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www.2hb.co.uk: If you search the usual comment boards such as Google, Trustpilot, or Facebook there may only be a handful of reviews or ratings and they will always be about the actual barrister that handled the case. That's because whilst the head office is technically located in the same...
www.acitylawfirm.com: class="infoquote "We are proud to be different. This doesn't always happen when a firm has non-unique words in the brand name. That last bit of data is hugely helpful when it comes to working out if a firm is experienced or not. In fact, just a couple of year...
www.antonyhodari.co.uk: Those are the obvious targets for fraud. Antony Hodari himself qualified in 1981, Emma Rees in 2000, right up to Rozina Bibi who qualified in 2017. So you should get the correct firm popping up on most expected searches. There are several others within that range creating a...
www.backhouse-solicitors.co.uk: That's solicitors joining the profession in each of the last four decades. 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. class="infoquote "In...
www.beersllp.com: If you https: solicitors.lawsociety.org.uk office 462733 beers-llp" check out the page< a> for the firm you're interested in you'll be able to see other office locations that might be closer to you, any alternate trading names, languages spoken by staff, and so on. U...
www.belllax.com: Surely an enviable staff selection for any firm to have? It should hopefully mean wise, seasoned heads but with eager, fresh ideas bouncing around. The firm's name is quite unique so even common variants such as 'bellax solicitors' brings up the correct firm. Again, the fa...
www.branchaustinmccormick.com: For example, you would never see a bad review for Pizza Hut saying 'they wouldn't sell me a hamburger! ridiculous!!'. It's an enviable status to have which can surely only benefit clients. The legal industry seems to be treated quite differently to others. Firms that handle ...
www.bridgemcfarland.co.uk: Unfortunately every firm that deals with property will have such negative reviews. So what are previous clients saying? Certainly there are a bunch of testimonials on the Bridge McFarland website. Depending on which browser you use a typo can end up with you seeing adverts f...
www.brownandcosolicitors.co.uk: On top of that there are useful staff profiles on their website which we strongly advise every law firm to produce. With each focusing on different areas of law those numbers do stand out to us, and we've been working in the legal industry for over twenty years ourselves. O...
www.buchananco.co.uk: In fact, they could probably do with updating their website content to reflect the extra years of experience gained since that statement was put on the site. But according to our poll a few years back only 8% of you put any stock in company provided reviews. So when you see ...
www.goldsmithbowers.com:
With people moving more freely between companies these days that is even less true now than it was fifty years ago. For example, if you see a law firm of two solicitors stating they cover a dozen different areas of law including Immigration - they are logically less l...
www.burtonlaw.co.uk: The official website for all QS firms is www.qualitysolicitors.com but you need to go to the www.qualitysolicitors.com burtonandco page to see information and contact details for this specific firm.
To be on the safe side though, make sure to bookmark the current s...
www.celsolicitors.co.uk:
class="infoquote "As a law firm, we're a bit different but in a good way!"< div>
There were several things that stood out to us on their site.
class="infoquote "We operate 99% paper free, unless the court or our clients request physical letters. Can y...
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. Newcastle RTB team where [si...
www.davidstinson.co.uk: It should be pointed out though that a good solicitor taking 25% of your £5000 settlement is still a better option than a less aggressive solicitor that takes a 0% cut of a £1500 settlement. At the moment most scams https: www.theguardian.com money 2019 aug 24 ...
www.disrepairclaim.co.uk: If a firm is regulated properly then they will state so along with their number on their website. The second means that there are no fees to pay whether you win OR lose. There are firms that specialise in a single area of law, such as Criminal Defence. But remember, the comp...
www.dylannair.com: Don't despair.
The problem is mostly with property matters and conveyancing as https: www.clc-uk.org watch-out-for-conveyancing-fraud " fraudsters have managed to scam multi-millions< a> out of people buying selling a home. You never know if that one star criticism ...
www.fair-result.co.uk: So is Fair Result's claim just vague sales jargon? Well, no.
