Editorials on UK Legal Companies
Farah Family Law: One firm in Preston demanded a £5000 retainer before having a consultation. But on this occasion the full quote "master of none, though oftentimes better than master of one" - usually does not apply. An example of a law firm we can 100% agree is https: www.lawgazette...
Marsden Rawsthorn Solicitors: Thousands of people in the UK https: www.whatmortgage.co.uk home-buying news-home-buying mortgage-scams-how-to-spot-and-avoid-homebuying-fraud " have handed their entire house deposit< a> over to fraudsters. A quick note on navigation. We will keep you updated ever...
Garden Stirling Burnet Solicitors Ltd: This is because most people get frustrated with property sales. You have to search for reviews on each office individually. Our article today is on the Property firm Garden Stirling Burnet: class="infoquote "We offer conveyancing services for residential and co...
England & Derbyshire LLP: Not only that, there's a lot of different types of legal professional to choose from. The longest serving seems to have served 33 years as a solicitor. These days, for many services, you don't even need to go to a typical high street solicitor. The easiest way to check up ...
Nero Legal Ltd: While they can be a bit twitchy sometimes (we've seen Google return reviews for a pizzeria instead of a law firm in the area) you can at least see both negative and positive comments by prior customers to check for any themes. class="infoquote "From the complex to the...
MPG Quantity Surveyors Ltd: We discussed the new Direct Access scheme in the previous article which allows people to hire a Barrister directly rather than having to pay a solicitor to hire a Barrister for them. But the RICS do not supply the level of consumer help we see on sites such as The Law Societ...
Crockett & Co Solicitors:
The fact https: www.gov.uk legal-aid eligibility" legal aid< a> does not pay anything close to what a law firm would normally charge for their work either has resulted in most firms in the UK refusing to have anything to do with it anymore. But beyond simply specia...
Sarah Rostamlou-Andrews Law: In 25+ years of working in the legal industry, we've never seen such a firm.
class="infoquote "I specialise solely in residential Landlord and Tenant law, acting for Landlords.
class="infoquote "Book a free 15 minute consultation to discuss your issue"< div>. ...
Cook Legal Ltd: So when they see lots of law firms stating local roots or activities it may seem like a marketing ploy. Each of those has different laws and legal setups.
class="infoquote "Cook Legal is a Wirral law firm. So if a law firm has several offices, you have to look up ea...
TWB Probate Solicitors: We try to cover a wide range of law firms on our site including alternative legal professionals and companies who might provide related services. The .co.uk version doesn't currently redirect you there and with the longer name it may be an idea to bookmark the site if you pl...
Brodies LLP Solicitors: Hopefully it's apparent that 1to1Legal is not just another directory of law firms. Sometimes people are https: www.dailymail.co.uk news article-12995257 british-woman-channel-5-swindled-home-spain-fraudsters-hack.html" handing over their entire house deposit< a> to a frau...
PCS Legal Ltd: Some people https: www.theguardian.com money 2019 aug 24 the-45000-deposit-for-our-first-home-was-stolen-and-the-banks-did-nothing" have handed their entire house deposit amount< a> over to a fraudster's bank account simple because an official-looking email came through t...
Dispute Resolver Consultancy: They all seem more of an ombudsmen type of process. For solicitors it might be their local Law Society and for barristers it would be the Bar Standards Board. We are not a directory just cramming as many high street solicitors as possible into the pages. They often need the...
Clarkson Wright & Jakes Ltd: People have handed https: www.theguardian.com money 2023 oct 07 i-lost-240000-uk-victims-share-their-stories" their entire house deposit to fraudsters< a>.
class="infoquote "measured guidance and proactive communicative approach"
"efficient, and caring service"
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Scotland Injury Solicitors from Baker Hardman: Some were complaining about third parties related to the case, while others simply left a negative star rating with no explanation. It seems so long ago that you would have a handful of solicitor offices in your local high street that handled everything. This is an older nam...
