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www.2hb.co.uk: No firm is going to claim it is archaic, inefficient, and unfriendly. For example if a firm claims to be modern, efficient, and friendly - that sounds great. Clarity for the public should be just as important to the Bar Standards Council but, at the moment at least, it doe...
www.antonyhodari.co.uk: class="infoquote "We specialise in acting for tenants where their landlord has failed to repair their property or protecting deposits as the law requires."< div> Normally when that's the case (just like the medical negligence firm we reviewed yesterday) there is ...
www.argueandco.co.uk: Not as bad as that. We've talked to hundreds upon hundreds of potential clients over the twenty years we've been working in the legal industry. Especially in more personally involved circumstances such as suing an employer or a friend's insurance company after a crash wher...
www.backhouse-solicitors.co.uk: We always explain and backup anything we cover in this series of articles which is aimed at helping people find the right tools and frame of reference when choosing a firm. Not only is that an extraordinary number of reviews for a UK law firm, but the fact they handle conv...
www.beersllp.com: For example at Beers you'll see solicitors such as Paul Housego who qualified in 1978, Richard Jones (qualified 1996), Helen O'Leary (2009), and Sonia Hems (2011). class="infoquote "We have specialist lawyers in areas such as Commercial and Residential Property, Employ...
www.belllax.com: However Bell Lax's news section has a wide range of well written articles . If you check out the page for this firm you'll see a range of experienced staff covering almost all of the last three decades. There were no common themes amongst the few negative reviews. By ...
www.blzsolicitors.co.uk: That's not the case though and there are hundreds of firms out there that still charge full rates just to meet with them. So to specialise in them most likely means they have a specialist knowledge they want to use or that they have a personal relationship with the process...
www.branchaustinmccormick.com: yeah. class="infoquote "We offer a full service, including commercial property, corporate law, divorce and family law, dispute resolution, employment, immigration, residential conveyancing and wills and probate."< div> There is also some confusion about the word '...
www.bridgemcfarland.co.uk: So what about the independent boards such as https: www.google.com search?q=bridge+mcfarland+llp+lincoln&rlz=1C1CHBF_en-GBGB926GB926&sxsrf=ALiCzsYpYdagcP_1nfbujMAQ2Q3Y7A1iYw%3A1663333683455&ei=M3UkY4a5G5T4gQbRzLTwCg&oq=bridge+mcfarland+llp&gs_lcp=Cgdnd3Mtd2l6EAEYADIKCAAQRx...
www.woodstocklegalservices.co.uk: It's not as if any firm is going to claim the opposite - i.e.
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. If you https: solicitor...
www.brownandcosolicitors.co.uk: They have an actual fees page which is definitely a rarity amongst legal providers as well.
Does this translate into happy clients? For this we always turn to the public boards like https: www.google.com search?q=brown+and+co+solicitors+london&rlz=1C1CHBF_en-GBGB926...
www.burtonlaw.co.uk: There is a simply huge number of scams targeting law clients right now. There are 1-star ratings from people on the other side of a matter such as a property sale. But rather than simply place an extra logo on each law firm's website - they all put the words quality solicit...
www.celsolicitors.co.uk: Quite often negative ratings are left by the side the law firm beat in court.
So whilst there are negative reviews about this firm too (and some with what sound like very valid complaints) - there are several comments that are just weird or look like they are about the...
www.cooks-solicitors.co.uk:
class="infoquote "Dianne Sumner has over twenty-five years' experience of helping people move house. It can therefore be a good idea to bookmark the site or use a search function instead just in case. People
www.davidstinson.co.uk: This can often be misleading because if the firm has 5 solicitors with just 4 years experience - that equals a total of 20 years. This is called a 'conditional fee arrangement' and is normally around 25% of your settlement.