Having worked in the legal industry for well over two decades now we've worked with hundreds of law firms and thousands of legal professionals.
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www.fosterandcoleman.com: So what can you use to separate them and find the firm that fits your needs best?
class="infoquote "Foster & Coleman are a dynamic law firm providing the very best advice and representation in relation to a wide range of practice areas."< div>
This snippet fr...
www.frazercoogans.co.uk: Even when things are completely outside the control of the solicitor, clients will often leave negative comments on review boards. The official name of the firm is Frazer Coogans Ltd but the usual variations such as 'frazer coogan's solicitors', 'fraser coogans ltd', 'frazer...
www.fultons-scotland.co.uk: Fultons do not seem to have done so, but that's not really a big issue considering that in our poll last year where we asked people how much they trusted customer testimonials on company websites - only 8% said they took them into consideration. For example, if a solicitor...
www.guardianlaw.co.uk: It raises the point that if every firm says they are 'experienced' (and no firm would admit to being 'inexperienced') then how can you know which one is better than the other?
Luckily for the English and Welsh consumers seeking legal help, there is an excellent resou...
www.hillhousechambers.co.uk: That's still very useful information though and something people typicaly want to know yet can't find out when it comes to barristers. If you weren't aware - we are now quite far from the 'old days' of a high street solicitor's office where you have to go for anything le...
www.hooperhyde.com: We try to provide a range of possible solutions to point people in the right direction. (5x2=10)
That's another great use for the law society website because you can check the actual expertise and experience of individual solicitors within the firms. Sometimes it can b...
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: They provide alternative trading names for each legal practice, case types handled, other office locations, languages spoken, and most usefully - the qualification dates of each solicitor registered with them. In the quote above the amount of experience is being attached to...
www.lefevres.law: The age of the firm's branding is irrelevant and often a very tenuous claim anyway. And above all, the comfort of knowing your best interests are protected."< div>
These statements from the Lefevres website are claims made by practically every law firm. In the same way,...
www.lslegaluk.com: In times gone by (we've been banned from writing 'in the old days') there would be a high street solicitor that would generally handle a wide range of case types. But we were impressed by the fact that as they've grown they seem to have limited that growth only to areas of...
www.macjones.com:
class="infoquote "In a tough legal world we are here to fight your corner."< div>
If you've scrolled through a dozen solicitor websites already today, you'll probably have noticed many of them have phrases like this which sound good but don't necessarily help yo...
www.michaelleightonjones.com: A 200 year old firm could still stick you with a 1-year qualified lawyer. Whilst we try not to offer direct legal advice on our site, it is probably very fair (almost obvious actually) to comment that a solicitor that works in a small niche area of law may have more experie...
www.milnerslaw.com: We ran a poll last year and only 8% of people said they trusted company testimonials. If you saw someone posting a negative review about Pizza Hut saying 'they wouldn't sell me a Big Mac!' - you'd think they were a little nuts. We just mean that when people think of a high-s...
www.mjvlaw.co.uk: Such as:
class="infoquote "We have around 50 years combined experience of acting for people and businesses"< div>
The length of time a firm has been running is pretty much always a prime positioned bit of marketing designed to grab the visitor's attention. The s...
www.mylawmatters.co.uk:
class="infoquote "we always strive to maintain consistently high standards throughout our work and aim to provide the best legal advice available."< div>
. More so than even the clothing industry which is saying something. Because quite often a low star rating is not ...
www.onelawchambers.com: The main problem in such situations is the possibility of https: www.ncsc.gov.uk information report-suspicious-emails" phishing scams< a>. That's understandable to us at least, and it's probably for the very reasons we pointed out their differences above. 'one' and 'law...
www.rf-law.co.uk: For example, a firm proudly saying they are 'modern' or 'friendly' doesn't strike us as particularly useful because no firm is ever going to claim they are 'living in the past' or 'rude'. Personal Injury ...
