Finding the Right Help in the UK
England & Derbyshire Solicitors: All this navigation information is important to note since the number of scams only seems to increase over the years. But to be sure a website is not misleading you with clever wording, it's best to check for an SRA number. class="infoquote "Drawing on over 40 year...
Nero Legal Solicitors: Articles that are definitely aimed at consumers to help them have a handle on processes and possible jargon before discussions - are therefore surely a positive sign? class="infoquote "We are proud to be Scotland's Official Charity Partnered Law Firm. While they can...
MPGQS: But did you know some can help with disputes? How do you choose one firm over another? First we would recommend reading this article on the MPG website entitled https: mpgqs.com wp-content uploads 2022 05 Michael-Gallucci-Mediation-paper.pdf" 'Why Use Mediation' ...
Crockett Solicitors: class="infoquote "Crockett & Co Solicitors is your Leeds family lawyer with years of experience and one of the only firms in Leeds to offer Legal Aid assistance."< div> This statement might mean more than you think. A theme of a caring attitude was most prevale...
Landlord Eviction Solicitor in Southport, Lancs: The Law Society of England & Wales has an amazing amount of https: solicitors.lawsociety.org.uk person 93290 sarah-natalie-rostamlou-andrews" user-side information< a> on each firm registered with them. There's always a debate between using a large vs small firm for some ...
Cook Law in Wirral: Unlike the Scottish and Irish law societies, the Law Society of England & Wales provide a great user-side database including https: solicitors.lawsociety.org.uk office 21690 cook-legal-ltd" each firm's office locations< a>, contact information, areas of law covered, langu...
TWB Probate Solicitors Ltd:
class="infoquote "TWB Probate Solicitors. For example, in some cases you may be better off with an accountant or a barrister rather than a solicitor. Just that it's not always crystal clear who you are hiring. The SRA's site is not the best laid out though and the se...
Brodies Solicitors LLP: The firm's branding usually includes the main name even if it does sometimes get area specific such as the Abu Dhabi office being run by Brodies Middle East LLP. There doesn't seem to be any other firms popping up in the search with similar names.
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PCS Legal Conveyancing: But at the time of writing the firm had an average star rating of 3.9 which might be confusing.
class="infoquote "We are committed to ensuring all our clients receive the highest possible standard of advice and service in relation to their house sale or purchase, Rem...
Dispute Resolver Consultancy: ADR describes different ways you can solve a problem without having to go to court ...
class="infoquote "Dispute Resolver is an alternative dispute resolution (ADR) consultancy and not a law firm. People have also handed their entire house deposit to a fraudster somet...
CWJ Solicitors & Notaries: While not a foolproof way of ensuring experience, it can certainly help. You can enter the name of a solicitor or a firm and https: solicitors.lawsociety.org.uk organisation offices 478054 clarkson-wright-jakes-ltd" see plenty of useful information< a> such as all trading...
Baker Hardman Ltd: There is a separate website for the Scottish branch at www.scotlandinjurysolicitors.co.uk which uses the branding of Scotland Injury Solicitors as well. While many firms provide customer testimonials on their website, most people tend to ignore them.
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Solidaire Law Ltd:
class="infoquote "friendly, no hassle, and fast, with no hidden costs"
"professional and easy to talk to"
"I was well informed and comfortable throughout the process"
"very thorough and efficient when handling my employment case"< div>
The first port of ca...
Defank Solicitors Croydon:
class="infoquote "Our firm is proud to serve the London community and beyond, delivering exceptional legal solutions"< div>
A quick note on navigation. Their site is HTTPS secure for submitting your personal details in the contact form. For example, a Personal I...
Large & Gibson Solicitors: The brand could be 120 years while all their solicitors qualified 6 months ago. Most people will head to the public boards such as Google, Facebook or Trustpilot.
On the law society site you'll see a https: solicitors.lawsociety.org.uk organisation people 394508 larg...
HCR Law Solicitors: Both sites are HTTPS secure for submitting your personal details in their contact form. For example, while www.hcrlaw.co.uk redirects you to the main site, other variants such as www.hcrlegal.com are not currently owned by the firm.
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Horsley Holdings Ltd: Their official site is at www.horsleylaw.co.uk but be aware that the .com version does not redirect you there. Horsley's website is HTTPS secure which means your personal details should be safe when submitted via their contact form. We've long advocated people use this o...
