Finding the Right Help in the UK
Lefevres Scotland Ltd: In our honest opinion though, that's complete nonsense and any claims about founding dates should be utterly ignored. class="infoquote "We want our clients to make the right choice and get the best possible legal outcome, so we take the extra time to explore options, ...
David Stinson & Co Solicitors: As mentioned before, having different trading names within one law firm is quite common if the practice wishes to focus and drive more business in a specific type of case. The latter means that you have nothing to pay whether your case wins or loses . The only exception to ...
Cook's Solicitors: So how are Cooks Solicitors looking on the independent boards? class="infoquote "Graeme Tennant dealt with my Right to buy conveyancing and I couldn't fault him. Newcastle RTB team where [sic] a nightmare to deal with and he managed them so well." "always kept m...
Swain and Co Solicitors: Their site is https secure for entering your personal details in their contact form. That's just plain rude. We have over 200 firms in our database at the moment and only 22 of them will help with Legal Aid. Well two years later I've been paroled and am shortly due to g...
Fentimans My Law Matters: We've even seen a divorce client leave a one star rating on a criminal law firm for not handling divorces. But as long as the separate branding efforts have been strong (as Fentimans seem to have done with theirs), you should be able to check out reviews on the team you wi...
Frazer Coogans Solicitors: That's why the majority of law firms that deal with conveyancing and related property matters will most likely have a big chunk of negative reviews. qualified as a Solicitor in 2020"< div>
That's the two ends of the experience bookshelf from what we could see, making a ...
Burton & Co Quality Solicitors: All cards on the table - we like Burton & Co . Whilst most of our articles are about individual firms along with the pros cons and things that stood out, today's piece on Burton & Co LLP will have to cover some new ground.
class="infoquote "Acted quickly and very prof...
One Law Solicitors & Barristers: Be careful when researching law firm reviews though.
class="infoquote "ONELAW CHAMBERS and its lawyers provide a specialist and bespoke legal service in Civil and Commercial Litigation, Business Immigration, Personal Immigration, Landlord and Tenant and Probate matters...
Beers Solicitors LLP: We would really recommend reading the reviews through, though, rather than just relying on star ratings when it comes to law firms. A lot of comments about friendliness and speed. However that doesn't mean we ignore flaws or hide negative press when we find it.
The Law...
Disrepair Claims UK: To fix those missing floor boards. They are a Claims Management Company specialising in the very niche case focus of Landlord Tenant disputes about https: www.itv.com news 2021-04-13 investigation-launched-into-disgusting-damp-and-mouldy-council-housing-after-itv-news-repo...
Simper Law: The firm name is Simper Law Ltd and most branding follows that style. It's very common in law firm review sections to see the losing side of a case leave negative ratings on the firm that beat them. That's something to watch out for as www.simplelaw.com is owned by a diffe...
RM Solicitors:
class="infoquote "If you choose to instruct us we will act on a No Win No Fee or fixed fee basis."< div>
This is the main way such cases are funded. This is quite common for more difficult matters such as medical negligence.
However, not all cases can be run...
Ullah Law Associates: Reading between the lines, it's probably safe to assume they have confidence in their expertise and experience to handle such tasks. It would be wonderful if all company reviews could be like that as you can get a real sense of the positive negative themes of each firm that ...
Taylor Price Legal Ltd: It's not as if there is any firm out there claiming to have the complete opposite of these traits. We will try to show you how to find information between the lines and point out research resources you may not be aware of. A really great resource to help with this is any ...
Michael Leighton Jones Solicitors: Useful context for negative reviews should be used to check if there is a theme. Comments like that aren't very helpful at all. MLJ Solicitors are registered with The Law Society of England & Wales which is great because they are the best out of all such organisation websit...
Milners Law LLP: In this new generation ruled by Facebook and Instagram, we know that seeing such information can make a difference in a potential clients selection process. We’re flexible and approachable, tailoring your case to your individual needs."< div>
That's a quote from the Mil...
KRS Wills & Probate:
Thanks to creation of the internet, law firms are able to select the case types they are good at and then find clients from further afield - rather than having to cater to their local population.
class="infoquote "whilst everybody understands the importance of ma...
