Finding the Right Help in the UK
Ian Mallon Solicitors Ltd: What we can do for you though, is clarify our reasons for wanting to work with them. No, really. The firm's website is https secure so you should be fine entering your details into the contact forms. The reviews were always mixed in on each site though. As the firm uses...
TSABI Ltd Solicitors: You never know what these scammers are going to think of next though so just make sure to pay attention to the email addresses you send receive from and never discuss banking details over email. Luckily though, with law firms there are sometimes independent ways to check up ...
Thorpe Wilson Ltd: class="infoquote "Good company and they sorted everything like they should" "Excellent service, felt our issues were heard and met" "very helpful and kept me informed throughout the whole process" "They were extremely helpful, dealt with my queries swif...
Allsop Durn Dearlove: Having a couple of fairly new solicitors eager to prove themselves at a firm that also has some seasoned experience to keep things on track - is a good balance . Is it a good thing? We think so. Whilst it would obviously be impossible for us to come up with enough legal ma...
MTA Solicitors LLP: The last thing you want to is mistype the name and end up giving your phone number to the wrong people.. Most lawyers in the UK are registered with a Law Society. We were actually the victim of a similar scam where a firm was trying to sell on people's details and...
Apprise Legal Services:
The term 'Estate Planning' is only just starting to gain ground here in the UK. or any other such considerations where you actually might care a bit more about who-gets-what once you're gone - then expert advice advice is definitely needed, and experienced advice if pos...
Aina Khan Solicitors: In fact, out of the 200+ review articles we've put out over the past 20+ years of working with law firms - we can safely say that Aina Khan's site is one of the best balanced we've seen.
It states that Aina Khan qualified as a solicitor back in 1991 , so that more tha...
Will Taborn Ltd: We provide a transparent, efficient and cost-effective service for corporates, SMEs, Family Offices or individual clients requiring legal solutions."< div>. A last word from Taborns:
class="infoquote "Taborns is a legal business with over 25 years experience in legal a...
Hutcheon Law Solicitors: Also The Law Society page we link to above will link you to a law firm called Hadcalry Ltd, although thankfully that branding does not appear to have it's own website. Just because there's a big speech about them being 'established in 1885!' doesn't mean there is a 175-year-...
Penn Chambers Ltd: help me map out a sensible approach to the divorce negotiations.
You also need to be careful with claims such as '30 years of experience within the firm' or '25 years of combined experience' because that could simply mean several solicitors all with only a couple o...
Frank Rogers Motoring Solicitor: But having worked with law firms for over 20+ years now, we know that experience is far more of a factor in success when it comes to motor offences. But how do you find out more information about a firm if it's your first time ever coming across them? If you're feeling bol...
OJ Solicitors Glasgow: The most common tld variants of www.oj-solicitors.com and www.ojsolicitors.com are similarly not going to get you to the correct place. It is a balancing act though. It is certainly not the case that the standard high street law firm is the best option in every scenario.
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Kudos Legal Solicitors:
The official www.kudoslegal.co.uk website is linked to above and www.kudoslegal.com does not redirect to it. Whilst joined together under the United Kingdom banner, Scotland has an individual legal system, NHS, and various government branches. For the Glasgow office yo...
Serious Injury Law Solicitors: Plus they list their opening hours as 8am-10pm 7 days a week . Over the last 31 years, we have dealt with some of the UK’s largest and most complex serious injury cases, achieving numerous multi-million pound settlements for our clients."< div>
There are an unbelievabl...
5 Essex Court Chambers & Partners: This naturally means a great opportunity to save both time and money:
class="infoquote "The Direct Public Access scheme introduced in 2004 enables barristers to be instructed directly from or on behalf of a member of the public, also known as a lay client. However th...
Avery & Walters Ltd: We get dozens of firms contacting us each week asking about getting on to the 1to1Legal network and being recommended to people in the UK for legal services. In our last article we unfortunately had to point out a firm that had more than a dozen 5 star reviews, all written w...
AWH Legal Ltd: We will discuss your case with you and provide you with guidance on the most appropriate method of funding and the likely costs involved."< div>
15 minutes may sound like the bare minimum, but there are plenty of firms that will not speak to you at all about your case w...
HH Law Ltd: But there really are issues that need to be dealt with by mental health professionals. You can look up the expertise and years of experience of any solicitor registered with The Law Socienty. If you look up the https: solicitors.lawsociety.org.uk organisation people 47016...
