Finding the Right Help in the UK
Mac Jones Solicitors: But also maybe some they don't, yet should. So here are some of the things we noticed and why they stand out to us as a firm that has worked in the industry for over 20+ years. Because whilst a fairly new legal practitioner can be bolstered by a good support team - there's n...
Hill House Chambers Barristers: So always call the official phone number you have to check with the firm about such emails you've received. and represent you in court."< div> ​We've obviously summarised their much longer description https: www.hillhousechambers.co.uk directaccess" found here< a> ...
Stowe Family Law Solicitors: Some firms like to write alot about themselves and their services. But you've probably come across a dozen law firms that claim to be the 'best', 'specialist' or 'largest in' such-and-such on their website as well. All other variants we checked such as www.stowe.co.uk were f...
LRose Law Ltd: Personal Injury ... 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. Because the actions needed for each of the case titles quoted can follow the same general direction and court proceedings ...
Bellax Solicitors: Despite all three statements seeming to indicate 30 years of 'something' - it is only the second statement that is a real indication that there is an actual 30 year experienced solicitor at the firm. These days however there is a third kind of firm. class="info...
JPS Walker Solicitors: It's really very common. That means each will only be covered very briefly, but hopefully it will provide a greater selection of things that might help when trying to decide between the various law firms available for your case. So what can set one firm apart from another?...
The Legal Practice Solicitors: If someone calls saying they are from your solicitor's office and you don't recognise the person - never feel uncomfortable about saying you're going to hang up and ring them back on the official phone number you have. Maintaining such high ratings whilst working in that ind...
Young & Co Solicitors:
class="infoquote "We believe in transparency and therefore list our fees on our website. The only negative comments we saw related to the length of time a house sale took.
class="infoquote "Our main office is in Longton. So any firm that still works with Legal A...
Lefevres Scotland Ltd: At 1to1Legal we try to get a varied selection of options for people to choose from.
For example, Lefevres are listed in the Legal Aid board database. The first only means there are no fees if your case loses. The name is quite unique so any searches for 'lefevers sol...
David Stinson & Co Solicitors: A lawyer who is expert in one can usually handle any of the others just as well. The main difference between firms on the matter of fees is how they reclaim their own costs should the case win or lose.
class="infoquote "We work on road accident claims and workplace ...
Cook's Solicitors: The experience levels of the solicitor running your case is the most crucial number out of the two.
Of course, the first point of call for most people are the prior customer reviews when they are checking out any service provider.
Whilst that might mean you'll ne...
Swain and Co Solicitors: I approached them full of cynicism after years of let downs by other lawyers.
A quick note on navigation considering the varied brand names. They are usually much more full of praise too, which is probably why only 8% of you voted in our poll year saying you took compan...
Fentimans My Law Matters: The titular Nicholas Fentiman qualified in 1979, with various other solicitors joining after - right up to Nila Brailey who qualified in 2007. It's quite common for law firms to create separate trading names. Because whilst many negative comments can be totally unhelpful (e...
Frazer Coogans Solicitors: One last clipping from the firm's website:
class="infoquote "Free initial consultation"< div>
This actually is becoming more common amongst UK law firms which is great, but there still are firms out there that will charge for a proper discussion about your case w...
Burton & Co Quality Solicitors: We can only assume they think they are complaining about an actual company called 'QualitySolicitors'. For example John Wood qualified as a solicitor in 1977, Judith Brennan in 1987, Nicola Booth in 2001, Jodie Peters in 2016, right up to Alysha Jade Eiles in the extremely ...
One Law Solicitors & Barristers: It also provides the qualification dates and specialties of each legal professional within a firm. All of the common variants you'd expect such as www.onelawsolicitors.com .co.uk also seem to be owned by different companies though not currently in use. For each firm it pro...
Beers Solicitors LLP: If there are several negative comments related to being uncontactable - that's a good thing to note. But you can always end up with a 1-year-qualified lawyer from the 200-year-old firm in the same way you could be provided a 40-year-guru lawyer from a 1-year-old legal practi...
Disrepair Claims UK: There is a simply huge number of keyword related websites targeting this area of litigation such as www.housingdisrepairhelpline.co.uk, www.housing-disrepair-claims.co.uk, and www.housingdisrepairlawyers.co.uk (just to pick out the first three in a Google search).