Branch Austin McCormick Solicitors:
When you accidentally type the wrong address into your browser bar , you can be taken to a fake site easily.
class="infoquote "We offer a full service, including commercial property, corporate law, divorce and family law, dispute resolution, employment, immigrat...
Trojan Solicitors: The honest truth, however, is that you could end up with a 1-year-qualified solicitor from a 200-year-old firm. For example, they claim to be "award-winning" on their front page but there was no real clarity about what those awards are. Since Brexit, having a lawyer with ge...
Cheshire Estates and Legal Ltd: Simply emailing a CV to reception looks lazy. For a career with CEL Solicitors it's best to visit the website (), check opening hours, and find the correct phone email contact details. This may sound like it shou...
Fultons Estate Agents: The biggest conveyancer in the UK which we reviewed last week has a Google rating of just 3.1 stars at the time of writing. Those few extra case types and the conveyancing make up the firm's full case range. Plus in England Wales house sales can fall through right at the las...
Hooper Hyde Solicitors: Sometimes it can be quite beneficial . There are national, county, city, and even case specific societies which legal professionals can join.
class="infoquote "HooperHyde is a trading name of CLP Group Limited"< div>
On the law society's website you'll be able to...
Antony Hodari Legal Services: The only common typo we saw in our logs was for www.anthonyhodari.co.uk with an 'h' in the first name. They even provide the qualification dates of any solicitors working at the firm which helps to highlight whether a firm is exaggerating their experience claims. It will t...
Fair Result Divorce: Not every legal matter requires a full-on solicitor. With the generic words in the brand name and the hyphenation, there are obviously dozens of other possibilities not to mention common typos with double lettered middles such as using 'fairesult'. yet. We did ask around ou...
Dylan Nair Ltd Solicitors: Working within the legal industry we think it should probably start being mandatory. As you can see from the snippets above, they're largely quite positive . Legal issues are very personal. 100% compensation means there will be no fees if your case wins OR loses.
On ...
Mckie Legal Solicitors Ltd: But when it comes to solicitors, no reviews should not be taken as a negative sign.
class="infoquote "Insurance policy in place so nothing to pay win or lose*."< div>
It therefore looks as though Mckie's solicitors offer both . Please note though that 'no win, n...
Jacobs Law Solicitors:
class="infoquote "Based in the heart of Birmingham’s City Centre, we offer a unique and exciting new approach to our areas of expertise."< div>
If you've already skimmed through dozens of other law firm's sites today, probably 9 times out of 10 you'll have seen th...
Allan Argue and Co Solicitors: That leads us to another important factor when choosing a lawyer to represent you - enthusiasm . Any half decent solicitor will explain if there are any success fees early on though. You can read an article here where we cover the 'why' on that one. There are a few "& Co" f...
Springle Solicitors: At the time of writing we could not get any actual comments to pop up on Google for Springle's prior clients. The dog's ... Either national or local. As the percentage of people writing a will has increased in recent decades, the idea of really thinking about what happens af...
BLZ Solicitors Ltd: We like to make sure we have a selection of types of help here on the 1to1Legal site. Not spending hours re-writing their website content.
class="infoquote "BLZ Solicitors is a modern law firm that is committed to fighting our client's corner."< div>
Over the past...
Hawkridge & Co Solicitors: Sometimes over something as simple as a couple of offical looking emails telling them to pay their huge house deposit into a different bank account.
class="infoquote "Hawkridge & Company solicitors ensure a personal and supportive approach to every client"< div>
U...
Pacific Law:
class="infoquote "Our technology takes care of the stuff in the background so our legal team can focus on what's important - you."< div>
A quick note on navigation and contact. This is an area of law where we do think a specialist firm can be of benefit, th...
ABS Lawyers Ltd:
class="infoquote "In respect of Personal Injury & Housing Disrepair, we work on a No Win No Fee basis."< div>. They really actively target and can properly communicate with (and therefore surely better represent) Polish speaking claimants. We have over twenty years' ex...
Stenfield Solicitors Ltd: Any mentions of 'Stenfield Limited' relate to the same company. But how are people feeling about the services they've received from Stenfield Solicitors? The firm doesn't have a testimonials page, but that's actually not a big issue for us or most other either. A real mix ...
