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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:

ABS Lawyers Ltd Review: Out of these snippets above the last one may sound a little confusing. The fact ABS is so rare in this regard , is quite odd considering that other than English, https: www.theguardian.com uk 2013 jan 30 polish-becomes-englands-second-language" Polish is the most commonl...


Antony Hodari Solicitors Review: But we didn't find out the spark that created Antony Hodari. That's because law firms are one of the few service providers where the losing side often comes online to criticise the firm that beat them. There are several others within that range creating a good mix of seaso...


Argue & Co Legal Review: Litigation matters such as personal injury have huge range of sub-titles including medical negligence, slips trips, work accidents, whiplash, and so on. On one hand they imagine a larger firm will have larger resources to draw on and bigger 'clout' against third parties ....


Backhouse Solicitors Review: Always read comments, not glance at star ratings. These redirects are an important service we think not enough lawyers pay attention to in order to protect their clients. Whilst many people are happy to post about a pizza they've just ordered, most do not wish to discuss ...


Beers LLP Review: It's true the majority of firms we write about are going to receive fairly positive comments because we've already vetted them for addition to our search database. Obviously alternatives such as www.beers.com or .co.uk bring up beverage related websites and none of the bee...


Bell Lax Solicitors Review: class="infoquote "Are Drunken Contracts Binding?"< div> They have a real news section. The official website is www.belllax.com (triple 'l') with www.belllax.co.uk redirecting you there too. It can even look as though they got all their website images from the sam...


BLZ Solicitors Review: So never underestimate the value of free consultation statements on a solicitor's site. Here's a few of the things we noticed and hopefully some things you might be able to use as a bar to measure between others in the field. This is where the balancing act in your b...


Branch Austin McCormick LLP Review: class="infoquote "As such, we work with an established network of independent law firms in jurisdictions that include the European Economic Area, European Union, United States, United Arab Emirates the CIS States and emerging markets."< div> A quick note on naviga...


Bridge McFarland LLP Review: The first means the firm or the solicitor within the firm has been going for at least 40 years. The most common place people go to when looking up any firm is a search for reviews. class="infoquote "The firm now has offices in Grimsby, Hull, Lincoln, Louth, and Marke...


Buchanan & Co Solicitors Review: Especially when it comes to legal practices that deal with property matters such as buying selling a house. Either way though, always make sure to read actual comments rather than rely on average star ratings. So what are the independent forums saying? class="in...


QualitySolicitors Burton & Co Review: Especially those with https: www.theguardian.com money 2019 aug 24 the-45000-deposit-for-our-first-home-was-stolen-and-the-banks-did-nothing" huge house deposits waiting to buy< a> a property. class="infoquote "We are also the only Solicitors Firm in Lincoln who ope...


CEL Solicitors Review: It can also be hard to tell the various options apart at first glance with so many firms using trading names or practically identical looking websites. Today we're covering the firm CEL Solicitors. But no-one's perfect. Certainly CEL Solicitors have a wide range of positive...


Cooks Solicitors Review: She has a friendly and sympathetic approach. She is in charge of our Conveyancing department. Therefore there will likely be reviews, information, and links for each branding within the group dotted about on the same pages. There are other law firms with 'cook' in them ...


David Stinson & Co Review: That should mean a considerable amount of experience to draw on. On this occasion it seems that both are true because certainly the brand name is based on the titular solicitor working at the firm who has decades of experience. But the solicitor may take a cut of your ...


DisrepairClaim.co.uk Review: 'No win, no fee' and '100% compensation' are two very different offers. If you can't find a local solicitor to take your case directly, then absolutely - this is a useful alternative way to try and get someone to help. They are a Claims Management Company specialising in t...


Dylan Nair Solicitors Ltd Review: 100% compensation means there will be no fees if your case wins OR loses. John Houghton at this firm qualified in 1975, Rajesh Nair in 1999, right up to Abhishek Benjamin in 2014. The main points people most want to see are typically a photo, case specialties, and rele...


Fair Result Ltd Review: Most lawyers will give you 15-60 minutes of their time over the phone before starting the billing clock. In other words if you want a fight and to make each other suffer as much as possible on the way out of a marraige - they can't help you. So is Fair Result's claim just...


Frazer Coogans Ltd Review: Even when things are completely outside the control of the solicitor, clients will often leave negative comments on review boards. There are many advantages to using alternatives such as Direct Access barristers which can save considerable time and money depending on the c...


