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www.2hb.co.uk: Hopefully that will change soon but the ruling body (The Bar Standards Board) are not the most forward thinking organisation when it comes to either their lawyer members or the public. For example if a firm claims to be modern, efficient, and friendly - that sounds great. ...
www.antonyhodari.co.uk: That's because law firms are one of the few service providers where the losing side often comes online to criticise the firm that beat them. Just watch out for ads using keyword matching to display. It certainly does help to have someone very interested in your specific ca...
www.argueandco.co.uk: The reason for covering that little information nugget about case titles was also to emphasise the point being made in this statement from the Argue & Co website: class="infoquote "We understand that legal action is stressful and daunting for the people involved....
www.backhouse-solicitors.co.uk: It's also pushed many law firms to create hundreds of pages on their website to try and get listed at least somewhere for some search term you might type in. We've stated many times in other articles how a firm promoting their 100+ year old brand name as some sort of defin...
www.beersllp.com: Obviously alternatives such as www.beers.com or .co.uk bring up beverage related websites and none of the beerllp variants were owned by anyone. The reason you need to be aware of potential issues is because there are lot of scams going around just now targeting case types w...
www.belllax.com: For all we know the poor rating is for something ridiculous or not even for the correct firm. That's the type that has several specialist solicitors under one roof. We would just always recommend that you read actual comments rather than taking notice of average star ratin...
www.blzsolicitors.co.uk: One solicitor has experience with the immigration process whilst the other originally worked for the 'enemy' - i.e. If you want to check up on the size of a firm (if size matters to you) The Law Society website in your area will typically be able to provide that information....
www.branchaustinmccormick.com: yeah. For example, if the firm has a handful of solicitors all handling everything from divorce to personal injury and on up to commercial property - then yes, we would agree they might be a little less expert in each field. We've seen very tenuous links before including one...
www.bridgemcfarland.co.uk: Photos of people in suits smiling and shaking hands with bits of paper in their hands are very nice, but they don't help you decide one firm from the other. However, in our last poll only 9% of you said you trusted any reviews on a company's own website. Unfortunately every ...
www.woodstocklegalservices.co.uk: Having worked in the legal industry for over 20 years we're still surprised to come across some firms that we'd not heard of before.
class="infoquote "we pride ourselves on providing quality practical legal advice and a bespoke personalised service for our clients"<...
www.brownandcosolicitors.co.uk: Make sure you are on the correct website and never discuss bank details or payments by email. So what are people saying about the firm on the independent boards:
class="infoquote "answer phonecalls and reply emails almost immediately and even on weekends"
"never had...
www.burtonlaw.co.uk: Burton and Co LLP https: solicitors.lawsociety.org.uk office 466124 burton-co-llp" are registered with< a> The Law Society of England & Wales which is great because it is by far the best.
It doesn't stop there though. It provides a wealth of data user-side such as ...
www.celsolicitors.co.uk: For example one claiming CEL lawyers demanded £2500 from him to provide 'detective services'. The article we wrote yesterday was about a firm that had a negative review because the person felt the firm's office was a little 'hard to find'.
We also love case studi...
www.cooks-solicitors.co.uk:
class="infoquote "We are a small firm and we pride ourselves on being small enough to care."< div>
This is one of the things we discussed in the previous article about good reasons to keep a local firm's branding when two firm's merge. So make sure to read the rea...
www.davidstinson.co.uk: But the solicitor may take a cut of your compensation should you win. For a name that's been around for a while, it may appear as though the number of reviews doesn't reflect that.
The main issue with typing wrong web addresses directly into the browser bar is that when...
www.disrepairclaim.co.uk:
We've also detailed in other articles just how many high street solicitor firms also take a 25% cut of all compensation settlements. The second means that there are no fees to pay whether you win OR lose. They are a Claims Management Company specialising in the very nic...
www.dylannair.com: The official site is https secure for filling your personal details into their contact forms.
class="infoquote "We take the time to get to know our clients, work in partnership with them and are always striving for the best results."< div>
There is a glut of p...
www.fair-result.co.uk: But it's really a meaningless statement. The key is agreeing the financial settlement in the form of a consent order, this is where we believe we are unique."< div>
In the same vein, many firms also state they have a 'uniqueness' just like Fair Result have done. With th...
www.frazercoogans.co.uk: Frazer Coogans Ltd is also registered to which again may sound like something most solicitors do, but they really don't. There are also many positive things to pick out ...
www.fultons-scotland.co.uk: The biggest conveyancer in the UK which we reviewed last week has a Google rating of just 3.1 stars at the time of writing. No, really. Obviously there will be people trying a wide variety of close-but-not-quite attempts such as fultons-solicitors or fultonssolicitors. Someo...
www.hawklaw.co.uk: It's therefore not uncommon to see zero reviews for even established firms on Google, Trustpilot, Yelp, etc. It's definitely something to keep in mind whenever you're checking for reviews about any firm that handles property matters. Popular words these days which we've se...
www.hillhousechambers.co.uk: 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 ... However on this occasion many of the reviews on the firm's own website and on third party boards ...
