Finding the Right Help in the UK
TWB Probate Solicitors Ltd: The first is the https: www.sra.org.uk consumers register organisation ?sraNumber=804571" Solicitors Regulation Authority< a> (SRA) which lists all firms registered with them. class="infoquote "All case work is undertaken by a solicitor who thereby provides a custo...
Brodies Solicitors LLP: Read our case studies to find out more."< div> According to our poll a few years back, it's not just us industry workers who like a good case study. Hopefully it's apparent that 1to1Legal is not just another directory of law firms. But these days, the majority of law f...
PCS Legal Conveyancing: Solicitors may work with The Law Society. This resource may be a useful to bear in mind when trying to decide between conveyancers. Again, many people end up picking the conveyancer they like without checking with their mortgage provider first which can cause issues. ...
Dispute Resolver Consultancy: Google has also made changes so that reviews of a firm will often not pop up with just their name entered into the search. 'dispute' and 'resolver'. This can save considerable court time and therefore legal fees required to complete the case. But here is a explanatory snippe...
CWJ Solicitors & Notaries: There are also mentions of Clarkson Wright & Jakes Notaries. While most companies list customer testimonials on their websites, our poll a few years back indicated that they were not trusted nearly as much as the comments left on independent boards such as Google, Trustpilot...
Baker Hardman Ltd: Their office is in Glasgow but if you enter a phrase such as "baker hardman solicitors in glasgow" Google currently returns results for a firm called Bradley Baker Solicitors. To be sure you are on the website of an actual solicitor you can look the firm up on the SRA webs...
Solidaire Law Ltd: They provide information such as each firm's trading names, alternate contact details, areas of law covered, languages spoken by staff, and more. Things like this are important to note as there is https: www.ncsc.gov.uk guidance phishing" a lot of fraud< a> targeting cu...
Defank Solicitors Croydon: Their site is HTTPS secure for submitting your personal details in the contact form. There are ways you can find out information yourself to help determine whether a particular firm is right for you or not . If they have a valid SRA number (Solicitors Regulation Authority...
Large & Gibson Solicitors: Sadly, not all law societies provide such great detail. Clearly there is a great deal of potential experience within the firm, spanning the past six decades .
class="infoquote "communication was great, always advising"
"the team was really helpful and responsive"
...
HCR Law Solicitors: That's a huge range of experience levels within the firm mixing wise old heads with fresh eyes - which can't possibly be a bad thing.
class="infoquote "Speedy, helpful guidance every step of the way"
"they were patient, listened and provided support through what wa...
Horsley Holdings Ltd: Their official site is at www.horsleylaw.co.uk but be aware that the .com version does not redirect you there. That's more important than you might think as not all websites that take your details for a legal case are actual solicitors. But if you don't find many reviews of ...
Law Solicitors: getting you the best outcome possible and delivering a brilliant service."< div>. But the first thing we would recommend when searching for legal help is not to get taken in with marketing jargon.
Most importantly it will tell you the qualification dates of any legal ...
Eve Lake Conveyancing:
Be aware though, in either case, most mortgage lenders will only deal with certain conveyancers and solicitors https: www.lenderpanel.com " on their panel< a>. Both of these types should be trained, regulated and insured . This is actually more significant than you...
Amy King Solicitor: There are other factors you can look into. Certainly when confronted with a very friendly 5-year experienced solicitor after just speaking to an incredibly curt 40-year veteran - you will be tempted to use the less experienced but more approachable person. Some people have h...
Heritage Park Family Law: However if it does and you are with a solicitor that can't represent you in a court - that means they may have to hire a barrister to join the case and perform that function. Some charge a fee for this service. So when you see Heritage Park offering out of hours appointments...
McCarthy and Co Solicitors: For example if you type 'mccarthy and co in clonakilty' you will see data for that office. But pay attention whether any claims a firm make are actually backed up. But searches for variations of the firm's name on it's own will provide no local business information. Amper...
Oakwood Property Solicitors: Some firms will try to intimate experience with tag lines about having 'been in business for over forty years' or even ancient founding dates such as 'established in 1891'. So how do they compare?
class="infoquote "dealt with the case very professionally and promptl...