Fulton's Solicitors & Estate Agents Review: So what about the staff at Fulton's Estate Agents themselves? Well according to the site's About Us page the firm started off as Hamilton, Burns and Moore back in the 1970s with the titular solicitor Mr Fulton joining the firm in 1978. Many low ratings can simply be from peo...


Goldsmith Bowers Solicitors Review: While people are comfortable going online to say whether they like a pizza restaurant or not - they are less inclined to publicly discuss their bankruptcy proceeding, messy divorce, or criminal charges. One thing to remember is to match the size of the business with ...


Guardian Law Review: class="infoquote "We offer fixed, retained or ad-hoc fees, depending on your requirements"< div> . They were all very positive , but lacking enough comments content to provide a good overview of the firm. Plus this would also indicate they stay very much up to date ...


Hawkridge & Company Review: They involve sometimes lengthy co-operation and the maintenance of certain high standards . As already pointed out in the last paragraph, the firm seems to be referred to quite interchangably online as both Hawk Law and Hawkridge & Company. This includes all known offi...


Hill House Chambers Review: As Hill House Chambers puts it: class="infoquote "The Direct Access (or Public Access) scheme allows members of the public to instruct an authorised barrister directly ... But the Bar Standards Board is far less consumer oriented. they are qualified to ... class...


HooperHyde Review: They are a specialist firm focusing on helping businesses, but also have a different 'feel' to them from firms we already worked with. If you've used our site to look up or read about legal service providers before, you'll know that we don't cram in thousands of firms like a...


Jacobs Law Solicitors Review: 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...


JPS Walker Solicitors Ltd Review: This is often referred to as a 'conditional fee' arrangement and will typically be around 25% of your settlement. But coming back to the original statement we're continuing to expand on: class="infoquote "offering an effective and first class no win no fee service"< di...


KRS Estate Planning Ltd Review: of the firm name) https: solicitors.lawsociety.org.uk person 121811 kamlesh-ratilal-samji" is listed as< a> having qualified as a solicitor in 2001. So since the owner of this firm states a solicitor background, we looked him up on the local Law Society website. They prov...


Lefevres Law Review: However that is a single area of law called Litigation. One thing that can get confusing though is when a firm is labelled as a 'specialist' but seems to state a simply huge range of cases that they cover. But the legal industry is one of a tiny minority that still...


Mackenzie Jones Solicitor Review: Always make sure you are on the correct website and never discuss payments or bank details via email. Sadly we've seen many other firms focus more on the social side of things by stating each staff member's pets, hobbies, and even favourite foods. But hopefully you'll be a...


Mckie Legal Review: But whether a solicitor charges a success fee or not shouldn't be the end-all of your decision to use them. The first means no fees if your case loses. It's very common even for firms with decades of history to have less than a handful of online reviews about them. It mea...


Michael Leighton Jones Review: However this offer seems to be for Michael Leighton Jones Solicitors' whole case range. There will always be 'specialist' firms that target a single case type such as Motoring Offences or Divorce. So if there are very few or even zero reviews for a firm - that shouldn't be t...


Milners Solicitors Review: Add to that people messing with things like using Milner's instead and we think it's a good idea to bookmark the correct site or using a search instead when coming back. The Law Society of England & Wales has the best user-side offering we've seen amongst such organisati...


MJV & Co Solicitors Ltd Review: We've been working in the legal industry for over 20 years now and can certainly remember a lot more 'XZY & Son' brands being around. We've seen solicitor's praised for the great pizza and a criminal law firm criticised for not handling divorces. A few tips on indepe...


My Law Matters Review: the other side's client left negative comments after a case) - you should also be wary of review boards when it comes to any firm that handles property matters. Because whilst many negative comments can be totally unhelpful (e.g. So what are third party boards like Google...


OneLaw Chambers Review: Right now the largest scam by far plaguing the legal industry is house deposit fraud. Direct Access, or Public Access as it's sometimes known, allows members of the public to skip that step and hire a barrister directly. With that in mind we always recommend peo...


Pacific Law Review: There is no 200 year old solicitor imparting guru-style advice at the long-established brand. will probably continue for some time. class="infoquote "We listen ... Either way should really make no difference to your choice though. However we have worked with some...


Rose Fendlen Law Review: Because the actions needed for each of the case titles quoted can follow the same general direction and court proceedings if necessary. Housing Disrepair & Other Litigation"< div> Statements like these on various law firm's websites can be confusing because it doesn't ...


