Finding the Right Help in the UK
Hawkridge & Co Solicitors: As already pointed out in the last paragraph, the firm seems to be referred to quite interchangably online as both Hawk Law and Hawkridge & Company. Most firms around the UK are signed up to at least one law society. It's definitely something to keep in mind whenever you'r...
Pacific Law: Being able to communicate through Whatsapp or other text services has been seen. But these days we would say that if the firm can't offer video-chat services they are now getting behind the times. Pacific Law is very new addition to our database of law firms and they are a v...
ABS Lawyers Ltd: Luckily there are quite a few good resources to find some deeper and more insightful information about firms that can help you make a decision about which practice or person to use. Two examples are Jenna Hargreaves and Dilip Raveendran, lawyers at the firm who qualified i...
Stenfield Solicitors Ltd: Unfortunately when no feedback is left it's hard to know if that person was even rating the correct firm. Not to mention that Trustpilot's rating calculations mean that a firm with four 5 star reviews will end up with an average of 3 stars total. We ran a poll a few ye...
Khan Law Glasgow: No win no fee only guarantees there are no costs if the case loses . A firm can be a specialist by targeting just single area of law. We've always praised The Law Society of England & Wales for having a hugely informative and useful website - and that's a hard thing...
Deo Volente Legal: Far better than most others we've used. We've also seen negative reviews against a criminal law firm for refusing to take on someone's divorce case. With so many Pakistan citizens within the UK, making sure we would offer a firm such as Deo Volente to them seemed a no brain...
Suhail Ahmad at Richmond Legal: For example, when we added the word 'reviews' to some of the search phrases we were shown a list of places called Middleton in Richmond - rather than companies called Richmond in Middleton. Most people may not know just how badly the goverment has stripped Legal Aid both in ...
Trust Inheritance Limited: A last word from the firm's website:
class="infoquote "We set the benchmark for excellence and go that extra mile to make that happen!"< div>. Words like 'modern', 'fresh', and 'friendly' appear practically everywhere making them meaningless as a result. "Estate Planni...
Bilkus and Boyle: But there are plenty of good indicators you may not have noticed between the lines. Quite often it's the fault of the buyer seller or the other party's legal representation. The rest seem to refer to their actual services though:
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Catteralls in Wakefield: The brand seems to be quite unique and therefore should be easy to find each time you want to come back to it. No seriously. You are just as likely to get a one year qualified newbie solicitor from a one hundred year old practice as you are to get a twenty year well-seasone...
Penerley Solicitors:
Their site is https secure for submitting your personal details on their contact form. More recently though the number of people starting up their own small business or being self-employed has risen dramatically. But so far we've not seen anything too extreme such ...
Conveyancing Search Providers: The official site which we link to above is www.searchbureau.co.uk but www.thesearchbureau.co.uk will also redirect you there. Most services like The Search Bureau are used by larger companies.
Each of these partners also have established connections of their own to m...
Special Education Needs Lawyer:
A quick note on navigation as the firm uses quite generic terms for their branding. Some will offer a reduced fee for the first consultation, up to a third of the usual hourly cost. It's just that people are much more likely to jump online to rant or rave about their n...
Pump Court Chambers Barristers: secretaries and other support staff."< div>
That brief but good description found https: en.wikipedia.org wiki Barristers_in_England_and_Wales" on Wikipedia< a> indicates that, much more than with a solicitor, you are working with an individual barrister within a gro...
Mason Bullock Solicitors: The reason we were so keen though, was simply from one opening line on their website:
class="infoquote "When you want fast, convenient and savvy advice on employment law or setting aside a CCJ, think Mason Bullock Solicitors."< div>
This may look like an ordinary ...
Lindsays Solicitors Scotland: (No, really.) So never just flick through star ratings, always read comments to get a more rounded view of the pros and cons previous clients have discussed online. consistently exceeds everything I ask of him"< div>
The majority of reviews were very positive indeed. ...
Aspire Licensing & Administrative Services: For example a Level 2 Award in Food Safety in Catering, Level 2 Award in Health and Safety in the Workplace, Level 3 Emergency First Aid at Work, and so on. They are therefore not registered with the Law Society of England & Wales or the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA)...
