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Over the past 20 years we've written hundreds of articles about the legal industry. Here are a selection about individual firms. Whilst we obviously have not used all of their services, we have worked with many of them and can point out general tips for researching which firm to use and what questions to ask:

Two Harcourt Buildings Review: Clarity for the public should be just as important to the Bar Standards Council but, at the moment at least, it does not seem to be. So what sentences should you watch out for to help you choose? class="infoquote "Our diverse and talented set of barristers are experi...


A City Law Firm Ltd Review: This doesn't always happen when a firm has non-unique words in the brand name. They have more information about their setup and what each award means https: www.legal500.com united-kingdom-solicitors " on their website< a>. That last bit of data is hugely helpful ...


Antony Hodari Solicitors Review: Their site is https secure for entering your details into their contact forms. Just watch out for ads using keyword matching to display. One we saw last week was particularly odd because the complaint was about a criminal law firm that refused to handle a 'simple injury cl...


Argue & Co Legal Review: That brings us back to the tie-breaker we mentioned before and why we always recommend calling the firm to speak to someone. That leads us to another important factor when choosing a lawyer to represent you - enthusiasm . Be clear though: no win, no fee only means that if y...


Backhouse Solicitors Review: We would have thought by now that all law firms would offer free consulations but it's still something many resist. Because whilst every word in that sentence sounds great - most firms say the exact same thing so it doesn't really help you distinguish one firm from another...

WH Solicitors Review: It may be a phrase we dislike resorting to, but it fits. The home office granted the application." "I am flying to UK on 1st Feb to see my children after a gap of 3 years!" "Can't describe how grateful I am for all his help in making my application for a Spouse Visa su...


Beers LLP Review: The Law Society database also lets you see if a firm really does 'specialise' in your case type. We would really recommend reading the reviews through, though, rather than just relying on star ratings when it comes to law firms. If there are several negative comments r...


Bell Lax Solicitors Review: But that doesn't mean we don't understand the value that list of cases has in indicating their genuine establishment, experience, and expertise . Funny article titles aside, they cover real issues. If one firm says 'established in 1991', whilst another says '30 years experi...


BLZ Solicitors Review: No really, that last one actually happens more than we ever thought possible. A last sales-pitchy statement from the firm's site: class="infoquote "We are a friendly, approachable and professional firm that provides quality legal representation to those that need it."<...


Branch Austin McCormick LLP Review: But we'll come back to whether Branch Austin McCormick fit this description later. We've been reviewing law firms for over twenty years and have never seen a firm with such a wide range of experience amongst the lawyers within. When it comes to law firms it is always...


Bridge McFarland LLP Review: This is hugely important because the firm deals with property matters which have been https: www.lloydsbank.com help-guidance protecting-yourself-from-fraud keep-your-home-safe-mortgage-deposit-scams.html" the target of scammers for many years now< a>. Don't be af...


Brown and Co Solicitors Review: Here are some of the resources we use that you might not have known about or things to watch for you might not have thought about. All that said, we'll give the firm one last pitch-y quote on this page: class="infoquote "We aim to provide practical solutions to real-l...


Buchanan & Co Solicitors Review: The goal is to help people find the best solution for their particular case whether general practice solicitor, direct access barrister, specialist firm, or alternatives such as mediation or accountants. So certainly their claims of decades of experience are well b...


QualitySolicitors Burton & Co Review: We are now part of a national network of firms under the QualitySolicitors Brand."< div> The firm itself has therefore been a local firm for a very considerable time . So Yates and Co became QualitySolicitors Yates and Co. It's meant to convey 'quality' services ...


CEL Solicitors Review: 'cel legal', 'cel lawyers', etc.) will bring up the correct firm. The legal industry struggles badly with catching up with the times. That's because legal professionals and law firms are not quite the same as your local restaurant, supermarket, or hairdresser. Simply emailin...


Cooks Solicitors Review: Again though, whilst many solicitors use different trading names to highlight specific case types out of the same office - this one relates to a completely individual office location within the Young & Co group. That's because when it comes to any legal practice handling pro...


David Stinson & Co Review: Unlike other services such as hairdressers, restaurants, or a car wash - most people don't rush online to share their experience about a messy divorce, life-changing injury, or embarrassing bankruptcy proceedings. They are therefore obviously going to be very positive and sa...


DisrepairClaim.co.uk Review: There are plenty of things we might change about the legal industry, but all in all - CMCs still have a place in it just as much as search engines, directories, and even small local referral setups like ours in order to get people legal help. . To fix those missing floor ...