Law Solicitors: If you see a website claiming 'established in 1881' or ancient founding dates - that's obviously meant to give the impression that the firm is well-established with lots of experience . This way you can see the specialist areas of law and experience years any solicitor ...
Eve Lake Conveyancing: Did you know that 'solicitors' and 'lawyers' are not the same thing in the UK? If you didn't know, don't worry. That's a tactic you simply don't see anywhere else in legal matters. This is actually more significant than you might first think. Every property firm will make a ...
Amy King Solicitor: The official website is www.amykinglegal.co.uk which we link to at the top. But definitely, make sure the person you're hiring seems interested in you, has at least some experience, and targets the areas of law your case falls under. Some people have handed their https: ww...
Heritage Park Family Law:
The bar standards council website doesn't provide nearly as much useful data as the Law Society, but it at least provides the information we're talking about here - which is the qualification dates of legal professionals. Heritage Park is listed on the other source we ...
McCarthy and Co Solicitors: It didn't even link to the secure version of the firm's website either. Ampersands and plus signs cannot be in web addresses. Make sure the site is HTTPS secure if you are submitting your personal details via the contact form. It's always a sad thing for us to admit with 1...
Oakwood Property Solicitors:
Oakwood clearly have a wide range of experience covering almost the last five decades. But while these terms sound wonderful, they are not really helpful for consumers in their search to tell firms apart. This should mean everyone has a much wider range of choice wh...
A.C.S.L. Solicitors:
We know this does happen alot with property matters, where clients of the other side start leaving negative messages about the buyer seller's solicitor.
class="infoquote "ACSL Solicitors launched in 2009. We are a team of closely knit legal professionals who a...
Sternberg Reed Solicitors: Finding a product you want online is relatively simple. The Law Society covering those areas is one we've often praised on our site.
However, we see many small firms clearly stating they are small with pride. For example, Sternberg Reed are listed in the Legal 500 ...
Eatons Solicitors Ltd: A common one is to state the number of years the firm has existed. But there won't be a 150 year old guru sat behind a desk monitoring everything. So absolutely, for law firms at least you need to read the actual comments for context. It's important to note that most law...
WYM Legal Solicitors: If you https: solicitors.lawsociety.org.uk office 594464 wym-legal-limited" look up this firm< a> on the society's site you'll see WYMLegal are registered and, at the time of writing, have 10 solicitors on staff. We've been in the legal industry for over 20 years now, but...
Thomas & Thomas Solicitors: This is done using marketing phrases such as '20 years experience within the firm' which could be 10 staff members each with 2 years of experience added up. Certainly those are dates for which the firm can reasonably claim both 'experience' and 'fresh ideas'. How on earth...
Wolf Law Ltd: If one firm says they will charge a 'success fee' of 25% while another says they will give you 100% of the compensation - there will be a temptation to go with the latter on that basis alone. That's the 'no win no fee' . The majority of companies in any industry pay a conte...
SG Murphy & Co Ltd: Unless you put that in exactly you won't get to see even the few details https: www.lawsoc-ni.org sg-murphy-co-ltd411" the organisation does show< a>. In fact, when we searched for 'SG Murphy's firm on their website it said no such firm existed. There is also a case studi...
Walker Foster Ltd: Far too many people have https: www.express.co.uk finance personalfinance 1782733 scam-warning-home-deposit-hackers-online" handed their house deposit to fraudsters< a> after just one official looking email pretending to be from their conveyancer..
Aside from verify...
Harrisons Thames Valley Solicitors LLP: For example, when we searched for "harrisons solicitors reading" the local listing simply would not pop up. The web address www.harrisonssolicitors.com can be tricky too with the double 's' in the middle so be careful. The internet has brought so many advantages when it come...
Girlings Personal Injury Claims Ltd: There are separate reviews for the Personal Injury Claims department if you type that in.. For all we know their 'award' might be for best logo design which doesn't really affect how good their legal services are. Both are HTTPS secure for submitting your personal details ...
UVS Law Ltd:
There are various categories of visas and permits available for individuals seeking entry into the UK. Be careful of such wording on other sites. If there are only 2x people in the firm covering a dozen areas of law - they cannot be 'specialists'. Each category has di...