OTS Immigration Solicitors:
There are quite a few ways to check the differences between firms though. Either way, still be on your guard when typing in web address and never discuss bank details via email. So not to be sneezed at. Including costs"
"brilliant from the start and supported me ev...
Reid and Black Solicitors:
class="infoquote "We will happily discuss any legal issue with you with a free, no obligation, initial interview."< div>
To clarify - every law firm that deals with personal injury matters should provide you with a completely free case run under a no win, no fee a...
Howe and Co Solicitors: A wide range of very seasoned, experienced practitioners alongside plenty of young blood to keep things fresh and moving forward. All that put together clearly makes them a very established firm and it's hard to deny them the use of the word 'leading' with all that in mi...
Robin Somerville Barrister: But you never know what might be thought of next so make sure you are on the correct website and never discuss bank details via email. For each case type in your area we will try to have a couple of good regular high street firms, a barrister, a specialist and often an alt...
Levins Solicitors: The idea is obviously that people will trust the experience of a 150 year established firm versus a 1 year old firm. Not least to help them feel the firm more approachable. The branding logo of the firm states Levins Solicitors though and neither www.levinssolicitors.co.uk o...
Aconveyancing Ltd: In law industry terms, that might sound quite young with so many companies boasting ancient foundings such as 'established in 1881'.
class="infoquote "We help our clients to buy and sell property with ease, managing the legal process from start to finish."< div>
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The Injury Solicitor Salford: Most are and new firms know it can give peace of mind to prospective clients. A last word from The Injury Solicitor site:
class="infoquote "we aim to keep the process as simple and straightforward as possible and promise to keep you updated at every stage of your claim...
RD Costings Ltd: The site also states:
class="infoquote "You may be entitled to compensation if you have been a victim of a violent crime."< div>
The "may" being in bold is how it's written on their site. There may still be fees if your case wins. Something we would expect a per...
MGBe Legal Ltd: They tend to focus on property law firms https: www.cifas.org.uk insight fraud-risk-focus-blog buying-a-property-dont-get-duped-out-of-your-deposit" trying to get clients to provide deposits< a> to fraudulent bank accounts. As mentioned, some bits of information we've gle...
McEwan Fraser Legal Scotland: The number of you doing so was in single digits. Plus, the generic term 'legal' which can often cause confusion when part of a solicitor's name is actually a solid part of their branding. For all of our quick quotes, we would each have had to call up after to get a proper id...
Fieldfisher Solicitors LLP:
We therefore think there may be some confusion with the firm's name when people are searching to leave reviews. They didn't provide any specifics other than to state something such as having been dealt with 'rudely'.
class="infoquote "At Fieldfisher we cater for...
Assured Probate Services: This particular claim above is made on a few pages we saw including the main page and their About Us section. Hopefully we'll get an article about it out soon and we'll insert a link here to help. Unlike a single fixed firm with maybe a dozen employees, it's much harder to u...
Linkilaw Solicitors Ltd in London: The solicitors themselves also get scammed into paying out to the wrong people.
class="infoquote "Founded by two brave women in the midst of the pandemic, we understand the challenges of starting and growing your business."< div>
It's not the most striking claim w...
NV Legal Solicitors: You'll deal directly with your solicitor and they will be handling all aspects of your case. There are quite a few independent forums such as Google, Trustpilot, Yelp, Yell.com and so on which can often provide far more insight into how a firm treats it's clients than the te...
SR Law Solicitors London: 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 year to actually test each firm's services as a consumer. Always be aware that a law fir...
DFA Law Solicitors: So how do we know DFA Law have experience staff? Most legal professionals are signed up to a local Law Society. DFA Law are with The Law Society of England & Wales and if you https: solicitors.lawsociety.org.uk office 466115 dfa-law-llp" check the page about them< a> on t...
Ian Mallon Solicitors Ltd: You can https: www.lawsoc-ni.org ian-mallon-solicitors-ltd510" view their page on the NI organisation's website here< a> but we've found that the English Welsh organisation's website usually provides far more useful information for consumers. Whenever we share a case stud...
Asghar & Co Solicitors: The official site we link to above is www.asgharandco.com and just to clarify - you can't have an ampersand in a web address so www.asghar&co.com will never exist.
However, on this occasion they have simply linked to the third party review site Trustpilot and are showi...