This isn't too much of a concern though as Litigation firms ...
www.rmsolicitors.com:
. litigation) follow the same sorts of procedures and have similar issues to contend with. Reynolds Macdonald are registered with The Law Society of England & Wales which is great because they have the most useful and info-packed user side database we know of. Normally y...
www.simperlaw.com: But the main reason people probably prefer the third party independent review boards is that they will also include any negative reviews.
class="infoquote "We are always happy to have an initial conversation to discuss your case and answer questions that you may have."...
www.smithandgraham.co.uk: Including Colin Sleeman (qualified in 1983), Andrew Blair (1999), Jonathan McGowan (2009), Himat Sidhu (2014), right up to Zarah Rowntree in 2022. Sadly establishment dates are one of those marketing things companies with less-than-good-intentions misuse all the time. They a...
www.stowefamilylaw.co.uk:
As you can see there is a wide range of experience within Stowe, with solicitor's start dates covering all of the past five decades such as Mark Christie who qualified as a solicitor in 1984, Sarah Barr-Young in 2009, right up to Fatima Baig who qualified in 2021. A l...
www.summerfieldbrowne.com: 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 several one star reviews within the space of a week with no explanation attached. How do yo...
www.swainandco.com: They are usually much more full of praise too, which is probably why only 8% of you voted in our poll year saying you took company-own testimonials into account. "swain and co havant reviews". For example, if you saw a negative 1-star review for Burger King complaining that ...
www.taylorprice.co.uk: Although if you're anything like us, the main interest is usually the negative comments to see if there are any glaring bad themes appearing. Certainly the majority are positive with the main themes being the apparent dedication of the staff and the speed at which the work...
www.thaxtedlegal.com: The latter being about the town with that name.
class="infoquote "We are a member of the Immigration Law Practitioners Association (ILPA)"< div>
So with Thaxted Legal immigration services being overseen by the OISC, members of the ILPA, registered as a limited c...
www.thelegalpractice.co.uk: But 'the law practice' or 'the lawyer practice' (if you've not remembered quite correctly) bring up different firms and lots of adverts.
class="infoquote "We work closely with other professionals such as surveyors, accountants and tax specialists to achieve the best p...
www.trojansolicitors.com: They provide a huge amount of user-side data about the law firms registered with them including alternate trading names, other office addresses, extra contact details, and so on.
A quick note on navigation. You never know what scammers will come up with next though, so...
www.ulasolicitors.com:
We've always been a fan of case studies but we've been working in the industry for over 20 years now. Some firms post testimonials on their sites, but according to our poll last year only 8% of you trust company provided testimonials. There is a difference (and we'll te...
www.whsolicitors.co.uk: Immigration is constantly changing, increasingly complicated, time limited, and not something you get quick second chances at. The home office granted the application."
"I am flying to UK on 1st Feb to see my children after a gap of 3 years!"
"Can't describe how gratef...
www.wildcatlaw.co.uk: Wildcat Law are listed in The Legal 500 which is a very positive independent review of their services. Sometimes simply because they received https: todaysconveyancer.co.uk newlyweds-duped-into-handing-over-45000-house-deposit-to-fake-solicitor-account-after-scam-email "...
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. Woodstock also have a range of badges logo across the bottom of each page such as ILEX, The Legal 500, Law Society Accreditions, and more. I...
www.theladybarrister.co.uk: Just watch out for Google always sneaking rival adverts in.
https: www.barstandardsboard.org.uk barristers-register 82AFCBA73880BBA6DA5EB034D07EC4B1.html" The Bar Standards Council< a> website only shows whether someone is an active barrister on record and whether t...
www.youngs.law:
class="infoquote "We believe in transparency and therefore list our fees on our website. Most importantly, it does not pay out an up to date payment rate for solicitors. That information is thankfully intact. As our poll last year indicated - only 8% of people seemed t...
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