Finding the Right Help in the UK
Stowe Family Law Solicitors: Either way, what bits should you be paying attention to?
class="infoquote "At Stowe Family Law, we are the only national law firm dedicated to family matters with the UK's largest team of specialist family lawyers."< div>
It sounds like a solid claim....
LRose Law Ltd: Property matters). None of the variants we tried such as www.rflaw.co.uk or www.lroselaw.com seemed to be owned by the firm. The only difference will be on whether they charge you for running the case or provide something such as a no win, no fee agreement. class="inf...
Bellax Solicitors: The public review system has many flaws, but it's still worth checking out. Even amongst conveyancing law firms where https: monzo.com blog we-sent-our-house-deposit-to-a-fraudster-who-posed-as-our-lawyer" fraud is currently rampant< a>, many of those companies have not b...
JPS Walker Solicitors: But when it comes to reviews people tend to prefer the public comment forums such as Google, Facebook, Trustpilot, Yelp, etc. This can make spotting differences between them to evaluate very difficult. So there is definitely experience within the firm , and even better as h...
The Legal Practice Solicitors: Indeed at the time of writing this, The Legal Practice's website opens with: class="infoquote "Over 50 Years of Legal Experience. In our opinion the only 'years' number that matters is the number of years' experience the actual solicitor running your case has. So again...
Young & Co Solicitors: The whole firm and all staff can focus on a single area of law such as Motoring Offences - that's obvious specialism.
At the bottom of some of the pages on the Youngs website they link to their independent review boards on Google and Trustpilot. Therefore most of them ...
Lefevres Scotland Ltd:
Sadly in Scotland the Law Society website covering legal professionals is not as good as their English Welsh counterpart. Iain Nicol was tagged as being quite a considerable addition to the firm's lineup too ... Either way, just be aware of which site you are on when ...
David Stinson & Co Solicitors: Often you will be asked to sign an 'After The Event' insurance document which insures the against losing.
class="infoquote "We have a proven track record of success with our clients and we cover a wide area of the county, including:"< div>
Many firms claim long p...
Cook's Solicitors: We've been writing articles on and working with law firms for over twenty years now, and one trend we dislike intensely are the ancient establishment claims. It can therefore be a good idea to bookmark the site or use a search function instead just in case. You can get a 1...
Swain and Co Solicitors: Entering such will bring up an error or redirect you elsewhere depending on what browser you are using. On this occasion though all the https: solicitors.lawsociety.org.uk office 563652 young-and-co-solicitors-limited" information is listed< a> under the main branding par...
Fentimans My Law Matters: the one word capitalised and heavily exclamated 'AVOID!!' hysterics) - if there is a general complaint theme that can shed some light on any flaw's with the company in question, that can be very helpful. So when you see statements like this:
class="infoquote "My Law Ma...
Frazer Coogans Solicitors: So if the following article seems a little bias - that doesn't mean we haven't put Frazer Coogans through the regular checks first before coming to our conclusion that they're a decent group of people. We've been reviewing law firms for over 20 years now. Since the 90s the g...
Burton & Co Quality Solicitors: Like those Law Society logos you see stamped across many solicitor websites. But they are listed across the internet sometimes with that domain name and with email addresses using it. There are 1-star ratings from people on the other side of a matter such as a property sale....
One Law Solicitors & Barristers: Despite the two words being generic terms (i.e. They often sound very different from regular third party review forums as well.
class="infoquote "ONELAW CHAMBERS and its lawyers provide a specialist and bespoke legal service in Civil and Commercial Litigation, Business...
Beers Solicitors LLP: For example at Beers you'll see solicitors such as Paul Housego who qualified in 1978, Richard Jones (qualified 1996), Helen O'Leary (2009), and Sonia Hems (2011). This article is therefore going to sound quite 'pro' their firm , making it look almost like something they wr...
Disrepair Claims UK: There are plenty of things we might change about the legal industry, but all in all - CMCs still have a place in it just as much as search engines, directories, and even small local referral setups like ours in order to get people legal help.
. To get the mould destroyed....
Simper Law:
class="infoquote "outstanding, kind and compassionate"
"I received frequent updates and quick responses to questions"
"got to the heart of the issue and were able to resolve it swiftly and effectively"
"communication was dealt with promptly and I was gi...