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Simper Law: Which makes it far more believable that a self-proclaimed "small firm" can have a decent level of expertise and experience in all of them.
class="infoquote "our practice has quickly gained a good reputation within the legal world"< div>
In most industries these ...
RM Solicitors: Currently neither www.rmsolicitors.co.uk or www.reynoldsmacdonald.co.uk seems to be owned by the firm. Normally you will be asked to sign an insurance document to cover the costs of your case. It's very common. Reynolds Macdonald are registered with The Law Society of Englan...
Ullah Law Associates: This firm https: solicitors.lawsociety.org.uk office 607835 ula-solicitors-limited" is registered with< a> The Law Society of England & Wales which is great because they have the best user-side offering we've seen amongst similar organisations across the UK. We've seen ...
Taylor Price Legal Ltd: TaylorPrice Solicitors https: taylorprice.co.uk our-team.html" tick all those boxes< a> and have avoided going over the top such as listing their pet's names and favourite film titles.
There are plenty of things to pick out though that could make a difference to your...
Michael Leighton Jones Solicitors: Sadly though, it often does promote that idea and the legal industry is one of the last such places this discrimination exists. That's very common though. A good mix of ages, experience, and case focus.
Here at 1to1Legal we've been reviewing legal companies for over ...
Milners Law LLP: Now, through Milners, you can get your hands on all this legal expertise for a sensible price."< div>
The information provided on the law society site certainly bears out their claims of extensive experience. not trying to jack-of-all-trades things. But we've seen negat...
KRS Wills & Probate:
A quick note on navigation as we're dealing with an acronymed company name and non-branded web address. But be aware that Google still allows keyword matching in their ads with trademark protection protocols that can be very, very slow to pick up abuse. of the firm nam...
Branch Austin McCormick Solicitors: The jack-of-all-trades situation. well ... The database publicly https: www.legal500.com how-it-works " lists the sort of criteria< a> used when creating the Legal 500 list too. There were also several comments about how fast the process had been whether for a property sa...
Trojan Solicitors:
class="infoquote "Our aim is to build long standing relationships with everyone we work with and to ensure we take the time to listen, understand and do our utmost to achieve the outcome you require."< div>
The most popular tools people use when researching a firm...
Cheshire Estates and Legal Ltd:
class="infoquote "As a law firm, we're a bit different but in a good way!"< div>
There were several things that stood out to us on their site. Again, no firm is going to claim to be the alternative of any of those.
A quick note on navigation. Certainly ...
Fultons Estate Agents: So if you see reviews relating to such, it's not an error by the reviewer. www.fultons-scotland.com does not redirect you and neither of the www.fultons.co.uk or www.fultons.com variants are owned by the company. Those few extra case types and the conveyancing make up the f...
Hooper Hyde Solicitors: They are not related companies. Sometimes you don't need a local firm. This, and the odd search results, shouldn't be a huge worry though as most scammers tend to target property clients as apparently it's very easy https: www.manningrivertimes.com.au story 7384427 scamwat...
Antony Hodari Legal Services:
The issue with related domains not being owned or incorrect searches really only affects law matters where the client has to pay the solicitor large sums of money. Antony Hodari himself qualified in 1981, Emma Rees in 2000, right up to Rozina Bibi who qualified in 2017...
Fair Result Divorce: As if on seeing 'established in 1821' on a law firm's site, the general public will believe a 200 year old solicitor is sat on a throne somewhere in the office imparting sage advice to junior members. Although according to our poll last year, not even single digit percentage...
Dylan Nair Ltd Solicitors: 100% compensation means there will be no fees if your case wins OR loses.
class="infoquote "We understand you place a great deal of faith in solicitors; this is why we only use experts."< div>
It's a growing trend (that we absolutely encourage) for legal offices...
Mckie Legal Solicitors Ltd: The second means no fees whether case your case loses OR wins. A solicitor that takes 10% of your settlement but gets you £5000 compensation is a far better choice than one who takes no cut but only gets you a £1000 early settlement deal.
That may sound like a very odd...
Jacobs Law Solicitors: The largest property firm in England Wales currently has a rating of just under 3 stars on Google with over 1,000 reviews.