Lawcommercial Trading Ltd: But in context these need to balanced and compared against how other property handling firms are portrayed.
class="infoquote "A modern Law Firm. It's not as though there are some 200-year experienced solicitors sitting behind any of the desks. That will provide you be...
Redwood Collections Ltd: Luckily there are dozens to look over with third party sources:
class="infoquote "We have used Redwood Collections on a few occasions and have found them to be very efficient and helpful. I say oddly because quite often it is the debtors that leave reviews on a debt ...
AJLO Solicitors: These each typically have their own individual website and sometimes branding - e.g. If you head to third party review forums though, don't just look at average star ratings . Some such as www.alexanderjlo.co.uk and www.alexanderjlo.com will actually redirect you to the mai...
GloverPriest Solicitors Ltd: The official site is www.gloverpriest.com and not even the normal www.gloverpriest.co.uk variant redirects people to it. Whilst the individual names Glover and Priest may sound common enough, there is still room for errors. Overall though, each office has positive reviews:
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Jarmans Solicitors Sittingbourne: When a new solicitor joins a law firm, there isn't some strange spiritualist ceremony where all the experience and expertise of the last solicitor is transferred to them.
The actual, current staff of the firm are the most crucial thing in our opinion. I never once had t...
My 33 Legal Limited: The issues are very personal so it typically doesn't occur to people to leave comments in the same way unless actually asked to do so by the solicitor. So what drew us to 33 Legal Ltd in order for us to be recommending them to people. Then there was an array of case specific...
Hammond Trotter Solicitors Ltd: In all honestly, I don't think there is another firm anywhere on our network with this many reviews listed on third party forums.
class="infoquote "Having acted for drivers from all walks of life, from the man in the street to premiership football stars and numerous ...
Driscoll Kingston Solicitors: It actually reads like a review page from a mainstream review site rather than the blurb on a movie poster:
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Of course, there are always the hand-picked testimonials from the firm's own website. As always, we recommend actually reading the r...
SBW Lawyers Ltd: But with legal professionals there are often other resources available. To be clear, 'no win, no fee' is not the same as '100% compensation guarantee'.
A quick note on navigation as always. is an Alternative Business Structure authorised and regulated by the Solicitors...
IWC Estate Planning & Management Ltd: We'll be expanding on 'why' in a later article.
class="infoquote "Our Will writing and probate staff are fully qualified probate practitioners who hold the appropriate law degree qualifications for probate and estate administration."< div>
Hugely important. Someo...
Briffa Intellectual Property Solicitors: It was an actual Blog. Not everything we say in our reviews is positive or even 'constructive criticism'. Everything from Prince's posthumous music, to Monster battles and Marvel Comics. I skimmed through about a dozen and didn't see a single bit of sales-pitchery thrown i...
Helix Law Solicitors: Just with this alone we would highly recommend bookmarking the correct website once you're on it. Typically if there are grammatical errors and spelling mistakes - the reviews have been sourced from the latter.
Although we call review sites independent, that doesn't m...
Leech and Co Solicitors Ltd: That makes it even more important to bookmark the correct site because https: www.theguardian.com money 2017 jan 14 lost-67000-conveyancing-scam-friday-afternoon-fraud-legal-sector-email-hacker" scammers will often purchase< a> domains similar to the firm they pretend t...
Joanna Connolly Solicitor Advocates: For consumer credit disputes, they also list themselves as consumer credit specialists, helping consumers when court proceedings are either being threatened or already issued. For example, when we checked their site it stated that during their firm's history they had: won 78...
CFG Law: These were not paid articles created at the behest of firms, but genuine attempts to increase awareness amongst the public and the industry .
If you've searched the web looking for a personal injury claims firm, then you'll have likely visited dozens of sites that al...
Hodge Jones and Allen Solicitors: Their local university even https: www.westminster.ac.uk news-and-events news 2014 london-law-firm-receives-career-development-centre-award" awarded them Employer of the Year< a>. We list firms with more than a dozen office locations. This one is from their main page:
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CSL Law Croydon: But apparently not to read or write reviews. So why bring it up? Well, our editorial review articles on legal firms are created based on demand. There are similarly named firms at addresses such as www.csllegal.com, www.cslegal.com and www.csl.com but none of the UK versions...