Kee Solicitors Family Law:
This is more important for clients hiring lawyers that deal with property matters than family law clients really. The branding matches the web address with www.keesolicitors.co.uk being the official site.
A couple of decades ago, a Family Law specialist practic...
Waterstone PS: That got us thinking. Also for finding the correct reviews you sometimes have to enter a firm's location in Google - e.g. Company websites can crash or require maintenance or updates that might require the original site to be taken down. So how old the firm's logo really do...
Mark Croft Motor Offence: While statements such as these on some solicitor websites are meant to give the impression of extensive experience - it's pretty much meaningless. However, if you see phrasing such as '20 years of combined experience' or '20 years of experience within the firm' - that me...
EMD Law Solicitors: They do claim a long history with 'established in 1918' on the About Us page. So keep an eye out for the padlock when browsing. So we would mark this one down as very much a positive . Please note that even if you see a firm touting an ancient date such as 'established in...
Lyons Law: Lyons makes no such claim. If you've flicked through half a dozen firms today you'll probably have seen similar names, similar images of people smiling and shaking hands, not to mention the same type of wording. They have a wonderful, free user side offering which will pr...
Brian Barr Ltd: However some firms are better at client testimonials than others. Google has been moving towards a more local setup for reviews though, so sometimes you have to enter the location of the company as well as the name - e.g. But expertise is not the whole story. It provides a...
Frei Solicitors Ltd: (A thing we assume they learned from the rise of Kardashian-style role-models before them.) So while a specialist firm to help people with the 'problem' of massive wealth might sound odd to most - it will be welcome news to those who have built their wealth on being carefu...
Drummond and Miller Solicitors: There are usually easily spottable 'themes'. In other words, they don't just leave a review for their own solicitor but for the solicitor of the other buyer seller's solicitor too. But most importantly it provides the areas of law practiced and qualification date of each sol...
Calio Claims by Lindsays: The first sounds like a modern firm whilst the second sounds like a crusty old high street building where the owners don't know a Tweet from an Insta.
class="infoquote "With one of the largest personal injury teams in Scotland, we help people secure the compensatio...
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. Their website, www.edclord.co.uk, is an excellent representation of the firm's commitment to professionalis...
Nicholson Jones Sutton Solicitors Ltd: That's not a criticism.
If you https: solicitors.lawsociety.org.uk organisation people 471499 nicholson-jones-sutton-solicitors-ltd?Solicitors=True" check out the staff page< a> for this firm you'll see a range of experience levels across the last three decades incl...
Cullimore Dutton Solicitors Ltd: We have noticed that Google has been switching to more local targeting so if you can't get reviews to show up for a firm try entering the town name as well (e.g. So the quotes above are taken from the usual public boards https: www.google.com search?gs_ssp=eJzj4tZP1zcsSTe2...
The Law Partnership Ltd: Although many firms provide 'testimonial' pages, according to our last poll not very many of you trust them (8%). We do not add every single firm out there into a database for you to flick through. (I know, it sounds simple now.)
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Wilford Smith:
This is very different from firms that claim ancient heritages such as 'established in 1881'. We think it's quite a pointless claim which Wilford Smith and many others thankfully do not make. For example 'wilford smith solicitors sheffield' brings up totally differen...
Foster & Coleman Solicitors:
A good alternative resource we've recommended multiple times for backchecking legal professionals is the website of The Law Society of England & Wales. If you look up https: solicitors.lawsociety.org.uk office 630363 foster-coleman-limited" the page for any firm< ...
Wildcat Law Solicitors: For the entirety of the 20th century people had to take their case to a solicitor who would then hire a barrister to represent the matter in court (if it came to that). The firms branding is quite unique so even error searches we tried such as 'wildcat legal' brought up the ...
LS Legal Solicitors: We very rarely push out direct advice in our articles but we have no problem stating that if the solicitor you're looking at hiring only works a handful of Immigration cases per year - try someone else.
A quick note on navigation though as the official website we link ...
A City Law Firm: They will all still be the positive comments, but https: acitylawfirm.com testimonials " they will also display< a> the name of an actual business willing to have their brand posted on that page next to those comments. The most obvious way to check up on those claims is ...