Solidaire Solicitors: Those are both good and varied levels of experience to have within a firm. Most solicitors within England & Wales are registered with them and you can look up information by firm name or the name of an individual solicitor themselves. So what phrases can you use to separate ...
Defank Solicitors: The firms official website address is usually listed in the SRA certificate. It is really important to note exactly where you should be going and the official details of the firm you choose because there is so much fraud at the moment targeting clients of property lawyers....
QualitySolicitors Large & Gibson: The brand could be 120 years while all their solicitors qualified 6 months ago. To clarify, you could think of the QS branding as more of a 'stamp of approval'? Any firm wishing to be part of the QS network must adhere to certain setups and quality control . Obviously they ...
HCR Legal LLP: Everything from a one-person sole practitioner setups to multi-office practices with hundreds of staff. But no matter what the size of a firm , checking up on them usually has some common things you can try. Despite our trust, sometimes things go wrong."< div>
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Horsley Law: That's more important than you might think as not all websites that take your details for a legal case are actual solicitors. But if you don't find many reviews of a firm, don't take that as a negative sign. They are a limited firm and https: www.sra.org.uk consumers regis...
All Law Ltd: For example, if you https: solicitors.lawsociety.org.uk office 26041 all-law-limited" look up a firm< a> on their database it will tell you alternate contact details, other names the firm may go by, languages spoken, and more. The firm has some testimonials included on th...
Eve Lake Conveyancing & Legal Services:
class="infoquote "Reliable Conveyancing & Legal Services based in the Hope Valley, Derbyshire. Sadly that difference is often not explained well by either. Also, while you may have gone through a dozen websites today of 'Conveyancing' firms - not all are the same . ...
Amy King Legal: and have taken countless cases to Court with a stunning track record of success. It is HTTPS secure for submitting your personal details via the contact form. The official website is www.amykinglegal.co.uk which we link to at the top. Or at least, less understanding. Many ...
Heritage Park Family Law Ltd: If your family law matter is unlikely to require an actual court action - then that doesn't matter. You sometimes need to search for the firm name and city they are in to see that information pop up - e.g. Many amazing firms with a long histories have only a handful or even ...
McCarthy + Co LLP: Ampersands and plus signs cannot be in web addresses. So what are they saying?
class="infoquote "Communication was always clear, professional, and friendly"
"very helpful and quick to respond to any of my queries"
"the team had my interest at heart"
"friendly ma...
Oakwood Solicitors Ltd: The official website is www.oakwoodsolicitors.co.uk matching the branding which is also very helpful. We should make a quick note on navigation. Oakwood have a https: www.oakwoodsolicitors.co.uk all-things-oakwood the-oakwood-solicitors-team " staff information< a> sectio...
ACSL Solicitors Ltd: Most importantly they will show the areas of law and qualification dates of each lawyer within the firm. This sort of thing is hugely important these days especially if you're using a law firm for a property matter. That's nearly a century of experience between them. ...
Sternberg Reed LLP: Sternberg Reed displays practice staff with experience spanning the past six decades such as Elizabeth Bendall who qualified in 1976, Julian Beard (1989), Kevin Bristow (1996), Judith Gould (2007), Francesca Clay (2014), right up to Danielle Apenteng who joined the professio...
Eatons Solicitors: Will be using again"
"kept me fully informed throughout the process"< div>
Those are some snippets from the independent forums and overall they are positive. Partner David Butterfield qualified in 1977, John Brown in 1982, Steven Gilbey in 1991, Claire Roberts in 200...
WYM Legal Ltd: This makes it tricky for people to use star ratings to judge between property firms. Obviously with a w right after the www. We've been in the legal industry for over 20 years now, but haven't had much dealings with the CLC so can't comment further. If you https: solicitor...
Thomas and Thomas Solicitors Ltd: The official website we link to above is www.thomasandthomassolicitors.co.uk which, although helpfully being the firm's full name, it's a long one to remember or type in without any mistakes. The age of a firm is irrelevant. But for their claim of being 'friendly and profess...