A.C.S.L. Solicitors: If firm says they have been established for over 150 years for example, that doesn't mean there is a 150 year old guru solicitor sitting behind the desk running everything.
class="infoquote "ACSL Solicitors launched in 2009. Most importantly they will show the areas...
Sternberg Reed Solicitors:
class="infoquote "... But the most common way people confirm about a company's 'exceptional customer service' is by checking the independent review boards such as Google, Trustpilot, Facebook, etc. Stating a larger size of firm can convey the idea of considerable re...
Eatons Solicitors Ltd: But we always recommend using The Law Society of England & Wales' website. 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. So how can you tell whether the firm, or ...
WYM Legal Solicitors: Stating you are 'ranked No.1 for speed of closing in the North West of Scotland' - that could be very useful information. Unlike most other organisations, this one provides a wealth of information on any firm registered with it. Don't judge these firms too harshly. That i...
Thomas & Thomas Solicitors: It can be very confusing trying to navigate the world of 'marketing jargon'. Here are some snippets:
class="infoquote "The whole process was handled professionally, but at the same time in a friendly manner."
"Alun and his team went out of their way"
"They are pro...
Wolf Law Ltd: All firms can call themselves 'leading' in one thing or another. That's the 'no win no fee' . It's a good place to get independent background about a legal service provider.
class="infoquote "No nonsense, honest advice from a company that cares"< div>
They do...
SG Murphy & Co Ltd: If they all claim to be that way, then it doesn't help anyone to tell them apart. There is also a case studies section detailing example cases for each case type along with the problems faced and timescales involved. That doesn't seem to be the case here. Much of the languag...
Walker Foster Ltd: These are some snippets and they are clearly positive. Remember, at one point people believed smoking was good for you. But you've probably seen alot of good words on other firm's websites too such as 'modern', 'friendly', or 'experienced'. How many times have you read 'awa...
Harrisons Thames Valley Solicitors LLP: The internet has brought so many advantages when it comes to choice for consumers.
One of the downsides of searching for a firm online is that you only see the website. You can also rely on our help in re-mortgaging, selling, or buying a home."< div>
. www.harrisonsso...
Girlings Personal Injury Claims Ltd: Today's article focuses on the firm Girlings which has a setup that might seem different and even unusual today, but which was completely common just a decade ago.
Girlings certainly comes under that description so 'specialist solicitors' is a deserved term in this in...
UVS Law Ltd: There are firms which will state they 'specialise' in a wide range of legal matters including immigration. You can look up a firm by name or the solicitor themselves. The Immigration Rules specify that an applicant for entry clearance must be outside the UK at the time of ap...
Kee Solicitors Family Law: But the 'high street solicitor office' handling a wide range of cases was more common. That can certainly be a bit more helpful than the highly rose-tinted and hand-picked testimonials some firms choose to post on their site. If you're trying to look for reviews on Google it...
Waterstone PS: For example www.waterstoneps.co.uk currently does not redirect you to the correct site. The snippets above are therefore from reviews posted on the independent forums such as Google, Facebook, Trustpilot, etc. There are other firms with 'waterstones' in the name such as W...
Mark Croft Motor Offence: Because if you've already flicked through a few dozen legal service websites today, you'll have noticed that many use the same wording, make the same promises, and even used practically the same images of people shaking hands and smiling. That's how uncommon it is. If you h...
EMD Law Solicitors: Some people have https: www.telegraph.co.uk money katie-investigates thought-did-everything-right-100k-house-deposit-transferred " handed their entire house deposit< a> into a fraudster's bank account after receiving an official-looking email saying the payment details ha...
Lyons Law: that they are 'unfriendly' and 'outdated') then these great sounding words don't help in the pursuit of telling one firm from another.
Prior to online searching, people would have to look up what law firms were local to them either in the phone book or Yellow Pages. ...
Brian Barr Ltd:
class="infoquote "Specialists in serious, catastrophic and brain injury claims"< div>
For the website of Brian Barr Solicitors it's easier to distinguish this because they really only handle these types of cases. However, if a firm is also dealing with family l...
Frei Solicitors Ltd:
Not everyone with lots of valuable assets likes to burn money, despite how fashionable doing so seems to have become in this age of young youtubers getting rich and famous quick. We know of long established veteran law firms with zero reviews on Google and 1-year st...