For more difficult cases such as medical negli...
www.disrepairclaim.co.uk: There are firms and even individual solicitors that cover a wide range of case types, sort of 'jack-of-all-trades' solicitors. (No pun intended.)
class="infoquote "The compensation you can claim is ... As we've already said, there are a huge number of less-than-reputab...
www.dylannair.com: But again if not available on a firm's site, it is often listed in the law society database. So much so that when people search for reviews about solicitors but see very few - they could think something was wrong.
class="infoquote "We understand you place a great deal...
www.fair-result.co.uk:
One last excerpt from the firm's site that stood out to us:
class="infoquote "Our workloads are managed to ensure we never have more than six live cases. I know our articles are usually very impartial and simply informative, but if you and your ex are reasonable p...
www.frazercoogans.co.uk:
With so many high street solicitors to choose from though, how do we at 1to1Legal decide which firms to include in our search database and which to skip over? Below are some criteria and resources we use. That's why the majority of law firms that deal with conveyancing...
www.fultons-scotland.co.uk: Someone wrote that as a review.
One thing to watch out for when going through reviews for conveyancing firms is to always read the actual review comments .
class="infoquote "With our estate agency and property conveyancing teams under one roof, we offer a seaml...
www.hawklaw.co.uk:
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'...
www.hillhousechambers.co.uk: The Law Society of England & Wales provides this information on all solicitors which is great. 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 ... T...
www.stowefamilylaw.co.uk: The reviews are mainly positive from what we saw with several comments about fair pricing and time effort put in. But more importantly there are details about the staff including their speciality areas of law and the number of years they've been practising.
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www.hooperhyde.com: They are a specialist firm focusing on helping businesses, but also have a different 'feel' to them from firms we already worked with. There are national, county, city, and even case specific societies which legal professionals can join.
class="infoquote "worked tirele...
www.jacobslaw.org: There are things we absolutely would consider make a firm "modern" and having an online booking form like Jacobs Law do is certainly one of them. But it's not. You'd think that would be a universal trait by now, but it's not. If you flick through the data for Jacob's, you'...
www.jpswalker.co.uk: You can find alternate trading names used, all office locations, languages spoken within the firm, case specialties, and even the qualification dates of solicitors at each firm. We did find some reviews for JPS Walker:
class="infoquote "really helpful through-out our c...
www.krsep.co.uk: Kamlesh Ratilal Samji (the K.R.S. You are only getting what you pay for. As the firm we're talking about here deals exclusively in Estate Planning matters , this isn't as much of a concern. Only just a couple of decades ago most people would expect to contact a high street ...
www.lefevres.law: But the legal industry is one of a tiny minority that still thinks there is some gain to be had from being claiming their brand name is really, really old. In our honest opinion though, that's complete nonsense and any claims about founding dates should be utterly ignored....
www.macjones.com: 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 twenty-three."< div>
The staff roster shows a range of experience with legal professionals from each decade over the past 40+ ...
www.mckielegal.co.uk:
class="infoquote "Ive been asked a few times already 'which Barrister did you use?'"< div>
This is a quote from the firm's website relating to a review from another law firm (Scott Rees). But whether a solicitor charges a success fee or not shouldn't be the end-a...
www.michaelleightonjones.com: 'living in the past', 'unfriendly', and 'inefficient'). This includes the partners Hugh Thomas (qualified as a solicitor in 1977) and Michael Jones (qualified in 1985). This tells you what each solicitor works on.
If you flick through each of the staff at MLJ you'll see...
www.milnerslaw.com: Be aware however that legal service providers are not treated the same way as other industries. They handle private individual matters including Employment Law, Conveyancing, Personal Injury, Debt Bankruptcy, and Wills Probate. So minimal or even zero online reviews for ev...
www.mjvlaw.co.uk: 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. The last two though could mean a range of things but usually that they've added up all the years of experience of all ...
www.mylawmatters.co.uk: But how old a firm's branding is quite meaningless if a 200-year old firm gives you a 1-year experienced solicitor to handle your case. It can therefore be a good idea not to type important web addresses into the browser bar incase you make a mistake and succumb to a http...