Thorpe Wilson Ltd: Thorpe Wilson don't have any testimonials listed on their website. Whilst the majority of scams at the moment https: www.thetimes.co.uk static connected-families conveyancing-email-scam-hackers-steal-house-deposit " tend to target law firms dealing with property matters< ...
Allsop Durn Dearlove: Allsop Durn don't actually have any on their website, but there are plenty on the third party boards such as Google, Trustpilot, Yelp, Yell.com and so on. Whilst it would obviously be impossible for us to come up with enough legal matters to truly test every firm we review...
MTA Solicitors LLP: No win, no fee means that if your case loses you will not have to pay anything and there are no up front costs either. We can get you the answers, treatment and compensation you deserve."< div>
A quick note on navigation as well.
It could be that the firm offers a...
Apprise Legal Services: We assume the web address is meant to be taken as AppriseLS.
We would therefore recommend bookmarking the correct site once you're on it just to make sure. In the US it has been used for much longer.
One last snippet from the firm's site that seems to summarise:...
Aina Khan Solicitors: If you click the name of a staff member you will be shown further information about them. For all we know their award could have been for a good website design or a medal for taking part in a local charity fun-run. You confidently and quickly traced his hidden assets"
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Will Taborn Ltd:
You'll have noticed that we are very selective about the firms we add to our database. As mentioned in the initial paragraphs, that's something we felt was lacking in the industry as a whole and was the reason goal our 1to1Legal service was born. We have several firms o...
Hutcheon Law Solicitors: R James Hutcheon Solicitors don't go that far , but they do have a 'How much are you worth' section which to us seems along the same lines.
class="infoquote "very friendly and professional from the start and kept me regularly updated throughout the case"
"Communicati...
Penn Chambers Ltd: However, if you see 'established in 1883' that doesn't mean there is an 150-year-old solicitor sat behind the desk running things. Not all barristers are able to take instructions from members of the public. The fact Penn Chambers offer this is therefore a good sign of t...
Frank Rogers Motoring Solicitor: There is a Law Society website for each area. That's very different from your own solicitor have 20-40 years' of knowledge behind them. It may just be that they have a lot of clients that don't want to share that part of their lives with everyone else. So if you do ever see ...
OJ Solicitors Glasgow: Many people believe they mean the same thing, but they don't. Not just for the legal industry either. The fact they've even translated their website into those languages is also a plus. Right now the main target for scammers are property law firms because of the huge amounts...
Kudos Legal Solicitors: 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 despite many law firms making a fuss of their heritage - in our opinion it's meaningless in r...
Serious Injury Law Solicitors: I felt that I was not only in top professional care, but that they cared and understood the emotional traumatic side of the ordeal I was facing."
"Everyone we have dealt with has treated us with respect, kindness and patience and guided us through a long case."
"It...
5 Essex Court Chambers & Partners: However under the new Direct Access scheme members of the public are able to hire a barrister directly. https: www.legal500.com firms 9330-chambers-of-jason-beer-qc 9330-london-england " The Legal 500< a> page about them also uses similar wording in it's praise:
cla...
Avery & Walters Ltd:
class="infoquote "... I would highly recommend them"< div>
Sadly review boards can be manipulated both ways - i.e. For example, we're obviously praising Avery Walters as a good firm whilst their Google rating only shows 3.3 5 - which doesn't sound great at all. ...
AWH Legal Ltd: The official company name is AHW Legal Ltd which is what shows on the Companies House records and The Law Society pages we linked to above. But you'll never a find a firm that has everything.
class="infoquote "We understand that the legal process can be daunting and...
HH Law Ltd: So for security's sake it's probably a good idea to bookmark the correct site once you're on it .
class="infoquote "We can help secure access to expert rehabilitation services to ensure that you have the quickest recovery possible."< div>
We wish more solicitors...
Lawcommercial Trading Ltd: The same goes for www.lawcommsolicitors.co.uk or www.lawcommsolicitors.com or any of the hyphenated versions of each. Far too often we see companies - not just law firms - fill up their blog section with the most thin articles you'll ever see that are mainly just more sales ...
Redwood Collections Ltd: Redwood Collections was created in 2009 and states it has helped over 17,000 clients so far. Redwood Collections is a debt collection firm based in Croydon. Redwood managed to get my money back. Some are only set up to send threatening letters. I say oddly because quite ofte...