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www.hooperhyde.com: If you've used our site to look up or read about legal service providers before, you'll know that we don't cram in thousands of firms like a regular directory. We've known firms with decades of good, reputable history in their area with less than a handful of reviews on th...
www.jacobslaw.org: We know what we do best ..."< div>
Coming back to similar names, this also means if you want to see reviews of the firm you need to be very careful what terms you use. That's why we can often point out things the average consumer wouldn't notice or consider. So having d...
www.jpswalker.co.uk:
If you check out the page for JPS Walker, you'll see the longest serving solicitor (Michael Tattersall-Walker) qualified in 2009. JPS https: solicitors.lawsociety.org.uk office 597491 jps-walker-solicitors-ltd" are registered with< a> The Law Society of England & Wa...
www.krsep.co.uk: In the quote above the amount of experience is being attached to the actual person you will be dealing with - i.e. They provide alternative trading names for each legal practice, case types handled, other office locations, languages spoken, and most usefully - the qualific...
www.lefevres.law: Minimal strain on your time and your money. There are lots of other little bits and pieces around the web that most regular consumers may not notice. The second means there are no costs to you at all throughout the entire case, win or lose. That can make them sound a little ...
www.macjones.com: Sadly we've seen many other firms focus more on the social side of things by stating each staff member's pets, hobbies, and even favourite foods. The official domain is www.macjones.com but currently www.macjones.co.uk seems to be owned by someone else. (More on that later.)...
www.mckielegal.co.uk: www.mckiesolicitors.co.uk) being the same.
We couldn't find any public reviews on McKie Legal at the time of writing this. Usually with just a single email too, which is disturbingly easy .
class="infoquote "We have a strong emphasis on client care and providing ...
www.michaelleightonjones.com: Useful context for negative reviews should be used to check if there is a theme. We've seen bad ratings for firms that had to close over the Covid pandemic. 'living in the past', 'unfriendly', and 'inefficient').
It's a good idea to read comments when it comes to legal ...
www.milnerslaw.com: If they sound a little different or slightly more zealous than the reviews you typically see on third party boards such a Google, Trustpilot, Yell.com or Yelp - we'd agree, but that's actually very common. How can you tell the difference though?
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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. We therefore turn to the same places most consumers do which is the public review board such as https: www.google.co...
www.mylawmatters.co.uk: Most of you wanted to see independent review boards that also contain negative reviews. A mix of genders, ages, and years of experience amongst staff can only be a good thing for a law firm. A good place to get information on this is actually a firm's local law society. Th...
www.onelawchambers.com: £millions have been lost. So how do One Law's barristers fare on those:
class="infoquote "great communication and outcome highly professional"
"exceptionally professional, friendly, ready to attend to your call at anytime of the day"
"very knowledgeable and e...
www.pacificlaw.co.uk: However, to state 'pay no attention to this reviewer, they are just a sore loser' has never felt like something they could pull off and look good doing. Any possible errors such as 'pacific solicitors' or 'pacific legal' may bring up different results in the search engines. ...
www.rf-law.co.uk: Many companies have created Testimonial pages on their website. On that last one:
class="infoquote "Specialising in: ... In this example these are all types of litigation matter. https: www.lawsociety.org.uk public for-public-visitors common-legal-issues payment-div...
www.rmsolicitors.com: Conditional fee still means that if your case loses you pay nothing , but if your case wins your solicitor may receive a percentage of the compensation. Yes, if the firm is registered with a law society then you can usually find out quite a bit about them independently. Rey...
www.simperlaw.com: It also has a few quirks that will allow us to discuss important things to pay attention to when researching the best firm for your specific needs. Especially the review we saw where a person looking to divorce was mad at a criminal law firm for refusing to help.
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www.smithandgraham.co.uk: We've seen companies claim 150-year origins simply for moving into the old premises of a much older firm.
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. If a firm ...
www.springleandco.co.uk: The bees knees. Just some star ratings. While we're not pushing the idea that this particular firm is the best for you, we are certainly pushing the idea that planning properly is important. you get the picture. The dog's ... Those who did any future planning would typical...
www.summerfieldbrowne.com: We've always said to ignore average ratings and always read comments . When Covid hit many companies across all industries realised they can do the job just as easily from their own home office rather than going into a specific location. They provide far, far more than a...
www.swainandco.com: They provide a wealth of user side data including all alternate trading names, other office locations, languages spoken at the firm, case types covered, and qualification dates of each solicitor within the firm.
For example in Havant (near Portsmouth) they list a range...
www.taylorprice.co.uk: One reviewer states - "Lovely foods, friendly staff". One that they seem to be offering face to face initial consultations for free at either of their Leeds or Levenshulme offices - not just a phone call with a junior staff member.
class="infoquote "Emails have been ...
www.thaxtedlegal.com: It provides alternative contact details, related firms, aka company names, and qualification details of every solicitor. But we think it's even more important for Immigration because the laws involved are constantly changing and can often involve the laws of various other ...
www.theladybarrister.co.uk: We try to make sure you know about the different types of legal help you can get in your area including the typical high street solicitor but also things like will writers and accountants that can sometimes help with legal issues at a fraction of the cost. studied for a Law...
www.thelegalpractice.co.uk: That's because the legal industry is currently plagued by fraudsters trying to scam house buyers out of their deposit money. For example searching for both Rickmansworth and Wembley London could provide a better overview. Serving The Local & National Community Since 1964"< d...
www.trojansolicitors.com: For Trojan they list Agnieszka Tomasikiewicz as having qualified in 2012 and Rameez Dar in 2017. However you'll also see they handle a few other case types including Family Law and Civil Litigation. The official site we link to above is www.trojansolicitors.com but current...
www.ulasolicitors.com: The main concept that stood out to us was that the firm certainly lives up to it's claims about not shying away from more complex cases .
class="infoquote "The team members are experts in their analytical approach to cases, probing the evidence, and being prepared to ...
www.whsolicitors.co.uk: Normally our articles use a specific law firm to highlight a point or explain a resource you can use when researching various types of firm, or legal professionals that deal in specific areas of law.
class="infoquote "I received my settlement status within a couple of...
www.youngs.law: Therefore most of them refuse to work with Legal Aid.
The English Welsh law society site is still a simply indispensable resource for background and deeper information about any law office you are considering.
Why is that so important to discuss? Because for over...
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