RSR Law Croydon: In some cases we may charge a small fee if further investigation is required, before a no win no fee agreement can be entered, (i.e. If you research RSR Law Ltd you'll see that the company was started in March of 2013 which doesn't sound that old. That along with the fact th...
Johnsons Solicitors Nottingham: I would usually have zero notes other than the person's name, and have to wing it during interviews. We search the regular review sites in order get a general 'feel' or spot common complaints to alert people about. Everyone detained in a police station or interviewed under c...
Autologistic Solutions Limited:
On social media you'll often see us talk about partnering with actual solicitors, "not CMCs" (claims management companies) too. Very little reviews on the regular boards. Or were. Sorting out car hire yourself is costly, and often people will opt for the cheapest car d...
Philip Nam White Collar Legal: APR on finance and sugar content in food). Of course such rules usually don't work out as you'd expect - (e.g.
What first appealed to us with White Collar Legal is probably the same thing everyone who visits their website goes "...
The owner's profile isn't full...
Stephen McCaffery & Catherine Stock: If you are a nurse or midwife being brought before the Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC) as the result of a complaint or allegations of wrong-doing. But they can also get involved in Coroner's Inquests helping either the bereaved family or the professionals involved in the i...
Kings Court Trust Probate: However, to be honest, you can read PDFs till the cows come home and still not know how your particular case might go or what is needed. But they're not. We obviously haven't been able to test it out though. We know that people who are suddenly hit with death, wills, probate...
EHL Solicitors UK: That's not a bad thing. Therefore, if a firm is strongly pushing clients towards their social media profiles on the actual website - we can only wonder why.
The firm has received a number of awards. A lot of new trendy names are popping as solicitor brands these days. ...
Davey Law: He is also on the Law Society's Personal Injury Panel since 1999, and was a key-note speaker at the Cambridge Medico-Legal conference. Because not seeking attention deserves some attention. The kind that most of the people coming through our network probably expect to be ref...
Meresbrook Pollard Ltd: We highly recommend that you bookmark the site once you're on it for that reason. There are no lists of negative reviews on the regular review sites. drugs, poca proceedings, benefit fraud, etc.). They promise color="green "thorough preparation" < font> to provide you with...
Balfour and Manson Solicitors: They end up looking like your Dad dancing a wedding.
Balfour + Manson have gone for a snappy, plain logo with a lowercased "b+m" . However, www.balfourmanson.co.uk and www.balfourmanson.co.uk are currently owned by different people. There seems to be a league for legal...
MurrayHay Solicitors: The aforementioned Robert Hammond specialises in family law as we said, including divorce of married couples and handling disputes between unmarried couples. Lisa Mansfield has 25 years at the firm, handling mostly residential property matters. They also promise to provide c...
Thompsons Solicitors Glasgow: What's the best way to weigh these contradictions against each other?
We would re-iterate our warning about star ratings. So this boast from Thompsons is more about the amount of clients and experience they have rather than them promising you £million settleme...
Alison Ashworth Solicitors: They promise round the clock access to the solicitor dealing with your case, as well as regular updates alongside the general advice they provide during the legal process.
They list the benefits of their service to include competitive pricing, fixed fees where possible...
Jackson and Lees Solicitors: When firms sign up, they generally switch their logo, design, and general branding efforts. They were not all like that. When the firm was part of the Quality Solicitor brand, the typical QS address of www.qualitysolicitors.com jacksoncanter redirected to www.jacksoncanter.c...
Accident Claims Scotland: This should be made clear to you from the outset though once the details of your case are known. For many other case types such as wills, divorce or injuries though people don't seem to have such motiviation.
The main case types they cover include Road Traffic Accidents...
Lambert Pugh Conveyancing Solicitors: Thank you."
Which is nice. In fact, most times we are flummoxed by the excessive content of sites, the poor accessibility, and the rather bland templated style of testimonials.
However, the Lambertpugh site is quite different. I have said I never want to move aga...
Newry's McShanes Law Firm: Many firms we see during our day to day work, will devote large sections of their website to talking about a single £million settlement they achieved several years ago - when 99% of the time that is not a potential outcome. They boast about their recruitment procedures...
Taylor Rose Solicitors Limited TTKW: They've clearly invested a lot of time, money, and effort into creating a useful, jargon-less website that has a function other than simply displaying brief sales-pitch-y paragraphs. But it will obviously depend on the search terms you used.
But this is true for a hu...