One thing we're very keen on is firms having profile pages of their staff including a photo, name, and case types covered. For example:
clas...
Allan Argue and Co Solicitors: We've seen conveyancing firms with over a thousand reviews on a single review site. And even a one star rating for a firm having moved offices to a place where the person had to pay for street parking instead of it being free. We've seen the most absurd negative reviews agai...
Springle Solicitors: Ensuring the advice you get is from a qualified and experienced professional is important too.
At one point, more than two thirds of people were dying without leaving a will . On top of that, families are much further away from the stereotypical husband wife 2.6 c...
BLZ Solicitors Ltd: One tip though is to make sure the free consultation is with a qualified professional.
A quick note on navigation. A last sales-pitchy statement from the firm's site:
class="infoquote "We are a friendly, approachable and professional firm that provides quality leg...
Hawkridge & Co Solicitors: No unsubstantiated claims, just clear examples of their status showing good immersion in the industry as a whole. The official website we link to above is www.hawklaw.co.uk with www.hawklaw.com being about some WWII land renovation project. But when anything goes wrong, they...
Pacific Law:
When reviews do start popping up though (and even in your searches of any company really) you need to take the time to read through comments. However, to state 'pay no attention to this reviewer, they are just a sore loser' has never felt like something they could pull ...
ABS Lawyers Ltd: That means they've added up the experience years of everyone within the firm. That doesn't mean we're just another directory with hundreds of high street firms competing for space on our pages.
class="infoquote "We ensure that customer service, rather than our profits,...
Stenfield Solicitors Ltd: We did see a couple of complaints.
In this instance Stenfield have solicitors on board that started their careers off in practically every decade over the past thirty years . We ran a poll a few years ago which came back in the single digits for people that actually tr...
Khan Law Glasgow: However we believe that should never be a dealbreaker.
class="infoquote "Our Personal Injury Claims are dealt with on a 'no win no fee' basis."< div>
It's something we've covered before but it's still causing confusion so we'll briefly cover it again: 'no win no ...
Deo Volente Legal: The statement about having served clients for seven years though may make them sound quite new compared to the hundreds of law firms boasting founding dates in the 1800s and beyond. You may get a forty year experienced solicitor from a law firm brand that started up yester...
Suhail Ahmad at Richmond Legal: It's pretty bleak though and only getting worse. It also states fluency in Urdu and Punjabi as well as English.
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 cons...
Trust Inheritance Limited:
So why might you pick a niche firm like Trust Inheritance Ltd over your local high street firm that covers estate matters as well? If you want to get more solid figures about the actual experience of solicitors within any law firm, you can usually get it from their lo...
Bilkus and Boyle: People are https: www.theguardian.com money 2021 jan 02 homebuyers-scams-stamp-duty-holiday-" handing millions of pounds over to fraudsters< a> simply because they thought the email telling them to suddenly pay their huge deposit into a totally different bank account - we...
Catteralls in Wakefield: These are random snippets across a wide range of reviewers, most of whom decided that was the main feature they wanted to comment on.
Whilst getting on with your solicitor and feeling like they genuinely care about you will often be the ultimate final deal breaker, th...
Penerley Solicitors: Unfortunately this has not really spread to law firms as much as everywhere else. Even today there are dozens of law firms that don't even have a website, let alone an online tracking system for people to check on their case progress. 'Less-stuffy' is a phrase we're seeing...
Conveyancing Search Providers:
class="infoquote "We are a well established market leader in England & Wales dedicated to offering our clients the best solutions available on the market at the best prices in an accurate and timely manner."< div>
That's a snippet from The Search Bureau's website....
Special Education Needs Lawyer: One last point made on the firm's website:
class="infoquote "We advise all parents families to take early action, early intervention can be most effective."< div>
For some types of legal matter you can have anything from several months to three whole years to addr...
Pump Court Chambers Barristers: The official website for this chambers is www.pumpcourtchambers.com which we link to above with www.pumpcourtchambers.co.uk redirecting you there nicely. Even if someone phones you up asking about money, don't be afraid to politely decline and ring the firm back on the offic...
