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www.2hb.co.uk: That's because whilst the head office is technically located in the same building, most barristers work from home or out of offices near their home. A chambers is more like an introduction umbrella between clients and possible representation. However barristers in the same c...
www.acitylawfirm.com: We ran a poll a few years back which stated only 8% of you trusted company provided testimonials. It's more likely for firms to just say they are 'award winning' and make no reference to what that award might be. class="infoquote "Our firm’s culture of supporting ...
www.antonyhodari.co.uk: Almost a 'crusade' mentality. class="infoquote "Founded in Manchester in 1984, we have over 35 years experience of helping the public with their legal claims and have recovered well over £100 million."< div> Quite often on law firms sites you see unhelpful and som...
www.backhouse-solicitors.co.uk: This is because there is always delays, complications, and sometimes complete failure but with both sides continually unhappy with the other. This includes Minal Backhouse who qualified in 1997, Clare Sheeran in 2001, Nathan Gray in 2018, right up to Sarina Hayes in 2020. No...
www.beersllp.com: However, we ran a poll last year and only 8% of you responded that you trust company provided testimonials. Unfortunately that needed to be said because there isn't much negative about Beers LLP for us to focus on. class="infoquote "You have all been so efficient ...
www.belllax.com: That's a good mix of ages, experience, and genders. Despite this, there are a handful of things we recommend you definitely checklist for each and every firm you are considering using. class="infoquote "Are Drunken Contracts Binding?"< div> They have a real ...
www.branchaustinmccormick.com: However according to our poll last year, only 8% of you trust the testimonials that companies display anyway. When it comes to law firms it is always a good idea to read the actual comments anyway rather than just flick through the ratings. The database publicly https...
www.bridgemcfarland.co.uk: The first means the firm or the solicitor within the firm has been going for at least 40 years. Depending on which browser you use a typo can end up with you seeing adverts for other firms if not simply pushing you directly to the wrong site. has held the Law Society’s qua...
www.brownandcosolicitors.co.uk: Plus dozens of review pages both monitored and unmonitored. All that said, we'll give the firm one last pitch-y quote on this page: class="infoquote "We aim to provide practical solutions to real-life problems."< div>. With each focusing on different areas of law tho...
www.buchananco.co.uk: The official web address we link to above is www.buchananco.co.uk and although the expected variant of www.buchananandco.co.uk redirects you there, www.buchananco.com is currently owned by a different company. So when you see a firm stating they are good with clients like th...
www.goldsmithbowers.com:
class="infoquote "Flexible, quality service by experienced staff. However we see such claims as basic marketing ploys. While people are comfortable going online to say whether they like a pizza restaurant or not - they are less inclined to publicly discuss their ban...
www.burtonlaw.co.uk: An enviable group of staff to have at any firm surely? Legal-based or not. It provides a wealth of data user-side such as all trading names, alternative offices, languages spoken - plus the aforementioned qualification dates and expertise of each solicitor within each regi...
www.celsolicitors.co.uk: Especially firms in the property market where online scams are rampant.
General Notes: Usually if Legal Aid is possible we've mentioned it above, but you can always ask.
class="infoquote "We operate 99% paper free, unless the court or our clients request p...
www.cooks-solicitors.co.uk: 99.9999% of people involved in a property sale (obviously exaggerating for effect but essentially a truth) feel it should have gone faster and been easier. When it comes to law firms though, we absolutely recommend that you read through the reviews and ignore any overall ave...
www.davidstinson.co.uk:
class="infoquote "We work on road accident claims and workplace accident claims among others on a no win no fee basis."< div>
All law offices that handle injury compensation claims should provide free initial consultations. However for smaller more simple cases s...
www.disrepairclaim.co.uk: Many people assume that every litigation firm or compensation claim advertising lawyer will take on such cases - but they simply don't. There are so many people living with severe issues in their homes out of either fear of their landlord or an inability to get their landlor...
www.dylannair.com: The main points people most want to see are typically a photo, case specialties, and relevant work history. However, this can sometimes make it much easier to spot something that really does stand out . Of course some firms have started putting their pet's names and favouri...
www.fair-result.co.uk:
A quick note on navigation. But it's really a meaningless statement. Typically we haven't used any of the services of the firms we write articles on.