Drummond and Miller Solicitors: That's probably why in our poll a few years back, only 9% of people voted that they trusted prior client comments posted by the company on their site. The Law Society of England & Wales has a huge user side pile of data for people to go through on any of their members incl...
Calio Claims by Lindsays: Today while reviewing the website of Calio Claims we'll also be discussing branding. It's just that the Calio Claims branding team focus solely on Personal Injury matters. We don't know a single firm that charges for losses. In all of our articles about law firms we try to c...
EDC Lord Solicitors: The site also includes a blog section that features articles and updates on legal topics of interest, such as employment law, family law, and commercial law. This is especially important in today's digital age, where many people rely on their smartphones and tablets to acces...
Nicholson Jones Sutton Solicitors Ltd: People make mistakes and can simply be idiots. But Google has been making changes to local review searches though and you may need to put the full name of a firm and it's city in order to get the correct reviews to come up - i.e. That will also give you a better idea of any ...
Cullimore Dutton Solicitors Ltd:
As for years of experience, there is often a big difference between any firm saying they have "40 years experience" versus "40 years of combined experience" or "40 years of experience within the firm". The largest conveyancing firm in England last year had a Google ...
The Law Partnership Ltd: That could still be a 'specialist' firm if each solicitor is expert in each case type. The age of the firm's branding does not really tell you anything about the experience of the solicitor you'll get. If we https: solicitors.lawsociety.org.uk organisation people 592124 th...
Wilford Smith: For example, if you see a firm stating they have '40 years experience within the firm' or '40 years combined experience' that means they have added up all the years experience between their staff. For example 'wilford smith solicitors sheffield' brings up totally different r...
Foster & Coleman Solicitors: The site is https secure for submitting your personal details on their contact form. It states the firm is relatively new which brings up a point about law firms we've covered before but which bears repeating. This is the main way people judge a firm's 'reputation'. The id...
Wildcat Law Solicitors:
Wildcat Law have gone a step further in this process by having both types of help within one firm. Sound results."< div>
Most companies use words such as modern, practical, friendly, professional, experienced, etc in their website text and it all sounds great. ...
LS Legal Solicitors:
class="infoquote "we cooperate with our trusted partners who can assist with accountancy, investment management, legal funding, franchise and other services"< div>
. But how can you tell the difference?
class="infoquote "offering a wide range of legal services...
A City Law Firm: So such testimonials might be worth a browse in those circumstances?
class="infoquote "My family and I have used the firm for several years"
"advice, support, communication and responsiveness is a masterclass in customer service"
"they listened to me and clear...
Buchanan & Co Solicitors Ltd: Buchanan and Company do have a Testimonials page on their website. (Quite often not even from their own clients but from impatient buyers sellers on the opposite side!)
class="infoquote "People often feel that Conveyancers get paid for doing very little. While many pe...
Goldsmith Bowers Solicitors Ltd: Whoever it was certainly seemed annoyed at the firm but it was a slightly odd claim about 'they are trying to silence me' ?
class="infoquote "free consultation with one of our experts about your needs and how we can help"< div>
Despite our modern times of free ...
Guardian Law Ltd: that they are not as easy to find for law professionals compared to other industries. That's because while many people are very happy to post about the great pizza or hotel stay, they are less inclined to publicly discuss their messy divorce, bankruptcy, or criminal convicti...
Backhouse Solicitors Ltd: As mentioned above Duffield Stunt Solicitors has merged into Backhouse Solicitors Ltd with the official site being the hyphenated and https protected www.backhouse-solicitors.co.uk However both www.backhousesolicitors.co.uk and the .com will redirect you there. It's a firm ...
WH Law Ltd: (And that's tough to say living in one of them!)
class="infoquote "We have in-depth knowledge of immigration and EU law with plenty of experience in dealing with the Home Office"< div>
If you check https: solicitors.lawsociety.org.uk office 609563 wh-law-ltd" ...
2 Harcourt Chambers: No firm is going to claim it is archaic, inefficient, and unfriendly. As you can see, each is still specifically about one particular barrister. Clarity for the public should be just as important to the Bar Standards Council but, at the moment at least, it does not seem to b...