Reynolds Macdonald Solicitors Review: However if a single solicitor says they are a specialist in Family Law, Litigation, Criminal Law, and Conveyancing - that's when the term is not being used fairly. The one review we did see: class="infoquote "provided a really helpful and professional service to help m...


Simper Law Ltd Review: But the main reason people probably prefer the third party independent review boards is that they will also include any negative reviews. Our article today is about Simper Law which turns out to be much more of a unique offering than expected. Especially the review we saw ...


Smith and Graham Solicitors Review: The other item in the original quote is about client happiness and the obvious place to check that out is the public forums such as https: www.google.com search?q=smith+and+graham+middlesbrough&rlz=1C1CHBF_en-GBGB926GB926&sxsrf=ALiCzsb1Y6LZ8l5JrJ4SjzPRjRn5jLyzqg%3A16...

Brown and Co Solicitors Review: However it's amazing just how similar law firm websites look these days with similar language and similar images of people smiling - all shaking hands. class="infoquote "Brown and Co Solicitors is an experienced firm of solicitors offering legal services across a numb...


Springle & Co Solicitors Review: class="infoquote "We're independently owned and we believe that smaller is better. But it may be an idea to seek out a free consulation with a fully qualified legal professional before deciding which way to go. Apparently it seems to be quite easy to https: www.lloy...


Stowe Family Law Review: So what are people saying about Stowe Family Law? class="infoquote "very supportive during otherwise difficult times" "She tells it like it is so I always know where I stand" "kept my costs to a minimum throughout my separation" "service was efficient and very r...


Summerfield Browne Solicitors Review: The public reviews themselves are sometimes not very helpful either. We've been hoping that for many years and it's getting there . This has the obviously knock on effect: class="infoquote "... You may be surprised in this day and age to learn that there are st...


Swain & Co Solicitors Ltd Review: Then the article before that one was on a huge network of firms that still retained independence but all were placing a matching two-word branding before all their names (i.e. class="infoquote "We provide a number of payment options: No Win No Fee, Legal Aid, Monthly...


Taylor Price Solicitors Review: TaylorPrice Solicitors https: taylorprice.co.uk our-team.html" tick all those boxes< a> and have avoided going over the top such as listing their pet's names and favourite film titles. Making them a group of specialists rather than a firm trying to take on too much at o...


Thaxted Legal Ltd Review: However the usual security concerns we point out are much less pressing when it comes to immigration specialists because we don't know of any current scams focusing on their clients. We don't often give out specific advice in these articles. etc. We've written o...


Stephanie Heijdra Review: We hope that helps clarify some differences between solicitors and barrister when researching. So if you've spent the last few hours reading endless sales-pitch paragraphs on solicitor websites - this might be a welcome break: class="infoquote "... This i...


The Legal Practice Ltd Review: The official website is www.thelegalpractice.co.uk but again, www.thelegalpractice.com is owned by a different firm. If someone calls saying they are from your solicitor's office and you don't recognise the person - never feel uncomfortable about saying you're going to...


Trojan Solicitors Ltd Review: For some reason, whilst 'new' companies in other industries such as fashion, food, or technology are sought after - the legal industry is one where people expect the words 'established in 1881' carved in stone above the office doorway. The firm we're writing about today, Tr...


ULA Solicitors Ltd Review: The branding is quite unique and the various alternate searches we tried such as 'ula lawyers', 'ula law firm', etc. The issues with other similar domain names being available and alternate searches really only affects cases where the client has to pay large sums of mo...


WH Solicitors Review: class="infoquote "We're flexible with our fees with most cases – our fees are competitive and you will know in advance of what the fees will be."< div> This is mostly important to remember due to the https: support.microsoft.com en-us windows protect-yourse...

Two Harcourt Buildings Review: For example if a firm claims to be modern, efficient, and friendly - that sounds great. class="infoquote "We have specialist Direct Access trained barristers available in the following practice areas: Fraud and Financial Crime; Criminal Defence; Regulatory; Profess...


Woodstock Legal Services Review: class="infoquote "Our lawyers are highly skilled specialists in their areas. If you https: solicitors.lawsociety.org.uk office 562283 woodstock-legal-services-limited" check the page< a> for this firm you'll see any alternative business names used, all office addre...


Youngs Solicitors Review: Most importantly, it does not pay out an up to date payment rate for solicitors. It's the same firm. For example, providing some easily accessible staff profiles, photos, and direct contact details of each individual solicitor. Practically every law firm that handles p...


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