At the moment https: www.halifax.co.uk aboutonline security protecting-yourself-from-fraud keep-your-home-safe-m...
www.fosterandcoleman.com: Foster Coleman do have https: www.fosterandcoleman.com testimonials" a testimonials page< a> on their website with comments such as:
class="infoquote "we have a very positive outcome, as compared to what could have been"
"always easily contactable by phone or em...
www.frazercoogans.co.uk: Alternative Dispute Resolution or Mediation companies can be fantastic too for hopefully taking the inherent confrontational aggressiveness out of a Divorce matter. Of course, if a firm is included in our database then it means we think very highly of them. Since the 90s th...
www.fultons-scotland.co.uk: They then tell the buyer that the house deposit needs to be paid into a different bank account. The firm does not handle the same matters as the Gildeas firm we mentioned before. So if you see reviews relating to such, it's not an error by the reviewer. There are news artic...
www.guardianlaw.co.uk: There is a backdated blog of articles with dozens of advice segments with titles such as 'Risk to employers of backdated holiday pay claims' , 'Restrictive Covenants – are they worth the paper they are written on?' , and 'How do you unfurlough staff?' . We've seen a law...
www.hillhousechambers.co.uk: Always take care on the internet as many legal matters are now being targeted by scammers due to the large amounts of money available. Typically solicitors are not authorised to represent clients in actual court. Typically we refer, like most consumers, to the third party bo...
www.hooperhyde.com: Why is that important?
class="infoquote "Lawyers with over 10 years' experience in their field of expertise. Sometimes you do. Certainly the language across the rest of the company's website also focuses on that mentality of long-term business relationships. If you loo...
www.jpswalker.co.uk:
class="infoquote "I would just like to thank you for all your efforts in getting my claim settled."
"I am really satisfied with the work and outcome of the case."< div>
Those are a couple of snippets from the firm's case studies relating to how those customer...
www.krsep.co.uk: In some cases these companies do as little as taking the will you've written yourself and simply keeping a record of it.
There have also been many changes to the types of solutions people can have beyond 'solicitors'. But when it comes to Estate Planning there are some...
www.lefevres.law: Sometimes even all the images look the same. The official website we link to is www.lefevres.law which is a fairly new tld.
You can be assigned a 1-year-qualified solicitor from a 200-year-old firm. (Their other locations being Glasgow and Edinburgh.) According to the ...
www.lslegaluk.com: Hence why we were happy to recommend them across our network.
class="infoquote "The high standards of our personalised client care form an important part of our business."< div>
Of course the first thing most consumers do when interested in a company is check o...
www.macjones.com: Just ... But also maybe some they don't, yet should. Normally you have to dig through several 'Excellent! Would recommend!' quotes to get to something useful. Put that all together though, and it backs up the firm's claim on their website:
class="infoquote "with the v...
www.michaelleightonjones.com: That's very common though. MLJ Solicitors are registered with The Law Society of England & Wales which is great because they are the best out of all such organisation websites we've seen . A 200 year old firm could still stick you with a 1-year qualified lawyer. Comments li...
www.milnerslaw.com: We just mean that when people think of a high-street, local solicitor firm - Milner's is exactly the type of setup they imagine . not trying to jack-of-all-trades things.
There is further information about staff members http: abstractionit.co.uk milnerslaw solicitor...
www.mjvlaw.co.uk: Vincent and his father, Alan."< div>
There are other mentions about the 'family run business' aspect of the firm too. We've also seen some sites refer to the firm as MJV & Co Solicitors.