Dylan Nair Solicitors Ltd Review: But just keep aware whether you've come back to the correct site by either bookmarketing it for later or searching for the correct firm. Unfortunately such terms are actually unhelpful because no firm is going to claim to be 'draconian', 'novices', 'in-experienced', and 'unf...


Fair Result Ltd Review: The key is agreeing the financial settlement in the form of a consent order, this is where we believe we are unique."< div> In the same vein, many firms also state they have a 'uniqueness' just like Fair Result have done. The only issue with being a new firm is th...


Frazer Coogans Ltd Review: Watch out for Google ads though as some keyword matching ads did pop up for us on some of the mis-spellings. The largest property firm in the UK just now currently has over 1500+ reviews on Google and a rating of just over two stars. Freindly [sic] and reliable service" ...


Fulton's Solicitors & Estate Agents Review: Someone wrote that as a review. Why is that important to realise? Because for several years now https: www.whatmortgage.co.uk feature aware-risks-mortgage-deposit-fraud " targe="new people have lost £millions to scammers< a> over property deals through simple ta...


Goldsmith Bowers Solicitors Review: Therefore if you see a law firm has hardly any or even zero reviews online, that shouldn't necessarily be taken as a negative sign. Unfortunately, though, there are far fewer reviews about law firms than other industries. There are still plenty of law firms charging pe...


Guardian Law Review: https: solicitors.lawsociety.org.uk office 471765 guardian-law-limited" For this firm< a> you'll see the two principal solicitors Claire Scanlan and Nichola Elenor qualified in 2003 and 2002 respectively. This brings up an extra point about reviews - i.e. class="in...


Hawkridge & Company Review: class="infoquote "We are a specialist legal firm providing a range of services in the Medway town of Gillingham"< div> This quote from the firm's website is a selection of words that sound good but are almost meaningless to consumers because every single law firm'...


Hill House Chambers Review: and represent you in court."< div> ​We've obviously summarised their much longer description https: www.hillhousechambers.co.uk directaccess" found here< a> where you can also read about the specific matters they can help with and legal aid applications. At the mom...


HooperHyde Review: We try to provide a range of possible solutions to point people in the right direction. If you look up https: solicitors.lawsociety.org.uk office 12633 clp-group-limited" the page for Carbon Law Partners< a> (CLP) you'll see a list of trading names, offices, solicitors wi...


Jacobs Law Solicitors Review: You can also see what each solicitor specialises in. 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 ...


JPS Walker Solicitors Ltd Review: If you check out the page for JPS Walker, you'll see the longest serving solicitor (Michael Tattersall-Walker) qualified in 2009. For example, if you sometimes check the companies house website looking to verify the status of a Limited company, you'll see that JPS Walk...


KRS Estate Planning Ltd Review: I aim to offer home visits, and, where possible, evening and weekend appointments."< div> You would think in this day and age that legal services would have moved on from the 9-5, Mon-Fri rigid opening hours that dominated the legal industry for centuries. But what do p...


Lefevres Law Review: The number of years' experience your actual solicitor has and whether they've spent that time working on a wide range of cases similar to yours is the only timeframe that ultimately matters . One thing that can get confusing though is when a firm is labelled as a 'sp...


Mackenzie Jones Solicitor Review: 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. more than two decades later we have offices in Menai Bridge on Anglesey, St Asaph Business Park and Chester city centre with a vibrant team of...


Mckie Legal Review: This firm is registered with https: solicitors.lawsociety.org.uk organisation people 624946 connectmetoalawyer-ltd" The Law Society of England & Wales< a> which has excellent user-side data for you to check out including all alternate trading names and even specialties an...


Michael Leighton Jones Review: We've seen bad ratings for firms that had to close over the Covid pandemic. There are still plenty of firms out there that will charge a consultation fee or even full hourly rates for the first meeting.. They are good words. So if these sorts of claims can't help distinguis...


Milners Solicitors Review: Some have a bit more background about their work life. So this is much more of a decent offer than it may first appear. That may be confusing to use the word 'specialist' to describe both a firm that handles a single case range and one that covers a huge case range. T...


MJV & Co Solicitors Ltd Review: Make sure you're on the correct site and never discuss payments via email. . It usually relates to the length of time the firm has been running or the highest number of years a specific lawyer at the firm has been working at the job. They all seem to be relating to...