AJLO Solicitors: It currently lists over 50,000 firms, so being included is not particularly rare either. The fact any firm has taken the time to apply for membership and gone through the process can only be a positive indication .
class="infoquote "... Alexander JLO Solicitors seem t...
GloverPriest Solicitors Ltd: We offer you face-to-face appointments and also remote dealings with our superb staff." < div>
Which is clearly good to know. But still, it's an indication of a firm that puts communication and keeping people in the loop as a priority .
A note on navigation as we'...
Jarmans Solicitors Sittingbourne: But outside of that, they do the traditional 9am-5pm solicitors hours with closures on bank holidays. Even so far as responding to reviews on third party site. Along side them are newer people such as Xanthe Harris who only joined the firm in 2018 after qualifying not long...
My 33 Legal Limited: Make sure to ask up front about both arrangements with any firm you contact. You'd probably be surprised at how many apparently different brands are all run by a single firm.
We've often said that it's better to get a 20-year experienced lawyer in a 1-year old firm th...
Hammond Trotter Solicitors Ltd: This is a shame and hopefully more people will search further for a wider range of comments:
class="infoquote "I was looking at a long term driving ban but with Hammond and Trotters expert and professional advice was able to retain my licence"
"You kept me informe...
Driscoll Kingston Solicitors: For example many would prefer to have a dozen reviews all saying "Would totally recommend!" rather than a varied selection of comments such as "Timely manner", "regular updates", "solicitor always available and happy to answer questions", etc - i.e. "No win, no fee" only mea...
SBW Lawyers Ltd: But how can you find out the experience levels of the staff at a law firm you're looking into?
class="infoquote "... The official firm name of SBW Law Ltd is quite unique so even commonly expected variants such as 'sbw solicitors' or 'sbw legal' brought the correct f...
IWC Estate Planning & Management Ltd: The problem is that solicitors are not making burgers or installing your TV. We also saw www.probatelondon.co.uk in the search results for the company name which seems to be just another catchment site for IWC.
The majority of legal professionals still adhere to the 9-...
Briffa Intellectual Property Solicitors: It's rarely there and we make a point of mentioning it in their review along with a snapshot of the infamous "No.1 in the area! (*according to my mother)" billboard produced by a US realtor. The difference with Briffa's team is that they only do Intellectual Property day-i...
Helix Law Solicitors: Even on search engines you may find one word extra or wrong will bring up quite different results. If people are reading the firm's website, the first thing they want to know is - 'do you handle my case?' Helix Law does have a similar style intro to most firms:
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Leech and Co Solicitors Ltd: Even those who don't need the out of hours appointments appreciate the idea of flexibility and availability in their solicitor rather than imagining constant answering machines.
class="infoquote "20% off for all NHS staff, teachers, carers, Police and armed services" ...
Joanna Connolly Solicitor Advocates: Whilst many firms offer no win no fee and 100% compensation guarantees for things such as personal injury - the same is not always offered for other case types. I recommend a phone call to confirm the ins and outs of that though.
Whilst obviously focused on financial la...
CFG Law: He has extensive experience, built up over the past 20 years, of helping catastrophically injured clients and their families."< div>
There are three lawyers in my family, and if you lined us all up - I'm willing to bet most people could tell which three they are. To u...
Hodge Jones and Allen Solicitors: The reason for the .net ending is probably because www.hja.co.uk and www.hja.com have been taken by different firms. However it shouldn't be ignored as a result. At the time of writing there were 162 on TrustPilot, 81 on Reviews, 60 on Google, and so on. We list firms that p...
CSL Law Croydon: Usually we only strongly advise people to bookmark a solicitor's site when fraud is a possibility such as scammers preying on property transactions. It's a genuine FAQs section about the case types they handle. Certainly there are plenty of places for such people to air the...
RSR Law Croydon: Specialist Solicitor = Success" relating to personal injuries. As we've mentioned before in other articles - No Win, No Fee does not mean no fees at all and firms are not always clear about this on their websites, often mixing in other catchphrases such as "100% compensation...
Johnsons Solicitors Nottingham: In fact during our initial search, the only review appearing to be about the correct firm was a 1☆ comment on 192.com complaining that the solicitor was too friendly with the police officers. No, really. When I worked in immigration, I was the guy that showed up at the...