RM Solicitors:
In the same way that a Family Law specialist will handle divorce, child custody, and more; most cases involving claims against a third party for compensation (i.e. The usual amount is 25% of the settlement. Apparently people really are sending tens of thousands of pound...
Ullah Law Associates: ULA Solicitors https: www.ulasolicitors.com news-and-cases" showcase several such case studies< a> on their site if that also helps give you a sense of the firm. For any firm listed you'll be able to see alternate contact details, all office locations, cases handled, lang...
Taylor Price Legal Ltd: Legal professionals are treated very differently than services such as restaurants or hairdressers. For example, when most people are charged with a motoring offence they will immediately look for a 'specialist' firm . Certainly the majority are positive with the main the...
Michael Leighton Jones Solicitors: Some firms even make statements such as 'established in 1881' as if that will make people think they are better than a firm started up in 2020. But to be honest, it's not as if any law firm is ever going to claim being the opposite (i.e. Plus, how old the building or the bra...
Milners Law LLP: We ran a poll last year and only 8% of people said they trusted company testimonials. We just mean that when people think of a high-street, local solicitor firm - Milner's is exactly the type of setup they imagine .
class="infoquote "At Milners solicitors we offer a f...
KRS Wills & Probate: "I" have a vast amount of experience. Sadly, most law firms we've seen (and we've been reviewing them for over 20 years now) still do not work weekends. But what do prior clients think of the firm?
class="infoquote "friendly, efficient and well informed"
"explaine...
Branch Austin McCormick Solicitors:
class="infoquote "As such, we work with an established network of independent law firms in jurisdictions that include the European Economic Area, European Union, United States, United Arab Emirates the CIS States and emerging markets."< div>
A quick note on naviga...
Trojan Solicitors:
class="infoquote "reliable and professional service of my case"
"called to keep my wife informed about everything"
"professional and efficient"
"grateful as we had lost all hope of recovery any money"< div>
Trojan's services do have several positive...
Cheshire Estates and Legal Ltd: You can also search a specific site by typing site: before the domain name. There's even a wider selection of payment setups these days including no win no fee, fixed fees, conditional fees, and so on. Quite often negative ratings are left by the side the law firm beat in ...
Fultons Estate Agents: Someone wrote that as a review. There are news articles about Fultons https: www.scottishlegal.com article gildeas-completes-acquisition-of-glasgow-firm-fulton-s" being bought over< a> by a firm called Gildeas not too long ago. Just https: www.lawscot.org.uk find-a-soli...
Hooper Hyde Solicitors: We've known firms with decades of good, reputable history in their area with less than a handful of reviews on the web. If you https: solicitors.lawsociety.org.uk person 164931 catherine-louise-hyde" check the page for< a> Catherine herself as well, you'll see a qualifi...
Antony Hodari Legal Services: Their site is https secure for entering your details into their contact forms.
If you check on https: solicitors.lawsociety.org.uk organisation people 532203 antony-hodari-holdings-limited?Solicitors=True" the page for this firm< a> you'll see their solicitors have...
Fair Result Divorce: yet. When we searched for 'fair result', 'fair result divorce' and 'fair result leicester' we got back mostly news stories about random high profile celebrity divorce cases.
A quick note on navigation.
As mentioned before, we've been at this for over twenty years a...
Dylan Nair Ltd Solicitors: Often by simply emailing to tell say the bank details for their deposit have changed. You never know if that one star criticism is from an old opponent who lost to them, or a disgruntled client who's fraudulant whiplash claim got thrown out their office. But it's really not ...
Mckie Legal Solicitors Ltd: We like to see firm's bragging about being a stalwart local fixture. But when it comes to solicitors, no reviews should not be taken as a negative sign. www.mckiesolicitors.co.uk) being the same. The main address is in Penrith but they've recently opened a local office in S...
Jacobs Law Solicitors: There are no 200-year-old solicitors sitting behind desks at these anciently established firms imparting guru knowledge to the rest of the staff. We know what we do best ..."< div>
Coming back to similar names, this also means if you want to see reviews of the firm you ...
Allan Argue and Co Solicitors: Despite the owner's surname being a generic word (argue) the firm shows up fine for the majority of it's terms on search engines.