Khan Law Glasgow: So, yes. It may have nothing to do with the practice of law.
class="infoquote "Raees was awarded the 'Rising Star in Law Award' at the prestigious Scottish Asian Business Awards"< div>
As mentioned before, the number of firms claiming to be award-winning is huge...
Deo Volente Legal: The idea being that people imagine a 200 year old amount of experience within a firm simply because their branding has existed for that long.
A quite note on navigation though as the branding does switch between DV and DEO Volente throughout. They have a range of articl...
Suhail Ahmad at Richmond Legal: So for Richmond Legal to cover both these quite specialist areas together - is actually quite unusual. Therefore whilst the case range across this particular firm isn't wholly niche - it is still limited and therefore you would expect the solicitors within the practice to ha...
Trust Inheritance Limited: We've talked a lot before about specialists versus general practice firms. You can turn to the third party review forums. If you https: solicitors.lawsociety.org.uk organisation people 495611 trust-inheritance-limited?Solicitors=True" check out the page about< a> this fir...
Bilkus and Boyle:
A quick note on navigation. So where else can you search?
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As a Scottish business ourselves, we hope our national Law Society can catch up and provide a bit more in the future . However these information spots are often blank or incomp...
Catteralls in Wakefield: We're not a fan of is this idea of ancient establishment dates because it can so easily be misleading. Sometimes over something as simple as receiving some official-looking emails stating they should pay their huge house deposit into a different bank account. For example, on...
Penerley Solicitors: As mentioned before many law firms are stuck in the past and the 9am-5pm, Mon-Fri is still the industry norm.
The quote above is from the website of a Commercial Law specialist called Penerley , based in Islington. We've been trying to find some of these specialists t...
Conveyancing Search Providers: However, as already mentioned at the outset of this piece, there often isn't as much to go on when it comes to service providers to the law firms we often write about. We saw a few other related names including Premier Searches Limited and Conveyancing Compare, but they all ...
Special Education Needs Lawyer: Not an insurer or other third party. At the moment most scammers are https: www.eveningexpress.co.uk news business home-movers-warned-scammers-could-be-targeting-their-deposit-or-other-finances " targeting property solicitors and their clients< a> because of the huge hous...
Pump Court Chambers Barristers: not the very nice helpful receptionist at the start of your enquiry or the senior clerk that got everything organised.
Now whenever there are various court matters where you will need a barrister - you can usually hire one yourself directly. Again, https: www.pumpcou...
Mason Bullock Solicitors: But www.mason&bullock.co.uk can't exist because you're not allowed ampersands in web addresses.
It's not just a side project either with the firm stating very clearly that it specialises in just three areas - CCJ removal, employment law, and it's related settlement ag...
Lindsays Solicitors Scotland: Not just the legal industry, but all companies as a whole. But for now remember never to discuss payments or bank details by email and even if someone phones you with queries - you can always hang up and call back the official phone number you know is correct. Their websit...
Aspire Licensing & Administrative Services: The same is sometimes true of debt matters. There is a firm called Aspire Law but that's a totally different group with their own website. Obviously, never discuss such payments via email or even with someone that calls you up. You can always hang up and ring back on the p...
OTS Immigration Solicitors: Perhaps there's more to it however none of the articles we've read have suggested such. One last word from the firm's site:
class="infoquote "Our aim is to provide cost-effective legal expertise, with an exceptional level of service, and a genuine service tailored to...
Reid and Black Solicitors:
Reid Black were one of the first firms we approached. Reid Black clearly want to help people seek redress over such Military matters. So how do Reid Black Solicitors stack up on independent boards?
class="infoquote "Very fast and professional.
Whilst no...
Howe and Co Solicitors:
A quick note on navigation as was mentioned before - there are other legal companies with Howe in the name. Certainly the kind of range you'd like to see at any law practice. Hopefully we can point you in the direction of some universal ways to get to know a firm better...
Robin Somerville Barrister: They would then contact a barrister to actually do the work and court representation. 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 alternative type of help. Not just for the legal ind...
Levins Solicitors: If you https: solicitors.lawsociety.org.uk office 476207 levins-solicitors" check out the page< a> about Levins Law on their site you'll see alternate contact details, SRA regulatory status, staff information, areas of practice, languages spoken, and more. The branding lo...
