Finding the Right Help in the UK
DFA Law Solicitors: You can always hang up and call them back on the phone number you know is definitely for the firm. The www.dfalaw.com site is for a completely different law firm and several other possible variants people might accidentally try like www.dfasolicitors.co.uk were not owned by ...
Ian Mallon Solicitors Ltd: It will provide each solicitor's qualification date too. The firm's website is https secure so you should be fine entering your details into the contact forms. class="infoquote "this company came with good recommendations, very grateful to them for my positive ex...
TSABI Ltd Solicitors: A quick bit about navigation. The majority of comments are positive and out of the few negative reviews we saw there didn't seem to be a theme to latch on to and warn about. Luckily though, with law firms there are sometimes independent ways to check up on such thing...
Thorpe Wilson Ltd: Thorpe Wilson don't have any testimonials listed on their website. The Law Society of England & Wales has an excellent website offering a wide range of information about the legal professionals and law offices registered with them. So context is key. On the Law Society websi...
Allsop Durn Dearlove: really.) So always put the star ratings into context by reading the comments that go with. We've had someone rant about 'capitalist law firms!' on our reviews and seen someone give a 1 star rating to a Divorce specialist for refusing to take on their Personal Injury case. ...
MTA Solicitors LLP: They were not and that's something we absolutely do not do.
class="infoquote "At MTA Solicitors, customer service is at the very heart of our business. It happens to firms all the time where a cold-caller states they are from a certain company in order to seem genuine ...
Apprise Legal Services: Now, it's practically 'common'. https: www.lawsociety.org.uk " The Law Society of England & Wales< a> for example can be searched by legal practitioner's name or the name of the firm. Thankfully these days there are a large number of indepedent review boards such as Googl...
Aina Khan Solicitors: If you've already flicked through a dozen solicitor sites today, you've probably asked the same question - "Is the same person writing all of these?" The constant repetition of marketing jargon such as 'modern but traditional', 'fast but not rushed', 'friendly but profession...
Will Taborn Ltd: For example, this could be a requirement for a specialist member of the UK Bar (Barrister), premium investigatory services, litigation funding or eDiscovery."< div>
However the gist of it is probably exactly how the name makes it sound. On top of that, the cheaper servi...
Hutcheon Law Solicitors:
In all though, we hope you can see why we wanted to add this firm to our network and the solicitor search function. 6 x solicitors in the firm with 3 years experience each = 'nearly 20 years of combined experience' . It usually means they've added up the experience ...
Penn Chambers Ltd: help me map out a sensible approach to the divorce negotiations. Normally companies use the Blog section to write dozens of extra (very thinly disguised) sales pitches.
class="infoquote "At Penn Chambers, we use Proteus 3 Case Management Software. Meaning customer en...
Frank Rogers Motoring Solicitor: Unfortunately most companies, not just in the legal industry, use the Blog section to create a dozen extra sales pitches disguised as news or thin information.
There aren't any step by step guides on how to handle a defence yourself. He was fair and to the point"< div>...
OJ Solicitors Glasgow:
class="infoquote "For personal injury claims and work accidents we have a "no win, no fee" policy, which means that if you do not win your case you won't have to pay us any fees."< div>
One thing we always advise people is to ask up front about both "no win, no fe...
Kudos Legal Solicitors:
But what are the opinions of other people? Of course, Kudos Legal have testimonials on their website. We always recommend a good mix of experience versus new blood ideas in a firm. Whilst joined together under the United Kingdom banner, Scotland has an individual legal ...
Serious Injury Law Solicitors:
This claim of a high reputation amongst their peers is also backed up by a good number of quotes on third party sites:
class="infoquote "Serious Law are right up there with the best in terms of calibre of lawyers, methods of working, delivering tangible rehabilit...
5 Essex Court Chambers & Partners: But on the whole, solicitors will tend to hire a third party barrister to do the actual court appearances for a range of matters - including 5 Essex Court's speciality of Criminal Law. https: www.legal500.com firms 9330-chambers-of-jason-beer-qc 9330-london-england " The ...
Avery & Walters Ltd: Some people just skip through the general ratings without really looking into how those ratings were gained. So don't think we're pushing that bookmarking stuff just to promote the firm.
class="infoquote "We are an independent, Yorkshire-based firm of highly talented a...
AWH Legal Ltd: For example, their staff profile pages are heavy on the personal information such as the solicitor's hobbies - but lacking in personal details such as direct email phone numbers. A large number don't take any at the end of the case either, opting to obtain their fees from th...