Mason Bullock Solicitors:
Mason Bullock have also tried to raise awareness of the terrible injustice of CCJs in recent years ever since an online claims process has allowed debt firms to channel cases through a Northampton 'court' that will give them legal powers without ever having heard from...
Lindsays Solicitors Scotland: However we thought it could be very helpful to take you through a few of the reasons we chose to work with them.
A quick note on navigation. Whilst many legal practices and other industry companies will boast about their testimonial page, the fact Lindsays' page is not...
Aspire Licensing & Administrative Services: Obviously, never discuss such payments via email or even with someone that calls you up. People have given away millions each year to fraudsters. Much more than a firm that only covers a handful of such cases each month as part of their general commercial legal work. The f...
OTS Immigration Solicitors: OTS Solicitors is one such firm. That's like leaving a bad review for McDonalds for not selling pizza. 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. Common errors we would expect...
Reid and Black Solicitors: They also sponsor and support the local veterans football team 'The Comrades' which we recommend you https: www.newtownabbeytoday.co.uk news only-surviving-comrades-story-told-ballyclare-centenary-book-109620" read about here< a>.
Whilst not actually based in England...
Howe and Co Solicitors: Let alone the actual people trying to get in. Although according to our poll a couple of years ago, most people don't trust or at least don't pay attention to a company's own testimonial page anyway. Gushingly so on occasions, as I'm guessing they were in relation to situat...
Robin Somerville Barrister:
If you've read some of our other review articles on firms, this is usually the point where we direct you to various online resources to help research the company in more detail. Robin Somerville is definitely already qualified and he will be the person dealing with y...
Levins Solicitors: You can always hang up and call back on the phone number you know is correct. Currently www.levinslaw.com is owned by someone else. We did find though that when you start typing 'levins solicitors' into Google it sometimes displays a totally different firm in the drop down ...
Aconveyancing Ltd:
However from experience we and many other people have learned there is no 200 year old guru at any firm imparting all their wisdom to new staff. No matter which you use such as Google, Yelp, Yell.com, or Trustpilot - the majority of firms dealing with property sales wil...
The Injury Solicitor Salford: But we also add firms that are large, small, niche, general practice, or just an alternative resource such as Direct Access barristers or Mediation Providers. Such as:
class="infoquote "We use the latest technology to ensure that you are able to track the progress of y...
RD Costings Ltd: For others you may be better off with a Direct Access barrister to save some time and money.
class="infoquote "RD Costings have the experience and knowledge to secure a payment in circumstances where an individual application would not necessarily be successful."< div>...
MGBe Legal Ltd: At 1to1Legal we like to research and review a wide variety firms. If someone is not quite experienced enough for your personal injury claim, you might be a few hundred pounds less-better-off in your compensation settlement. However whilst you may see hundreds of reviews abou...
McEwan Fraser Legal Scotland:
It may surprise you therefore to see us recommending and writing about McEwan Fraser Legal who, on the face of it, appear to be a regular high-street-styled property firm.
This is because a huge number of people have a bad experience selling buying a property in...
Fieldfisher Solicitors LLP: You'll see Fieldfisher have lawyers from each of the past four decades including Ian Austin (qualified in 1986), Bridget Collier (1997), Mark Greenhalgh (2008, and Jonathon Bell (2017). However, this is not to be confused with the 100% compensation guarantee some firms offer...
Assured Probate Services: unequalled in providing the highest standard of service and quality of advice"< div>
So does this carry over in to satisfied clients? In all honesty this is a far more difficult area to check up on when you're dealing with a large organisation of pretty much indepeden...
Linkilaw Solicitors Ltd in London: If you check out https: solicitors.lawsociety.org.uk office 631933 linkilaw-solicitors-limited" the section for this firm< a> you'll see contact information, qualification dates of the relevant solicitors, details of their specialties, and more.
The flip side of this...
NV Legal Solicitors: NV Legal are with The Law Society of England & Wales which actually has one of the best society websites we've seen . The fact NV Legal is already doing this is a great indicator of a firm with both the mindset and resources we agree with.
class="infoquote "Your cla...
SR Law Solicitors London: Thankfully, if the firm you're interested in is based within England or Wales they are most likely registered with the national Law Society. But why?
class="infoquote "We are known for our strength in litigation work, and the majority of our laywers are dispute resolu...
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