This can make it harder and you need to read the actual comments when it comes to lawyer reviews - not just flick through stars. Normal...
Springle Solicitors: Then on top of that, families are much further away from the stereotypical husband wife 2.6 children arrangement of old. At the time of writing we could not get any actual comments to pop up on Google for Springle's prior clients. While we're not pushing the idea that this p...
BLZ Solicitors Ltd: These four case types are not exactly the easiest or the best paying in relation to lawyer earnings elsewhere. If you've seen a firm with dozens of solicitors, some with over twenty years experience, across a wide range of case types - will they handle your case (and you per...
Hawkridge & Co Solicitors: It's therefore not uncommon to see zero reviews for even established firms on Google, Trustpilot, Yelp, etc. Always make sure you're on the correct website and never discuss payments or bank details via email. Because nine times out of ten the firm will state they are such...
Pacific Law: This is an area of law where we do think a specialist firm can be of benefit, the same as with something like Motor Offences. This could include breaking away from the typical 9am-5pm Mon-Fri working hours and offering some late night appointments. 0800 numbers should now...
ABS Lawyers Ltd: If you do need a regular solicitor though, how do you tell the differences between them?
class="infoquote "ABS Lawyers is a modern law firm but retains the all-important traditional values of a customer focussed service"< div>
This sort of sales pitching is acro...
Stenfield Solicitors Ltd: If you https: solicitors.lawsociety.org.uk organisation offices 597818 stenfield-limited" check out the page< a> for any firm on their site you'll be shown any alternative trading names, the various office locations available, staff details, what case types they specialis...
Khan Law Glasgow: But the number of firms being clear about what that means is far fewer. So, yes.
class="infoquote "Raees ... We can which again only has ba...
Deo Volente Legal:
However these ancient establishment date claims are mostly just marketing.
People have https: www.thetimes.co.uk static connected-families conveyancing-email-scam-hackers-steal-house-deposit " handed over millions to fraudsters< a> sometimes on the basis of jus...
Suhail Ahmad at Richmond Legal: 'Jack of all trades, master of none' springs to mind.
class="infoquote "Contact us on 0161 637 7177 or 07956 113019 for emergencies"< div>
Another sentence that might stand out to us more than regular consumers is this one. Also the majority of scams against clie...
Trust Inheritance Limited: Clearly some mix up with company names in the area.
class="infoquote "As market leaders, we are passionate about the customer service and support we provide."< div>
That snippet from the Trust Inheritance website may sound like most other law firms. Words like 'mo...
Bilkus and Boyle: Whilst the firm's name is unique there are obviously quite a few possible typos. They may very well assign a one year qualified newbie solicitor to handle your legal matter. People are https: www.theguardian.com money 2021 jan 02 homebuyers-scams-stamp-duty-holiday-" hand...
Catteralls in Wakefield:
A quick note on navigation as we've seen a few common errors popping up in the site search now that Catteralls have been with us for a while. These are random snippets across a wide range of reviewers, most of whom decided that was the main feature they wanted to comme...
Penerley Solicitors: The most common typos we'd expect would be www.penerleys.co.uk, www.penerly.co.uk or the dot com versions and currently none of those are owned by anyone.
Penerleys only had three online reviews that we saw after digging through Google, Yell, Yelp and Trustpilot. The L...
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. Whilst the majority of articles ...
Special Education Needs Lawyer: Just a couple of fake emails and house buyers sellers end up handing over £millions every year to the fraudsters. Sometimes the only way to ensure your child gets the correct care is to get the legal system of the country to push back against the education system. ...
Pump Court Chambers Barristers:
Always make sure you are on the correct website and never discuss payments or bank details via email. These are not just other offices of the same group of barristers. That brings us to a quick note on what a 'chambers' actually is compared to something like a tradit...
Mason Bullock Solicitors: One of the solicitors retired in 2018 and the firm had to be restarted. The official site is www.masonbullock.co.uk with www.masonbullock.com not currently being owned by the firm. For example they still linked to the now very defunct Google+ platform and many of the links w...
Lindsays Solicitors Scotland:
class="infoquote "They always kept me informed and showed a very professional, yet extremely caring manner"
"made a stressful time a lot easier"
"Lindsays were able to identify the correct people to sue from a difficult and jumbled set of circumstances"< div>...