HH Law Ltd: However, even though Hampson Hughes has one of these on their site - they do state a focus outside of just being about money.
The only things we didn't like about this firm don't really bear much relation to their actual work as personal injury solicitors. Being updat...
Lawcommercial Trading Ltd: On this firm's site however, there seems to be a genuine provision of pieces intended to help with titles such as "Will the New Shared Ownership Model Work?" and "New Residential Possession Proceedings Guidance". Their official website that we've linked to above is www.lawco...
Redwood Collections Ltd: VERY fast turnaround ..."
"I had a long standing debt that I could not get paid. The usual testimonials are pasted on the firm's site, however (as our poll last year informed us) people tend to ignore testimonals on company sites. Redwood Collections is a debt collectio...
AJLO Solicitors: The individual pages on each case type are not as in-depth as we've seen elsewhere, but free initial consultations are on offer (covered further down) so you can ask basic introductory questions without racking up a huge bill.
class="infoquote "Our experienced solicito...
GloverPriest Solicitors Ltd: We've gone in depth on this issue in other articles (site search box below) however in short - Conveyance firms will always have far more negative reviews than firms in other areas of law. Direct contact details are always a huge bonus too though. That's because so many th...
Jarmans Solicitors Sittingbourne: Whilst phrases such as "totally recommend", "great firm", and "exceeded expectations" are all things solicitors want to hear about themselves - none of them help a potential client understand why. A 1 year old law firm might have a 30 year veteran on their team. When we firs...
My 33 Legal Limited: We are devoted to our clients and in ensuring that they achieve the compensation they are rightly due."< div>
Okay, so are they any good at these cases? Through both professional and personal instances we've discovered that experience really is key when it comes to an...
Hammond Trotter Solicitors Ltd: Many places around the country offer to send you to a Safe Driving course rather than formally prosecute you. The same effect probably doesn't come from a Divorce or help writing a Will.
class="infoquote "This website is packed with information about driving offences a...
Driscoll Kingston Solicitors: I would like to thank you all for the good service."
"Every question I asked was answered to my satisfaction, I cannot see any improvement needed."
"... At the time of writing this we've been working with Driscoll Kingston for a little under a year. That's it. Their fir...
SBW Lawyers Ltd:
If you've already been through dozens of law firm websites today looking for one that you feel matches what you're looking for - you may have noticed that a lot of the language (aka 'sales pitches') and even the images can look very similar.
A quick note on naviga...
IWC Estate Planning & Management Ltd: Many firms hate review sites and we've covered a couple of firms where a chunk of the 5 star reviews were clearly faked< s> ...
The majority of legal professionals still adhere to the 9-5 Mon-Fri rule rigidly. They then take that case to a third party solicitor to d...
Briffa Intellectual Property Solicitors: They may also deal with divorces, personal injury, and criminal law in the same day. We're always open about the fact that some of the firms we review might be current partners of ours. He speaks fluent German and French and still works in the music industry on the side.
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Helix Law Solicitors: I would not hesitate to recommend them."
"Avery approachable and helpful company - I called out of the blue to get some general advice and potentially line up some work with Helix Law. I couldn't recommend more highly."
"I was very impresses with the fast and helpf...
Leech and Co Solicitors Ltd:
class="infoquote "We are a boutique firm of committed, compassionate and friendly private client Solicitors providing expert, high-quality legal services to our clients. extremely grateful for the time and service we received from Leech and Co and would highly recomme...
Joanna Connolly Solicitor Advocates: I recommend a phone call to confirm the ins and outs of that though.
Whilst obviously focused on financial law matters, they also work on contentious probate, disputing a will, inheritance laws, personal insolvency, employment law court advocacy, and more.. They do not ...
CFG Law: (No really, a lot of firms do that.) If you go to the Managing Director, Alastair Fernie's, profile you'll read that he:
class="infoquote "... etc.' disclaimer is relevant in this instance. Whilst taking out what is essentially a 'loan' at the start of your case might...
Hodge Jones and Allen Solicitors: All above 4☆. We list firms that process £millions in cases. I don't think anyone can argue that!
There also seems to be an active interest in law generally and in helping people. We list firms with more than a dozen office locations. This one is from their ...
CSL Law Croydon: If we see a lot of people using our internal search to seek a review article on a particular firm - we write one.
Yet despite CSL Law having been on our network since 2014, no-one has asked.