MJV Law Solicitors: For example, there is a big difference between a firm saying it has '50 years experience' versus '50 years of combined experience' or even '50 years experience within the firm'. Sadly, this honest description of theirs is actually much rarer than you might think!
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Bridge McFarland Solicitors: If it was an award for best logo design, then that doesn't really help you as a potential client. The most common place people go to when looking up any firm is a search for reviews.
There is also a huge difference between a firm that claims to have 40 years of exper...
Woodstock Legal Services Ltd:
There are several other things that stood out to us about this firm as well such as the professional https: www.woodstocklegalservices.co.uk about#meettheteamanchor" team pages< a> showing staff profiles. It stands to reason though. Woodstock also have a range of ba...
The Lady Barrister:
We hope that helps clarify some differences between solicitors and barrister when researching. The .com version of that does not currently redirect and all other variants we tried such as www.stephanieheijdra.co.uk .com had no site or were not relevant either. (There...
Summerfield Browne: Today's is going to discuss Summerfield Browne Solicitors as they have an alternate setup which they've run for many years but which is now becoming more popular since Covid.
On the subject of the site, the official address is www.summerfieldbrowne.com but other tld...
Thaxted Legal Immigration: But if you see a firm of 1 or 2 solicitors stating they handle every case type you can think of from Personal Injury to Family Law, Criminal Law and Immigration as well - chances are they are probably not able to keep themselves as well informed or up to date as a specialis...
Smith & Graham Solicitors: But overall the weight of the plus+ experiences is much greater anyway. If a firm has more than one office some sites like Google will only show reviews for each individual office names in the search.
A quick note on navigation with the firm having an 'and'. So the fac...
Brown & Co Solicitors: On top of that there are useful staff profiles on their website which we strongly advise every law firm to produce. So hopefully from all this you'll see our decision to have Brown&Co added to the network was not without merit.
If a firm states they have a certain num...
Mac Jones Solicitors:
The majority are very positive and (unusually) very long and well written with plenty of information about what work was being done, the names of people handling the case, and specific aspects they liked. Always make sure you are on the correct website and never di...
Hill House Chambers Barristers: A chambers is more like a collective of individuals so whilst there will be a main office monitoring everything, you will typically be much more involved with the person handling your case. Does that mean a much better experience overall?
Normally we completely ignore...
Stowe Family Law Solicitors:
Another quick note on navigation would be the website. So the name is still quite unique. You have to search for your specific local office to see reviews about it only.
class="infoquote "Whatever you’re facing as a family, in whatever shape yours is, was, o...
LRose Law Ltd:
We've worked with law firms for over 20 years and the things we look for on a law firm's website when deciding whether to include them on our network are probably very different from what members of the public or even the law firms themselves think are the important ...
Bellax Solicitors: If you've already flicked through a few dozen law firm websites today trying to find the best one for your case, it probably became a bit of a blur.
class="infoquote "dealt with my case in a very supportive and informative manner"
"all the staff are incredibly fr...
JPS Walker Solicitors: There are other firms with 'jps' in the name and therefore other websites too (e.g. We love case studies, but originally thought this was simply because we've been working in the industry for over twenty years. Rather than delve into a few specific topics at length, today's ...
The Legal Practice Solicitors: People https: www.express.co.uk finance personalfinance 1497866 Lloyds-bank-scam-warning-fraud-money-box-uk" have handed tens of thousands of pounds of their savings< a> over to these fraudsters bank accounts.
Obviously we think highly of the firm because we've ad...
Young & Co Solicitors: It may seem odd for a legal practice to claim they are 'specialists' when they list a wide range of case types handled at the firm.
class="infoquote "Our main office is in Longton. That information is thankfully intact. Certainly The Law Society doesn't just hand them ...
Lefevres Scotland Ltd:
The only reason this might cause concern to some people is because of the huge number of law firms still making ancient founding date claims such as 'established in 1881'. Scammers typically target law firm clients that are intending to send large sums of money such as...
David Stinson & Co Solicitors: Plus they focus on a single area of law - personal injury.
On the David Stinson & Co website there is https: www.davidstinson.co.uk testimonials" a page marked 'Testimonials'< a> but there aren't any actual reviews on the page. The official website is at www.david...
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