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www.2hb.co.uk: Coming back to the differences in setup mentioned before, a law chambers is not like a law firm of solicitors. 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. Not the ...
www.acitylawfirm.com: This doesn't always happen when a firm has non-unique words in the brand name. At this point we should also mention the firm's branding and navigation. Just a tip though - make sure to actually read through comments rather than rely on average star ratings when resear...
www.antonyhodari.co.uk: The firm we covered yesterday were very explicit about how their divorce experiences had led them to create their alternative mediation service. Almost a 'crusade' mentality. There shouldn't be too many problems though as the firm name is unique and doesn't use generic terms...
www.backhouse-solicitors.co.uk: These redirects are an important service we think not enough lawyers pay attention to in order to protect their clients. class="infoquote "Book your free 30 - minute Consultation"< div> We're still very surprised that this offer from Backhouse's solicitors is s...
www.beersllp.com: It's true the majority of firms we write about are going to receive fairly positive comments because we've already vetted them for addition to our search database. The official website we link to above is www.beersllp.com but www.beersllp.co.uk does not redirect you there....
www.belllax.com: By that we mean most legal companies in the UK tend to use the same sort of sales language, highlight the same points, and make the same claims about their company that practically every other law practice does too. class="infoquote "Bell Lax are a long established f...
www.branchaustinmccormick.com: It's always been said to never ask a lady her age, but I hope the female staff of Branch Austin McCormick will forgive us posting their qualification dates in this instance to showcase their firm. For example, you would never see a bad review for Pizza Hut saying 'they would...
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.brownandcosolicitors.co.uk: no other firm is going to say they are 'inexperienced'). class="infoquote "Our solicitors have the experience to go beyond simply answering your legal questions"< div> It currently shows that Brown & Co solicitors have staff qualified across the past three decad...
www.buchananco.co.uk: it sounds great but doesn't actually provide you any information to help you separate them from any other firm. This is hugely important because of the immense number of scams involving property matters. Either way though, always make sure to read actual comm...
www.goldsmithbowers.com: The answer isn't completely black and white, but certainly there is enough anecdotal evidence from our 20+ years in the industry to make the claim that people have found better results with specialist Motor Offence, Divorce, and Medical Negligence firms. For example, this ...
www.burtonlaw.co.uk: It's actually not even a sort of franchise either like people who open their own McDonalds restaurant. That's probably why less than 8% of you indicated you trusted company testimonials during our poll last year. There is a simply huge number of scams targeting law clients r...
www.celsolicitors.co.uk:
If you've read any of our other articles about law firms in the UK, you may have noticed that we consistently try to hammer home that people need to actually read the comments on reviews boards - not just flick through star ratings. That's something we see a lot of w...
www.cooks-solicitors.co.uk: We've been writing articles on and working with law firms for over twenty years now, and one trend we dislike intensely are the ancient establishment claims. That can surely only be a positive thing?
class="infoquote "Each matter we deal with is given personal attentio...
www.davidstinson.co.uk:
No win, no fee means that if the case loses you have nothing to pay. Even if someone calls you claiming to be from the firm and you don't recognise them - don't be afraid to say you'll call them back on the official phone number.
. Plus they focus on a single area o...
www.disrepairclaim.co.uk: The second means that there are no fees to pay whether you win OR lose.
class="infoquote "Are You Suffering With Damp, Mould And Other Repair Issues?"< div>
DisrepairClaim.co.uk though are none of the above. If you see that sort of post alongside no stated compan...
www.dylannair.com:
class="infoquote "We understand you place a great deal of faith in solicitors; this is why we only use experts."< div>
It's a growing trend (that we absolutely encourage) for legal offices around the UK to provide staff profiles on their website. If you https: ...
www.fair-result.co.uk:
class="infoquote "Within 2 weeks of appointment – we will assess the 'Marital Pot' and share the results of our work with you.
class="infoquote "We start at the end point. Not every case requires a lengthy court process. We try to provide information, reviews, ...
www.fosterandcoleman.com: There were some comments available when we looked:
class="infoquote "they have made me and my family very happy"
"Outstanding service"
"comitment to their clients requirements"< div>
But note that when you search for a firm you need to make sure the name i...
www.frazercoogans.co.uk: We've been reviewing law firms for over 20 years now.
class="infoquote "Norman Geddes has been in practice since 1976"
"Anoop Christi ...
