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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:33Legal Ltd Review: (Especially with one Southern England firm that claimed a 150 year heritage because they moved into the building an old law firm originally owned. To their credit, they do make it clear on all these sites that they are run by 33Legal with all the same company informa...
5 Essex Court Review: You would take your case to a solicitor, they would run it, and they would hire a barrister to represent you. This naturally means a great opportunity to save both time and money: class="infoquote "The Direct Public Access scheme introduced in 2004 enables barristers...
Aconveyancing Ltd Review: In law industry terms, that might sound quite young with so many companies boasting ancient foundings such as 'established in 1881'. https: www.theguardian.com money 2017 jan 14 lost-67000-conveyancing-scam-friday-afternoon-fraud-legal-sector-email-hacker" Scammers are ...
Aina Khan Law Ltd Review: You turned the case round completely"< div>. She provides decisive and speedy legal settlements across the UK and globally."< div> But then it's backed up with actual stats: class="infoquote "Aina is a leading expert in international families, with an unparalleled...
Allsop Durn Solicitors Review: So does that make us bias enough to throw away 20+ years of impartial article writing? Well, if we've seen fit to add a firm to our network in the first place - then clearly we already think they are a positive choice. However after so many years of flicking through such sit...
Apprise Legal Services Review: Google sadly allows advertisers to stuff the searched-for keywords into adverts. There has been a huge rise in self-employment in this country though and family setups are getting increasingly complicated too. They are meant to filter out trademarked terms, but not all fir...
APS Legal & Associates Review: For example, the APS Legal & Associates main website does have the usual testimonials page. Unfortunately we're still unclear on the various qualifications than can be obtained. It's, sadly, ridiculously easy. At the moment both www.apslegal.com and www.apslegal.co.uk don't ...
Avery Walters Solicitors Review: However the same maths process is often abused by newer, less-scrupulous firms. For example, Amanda Cuthbert qualified in 1993, David Cartwright in 2001, right up to Laura Stafford in 2017. class="infoquote "We are an independent, Yorkshire-based firm of highly talente...
AWH Solicitors Review: They can also be independently verified with each organisation. Or you could end up speaking to a junior in-experienced staff member for the 'free' 30-60 consultation on offer. class="infoquote "We are a modern multi-service law firm based in Manchester and Blackburn, ...
Briffa Legal Ltd Review: Here's what a few of their peers said about founder Margaret Briffa in the Chambers & Legal 500: class="infoquote "knows what she is talking about and is very diligent and measured in her approach"< div> class="infoquote "she doesn't put you on the meter every time ...
CFG Law Review: I had to get another member of staff to come and explain why I'd stopped him too, because the doctor didn't speak english. CFG are a rarity in even mentioning this level of care, let alone having several pages dedicated to it on their website. We'd therefore recommend bookma...
DFA Law LLP Review: The official site we link to above is www.dfalaw.co.uk which is https secure for you to safely submit your personal details on the web form. A 40-year established firm might stick you with a 1-year experienced solicitor, and a 1-year established firm might have a 40-year exp...
Driscoll Kingston Review: But if you look past the required sentiments, you might have missed little things like the firm's Blog section . the longest length one of their solicitors has been qualified). If you ever want to know how long someone has been practising law, you can always look them up on...
Hammond Trotter Solicitors Review: As Hammond Trotter continuously repeat on their site though - time is of the essence . But not Mr Loophole. class="infoquote "We are without doubt, the country's leading motoring lawyers."< div> Martin Hammond and Philip Trotter qualified as solicitors back in 20...
Education Law Service Ltd Review: If you've already been through a dozen law firm's sites today looking for one to help and didn't notice - just try typing a few of their company names into Google and see the opening hours that pop up. Its lack of publicity is strange though because there are so many childre...
Fieldfisher LLP Review: You'll see Fieldfisher have lawyers from each of the past four decades including Ian Austin (qualified in 1986), Bridget Collier (1997), Mark Greenhalgh (2008, and Jonathon Bell (2017). Whether they are unbelievably niche in their target area of law or excel in a certain as...
Frank Rogers Law Ltd Review: He was fair and to the point"< div> Thankfully the comments are mostly informative with helpful details about what they liked about the service and the outcome. You can usually look up the qualification dates and expertise of most solicitors on The Law Socienty'...
GloverPriest Solicitors Review: 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. Clients don't want to feel as though they're always talking to reception or junior sta...
Hampson Hughes Solicitors Review: Not by a larger cheque. Unfortunately the only way to really know if a firm lives up to that promise is at the end of the case. So how else can you judge the merits of a firm? class="infoquote "Our experienced personal injury solicitors assists people who have been inj...