Atkinson Rose (Amit Patel) Employment Lawyers: Therefore success rates can't be compared directly. They are usually to try and scam you out of property money, but you never know what they're going to think of next. When it comes to things like motor offences, criminal defense, bankruptcy, and so on - people are always se...
BarristerDirect Ltd based in Manchester: Then, should your claim actually go to Court, you will continue to be represented by the same people you've already been working with. They aim to explain clearly the merits and risks of a case with you up front. At Barrister-Direct, your case will be handled by a team of Pe...
Hythe Solicitors Robson & Co, near Folkestone in Southern Kent: Also, from what we can see, the website http: www.robsonandco.co.uk www.robsonandco.co.uk< a> is the same law firm as the one at www.robson-co.co.uk
If you're not local and are going to Hythe specifically to visit this firm - there is apparently a Farmers' Market eve...
Brearleys Solicitors Brighouse: So, we thought we'd better give you the run down:
http: www.brearleyspersonalinjury.co.uk www.brearleyspersonalinjury.co.uk< a> - one of theirs. color="green "My family use your Brighouse branch regularly ..." < font> sounds like a ringing endorsement as well.
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Law in Cornwall Ltd: 'No win no fee' is not the same thing as '100% compensation', despite both being thrown around in various law firm's adverts.
They cover the usual personal injury types of claims, such as work accidents, accidents in a public place, back or spinal injuries, slips trips ...
Julia Brown Solicitor @ Family Legal Solicitors:
The firm can help in complex financial situations and help track down assets. Family Legal are specialist divorce, family and private client solicitors established in 2011 to offer clients a better way of resolving their family law issues without the hefty pricetags of...
Anupamah Huneewoth Solicitors: What would you decide?
Clearly, we decided to have faith in Anupamah and her Huneewoth Solicitors setup. This is important because if they have only stated Criminal Law in the Law Society record as an area of practice, but have twenty other case type names on their w...
MacLachlans Solicitors Gillingham: But unless they had a negative experience or have been encouraged by the firm to go and leave a review - the number of people that take the time to comment on their solicitor to Yellow Pages is pretty low. MacLachlan simply state their firm opened in 1998.
For example...
Marcus Andreen Commercial Law: However, where it is not possible to determine the amount of time any work is likely to take, charges will be calculated on the basis of time spent. His website states an estimated saving of around 25% to 50% when compared to that charged by full service, general law firms.
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Hartley Bain Solicitors in Stratford, Greater London: They are also located near to Stratford Underground and Maryland station making them easily accessible from wherever you are travelling.
They cover various case types for businesses and private clients:
Civil Litigation - dealing with a dispute between individuals ...
Debt Solve UK: That's also why we've reached out to bring on board some non-law-firm partners to cover things that you may not need a solicitor for at all.
Established in 2006, Debt Solve UK is based in Redditch, Worcestershire. The Track & Trace service works on a no trace, no fee ba...
Taylor Bracewell Doncaster: they offer to advise you on property, money, pensions, business interests and many other facets of dissolving a relationship. They assist businesses direct and support other solicitors and their business clients when requested. Taylor Bracewell, however, did not have an "Abo...
KTPSolicitors: So judging them on that would be quite unfair.
As for internet navigation - the official site is the .com version. Depending on the case type, they may keep some of your compensation as payment if they cannot recoup their costs from the third party being litigated again...
Countrywide Property Lawyers Ltd: However, that first statement isn't just clever wording. You also get multi-language support and:
class="infoquote "We are one of the few conveyancing companies who are open 7 days a week. So we absolutely 100% recommend bookmarking the site once you land on it to mak...
Michael Jefferies Injury Lawyers @ Jefferies Solicitors Ltd: A recent article in http: www.legalfutures.co.uk associate-news jefferies-solicitors-launches-new-flight-delay-claim-service" LegalFutures.co.uk< a> detailed how Jefferies Solicitors' personal injury compensation assistance will be extended to delayed flights. That means ...
CBTRL Wendy Amey:
I think it's a safe bet from the company's name that they are founded on cognitive behavioural therapies (CBT). PTSD is also widely accepted as requiring fast identification and treatment, with many companies and agencies requiring their employees to meet with a psycho...
RJGill Solicitors: The reason we decided to bring this firm on board as well, is to offer something more streamlined and dedicated to speedy resolutions.
Most large and general law firms will handle an injury compensation claim, but they will also handle divorce, wills, business law, conv...
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