can't get much clearer than t...
Davey Law: So much so, that I'm pretty sure all three are mentioned on every single page of their website. This will be my 49th law firm review article for this site. Absolutely I'm going to write a lengthy piece about this firm. Whilst for businesses they cover things like disputes, p...
Meresbrook Pollard Ltd: We've done work for hundreds of them, are regularly in contact with hundreds more, and are connected to thousands more across social media. spouse family student visas), Civil Litigation (e.g. That's partly where 'intuition' comes into play. At the moment, many law firms are...
Balfour and Manson Solicitors: If you go to www.duthieward.co.uk (www.duthieward.com is blank) you'll see a stand alone website, but they describe themselves as consultants to Balfour and Manson.. Entitled "Balfour Manson (Disability Legal Services)" the stated aim is:
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MurrayHay Solicitors: Colum came to the firm after working in Hong Kong and having his own private practice in Wimbledon. The client reviews on their site reflect that sort of setup. Ian has 30 years experience in residential and commercial property. Luckily, the website is the firm's name, the n...
Thompsons Solicitors Glasgow: What's the best way to weigh these contradictions against each other?
We would re-iterate our warning about star ratings. The amount of negligence that caused either injury isn't actually as important when calculating damages.
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Alison Ashworth Solicitors: If you try going to www.ashworthmotoringlaw.co.uk you will be redirected to the non-www version though. See the video embedded above or their YouTube channel for more information.
One of our favourite quotes from the Ashworth website, is: "Our specialist motoring law s...
Jackson and Lees Solicitors: The contact details have changed. Obviously, it is now called Broudie Jackson Lees.
The Jackson Lees Foundation is the firm's charitable arm to support disadvantaged groups within the local community. has grown. They were not all like that. In 2011, they merged with ano...
Accident Claims Scotland: www.accidentclaimscotland.co.uk and www.accidentclaimscotland.com (minus the extra "s") currently show absolutely nothing. No win, no fee means no fees if the case loses. We would investigate any accident, sort out ATE insurance (legal cost coverage), and various other thing...
Lambert Pugh Conveyancing Solicitors: So whilst we checked the www.lambertpugh.com version, we also checked the www.lambert-pugh.co.uk and www.lambert-pugh.com versions. The Residential Conveyancing team is headed up by John 'Pugh'. For either commercial or residential - you really need to get on the phone to di...
Newry's McShanes Law Firm: They advise on every aspect of buying, selling or letting a property.
Whilst emphasising the importance of a will quite strongly in relation to how the law treats estates with no will - they do promise to offer practical and jargon-free will-making advice.
Most pe...
Taylor Rose Solicitors Limited TTKW: There are many variants you could accidentally type in and you absolutely don't want to end up in the wrong place when it comes to legal matters and money. Also note that the firm was formerly called TTKW not MW for many years. They have partnered with KJ Commons in Workingt...
Atkinson Rose (Amit Patel) Employment Solicitors: Atkinson Rose deal with Employment issues and are one of the many specialist firms we've sought out for the 1to1Legal network. Considering how much of our lives revolve around work - that's a curious thing.
First let's look at who you get from this particular specialis...
BarristerDirect Ltd based in Manchester: At Barrister-Direct, your case will be handled by a team of Personal Injury Barristers right from the start. Barrister-Direct Limited has taken advantage of regulatory changes in the market, which allow Barristers to act for clients directly on a litigation basis.
The a...
Hythe Solicitors Robson & Co, near Folkestone in Southern Kent: Hythe, the small coastal market town on the edge of Romney Marsh, southern Kent - comes from an Old English word meaning "Haven" or "Landing Place".
Hythe was once defended by two castles, Saltwood and Lympne. If you flick through Robson's staff list, you'll see a range...
Brearleys Solicitors Brighouse: However, none of the locations are out of the way enough to be considered too far from the population layout they clearly target.
One thing we have noticed, is that for four offices they certainly have far more website addresses than that. We're not overly keen on testi...
Law in Cornwall Ltd: They also cover the regular range of personal injury compensation claims available. Plus, they can introduce you to lenders if they are not able to cover the costs under arrangements such as Conditional Fee Agreements.
Obviously with generic terms in the domain name we ...
Julia Brown Solicitor @ Family Legal Solicitors: They also advise on the legal aspects of formalising your separation, for example through divorce. Where it is possible they always endeavour to help clients to resolve their issues away from court, by way of negotiation, mediation or roundtable meetings. She was thorough an...
Anupamah Huneewoth Solicitors:
We also check each website's functionality, such as being mobile friendly (although that is not a deal breaker) and whether there is a range of genuine contact information. Nothing positive or negative should be read into whether a firm is part of the National Solicito...
