Finding the Right Help in the UK
Hill House Chambers Barristers: But the Bar Standards Board is far less consumer oriented. That's still very useful information though and something people typicaly want to know yet can't find out when it comes to barristers. A solicitor's firm will have all staff working as if it's one big company toget...
Stowe Family Law Solicitors: for 'stowe 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 t...
LRose Law Ltd: So whilst an individual solicitor saying they are a specialist in Family Law, Wills, Injuries, Property and Criminal Law doesn't make a whole lot of sense - on this occasion it does. However whilst there may be a multitude of case titles within an area of law - it is still ...
Bellax Solicitors: There were several other things about Bell Lax Solicitors we saw as positive or just plain interesting that made them stand out a bit more in our minds. But the basic checks we use when judging a firm for inclusion in our database can easily be used by potential clients as w...
JPS Walker Solicitors: That's because whilst people are more than happy to jump online and let people know about their lovely waitress or great local car wash - they are far less likely to rush onto the internet and broadcast about their messy divorce, bankruptcy, or life-destroying accident. Th...
The Legal Practice Solicitors: Reading negative reviews may not always put someone off using a firm unless there is a clear theme. The three words of the firm's branding 'the', 'legal', and 'practice' are not unique terms such as when solicitors typically use their own surname. Indeed at the time of writi...
Young & Co Solicitors:
class="infoquote "Our specialisation in our key areas make us experts rather than 'jack of all trades'."< div>
Areas of law that a firm handles is also something you can usually confirm on the Law Society website, right down to each individual solicitor's chosen a...
Lefevres Scotland Ltd: You can end up hiring a 40-year-guru lawyer from a law practice that set up 6 months ago. However they claim decades of experience. That way when you search our database for help in your area we can show you everything such as a regular high street general practice solicitor...
David Stinson & Co Solicitors:
class="infoquote "David Stinson & Co specialise in personal injury claims for clients across the Kent area."< div>
Whilst many case types might be listed on any personal injury firm's website such as slips trips, workplace injuries, car accidents, etc. But note t...
Cook's Solicitors: We agree that it is always better to see both the positive and negative comments. in a personal injury claim, professional and a top notch guy"
"My solicitor was always polite and I think she deserves a lot of credit."< div>
Those are some snippets from comments le...
Swain and Co Solicitors: People seeking help with divorce will tell people to 'AVOID!!' a Criminal Law specialist. Since the 90s the government has gutted the Legal Aid system reducing the number of people that can use it, the number of case types it will cover, and the amount of money a solicitor c...
Fentimans My Law Matters:
Either way we would still recommend bookmarking the correct site because the firm deals with property which has become a huge target market for scams. However there were some negative comments that really need to be read. Because whilst many negative comments can be to...
Frazer Coogans Solicitors: led Frazer Coogans into rapid expansion to be one of the leading firms in the West Coast of Scotland."< div>
It's hugely common for companies to claim they are 'one of the leading' in something. That doesn't look good, but this is why we always recommend you actually re...
Burton & Co Quality Solicitors: All cards on the table - we like Burton & Co . So why is that? On their own website of course there is the standard testimonials.
One of the best resources for finding out the specialties and experience of the individual solicitors within a firm is the local law soci...
One Law Solicitors & Barristers: Scammers email property buying clients telling them the bank details for their deposit has changed and apparently thousands of people have simply sent the money to the fraudster's bank account without bothering to check with their solicitor first . With that in mind we alw...
Beers Solicitors LLP: Make sure you know what site you're on and never discuss payments via email .
. But we didn't see such a solicitor named as working at this firm. A lot of comments about friendliness and speed. Very positive with many of them quoting and praising the staff member involved...
Disrepair Claims UK: Fairweather Claims Ltd is a claims management company and is regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority"< div>
As you can see from the above snippet from the firm's website, claims management companies are no longer meant to be unregulated industry pirates. The second...
Simper Law:
Simpler Law https: find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk company 09950480" became a Limited firm< a> in 2016 which makes it sound almost a baby compared to many law firms out there. This is showcased by the number of law firms still boasting ancient fou...