On this occasion it seems that MJV have not used jargon to hide anything. ...
www.mylawmatters.co.uk: So when you see statements like this:
class="infoquote "My Law Matters is a trading style of Fentiman Legal Limited, a professional and dynamic legal practice that offers legal advice to national and international clients."< div>
on any law firm's website - then w...
www.onelawchambers.com: Prior to this, if you needed a barrister to represent you in an actual court you would need to hire a solicitor who would then hire one on your behalf. prides itself in being accessible, user-friendly and innovative legal service"< div>
Most law firms make claims like t...
www.rf-law.co.uk:
Another resource to help with this is one we frequently recommend in our articles - The Law Society of England & Wales' website. We've covered the differences between the various types of litigation funding fees cost reclaiming in other articles but the short version...
www.rmsolicitors.com: Currently neither www.rmsolicitors.co.uk or www.reynoldsmacdonald.co.uk seems to be owned by the firm. However we've been reviewing law firms and trawling through dozens of such websites daily for over twenty years now . The one review we did see:
class="infoquote "pr...
www.simperlaw.com: There is also a firm called Simpler Law based in Lincoln which handles Estate Planning matters too. We've also seen several negative ratings by people who were angry that a firm refused to take their case on - which seems really unfair. They even kick off their website with ...
www.smithandgraham.co.uk: This is important because depending on the browser you use, entering an invalid address can send you to search results which can list the wrong firm at the top. So if things have gone bad, it hasn't affected their outward image. Make sure you're on the correct site and do...
www.stowefamilylaw.co.uk: Either way, what bits should you be paying attention to?
class="infoquote "At Stowe Family Law, we are the only national law firm dedicated to family matters with the UK's largest team of specialist family lawyers."< div>
It sounds like a solid claim....
www.summerfieldbrowne.com: The firm states offices in London, Birmingham, Cambridge, Oxford, Market Harborough, and Leicester.
class="infoquote "We are a modern and progressive law firm, and operate a new legal services business model"< div>
Unfortunately this statement on the Summerfield...
www.swainandco.com: So to check up on the information on your local office, just click the appropriate office link and select 'in this office'. The official site we link to is www.swainandco.com but www.swainandco.co.uk is for a different firm. But we always recommend reading actual comments ...
www.taylorprice.co.uk: We've seen them get one star ratings from people who are angry at a criminal defence firm refusing to take their divorce case.
There's others listed too making a good mix of wise old gurus alongside younger fresh legs and ideas . that handles nothing by those case type...
www.thaxtedlegal.com: it more often than not a successful way to think. A quick note on navigation though as the firm's official website is www.thaxtedlegal.com which we've linked to above but none of the variants such as www.thaxtedlegal.co.uk, www.thaxted.co.uk or the .com redirect you there. ...
www.thelegalpractice.co.uk: This seems to be an actual goal or at least a point of pride for the firm because we also saw this statement on their website:
class="infoquote "At your request we are able to provide communication in Gurjrati, Hindi, Konkani, Marathi, Punjabi, Swahili, and Urdu."< div...
www.trojansolicitors.com: You never know what scammers will come up with next though, so just keep aware.
. That always bothers us and we think it's far too common a practice across all industries. they won 'best company logo 1999'. They provide a huge amount of user-side data about the law firms re...
www.ulasolicitors.com: Those clients then simply transfer the money to the fraudster's bank account without bothering to check with their solicitor about the payment change. We are a firm that puts people first."< div>
Again, claiming the customer comes first is something mentioned by practic...
www.whsolicitors.co.uk: Just remember to read all comments and not rely on average star ratings. It's not enough to just say you are a specialist. People are just often far less inclined to publicly discuss their divorce, bankruptcy, or brain injuries on comment boards than they about the pizza the...
www.wildcatlaw.co.uk: For the entirety of the 20th century people had to take their case to a solicitor who would then hire a barrister to represent the matter in court (if it came to that). A good mix of seasoned minds with fresh eyes.
class="infoquote "We offer a 'Third way' service. Th...
www.woodstocklegalservices.co.uk: 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 addresses, case specialities, but also the qualification dates for any solicitors. Click ...
www.theladybarrister.co.uk: (There have been none against Stephanie at the time we checked.) All extra information such as qualifications or even clear specialist areas of law are not provided.
class="infoquote "conscientious, approachable and methodical in her approach"
"She was quick to tu...
www.youngs.law: It may seem odd for a legal practice to claim they are 'specialists' when they list a wide range of case types handled at the firm. As our poll last year indicated - only 8% of people seemed to take company provided testimonials into account when making up their minds about ...
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