Aspire Licensing & Administrative Services:
Other benefits of working in such a specific section of law include building up a huge amount connections and expertise with the various organisations themselves around the country. Mostly due to having recieved an email that looked official telling them to change ove...
OTS Immigration Solicitors: Perhaps there's more to it however none of the articles we've read have suggested such. Most people know how to spot fake reviews, but the main thing to remember is to actually read comments - don't just glance at star ratings. The majority were positive like the snippet...
Reid and Black Solicitors: Never discuss bank details or payments via email. So by showing reviews from a third party site and linking to that site so people can check the comments are by real people (e.g. They also sponsor and support the local veterans football team 'The Comrades' which we recommend...
Howe and Co Solicitors: Other companies such as John Howe & Co Solicitors are using www.jhowe.co.uk, and The Howe Practice have www.thehowepractice.co.uk so it's probably a good idea to bookmark the correct site once you're on it just to be sure. Certainly the kind of range you'd like to see at a...
Robin Somerville Barrister:
The fact Robin has decided to focus on an area he knows from personal experience as a three-time business owner, can only exponentially increase the experience and expertise he can bring to the table. Links to pages on official sites such as companies house or the pr...
Levins Solicitors: We're sad to say that even our own local law society (The Law Society of Scotland) does not come close in matching the England Wales site for usability and information.
You can see the massive difference between the great information provided on the England & Wales law...
Aconveyancing Ltd: In Scotland, you'll see far less negative comments of that type due to the different laws preventing the majority of gazumping. Aconveyancing on the other hand, has completely bucked this trend.
None of that seemed to apply to Aconveyancing's reviews. The idea of co...
The Injury Solicitor Salford: However there is a firm using www.injurysolicitor.co.uk - so just keep aware when typing. This includes leaders in their field and companies that could simply be considered 'less ordinary'.
So whilst some firms promise no win, no fee they may take a cut of your compe...
RD Costings Ltd: This will not exceed 25%."< div>
This may look like a simple statement about fees.
For example most people will want a specialist for Criminal Defence or Motor Offence work. It's not something most place high priority on getting.
Quite often a personal injuri...
MGBe Legal Ltd: Accredited at Level 3 Advanced Caseworker with the Law Society.
class="infoquote "At MGBe Legal we specialise in personal and business immigration."< div>
We've discussed the pros and cons of using specialist firms before, but there are obvious reasons people's m...
McEwan Fraser Legal Scotland: That's quite unheard of. The official site is www.mcewanfraserlegal.co.uk and currently www.mcewanfraserlegal.com does not redirect you there. For all you know, the awards this firm have won are 'best logo design' or 'nice employer'. To keep over 4 stars takes some doing. B...
Fieldfisher Solicitors LLP:
class="infoquote "We offer free legal advice and take on claims on a 'no win no fee' basis."< div>
On this we just want to point out that every single personal injury solicitor across the UK should take such cases on under the no win, no fee.
One thing that...
Assured Probate Services:
But will writing is actually a far less regulated industry than you might think . It's, sadly, ridiculously easy.
class="infoquote "APS Legal & Associates and Assured Probate Services are subsidiaries of The SimplyBiz Group."< div>
The firms other arm, Assur...
Linkilaw Solicitors Ltd in London: They provide full pages on the firms and all the staff. But it's certainly up there on the list. A few new types of business law firm have started emerging to fill this perceived "gap".
The internet provides access to information, stats, reviews and so on. The solicito...
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'. A very basic example, but hopefully illust...
SR Law Solicitors London: We also saw that neither www.srlaw.co.uk or the .com redirected you to the correct site. How do you know which is best for you? How do you even know what to research in the first place?
Obviously it's not possible for us to come up with a hundred or so legal issues each...
DFA Law Solicitors: The official site we link to above is www.dfalaw.co.uk which is https secure for you to safely submit your personal details on the web form. In this review we'll try and point out the most useful we've found. (Despite some that may look it.)
The main thing to watch out ...
Ian Mallon Solicitors Ltd:
class="infoquote "The practice offers a highly personalised relationship, working closely with our clients to resolve the often complex range of legal challenges that can face individuals and companies."< div>
So how are the firm being rated by previous clients? ...
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