RM Solicitors: They are far less likely to rush and publicly talk about their messy divorce, bankruptcy, or life-long brain injury. However if you search for the latter along with typical variants such as 'rm lawyers', 'rm legal', etc. Conditional fee still means that if your case loses y...
Ullah Law Associates: The official name is ULA Solicitors Ltd and if you see any mentions of Ullah Law Associates (U.L.A.) - that was the name of the firm prior to 2018. The most important figure we think people should focus on is not how old the brand name is, but the number of years experience ...
Taylor Price Legal Ltd: A prime example is amongst the Google reviews for Taylor Price's business. This is true for cases such as Personal Injury.
The Taylor Price site is https secure though so will be fine for submitting your details through their contact form. Nine times out of ten this w...
Michael Leighton Jones Solicitors: For Michael Leighton Jones we didn't see any such negative 'themes' . So if there are very few or even zero reviews for a firm - that shouldn't be taken as a negative sign. When you are flicking through law firm reviews remember that people are far less likely to share thei...
Milners Law LLP: Therefore it's very important for good firms to make sure they have such staff profiles.
This becomes important to note because the firm handles property matters which https: www.thetimes.co.uk static connected-families conveyancing-email-scam-hackers-steal-house-de...
KRS Wills & Probate: As you would expect, all testimonials that companies post on their site are always 100% positive. But what do prior clients think of the firm?
class="infoquote "friendly, efficient and well informed"
"explained everything and more as I asked a lot of questions"
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Branch Austin McCormick Solicitors: Another is for fraudsters to send out emails pretending to be their solicitor and stating that the bank details for the house deposit they're sending has changed.
When it comes to law firms it is always a good idea to read the actual comments anyway rather than just fl...
Trojan Solicitors: In those ancient times before the years began starting with a 20--, firms typically were either general practice or were known for a single case type. Does this make them not a 'specialist' firm then? They're certainly not a general practice firm covering every single type o...
Cheshire Estates and Legal Ltd: Certainly CEL Solicitors have a wide range of positive reviews :
class="infoquote "they really did carry out what they intended to and I am very happing with what was achieved"
"Now have a date for the repairs to be done and a nice little bit of compensation as a...
Fultons Estate Agents:
The firm does cover Wills, Probate and Power of Attorney matters as well. That's because the majority of conveyancing firms have negative reviews. The full branding of this firm is Fulton's Solicitors & Estate Agents with the official website being www.fultons-scotla...
Hooper Hyde Solicitors: Hooper Hyde state each lawyer has at least 10 years' experience. There are national, county, city, and even case specific societies which legal professionals can join. Motoring Offences and Divorce clients have tended to be that way for many years.
HooperHyde obviously ...
Antony Hodari Legal Services: To us that's a bit of a cheat. Over the past few years alone https: www.theguardian.com money 2020 feb 29 bank-scam-solicitors-email-hacked" people have lost millions to scammers< a> over property matters when buying or selling a house. One we saw last week was particular...
Fair Result Divorce:
class="infoquote "We start at the end point. I know our articles are usually very impartial and simply informative, but if you and your ex are reasonable people looking for a cost-effective winding up just like you'd expect from any financial partnership - this does s...
Dylan Nair Ltd Solicitors: There's also a good mix of fluent languages spoken at this firm.
If you too have already been through dozens of websites today looking for a solicitor to help you with a legal matter, you may have noticed many firms all claiming to be 'modern', 'experts', 'experienced...
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. But to be honest, in the legal indus...
Jacobs Law Solicitors: Obviously the fact we've written hundreds of in depth review articles on UK law firms should be evidence enough that we haven't personally used each and every one of them for a legal matter.
A great feature is being able to see the qualification dates of any solicitor a...
Allan Argue and Co Solicitors: No win no fee is not the same as the 100% compensation slogans you see some firms declaring as well.
class="infoquote "When we can, we operate a no-win-no-fee funding option for our clients."< div>
We would expect every solicitor doing injury litigation matters ...
Springle Solicitors: Every client relationship matters to us."< div>
Springle & Co is registered with The Law Society of England & Wales and if you https: solicitors.lawsociety.org.uk office 632150 springle-co-solicitors" check out the page< a> on any given firm you'll be shown their loc...