If you look at the last quoted positive review above you'll see that there were problems with the house sale but the cli...
www.fultons-scotland.co.uk: "excuse after excuse blaming my own solicitor" . So if you see reviews relating to such, it's not an error by the reviewer. A quote from one article says:
class="infoquote "The deal will see Gildeas expand its total workforce by 13 to 77 and represents a landmark fir...
www.guardianlaw.co.uk: This may provide a whole extra set of https: guardian.online blog " free help articles< a> which might be of use. That shouldn't cause too much confusion . This firm's official website is www.guardianlaw.co.uk but www.guardianlaw.com brings up a different legal practice ...
www.hillhousechambers.co.uk: The Law Society of England & Wales provides this information on all solicitors which is great. Typically solicitors are not authorised to represent clients in actual court. If you weren't aware - we are now quite far from the 'old days' of a high street solicitor's office ...
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. Sometimes you don't need a solicitor. So don't take the fact a firm is a trading name of another company name as meaning anything at all.
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www.jpswalker.co.uk:
class="infoquote "request a free consultation from our experienced legal team"< div>
Obviously we think highly of JPS Walker Solicitors otherwise we wouldn't have added them to our database of searchable legal service providers. But if every firm is claiming suc...
www.krsep.co.uk: Some have forced themselves to stay open an extra half hour one day a week or to offer morning appointments every second Saturday - but on the whole, offers like this by KRS Estate Planning for out-of-hours appointments are rare . At the moment most scams in the law industr...
www.lefevres.law: However that is a single area of law called Litigation. (Their other locations being Glasgow and Edinburgh.) According to the Law Society of Scotland they are the same firm but for some reason the main Lefevres' law site states the Aberdeen office is at 70 Carden Place whils...
www.lslegaluk.com:
class="infoquote "LS Legal Solicitors is a multi-service, specialist, diverse and dynamic law firm"< div>
It's a misconception that any firm stating a wider case range must therefore spread their time between such cases and not have such a great amount of knowl...
www.macjones.com: Put that all together though, and it backs up the firm's claim on their website:
class="infoquote "with the vast majority of our work being generated from returning clients ... A team of seasoned heads but with fresh legs is surely the best grouping you could hope fo...
www.michaelleightonjones.com: That's very common though. Sadly though, it often does promote that idea and the legal industry is one of the last such places this discrimination exists. For some reason, those clients go right ahead and send tens of thousands of pounds to the fraudsters without checking wi...
www.milnerslaw.com: For example, it looked like one was by a law student who got turned down for a job. An enviable position for any firm to be in which can surely only benefit clients. But we've seen negative reviews of solicitors by people angry they refused to handle their specific type of ...
www.mjvlaw.co.uk:
They all seem to be relating to the same firm but this is important to keep aware of because this firm deals with property matters which has been the https: www.telegraph.co.uk money katie-investigates thought-did-everything-right-100k-house-deposit-transferred " t...
www.mylawmatters.co.uk: 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 https: www.gov.uk report-suspicious-emails-websites-phishing" phishing< a> site too.
class="infoquote "Our head office was establis...
www.onelawchambers.com:
class="infoquote "ONELAW CHAMBERS and its lawyers provide a specialist and bespoke legal service in Civil and Commercial Litigation, Business Immigration, Personal Immigration, Landlord and Tenant and Probate matters"< div>
That being said, the government has come...
www.rf-law.co.uk: Housing Disrepair & Other Litigation"< div>
Statements like these on various law firm's websites can be confusing because it doesn't seem to equate that you can be a 'specialist' of a such a long list of anything.