Wolf Law Solicitors: All firms can call themselves 'leading' in one thing or another. We've seen some firms with full staff profiles on every solicitor with direct contact details for each. Wolf Law don't make any such claims which is a good sign to start off with.
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SG Murphy Solicitors: Unless you put that in exactly you won't get to see even the few details https: www.lawsoc-ni.org sg-murphy-co-ltd411" the organisation does show< a>. In fact, when we searched for 'SG Murphy's firm on their website it said no such firm existed. On the law society's websi...
Walker Foster Solicitors: If all firms claim to be modern, friendly, and experienced (which they will because none will claim to be unfriendly, out of date, or inexperienced) then it's not useful information for decision making.
So what can you do? There are several independent ways of checking...
Harrison's Solicitors:
Also note that the full name of the firm is Harrisons Thames Valley Solicitors LLP. So what can you do to know the difference between one firm that says they are the 'leading firm' for their service versus the other 100 firms all saying they are the 'leading firm' a...
Girlings Solicitors LLP: But while those sales words sound good, they really don't help you distinguish one firm from another. They have the Lexcel quality assurance mark given by The Law Society, specific accreditation for Personal Injury and also Clinical negligence matters, https: www.apil.or...
UVS Law: Especially with everything going on at the moment. it's the only area of law they deal in. UK Immigration Law is governed by the Immigration Act 1971, which has undergone several amendments over the years such as Chagos Islanders acquiring British nationality.
There a...
Kee Solicitors Ltd: Hopefully one day the Scottish database will be as good as the English (which is a tough thing to say as a Scottish firm ourselves!)
class="infoquote "informative, professional and prompt in their communication"
"handled my case very professionally and always did ev...
Waterstone Partnership Solicitors Ltd: They are all very positive. But as mentioned above this firm is typically branded as 'Waterstone Partnership Solicitors' with their official site at www.waterstoneps.com which is https secure. Keep safe.
. Common sense dictates there will not be a 200-year-old wise old l...
Mark Croft Solicitor: They are too busy https: www.dailymail.co.uk news article-12003657 Brisbane-couple-conned-102-000-savings-house-elaborate-scam.html" taking huge amounts of money from house buyers< a>. So that could be 5 members of staff each with only 4 years of experience. But it does h...
EMD Law LLP:
There was a chat feature on the site, but the two times we tried it we were simply asked for our phone number early on so someone could call us.
Originally starting under the name Baily Strickland and Bryant, the firm became Baily Bryant & Dumbleton in 2003, then...
Lyons Solicitors: Only the rich and well established firms could afford a larger advert in such publications.
Prior to online searching, people would have to look up what law firms were local to them either in the phone book or Yellow Pages. Today's article focuses on the law firm Lyon...
Brian Barr Solicitors: There are plenty which simply string out a list of 'highly recommends!' which is of no use to anyone. So while the case list handled by the firm as a whole may be huge, your assigned solicitor may only handle one or two of those areas of law. The majority of English and We...
Frei Solicitors: So which is Frei Solicitors? Well, none of those actually. Because when you target a very small market of individuals with your services, getting feedback publicly can take a lot longer. This brings us to today's tip which is not to judge a law firm by the number of reviews....
Drummond Miller LLP: But just be wary and be careful about the things you do discuss via email. But the reason we're making a fuss about making sure you're on the correct site, is that over the past decade or so it's become far too common to see headlines about https: www.which.co.uk news arti...
Calio Claims: e.g.
With that all in the past, why do law firms still use separate brand names and 'Trading As' statements? The most common reason is modern appeal. Some firms do charge a fee if they win. In all of our articles about law firms we try to cover details about the firm ...
EDC Lord & Co Solicitors: The site also includes a blog section that features articles and updates on legal topics of interest, such as employment law, family law, and commercial law. This is especially important in today's digital age, where many people rely on their smartphones and tablets to acces...
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