BLZ Solicitors Ltd: If you look at the page for https: solicitors.lawsociety.org.uk office 6833 blz-limited" this firm< a> you'll see there are only two solicitors working within it, with just over a decade's experience between them. So unfortunately, this phrase has become quite meaningless...
Hawkridge & Co Solicitors: It could have been for logo design, which really doesn't help in estimating the quality of their legal services. Frankly many issues are totally outside your solicitor's control such as land searches, mortgage applications and so on. These kinds of things are not automatical...
Pacific Law: Even one extra Saturday a month is actually more rare than you think, so give a firm credit for that if it's available. will probably continue for some time. This could include breaking away from the typical 9am-5pm Mon-Fri working hours and offering some late night appoin...
ABS Lawyers Ltd: That doesn't mean we're just another directory with hundreds of high street firms competing for space on our pages. 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 pr...
Stenfield Solicitors Ltd: Whereas a new brand legal practice that popped up last month could have several well seasoned lawyers with dozens of years' experience between them.
Unfortunately when no feedback is left it's hard to know if that person was even rating the correct firm. For the past f...
Khan Law Glasgow: Sometimes based on nothing more than an official-looking email telling them the bank details for payment have changed. We've always praised The Law Society of England & Wales for having a hugely informative and useful website - and that's a hard thing to do being a Scottis...
Deo Volente Legal: There are titles such as 'How Brexit is going to Affect the Immigration Policies for the UK (2021)', 'Cryptocurrency and Wills', and 'How to Video-Witness a Will'.
DV Solicitors have other positive points. Most interesting to us though are the qualifying dates of th...
Suhail Ahmad at Richmond Legal: So whilst it's easy to find the confirmation of expertise and experience from places like the law society - it's unfortunately not been long enough for a good amount of public reviews to be available on the web.
Don't expect this to change very quickly though. This i...
Trust Inheritance Limited:
There are dozens out there, but the most commonly used are Google Reviews, Yelp, Trustpilot and Yell. Trust Inheritance does have some testimonials on their site:
class="infoquote "Couldn’t have wished for a more friendly and helpful person for the advice needed" ...
Bilkus and Boyle: For example, we have three 5 star reviews on Trustpilot but due to the way they calculate averages - we only have a 3.5 star rating overall. You can then click the links of solicitor's names to see some more personal details such as case expertise. The official website we li...
Catteralls in Wakefield:
class="infoquote "We pride ourselves in offering a friendly, professional and approachable service."< div>
Having the experience is certainly a huge plus , but does that translate into good customer service for this firm? Like many companies in the legal industry...
Penerley Solicitors:
Penerley do have slightly longer opening hours than some firms and we saw one website listing them as having a half day Saturday open too. But so far we've not seen anything too extreme such as beanbag chairs in the conference room. Only five years ago one lawyer said...
Conveyancing Search Providers: We saw a few other related names including Premier Searches Limited and Conveyancing Compare, but they all have their own sites. Whilst the majority of articles we write are aimed at informing general consumers about legal practices or available resources to help them in the...
Special Education Needs Lawyer:
This applies to the Education Law Service Ltd firm as well. That's still much better of course than charging you full price just for an introductory discussion about whether they can even help you. Therefore the number of firms helping in those areas are much fewer ...
Pump Court Chambers Barristers: Statements like the one above are displayed on practically every legal firm's website. People are being tricked into https: www.thisismoney.co.uk money beatthescammers article-3897256 Beware-fraudsters-targeting-house-sale-proceeds.html" handing over their house deposits ...
Mason Bullock Solicitors:
The reason we point out common errors is because of how easy it is for people to think they are on the correct site or being emailed from an official address when they are not. One thing we've always pushed for in the compensation claims industry is more care of the c...
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. But one thing that impressed us about Lindsays is the same sort of lack-of-boasting as we saw with their testimonials page before. It was at least three clicks ...
Aspire Licensing & Administrative Services: They handle what would be considered legal matters, and the term 'advisors' is used. Obviously, never discuss such payments via email or even with someone that calls you up. Aspire Licensing point this out themselves as well stating they have:
class="infoquote "... T...