MacLachlans Solicitors Gillingham: 5 staff members with 10 years experience equalling 50 years of combined experience).
For example, we often see firms stating they have 50, 100, or more "years of experience". There's a lot to like about MacLachlan Solicitors when checking out their virtual shop wind...
Marcus Andreen Commercial Law: However, where it is not possible to determine the amount of time any work is likely to take, charges will be calculated on the basis of time spent. Prior to that he worked in legal roles for Mobile Systems International Limited (MSI), and Synon.. His website states an estim...
Hartley Bain Solicitors in Stratford, Greater London: They are also located near to Stratford Underground and Maryland station making them easily accessible from wherever you are travelling.
They cover various case types for businesses and private clients:
Civil Litigation - dealing with a dispute between individuals ...
Debt Solve UK: They have local knowledge and claim to follow "traditional debt collection methods" . Debt Solve UK Ltd was created starting with a specialisation in Veterinary and Hospitality debt.
Linda Brooks, his wife and the company's Managing Director, has spent 20 years in debt...
Taylor Bracewell Doncaster: Their commercial law partner and head of the business team, Sharon Beck, has over 20 years experience with business affairs such as company acquisitions and disposals, Shareholder Agreements, company formations, Partnership Deeds, Terms and Conditions, Commercial Contracts, ...
KTPSolicitors: These are drop in centres set up in various areas on various days of the week:
Monday - Dunraven Street, Tonypandy
Tuesday - Hannah Street, Porth
Wednesday - Market Street, Pontypridd
Thursday - Co-op Car Park, Treorchy
Friday - Market Street, Porth
From wh...
Countrywide Property Lawyers Ltd: Ad-speak is when you say "we're one< u> of the largest", or "the largest conveyancing firm (*in Croydon)". considerable.
There are always other benefits of using a large firm, such as the technology they invest in. This resulted in a poll asking people if they would u...
Michael Jefferies Injury Lawyers @ Jefferies Solicitors Ltd: Jefferies have installed an online calculator on their website for people to see estimates of their potential compensation for things such as lost deposits, hire cars, hotel charges, plus the impact of more personal problems associated with delayed flights.
They've also...
CBTRL Wendy Amey: An examiner and assessor for the General Medical Council. I consider myself trained and experienced. Getting treatment as quickly as possible can help reduce the length of time taken to recover, and therefore the amount of compensation required to be paid out. There are plen...
RJGill Solicitors: At the moment it is a totally different company based overseas, but you never know. They also boast about being engaged in the community, with sponsorship and support of local organisation such as Upton Juniors FC, Blackbrook ARLFC, and the Steve Prescott foundation. Plus St...
RGSolicitors: But considering the overall direction of RG's marketing that I've discussed above - I think it would be wrong to be cynical on this occasion.
For example, RG provide free wills and advice to people in hospices like Ellenor Lions, Greenwich & Bexley, and Chestnut Tree. A...
Amnesty Solicitors: I mean, it's certainly a pretty logo. we are one of only a small handful of firms whose lawyers are solicitor-advocates, with accreditation to level 2 of the Law Society Immigration Accrediation Scheme. The same was true of immigration. Considering the importance of Amnesty'...
BMDLaw Solicitors: The BDM team will apparently provide business audits to identify possible risks. I hope to re-establish the Wavertree Business Association and have the business people of Wavertree meet under 'The sign of The Lamb'. A passion. Choice is the key and so we present to you - BMD...
Blain Boland & Co Solicitors: It's core information, in layman's terms, without superfluous examples or padding. The www.blainboland.co.uk address is the one we link to. They consider themselves color="green "a refreshing change from more traditional law firms" < font> and have engaged (however mildly)...
Qdos Solicitors Legal Services: Landlords can expect experienced solicitors to deal with eviction of tenants, recovery of rent arrears, disputes, deposit protection, contract help and more. But even though we've regularly written about our dislike for the standard testimonial template - it's not something ...
Ashmans Solicitors Ltd: It's a strong article. But the uptake of that mindset across the legal industry is slow to say the least.
Ashmans go on to list their case areas as Family Law, Fraud Defence, Criminal Law, Motoring Defence, and Personal Injury. However, they have a separate Notable Case...
Mulcare Jenkins: and that's just a few. All the best buzzwords are there too such as "friendly", "modern", "innovative", "efficient" and more. We've been staring at law firm's websites for nearly 20 years so notice the subtle differences other people might not. You may even have missed it. M...
Claims Funding UK:
We read through the FAQs, and a few points stood out to us. Then after the legally mandated 'cooling off' period, the funds will be transferred.
With many treatments and procedures under the NHS having huge waiting lists, or sometimes not being covered at all in c...
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