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Branch Austin McCormick LLP: For example, at the time of writing the firm lists Steven Gardner who qualified as a solicitor back in 1970, Tania Austin (qualified in 1984), Harender Branch (1999), Hal Branch (2001), Elliot Hammer (2014), right up to Sheida Zeinali who qualified in 2021. When it com...


Trojan Solicitors Ltd: Which brings us neatly back to our original question about when is a firm a 'specialist' and when it is 'multi-practice'. For example, for many years now people have been able to hire a barrister direct through the new Public Access scheme. class="infoquote "Our aim is...


CEL Solicitors: But no-one's perfect. For a career with CEL Solicitors it's best to visit the website (), check opening hours, and find the correct phone email contact details. However all the searches we tried such as ht...


Fulton's Solicitors & Estate Agents: The full branding of this firm is Fulton's Solicitors & Estate Agents with the official website being www.fultons-scotland.co.uk which we link to above. A quote from one article says: class="infoquote "The deal will see Gildeas expand its total workforce by 13 to 77 ...


HooperHyde: Sometimes you don't need a solicitor. But these days with the number of self employed people rising exponentially - we've also seen a huge rise in people wanting a specialist business legal advisor that can deal with small businesses effectively. HooperHyde obviously s...

Antony Hodari Solicitors: We try to cover a range of solutions for legal problems including having general practice firms, specialists, barristers, and non-law-firm services as well. To us that's a bit of a cheat. . As specialists go, this is an unusual one to find. Antony Hodari himself qualif...


Fair Result Ltd: When we searched for 'fair result', 'fair result divorce' and 'fair result leicester' we got back mostly news stories about random high profile celebrity divorce cases. In our opinion, the age of a legal brand is unimportant . Not every legal matter requires a full-on soli...


Dylan Nair Solicitors Ltd: But again if not available on a firm's site, it is often listed in the law society database. Working within the legal industry we think it should probably start being mandatory. John Houghton at this firm qualified in 1975, Rajesh Nair in 1999, right up to Abhishek Ben...


Mckie Legal: Normally we would have a mini-rant about 'protecting clients from scammers', but that's not really necessary here. So this seemingly innocuous sentence is actually worth quite a few brownie points . That may sound like a very odd reason. It's just far less likely that...


Jacobs Law Solicitors: You can also see what each solicitor specialises in. The largest property firm in England Wales currently has a rating of just under 3 stars on Google with over 1,000 reviews. You'd think that would be a universal trait by now, but it's not. class="infoquote "Based in ...


Argue & Co Legal: So when you see firms offering such on their website, don't just flick over it like it's nothing . (And I'm missing a couple of those.) It's just that unlike reviewing the food or service at a restaurant - people are not nearly as quick to share their experience of being de...


Springle & Co Solicitors: Some snippets: class="infoquote "got the outcome we needed in a very short space of time" "would highly recommend and will definitely use again" "very professional throughout and we are so grateful for all the hard work" "Professional and supportive people"< ...


BLZ Solicitors: www.blzsolicitors.co.uk is the official site we link to above and currently www.blzsolicitors.com doesn't seem to be owned by anyone. One tip though is to make sure the free consultation is with a qualified professional. Their site is https secure though so entering your i...

Hawkridge & Company: Ampersands can't be in domain names so certainly you can't go to something like www.hawkridge&co.co.uk but all the other variants we checked such as www.hawkridge.co.uk or www.hawkridgeandco.co.uk were also owned by other firms. Very often a bunch of the negative reviews wil...


Pacific Law: As we said, this is a new firm. But these days we would say that if the firm can't offer video-chat services they are now getting behind the times. We put you first."< div> The most common piece of research people do over any service provider is check for reviews on the...


ABS Lawyers Ltd: class="infoquote "We are also able to deal with Polish speaking clients and can help ensure legal documents are properly understood and explained."< div> A quick note on navigation. There are also many things between the lines that the regular consumer might not ...


Stenfield Solicitors: Unfortunately when no feedback is left it's hard to know if that person was even rating the correct firm. It's very important these days to keep fully aware of what site you are on and the legitimacy of the emails you receive. In this instance Stenfield have ...


Khan Law: If you've already been through a dozen websites of law firms today, you'll probably have been disheartened at just how similar they all seem. We wouldn't class that as 'specialist'. The quote above is from the Khan Law website and, in our opinion, is being used appropriatel...


DV Solicitors: We've also seen negative reviews against a criminal law firm for refusing to take on someone's divorce case. The Law Society of England & Wales is a simply excellent resources for background research . You may get a forty year experienced solicitor from a law firm brand t...


Richmond Legal Ltd: Sometimes just with a couple of official looking emails. It also states fluency in Urdu and Punjabi as well as English. Of course, you should never discuss payments or bank details via email . The firm's website is https secure for entering your personal details in t...


Trust Inheritance Ltd: Be warned though that you really need to read the comments and not just rely on star ratings. For many case types people absolutely want a niche firm such as for Motor Offences, Immigration or Debt Recovery. For example, a firm that states they handle "Will & Probate" matter...


Bilkus & Boyle: Be aware that no genuine web address can have an ampersand such as www.bilkus&boyle.com and none of the name-only variants such as www.bilkusboyle.com or the .co.uk's seem to be owned by anyone. The majority of large conveyancing specialists have ratings as low as 2 or ...


Catteralls Solicitors: If you https: solicitors.lawsociety.org.uk organisation people 412101 catteralls?Solicitors=True" check out the page for this firm< a> on there you'll see details of alternative contacts, various offices, staff information, languages spoken, and qualification dates ...