Another resource to help with this is one we fre...
www.rmsolicitors.com: So take it from us, the majority of those 200-year-plus establishment claims are tenuous at best and often just plain misleading. litigation) follow the same sorts of procedures and have similar issues to contend with.
class="infoquote "We pride ourselves on the person...
www.simperlaw.com: That's something to watch out for as www.simplelaw.com is owned by a different firm. The firm name is Simper Law Ltd and most branding follows that style.
In reality then, all the case types listed can be broken down into just three areas of law - Litigation, Estate ...
www.smithandgraham.co.uk: The number of large multi-office firms only seems to increase due to some smaller businesses merging to survive the difficult years we've had. If a firm has more than one office some sites like Google will only show reviews for each individual office names in the search. The...
www.stowefamilylaw.co.uk: So what are people saying about Stowe Family Law?
class="infoquote "very supportive during otherwise difficult times"
"She tells it like it is so I always know where I stand"
"kept my costs to a minimum throughout my separation"
"service was efficient and very r...
www.summerfieldbrowne.com: Summerfield Browne are therefore a prime match of what we need on our own law network. However if you actually read through the comments you see one reviewer stating "I have provided them with amazing pension advice" which seems like an advert for their own company plus se...
www.swainandco.com: Thankfully you can actually check this claim if the firm is registered with the English Welsh law society. We can help you."< div>
Certainly Swain & Co stands out clearly as an individual firm rather than just a branding exercise under a parent name. So how do Swain ...
www.taylorprice.co.uk:
There's others listed too making a good mix of wise old gurus alongside younger fresh legs and ideas . knowing all the loopholes).
If you typically just look at star ratings when researching companies online, it's something you shouldn't do when it comes to law fi...
www.thaxtedlegal.com: There are always some trying to fleece Will Writing service seekers or Injury Claimants in different ways too. etc.
We don't often give out specific advice in these articles.
class="infoquote "We are a member of the Immigration Law Practitioners Association (ILP...
www.thelegalpractice.co.uk:
The official website is www.thelegalpractice.co.uk but again, www.thelegalpractice.com is owned by a different firm.
For The Legal Practice they show a range of experience levels from Navjiven Mandair who qualified as a solicitor in 1997, right up to Dharmini Soma...
www.trojansolicitors.com: For Trojan they list Agnieszka Tomasikiewicz as having qualified in 2012 and Rameez Dar in 2017. That means you can actually look up how many years each staff member has been a solicitor AND see the case types they specialise in. However you'll also see they handle a few oth...
www.ulasolicitors.com: We are a firm that puts people first."< div>
Again, claiming the customer comes first is something mentioned by practically every single law firm's website.
class="infoquote "The team members are experts in their analytical approach to cases, probing the evidence,...
www.whsolicitors.co.uk:
Does this translate into happy clients? Sadly for all solicitors, barristers, paralegals, and other legal practitioners across the UK there are not always a lot of public reviews to check out. you'll usually be able to pick up enough bits and pieces. Sometimes based ...
www.wildcatlaw.co.uk:
Wildcat Law have gone a step further in this process by having both types of help within one firm. So such statements don't really help you distinguish one firm from another. This lets you gauge the amount of actual experience a law firm might have at its disposal. ...
www.woodstocklegalservices.co.uk: We've seen lawyers rated 5 stars for their great new menu and a divorce specialist given 1 star for refusing to take a criminal defence case. Clearly we ended up with a positive impression of their law practice otherwise we would not have added them to our network. If you'...
www.theladybarrister.co.uk: This is because a solicitor will often have to hire a barrister to do certain types of court work.
We hope that helps clarify some differences between solicitors and barrister when researching. She also has an LLM in Legal Practice."< div>
You'll find that barris...
www.youngs.law: For example, providing some easily accessible staff profiles, photos, and direct contact details of each individual solicitor.
Practically every law firm that handles property matters has negative reviews about their handling of it. The official website for Young & Co...
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