My Law Matters Review: 9 times out of 10 the client feels a property sale should have gone faster or blames their solicitor for problems with independent survey reports that are out of their control. In fact, that's something we always recommend when it comes to law firms. Because quite often a lo...


OneLaw Chambers Review: class="infoquote "ONELAW CHAMBERS will respond to your calls and e-mails promptly."< div> A quick note on navigation to ensure you get through to and always revisit the correct firm. The main problem in such situations is the possibility of https: www.ncsc.gov....


Pacific Law Review: However the risks are minimal as the majority of scams involved the legal industry https: www.falmouthpacket.co.uk news 18674736.cornwall-property-sale-fraudsters-scam-14-000-penryn " focus around the property market< a> and the huge deposits people end up accidentally pa...


Rose Fendlen Law Review: If a legal practice https: solicitors.lawsociety.org.uk office 15402 lrose-law-limited" is registered with them< a> you can see all known trading names, contact details, alternative office addresses, staff qualifications specialties, and so on. Because the actions needed ...


Reynolds Macdonald Solicitors Review: In fact the review on Yelp wasn't even about the correct firm, but the link to it still popped up in the top search results when searching for reviews about them. But keep in mind that a good lawyer that gets you Ј5000 compensation and takes 25% of it is better than a less e...


Simper Law Ltd Review: Our article today is about Simper Law which turns out to be much more of a unique offering than expected. These issues only tend to become problematic when the law office in question handles things such as property matters where clients are paying large sums of money...


Springle & Co Solicitors Review: Certainly just like planning a wedding there are several things you need to consider and get sorted which you can try and arrange individually. We don't push any one estate planning firm as being better than another for you, however we will certainly pushing the idea planni...


Stowe Family Law Review: So how can you tell the difference between firms if they all say they have experience and expertise? Luckily Stowe Family Law are listed on the website of The Law Society of England & Wales. < p> align="center images l stowe_family_law-stowefamilylaw_co_uk.png Summerfield Browne Solicitors Review: Many still might prefer that official office visit when it comes to legal matters, but for businesses that might need to check in with their solicitor several times a year over various commercial law matters - utilising the time-saving technology of video chat is not j...


Swain & Co Solicitors Ltd Review: For example in Havant (near Portsmouth) they list a range of staff including Samantha Lee who qualified as a solicitor in 1995, Kelly Applegate in 2000, Tina Smith in 2013, right up to Kara Babbage who just joined the legal profession in 2021. However the best w...


Taylor Price Solicitors Review: Such as needing to watch out for people who simply can't search properly. There are plenty of things to pick out though that could make a difference to your decision. Similar looking domains designed to mislead you and other phishing scams are still rampant. We've seen ...


Thaxted Legal Ltd Review: You never know what scammers will think of next.. So you'd think we'd always have an arsenal of tools to research any firm we come across. It provides alternative contact details, related firms, aka company names, and qualification details of every solicitor. But we think ...

Smith and Graham Solicitors Review: Make sure you're on the correct site and don't discuss bank details or payments via email.. Sadly establishment dates are one of those marketing things companies with less-than-good-intentions misuse all the time. So always read comments too. So the fact Smith and Graham s...


Stephanie Heijdra Review: As they do not work as a team that doesn't really help you as a client know much about how your case might potentially be handled. Usually we do not include company provided testimonials after the poll we took a few years ago indicated less than 8% of people trusted them. st...


The Legal Practice Ltd Review: But some of the things we'll cover now will hopefully provide a little more insight into the general issues within the legal industry for people trying to check up on the firms they encounter. The most common to make people not want to use a law firm is if there are plenty o...


Trojan Solicitors Ltd Review: A quick note on navigation. That's not to say there weren't things we weren't so keen on. However you'll also see they handle a few other case types including Family Law and Civil Litigation. The majority did so simply because they received an email that told them...


ULA Solicitors Ltd Review: ULA list positive quotes from peers on their site, which is something we would consider to be much better than customer testimonials. The official site we link to above is www.ulasolicitors.com with www.ulasolicitors.co.uk not currently redirecting you there. The official ...


Woodstock Legal Services Review: There was also only one similarly named firm of Woodstock Solicitors. class="infoquote "You will find us approachable, straight-forward and responsive."< div> Unfortunately there is often a lot of sales-pitchy language on any law firm's website. So always makes...


Youngs Solicitors Review: They list related trading names, all office locations, languanges spoken, case types handled, and even the years qualified and areas of law targeted by each individual solicitor within a firm. The https: solicitors.lawsociety.org.uk organisation offices 563652 young-and-co...


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