Penerley Lawyers: The branding is very unique so no difficulties getting the correct website to pop up in the search results with varied types of related query such as 'penerleys lawyers' or 'penerly solicitor'. The idea being that most people have an image in their head when the term 'soli...


The Search Bureau: This includes Local Authority Searches, Drainage and Water, Flood, Land Registry, Due Dilligence (Lawyer Checker), Utilities, and more. It probably doesn't occur to employees of a firm to jump on the web to write a review about a service their company uses. The official sit...


Education Law Service Ltd: Just a couple of fake emails and house buyers sellers end up handing over £millions every year to the fraudsters. Criminal Injury and Uninsured Driver cases are often like this because they involved pursuing money from the government. But why do we even need such lawye...


Pump Court Chambers: Always make sure you are on the correct website and never discuss payments or bank details via email. However to be qualified to handle such, the barrister you speak to should absolutely be capable of informing you quite early on if your case can be handled under tho...


Mason Bullock Solicitors: Scammers are getting millions from people every year by pretending to be the person's solicitor. When it comes to personal injury it seems that many solicitors are just pushing clients through, taking a cut of the compensation cheque, and that's it. It's not just a si...


Lindsays Solicitors: The firm uses the singular name of 'Lindsays' (not Lindsay's) in all it's branding and it's official website is www.lindsays.co.uk as linked to above. But for now remember never to discuss payments or bank details by email and even if someone phones you with queries - you ...


Aspire Licensing: However even then there are options such as hiring a barrister through the new Direct Access scheme instead of going through a solicitor. The full firm's title is Aspire Licensing & Administrative Services with the official web address of www.aspirelicensing.co.uk, currently...


OTS Solicitors Ltd: Not so with OTS, who have a wide range of experienced staff such as Basil Gulbenkian (qualified in 1965), Veejay Sharma (2005), Oshin Shahiean (2013) right up to the almost brand new Angelique Holm (2019). Either way, still be on your guard when typing in web address and n...


Reid Black Solicitors: So how do Reid Black Solicitors stack up on independent boards? class="infoquote "Very fast and professional. This is very different from the SRA (Solicitors Regulation Authority) and we're putting together an article to explain the difference better. Most solicitors...


Howe + Co Solicitors: Although according to our poll a couple of years ago, most people don't trust or at least don't pay attention to a company's own testimonial page anyway. And by tiny, we mean absolutely unreadable. One of our staff worked in immigration (Liverpool) for about a year and confi...


Robin Somerville Direct Access Barrister: 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 that barrister to deal with your case. Certainly it's a very likely part of the reason he...


Levins Solicitors: At a 200-year-old firm you may get a 1-year qualified solicitor acting for you. So if there are dozens of positive reviews about a legal company and all the negative reviews are about conveyancing - it's something to keep in mind. Currently www.levinslaw.com is owned by some...


Aconveyancing Ltd: But if any issues come up - you may end up having to switch to a more widely experienced firm and starting all over again. Some of the largest and most popular firms that we've worked with have a 2-3 star ratings. class="infoquote "We also provide expert legal advice ....


The Injury Solicitor Ltd: So whilst some firms promise no win, no fee they may take a cut of your compensation at the end of a case. But these differences should definitely be explained clearly by the firm you are thinking of going with. But we also add firms that are large, small, niche, gener...


RD Costings: The focus is usually on Road Accidents, Work Injuries and Slip Trips. But there are a few areas of law where using a specialist firm is held up as the ideal. Sadly, thousands of people are handing over their bank details https: www.telegraph.co.uk money katie-investigate...


MGBe Legal: This includes Skilled Workers, Global Talent, Citizenship, Employers and Business Immigration, Family and Private Life applications, Appeals, Asylum and Human Rights, Deportation and Detention. class="infoquote "received a very helpful, detailed and accurate service" ...


McEwan Fraser Legal: As the firm deals with property matters, this raises the possibility of scams which are on the rise despite the https: www.telegraph.co.uk money consumer-affairs property-sellers-warned-not-to-email-solicitors-we-lost-204000 " huge number of news articles< a> and war...


Fieldfisher LLP: Possibly a shopping centre from the sounds of it, as there are plenty around the UK with 'field' and 'fish' in the name. A quick note on navigation as always. If you've used our site before to find legal help in your area, or if you've simply read through a few of our r...


APS Legal & Associates: APS Legal & Associates are no less stand-out-ish. 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. It's, sadly, ridiculously easy. No hard-sell, very professional."< div> H...


Linkilaw Solicitors: The old address of www.linkilaw.com still has some independent pages you can visit but most have a popup suggesting that you click to go through to the new site. That's why people use now whether researching a product they want to buy or a company they want to use. You ...


NV Legal Ltd: The fact NV Legal is already doing this is a great indicator of a firm with both the mindset and resources we agree with. As the branding efforts by the firm are clear and consistent , there shouldn't be many obvious alternatives or common errors cropping up such as 'nvla...


Simons Rodkin Solicitors LLP: General practice solicitors, niche local firms, nationwide multi-office firms, direct access barristers, and specialists only handling a single case type. But as our poll from a couple of years ago indicated - many of you don't trust company testimonials. However we've been ...


DFA Law LLP: A last word from the DFA Law website which hopefully now sounds little more sincere after having checked through the extra bits and pieces above. There are a few little touches around their site too that indicate a firm with a vested interest in their public perception....


Ian Mallon Solicitors: class="infoquote "The practice offers a highly personalised relationship, working closely with our clients to resolve the often complex range of legal challenges that can face individuals and companies."< div> So how are the firm being rated by previous clients? ...


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