OTS Immigration Solicitors: (Wherever that expression came from.)
class="infoquote "OTS Solicitors is a well-known firm of UK immigration, Employment, Family and Litigation Solicitors, and the leading authority for many TV, radio and newspaper organisation"< div>
Whilst many people will jus...
Reid and Black Solicitors: It simply means that when we researched the firm at the time they came up as being a good firm, covering a good range, with little or no complaints registered on forums or with the relevant organisations. No firm is ever going to state 'we are brand new with not much experie...
Howe and Co Solicitors: The snippets above were from the usual third party boards such as Google, Yell.com, Yelp and Trustpilot.
class="infoquote "Howe + Co Solicitors are a leading London law firm specialising in complex litigation both in the UK and internationally"< div>
Unfortunately...
Robin Somerville Barrister:
Direct Access for the public to barristers has been a hugely welcome change in the legal system .
class="infoquote "Robin is a direct access barrister, mediator, investigator and arbitrator who has been involved in over 1,000 cases spanning more than 19 years"< d...
Levins Solicitors: Sadly in England & Wales (not so much in Scotland) many things can go wrong with a property sale purchase that are totally outside the solicitor's control. We've genuinely seen one firm that stated they were 'continuing a 150 year history in the area' based on the fact they'...
Aconveyancing Ltd: Aconveyancing Ltd became so in mid-2013.
class="infoquote "Communication was quick and we had continual updates."
"The conveyancing process haa been difficult because of the seller's lack of documentation and other delays, but Aconveyancing "has been very support...
The Injury Solicitor Salford: However there is a firm using www.injurysolicitor.co.uk - so just keep aware when typing. Unfortunately if you're researching a legal practice in an other country such as Scotland or Northern Ireland - the information is not nearly as abundant. No win, no fee just means tha...
RD Costings Ltd: It's not something most place high priority on getting. This may sound like a reasonable fee at first. Sadly, thousands of people are handing over their bank details https: www.telegraph.co.uk money katie-investigates has-68k-house-deposit-fraudster-hsbc " and paying depo...
MGBe Legal Ltd: The page also lists Gabriella as a consultant for SLIG Law LLP, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, and Fadiga & Co Ltd. Also, MGBe Legal is the trading name of M&G Bettiga Limited if you see it come up during your own research. Always be aware of what site you're on though an...
McEwan Fraser Legal Scotland: For all you know, the awards this firm have won are 'best logo design' or 'nice employer'. We could send you an email today that looks as though it was sent from an official @mcewanfraserlegal.co.uk email address with just the basic email software we have here.
But cons...
Fieldfisher Solicitors LLP: They have over 400 solicitors on staff in 11 offices across the UK, Republic of Ireland, Belgium, Germany and America.
We therefore think there may be some confusion with the firm's name when people are searching to leave reviews. And by large we mean, well, large. ...
Assured Probate Services:
APS Legal & Associates are no less stand-out-ish. But still pay attention to the links you click and remember that email addresses can be faked quite easily. This particular claim above is made on a few pages we saw including the main page and their About Us section. P...
Linkilaw Solicitors Ltd in London:
Even though Linkilaw's new branding isn't a huge departure from the last, it does mean there could be cross over for a time as review sites update who they're exactly talking about. If you check out https: solicitors.lawsociety.org.uk office 631933 linkilaw-solicitor...
NV Legal Solicitors:
class="infoquote "Your claim will only be handled by a qualified solicitor from day one ... To ensure there are no fees at all whether you win or lose, a firm has to promise you both of these 'No win, no fee' and '100% compensation' statements. So how can you check th...
SR Law Solicitors London: the story is the same as you can see from the few snippets above. However, we also have experienced consultants in other areas of law."< div>
Most firms will have some sales-pitch statement like this on their website about how great their lawyers are.
There are so...
DFA Law Solicitors: But what about the client reviews we mentioned at the start? Certainly the firm has glowing testimonials on their website:
class="infoquote "... A really good mix of old, wiser heads running a firm that still has some young-blood eager to prove themselves.
Luckily...
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