www.onelawchambers.com:
OneLaw certainly has at least one other independent body backing up their claims as well, being https: www.legal500.com firms 232573-onelaw-chambers 232407-london-england " listed in the Legal 500< a>. They often sound very different from regular third party review...
www.pacificlaw.co.uk: But these days we would say that if the firm can't offer video-chat services they are now getting behind the times. This is an area of law where we do think a specialist firm can be of benefit, the same as with something like Motor Offences. However, to state 'pay no attenti...
www.rf-law.co.uk: This is important because there are many websites on the internet designed to look like a law firm, but are actually a marketing firm or data gathering service. So whilst an individual solicitor saying they are a specialist in Family Law, Wills, Injuries, Property and Crim...
www.rmsolicitors.com: This is quite common for more difficult matters such as medical negligence. The https: cyclingsolicitors.com " Cycling Solicitors< a> website mentioned above is the same firm, just showcasing their extra interest in cycling related injury claims . Apparently people reall...
www.simperlaw.com: But if you want to find out how many years your actual solicitor has behind them, the best resource is their local law society.
At first glance Simper Law looks like a regular high street style setup with standard offices and several staff. The age of the firm's brand ...
www.smithandgraham.co.uk:
That's becomes even more important to remember due to the firm handling property matters which have been hit but huge amounts of fraud in recent years.
class="infoquote "Established in 1888, Smith and Graham Solicitors has continued to expand into one of the le...
www.springleandco.co.uk: Plus more and more people are owning their own business which brings an entirely different set of issues to consider should you pass on while that business is running. Not someone in a call centre with very specific products to sell you. Customer care second to none."< div...
www.summerfieldbrowne.com: We've been working in the legal industry for over 20 years so have met plenty on the way. With the number of typical typos possible amongst 'summer field and brown solicitors' it's important to make sure you're on the correct website. The law advice you get needs to be spo...
www.swainandco.com: So how do Swain & Co look on the public forums?
class="infoquote "I sent an email request and was answered with the hour as were my multiple replies"
"My son has been released from prison after 12+ years of an IPP sentence"
"very good as they explain everyt...
www.taylorprice.co.uk: The emails may contain a link to malware."< div>
That quote is https: www.sra.org.uk consumers scam-alerts 2020 nov taylor-price-solicitors " part of a warning article< a> from the Solicitors Regulation Authority regarding a scam with people posing as Taylor Price st...
www.thaxtedlegal.com: And then less than three weeks later, I received the new visa"
"followed the processes up to date and warned about the deadlines"< div>
These are just a few snippets from various reviews left but still provide a pretty general overview of the comments we saw. So you...
www.theladybarrister.co.uk:
class="infoquote "Direct access is a scheme which qualifies barristers to take instructions directly from a client, enabling you to instruct a barrister without first going through a solicitor. As you may have gathered from the network setup and other articles across...
www.thelegalpractice.co.uk: The majority were clearly positive and a huge number focused on praising clear communication from the staff. You can end up with a 1-year-qualified lawyer from a 300-year-old brand name the same as you can end up with a 40-year-experienced lawyer from a 2-year-old firm. Bu...
www.trojansolicitors.com: Which brings us neatly back to our original question about when is a firm a 'specialist' and when it is 'multi-practice'. That always bothers us and we think it's far too common a practice across all industries.
class="infoquote "Newly established but full of experienc...
www.ulasolicitors.com: We've seen a sad trend for solicitors to start listing their favourite foods and pet's names in their profiles. It would be wonderful if all company reviews could be like that as you can get a real sense of the positive negative themes of each firm that way.
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www.whsolicitors.co.uk:
class="infoquote "WH Solicitors is a specialist immigration solicitors firm based in Woking, Surrey. People are just often far less inclined to publicly discuss their divorce, bankruptcy, or brain injuries on comment boards than they about the pizza they had yesterda...
www.youngs.law: The situation is almost as bad as trying to find and NHS dentist in this country. As our poll last year indicated - only 8% of people seemed to take company provided testimonials into account when making up their minds about a firm. They list related trading names, all offic...
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