Aconveyancing Ltd:
The official site we link to above is www.aconveyancing.com with www.aconveyancing.co.uk redirecting you there no problem. Having just an "a" in front of "conveyancing" did cause some minor issues when trying to research the firm. providing some extra time for people to...
The Injury Solicitor Salford: 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.
A few other bits and pieces stand out in The Injury Solicitor's offering. No win, no fee and 100% compensation a...
RD Costings Ltd: On the 1to1Legal network we review and recommend a wide range of firms. RD Costings came to our attention because they specialise in an area of law we've never seen any other firm do so before. www.rdcosting.co.uk) also were not currently in use at the time of writing.
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MGBe Legal Ltd: So it may be an idea to bookmark the site . At 1to1Legal we like to research and review a wide variety firms. The page also lists Gabriella as a consultant for SLIG Law LLP, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, and Fadiga & Co Ltd. From the very (sometimes unfathomably) niche ...
McEwan Fraser Legal Scotland:
class="infoquote "Scotland's Award-Winning Solicitors and Estate Agents"< div>
You'll see a simply huge number of law firms state they are award winning.
It may surprise you therefore to see us recommending and writing about McEwan Fraser Legal who, on the...
Fieldfisher Solicitors LLP: There are various such organisations but this one has the best website in our opinion due to the scope and reliability of the data they provide user-side.
It may therefore come as a surprise that we have added Fieldfisher Llp to that list considering they seem like a ...
Assured Probate Services: As far as we're aware their aren't a lot of scams going where people try to get you to write a will leaving everything to a nigerian prince.
class="infoquote "Great personal service, flexible to suit personal circumstances which was priceless for working parents of a y...
Linkilaw Solicitors Ltd in London: That's why people use now whether researching a product they want to buy or a company they want to use. So what does the firm's site say about their goals going forward?
class="infoquote "Bridging the gap between business and law, we advise anyone from start-ups throug...
NV Legal Solicitors: Something we've been trying to encourage firms to focus more on is the concept of rehabilitation rather than the 'money fixes everything' attitude you can sometimes see. So how can you check the real background of a legal practice?
Most legal professionals will be si...
SR Law Solicitors London:
A quick note on navigation. But as our poll from a couple of years ago indicated - many of you don't trust company testimonials. Sadly the number of people https: conversation.which.co.uk money scam-watch-property-housing-deposit-bank-transfer " falling for bank depo...
DFA Law Solicitors: Right up to Michael Nadin (qualified in 2010) and Christopher De Luca (qualified 2019). A really good mix of old, wiser heads running a firm that still has some young-blood eager to prove themselves. But what about the client reviews we mentioned at the start? Certainly the ...
Ian Mallon Solicitors Ltd: As the firm uses the founder's name rather than generic law keywords for it's web address, there shouldn't be as many possible issues . That's great, and more firms should follow their setup . We're sure the firm's extra step of translating the site to cater for that has n...
TSABI Ltd Solicitors: 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. For example, the last firm we reviewed had a lot of negative comments about how clients were constantly passed over to secretarie...
Thorpe Wilson Ltd: For example, Asda do not 'specialise' in Cereal, Milk, Chocolate, Underwear, Toys and Bottled Water. This is usually through a Conditional Fee Arrangement (CFA) such as taking a 25% cut of your compensation. So how can you tell which might be more likely to deliver on those...
Allsop Durn Dearlove: We are pleased that most of our work comes from repeat clients which hopefully means we are doing something right."< div>
These days people are very suspicious of testimonials on any company website. The only issue would be perhaps mis-spelling the Alsop. As the firm ha...
MTA Solicitors LLP: The Law Society for England & Wales has a very good user side setup allowing people to see a wide range of details including each legal professional's expertise, contact details and experience. We added one firm because of their exceptional opening hours including up to 8p...
Apprise Legal Services: he offered best practice advice and provide real insight into the how, what, where and why of the legal considerations of what we needed to achieve"
"I have and will continue to recommend him to my contacts requiring his services"< div>
However a poll we ran a coup...
Aina Khan Solicitors: Again, www.ainakhan.co.uk was not in use. These are the same firm and both phrases should bring up the correct website www.ainakhanlaw.com on search engines. That could mean two solicitors with 10 years experience each. Accident Claims Scotland or Serious Law. You can ther...
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