Helix Law Ltd Review: If you factor in possible common errors we've already seen such as 'helixlegal', 'helixsolicitors' and even more once you start on hyphens - it's not worth the risk. I had an urgent matter that I needed advise on and Phoebe was a great help. We actually ended up reading thei...
Howe + Co Solicitors Review: They have over 100 staff, cover a wide range of legal matters, and a long history. It can be quite difficult to dig out the pertinent details in order to make what feels like an informed decision. Howe & Co are registered with The Law Society of England & Wales which is a...
R James Hutcheon Solicitors Review: There is just as much chance that you'll get a 1-year-experienced solicitor from a 10-year-old firm as there is from a 100-year-old firm. Plus none of the variants we tried such as www.hutcheonsolicitors.co.uk .com seemed to be owned by anyone yet. Just because there's a b...
Ian Mallon Solicitors Review: No, really. Right now https: www.theguardian.com money 2020 feb 29 bank-scam-solicitors-email-hacked" people are losing millions of pounds to scammers< a> over property matters simply by not realising the email they received was from an incorrect address or the website th...
IWC Probate & Will Services Review: Titles such as "Writing the Ideal Will", "Can you Refuse to be an Executor", or "What Happens if you Don't Apply for Probate". Of course, that's just when they registered as a "Ltd" company in Braintree. Adding IWC Estate Planning & Management Ltd to our list of recommended ...
Jarmans Solicitors Ltd Review: They may have a decent website, plenty of available information, staff profiles, details of charity work, testimonials, third party reviews, and so on. The second is opening hours. If a firm has a handful of bad reviews ten years ago then nothing but 5 star reviews ever sinc...
Joanna Connolly Solicitors Review: When you visit their website, you'll also notice a real focus on clear, flexible pricing structures. Joanna Connolly Solicitors is a sole practitioner law firm striving to provide a high level of service for consumer credit, contentious probate, and insolvency matters. That...
Kudos Legal Ltd Review: So how can you check the background of any firm to see how their claims stack up? The first point of call we would recommend is The Law Society website. For the Glasgow office you can check The Law Society of Scotland. class="infoquote - "... class="infoquote ...
Lawcomm Solicitors Review: In most cases you can work with us directly by phone, email and our secure client portal or we are happy to meet with you in any of our locations or even at your home or place of work."< div> As we've mentioned before with other firms we've written about, there is a ve...
Leech & Co Review: For all we know they were reviewing the wrong firm or had a ridiculous reason for leaving such a poor rating. We link to the official site above which uses the secure https setup. There were a few one star reviews on Google, but the reviewers didn't leave any comments about ...
Levins Solicitors Review: We did find though that when you start typing 'levins solicitors' into Google it sometimes displays a totally different firm in the drop down suggestions. At a 200-year-old firm you may get a 1-year qualified solicitor acting for you. The branding logo of the firm states Le...
Lindsays Solicitors Review: Lindsays deal with many cross border issues so have to deal with English law when it comes to things such as property sales. Please note that the following article relates to the law firm Lindsays as a whole. A quick note on navigation. The firm uses the singular name ...
Aspire Licensing Review: However to be clear - Aspire Licensing do not state they are a law firm in the traditional sense and no mention is made to 'solicitors' within the firm. At the moment, most fraudsters are doing their best to https: www.todaysconveyancer.co.uk main-news newlyweds-duped-into...
Linkilaw Solicitors Review: A few new types of business law firm have started emerging to fill this perceived "gap". We might even have to disagree with them on the strength of that assessment as we have seen some very positive moves by even the stuffiest of established firms in recent years. But it's...
Alexander JLO Solicitors Review: are accredited by the Law Society as Family Law specialists ..." < div>
Tens of thousands of solicitors and legal practices are listed in The Law Society's member directory. The age of the brand name really has no importance at all, other than a marketing gimmick.
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Mason Bullock Solicitors Review: If you ever want to look up the specialties or qualification dates of the solicitor you are thinking of using, there is usually that information on the firm's local Law Society website. However nothing that reflected negatively on the firm's actual potential services. Ther...
McEwan Fraser Legal Review: Still, people are generally unsatisfied about the length of time it takes to buy or sell a property so negative comments abound.
Such availability by McEwan Fraser during a very stressful process hasn't gone un-noticed as you'll read in most of the comments across re...
MGBe Legal Review:
MGBe Legal specialise in the latter of those. Thankfully MGBe Legal is registered with The Law Society of England & Wales which offers a wealth of information user-side. After us praising The Law Society of England & Wales for having such a great site, we have noticed...