So instead of questions like "What makes our firm so amazing?" they hav...
RSR Law Croydon: The use of acronyms isn't limited to the firm's own name though. Which is neither clear or helpful.
So we'll stick with facts to draw conclusions. Other funding options are available, such as a fixed fee agreement, meaning you pay no unexpected costs. Specialist Solicit...
Johnsons Solicitors Nottingham: Whilst many of the firm's clients will be innocent and just good people caught in bad situations, they will have a huge amount of clients that are not nice people at all. Bravo Google on such amazing relevance.
Just as an aside (and we'll probably get complaints about ...
Autologistic Solutions Limited: Very little reviews on the regular boards. Remember though, that none of this would be doubling up on anything you currently have or are paying for - e.g. We plan on testing this out and writing a full review article later on. We could imagine people carrying around insur...
Philip Nam White Collar Legal: It's the kind of thing that, when you see it, you suddenly want a law passed so that every law firm has to post their average hourly rate . So what else can we compare instead?
Whilst flicking through various law sites, you may have noticed some asking you to follow t...
Stephen McCaffery & Catherine Stock: She did actually work as a nurse within the NHS for some years before being called to the Bar in 2007. If you're a doctor being investigated by the General Medical Council (GMC) over professional misconduct. How he describes himself?
class="infoquote "Renowned for my ...
Kings Court Trust Probate: We see ourselves as a business that happens to offer legal services."< div>
Around the web we see that the firm is generally reviewed well. Kings Court Trust display names and photos, but no other information beyond that. But on this occasion I have no problem stating t...
EHL Solicitors UK: That's my point.
If I had to pick something to criticise (and what review would be complete without a bit of nit-picking) I'd prefer less text on each page. However, Edward Hands and Lewis is a very large firm and therefore probably have a dedicated web-person. Obviousl...
Davey Law: But until I actually sat down to write about Davey Law, it didn't hit me that we had just secured the services of a stereotypical solicitor's practice. Whilst for businesses they cover things like disputes, property, insolvency and employment law.
As I said, they have t...
Meresbrook Pollard Ltd: They also cover licensing (e.g. drugs, poca proceedings, benefit fraud, etc.). I certainly was not prepared for the levels of false information and types of deception I encountered. Also, with Yorkshire's immigrant population having http: www.mirror.co.uk news ampp3d immig...
Balfour and Manson Solicitors: Also, the merger with Duthie Ward did not do away with the individual websites. And the office in Carden Place is perfect for us, right in the heart of the city's business area." < font>
In our opinion, the highest possible profile case for Balfour Manson in the Aberdee...
MurrayHay Solicitors: He works with Landlords and Tenants, and can deal with property financing too.
Richard Rooney has also come to MurrayHay from his own practice in Wimbledon to help with the property work plus litigation matters. So as usual, best practice is to bookmark the site once yo...
Thompsons Solicitors Glasgow: They don't just help injured people, but also those treated unfairly by their employer in matters such as unfair dismissal, discrimination, equalities (including equal pay) and transfer of undertakings (TUPE).
Again with most law firms posting testimonials pages smothe...
Alison Ashworth Solicitors: Just be sure and drive responsibly from then on, as you may not get the same bit of luck twice!
The founder of the firm, Alison Ashworth, feels the same way as us, stating: "I am always surprised by the level of injustice that I witness day in day out where cases are b...
Jackson and Lees Solicitors: So, now everything seems to be accessible from that main website rather than spread out now. But with a number of large, well-established firms collapsing in recent years - it is a real testament to their planning, staff, and setup that they seem to be going from strength to...
Accident Claims Scotland: There is a core group of case description pages and answer pages such as the FAQs page which covers things such as "Do I need any money to claim through ACS?" or "How long do I have to make a claim?" or "How long will it take?"
class="infoquote "ACS Accident Claims Sco...
Lambert Pugh Conveyancing Solicitors: As you'll have gathered from our piece, whilst the logo has 'pugh' all in lower case and attached to the 'Lambert' - they are in fact two separate solicitors. Buying and selling property is nerve racking. The site says that the quotes are 'free', but really, we've never seen...
Newry's McShanes Law Firm: McShanes claim such a reputation but (thankfully) do not cover their website with crass stories about the, often uncommon, super-large payouts achieved. There are a few different names, such as Criminal Representation rather than the more common Criminal Defence or Criminal ...