Buchanan & Co Solicitors Ltd:
Either way though, always make sure to read actual comments rather than rely on average star ratings. The official web address we link to above is www.buchananco.co.uk and although the expected variant of www.buchananandco.co.uk redirects you there, www.buchananco.com ...
Goldsmith Bowers Solicitors Ltd: www.goldsmith&bowers.com .co.uk can't exist). Sometimes over just a single official-looking email telling them the bank account details to pay their house deposit into have changed.. The age of the actual brand name over the door at that point seem quite irrelevant.
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Guardian Law Ltd: We have consistently warned people about the public review boards when researching a company you're thinking of using. So make sure you are always on the correct site and never discuss payment details via email.
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Backhouse Solicitors Ltd: It's also pushed many law firms to create hundreds of pages on their website to try and get listed at least somewhere for some search term you might type in. Because whilst every word in that sentence sounds great - most firms say the exact same thing so it doesn't reall...
WH Law Ltd: (Note that www.whlaw.co.uk and other variants are all either owned by someone else or not at all.) Searching for that name instead brings up several related firms in search results. That's good. The law and requirements are complex and they are always changing."< div>
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2 Harcourt Chambers:
class="infoquote "We welcome instructions from professional clients in both public and private practice to undertake privately funded, direct access and legal aid work."< div>
Thankfully, Two Harcourt Buildings try to make up for this with plenty of descriptions...
MJV Law Solicitors: We've seen solicitor's praised for the great pizza and a criminal law firm criticised for not handling divorces. That's well over 50 years between just the two of them. We therefore turn to the same places most consumers do which is the public review board such as https: w...
Bridge McFarland Solicitors: committed to delivering a quality driven service designed to meet the needs of each and every client."< div>
All the knowledge in the world doesn't always translate to good service. It's not worth the risk.
. 8 staff x 5 years experience = 40). They state alternative ...
Woodstock Legal Services Ltd: 'we are unapproachable, confusing, and slow'.
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.
This is imp...
The Lady Barrister:
class="infoquote "She is a level 3 OISC Immigration Caseworker and a Level 2 Law Society Immigration and Asylum Caseworker."< div>
With barristers being mainly autonomous even when part of a chambers, checking out independent reviews such as on Google, Yelp, o...
Summerfield Browne: With the number of typical typos possible amongst 'summer field and brown solicitors' it's important to make sure you're on the correct website. We've always said to ignore average ratings and always read comments . We've been hoping that for many years and it's getting th...
Thaxted Legal Immigration: There are also several other Ltd companies with Thaxted in the name so just pay close attention when looking up things like reviews. The absence of negative information isn't the best indicator of a positive choice. So make sure to always read through ratings rather than jus...
Smith & Graham Solicitors:
A quick note on navigation with the firm having an 'and'.
The best resource we've found is The Law Society of England & Wales website which is packed with useful details such as contact details, all office addresses, practice areas, and staff qualification dat...
Brown & Co Solicitors:
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+london&aqs=chrome..69i57j46i175i199i512j69i57.7321j0j4&sour...
Mac Jones Solicitors: However with this firm handling conveyancing matters you need to be extra careful. People simply aren't as quick to discuss their divorce, criminal defence, bankruptcy, etc. That's because there isn't much else for them to say. Just entering the firm name only works if they ...
Hill House Chambers Barristers: So always call the official phone number you have to check with the firm about such emails you've received. So the fact this company receives praise from both direct public clients as well as other law firms that have used them to handle their own cases - is certainly nota...
Stowe Family Law Solicitors: It is important you are comfortable with your solicitor; you feel they understand your legal needs and, just as importantly, the emotional aspects of your situation."< div>
Obviously we are already in favour of Stowe Family Law because we list their services on this we...
LRose Law Ltd: So what are the third party forums https: www.google.com search?q=Rose+Fendlen+Law+wigan&rlz=1C1CHBF_en-GBGB926GB926&sxsrf=ALiCzsaA6UiOROI_I98lFuvy3JwpYFg0Ag%3A1669776740024&ei=ZMWGY_mJAZHngAaRnr3QBA&ved=0ahUKEwj5y8WL89T7AhWRM8AKHRFPD0oQ4dUDCBA&uact=5&oq=Rose+Fendlen+Law+w...
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