MTA Personal Injury Solicitors LLP Review: It's a hugely helpful resource. A guarantee to receive 100% of your compensation on the other hand means there are absolutely no costs to you at all whether win or lose .
Most lawyers in the UK are registered with a Law Society. If you've read any other review article...
NV Legal Ltd Review: You can end up having someone's secretary as your only point of contact. The official website we link to above is www.nvlegal.co.uk with www.nvlegal.com currently being owned by someone else. For example, a firm with five solicitors each with only two years of experience und...
OJ Solicitors Ltd Review:
Another place people tell us they research firms with is companies house to see the start date of the firm to gauge how experienced they are. It is certainly not the case that the standard high street law firm is the best option in every scenario. So a firm promising bo...
OTS Solicitors Ltd Review: (Wherever that expression came from.)
class="infoquote "OTS Solicitors is a well-known firm of UK immigration, Employment, Family and Litigation Solicitors, and the leading authority for many TV, radio and newspaper organisation"< div>
Whilst many people will jus...
Penn Chambers Solicitors Review:
So what do clients say about the actual service they've recieved? Well there are the obligatory testimonials on the firm's website such as:
class="infoquote "Excellent results from Mr Inayat he actually got me a hell of lot more than everyone said I would get." ...
Pump Court Chambers Review: She really made me feel at ease"
"Matthew was on hand at all times and took me through each step of the process"
"Very impressed with the service provided by Richard Wayman during an employment tribunal"< div>
So make sure you really are happy with the barrist...
Redwood Collections Ltd Review: Unfortunately there are companies out there that will charge you a fee for doing the threat letters but then simply hand the case back to you if those letters fail.
class="infoquote "We supply all clients with regular reports in hard copy and 24 7 online access to your...
Reid Black Solicitors Review: That doesn't mean we are bias for the sake of it. Quite often this is not reflected in the public reviews of those firms. Alongside Criminal Injuries, Untraced Drivers and Medical Negligence matters - Military Claims can take a long time, be less likely to suceed, and pay o...
Robin Somerville Direct Access Barrister Review: He covers a very specialist range though, dealing with commercial and employment issues. Some are not Direct Access qualified and whilst they will talk to you about your case - they will then tell you of local solicitors you need to hire first in order for them to then hire ...
SBW Law Ltd Review: At this office the range of experience goes from Alasdair Brown who qualified in 1991 right up to Christopher Lackner who qualified in 2017. We've seen a criminal law firm get a negative review for not handling divorces. Conditional fee arrangement are most common amongst mo...
The Search Bureau Review: Have they done so? We've found that most companies that service actual law firms tend not to have publicly available reviews about them online. With just a few fake emails the scammers can seem to convince home owners to hand over tens of thousands of pounds to a completel...
Serious Law LLP Review: The loss of a limb or your hearing sight are clear examples of this. The one prior was about a firm that seemed to have avoided the lime-light of news articles and review sites like ours yet had dozens of client reviews across all the major rating forums. The person was rant...
Simons Rodkin Solicitors LLP Review: Thankfully, if the firm you're interested in is based within England or Wales they are most likely registered with the national Law Society.
This idea that the firm isn't consumed by fees and time-monitoring is also reflected in their website where you'll find https: ...
Taborns Legal Business Review: We either try to provide those bits and pieces you might not have known about the firm - or try and summarise if there is an overwhelmingly large amount of information for people to find themselves.
When nagivating the firm's name is quite unique so any searches for T...
The Injury Solicitor Ltd Review: But we also add firms that are large, small, niche, general practice, or just an alternative resource such as Direct Access barristers or Mediation Providers. No win, no fee just means that if you lose there will be no fees. There is no 200-year-old solicitor sat behind a d...
RD Costings Review:
However, whilst we would normally issue warnings and recommend various ways to protect yourself online - there really isn't much of an issue on this occasion . Commercial Law is another area where a niche firm is often sought rather than general practice.
For exam...
Thorpe Wilson Solicitors Review: Many firms will actually charge fees if your case wins.
class="infoquote "Exceptional Customer Care to accomplish the best results"< div>
All companies have sales-pitch language on their websites. We have seen terms such as 'Thorpe & Wilson' showing up in the sear...
The Solicitors Advocates & Barristers Inc Review: The number of larger firms we know that still choose to work under the scheme are few and far between. On this occasion, it definitely seems to be the case with a range of experience indicated including Mohammed Asghar and Fleur Ohonbamu who qualified in 1993 and 1999 resp...
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