Taylor Rose Solicitors Limited TTKW: At the time of writing they were 3.7 5 on Yell.com, 7.4 10 on TrustPilot, and 3.9 5 on Google. It's just that for solicitors like Taylor Rose MW who handle a wide range of case types, you really need to dig in a read a bunch of them if you're going to get a clear picture. Th...
Atkinson Rose (Amit Patel) Employment Lawyers: His bio on the firm's website explains the experience he's gained in various large and small law firms during the 10+ years since qualifying as a solicitor. They are usually to try and scam you out of property money, but you never know what they're going to think of next. we...
BarristerDirect Ltd based in Manchester: They in turn will then often approach Barristers for advice and representation if your case proceeds to Court. Then, should your claim actually go to Court, you will continue to be represented by the same people you've already been working with. Barrister-Direct Limited has ...
Hythe Solicitors Robson & Co, near Folkestone in Southern Kent: Unfortunately, unless it specifically says something like 'the providing guardian or guardians' - I think there will always be room to take it various ways. Anyway - we're making too much of this.
Robson&Co's Family Law experts, like all other firms, will either be the ...
Brearleys Solicitors Brighouse:
http: www.brearleyswealth.co.uk www.brearleyswealth.co.uk< a> - theirs. It expounded on a legal issue that doesn't seem to be discussed much. We know that for many people, it helps to have a mental image of what a person looks like when dealing with them over the phone. ...
Law in Cornwall Ltd: They can help with disputes between directors, intellectual property cases, partnership problems and shareholder disputes. They can work on appropriate claims under a Conditional Fee Agreement, a.k.a. They offer family law services such as divorce, children and family cases....
Julia Brown Solicitor @ Family Legal Solicitors: Their ethos is that as a family solicitor they are there not only to provide legal advice, but to provide support, and to help make things better, helping you and your former partner separate with dignity whilst looking after your most important asset - your children. I neve...
Anupamah Huneewoth Solicitors: Raj Law had five complaints registered with the ombudsman, a website full of errors (broken links, broken images, broken contact form, blank pages, etc.), and despite having existed since 2004 - absolutely no information, articles, news, or discussions about them anywhere.
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MacLachlans Solicitors Gillingham:
This too is nicely honest though, because the majority of firms feel very inadequate about their establishment date if it's not very long.
One thing you might not have considered as a positive point, or even noticed, is the fact Maclachlans have a very unusual ...
Marcus Andreen Commercial Law: His website states an estimated saving of around 25% to 50% when compared to that charged by full service, general law firms.
Established in 2004, with the objective of offering small businesses and entrepreneurs a cost-effective counsel-type service, Marcus Andreen had...
Hartley Bain Solicitors in Stratford, Greater London: Individual Immigration - for individuals whether moving for studies, work or family relocation. Wills & Probate - ensure your private affairs are in order.
They also run a blog with helpful information for everyone, with title such as "How will the recent changes to the...
Debt Solve UK: They have local knowledge and claim to follow "traditional debt collection methods" . They state that their customers continue to recommend them to other businesses because of this.
Amongst DebtSolve's services is the Quick Check facility. The company owed the debt may...
Taylor Bracewell Doncaster: The rankings are based on feedback from both clients and other solicitors. A few of the staff received individual mentions such as Alison Kitchman, a Collaborative Family Lawyer and partner in the firm, who was described as "extremely proficient" . They make no quantitative...
KTPSolicitors: If you flick through the K-T-P website, the origin of the name doesn't seem to be mentioned. On the personal injury side, he deals with road traffic claims, workplace claims and public liability claims such as trips and falls. Therefore, we strongly suggest bookmarking the c...
Countrywide Property Lawyers Ltd: Considering the increasingly complex world of conveyancing (especially with the often un-followable rules on Stamp Duty) I'm sure people would rather see some case examples where 'Mr A' had a problem that Countrywide solved by doing 'X' . it's going to be short! Yes, if y...
Michael Jefferies Injury Lawyers @ Jefferies Solicitors Ltd: They point out that things such as depreciating value of the car, road tax increases, and so on are yet to be discovered.
The main people to note would probably be Michael Jefferies (Managing Director), Nina Ramsden (Director), and Kathryn Harland (Personal Injury Solic...
CBTRL Wendy Amey:
In our opinion, psychological injuries and their treatment should always have been given more credit and concern than they were. Including one about the color="green "Biopsychosocial model and its relevance to recovery across the age spectrum and the return to norma...
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