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Not enough? Well not to worry. Here are some more of the helpful information articles our staff have drawn together and published on our main 1to1Legal website:2 Harcourt Chambers: Such as one law firm we saw claiming a 150 year history in their town simply for moving into a building previously occupied by a much older firm. On the Bar Standards Board's site you can't always look up by overall firm name and even when you do find a page on an indi...
A City Law Firm: But they certainly sound as if they take their role in consumer information seriously. So make sure to keep an eye out. They have more information about their setup and what each award means https: www.legal500.com united-kingdom-solicitors " on their website< a>. Surpri...
Beers Solicitors LLP: 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. This article is therefore going to sound quite 'pro' their firm , making it look almost like something they ...
Bellax Solicitors: This is important because if you are swayed by either the first or last of those statements - you could end up with a 1 year qualified lawyer with zero experience. To be honest, we didn't read more than a couple and even then we skimmed. Cards on the table - we obviou...
Bridge McFarland Solicitors: One thing to remember though is that when a firm has multiple offices you often have to type in the company name and location to see any reviews. Always bear these sorts of things in mind. Depending on which browser you use a typo can end up with you seeing adverts for other...
Brown & Co Solicitors: Our poll from a few years back indicated that only 9% of you trusted testimonials provided by companies on their website. Obviously we have checked out Brown & Co and ended up adding them to our list of firms so we must have had a positive experience . no other firm ...
Buchanan & Co Solicitors Ltd: While many people are quite happy to provide bucketloads of detail in reviewing a restaurant - they are less likely to give helpful details about their bankruptcy, criminal defence, or messy divorce. This snippet above from the website of Buchanan & Co Solicitors is one such...
Burton & Co Quality Solicitors: But the independent boards were also packed with positive comments as well. It doesn't stop there though. Whilst most of our articles are about individual firms along with the pros cons and things that stood out, today's piece on Burton & Co LLP will have to cover som...
Calio Claims by Lindsays: For the new generations of potential clients looking up a law firm on the internet, they are simply more likely to want to use a firm called "Swift Claims" compared to "Swift & Johnson Solicitors Ltd". e.g. So what are the independent boards such as Google, Trustpilot, and ...
Cook's Solicitors: People to scammers simply because they received an email pretending to be their solicitor to say the payment details had changed. Therefore there will likely ...
Cullimore Dutton Solicitors Ltd: We don't typically give direct advice in these articles, but we feel safe saying you can pretty much ignore ancient foundation date claims. This combined with our impressive depth of knowledge and expertise ensures that we provide a solution focused approach for our client...
David Stinson & Co Solicitors: class="infoquote "David Stinson & Co is a trading name of Young and Co Solicitors Ltd"< div> A quick note on navigation for this brand as well. They provide all trading names of a firm, alternate office locations, other contact details, languages spoken, and the ...
Disrepair Claims UK: There are plenty of things we might change about the legal industry, but all in all - CMCs still have a place in it just as much as search engines, directories, and even small local referral setups like ours in order to get people legal help. . If you see that sort of pos...
EDC Lord Solicitors: The website also features profiles of the firm's lawyers , with detailed biographies and information about their areas of expertise. The comments and reviews seem mostly positive: class="infoquote "took the time to explain the entire process clearly and concise...
Foster & Coleman Solicitors: If you look up https: solicitors.lawsociety.org.uk office 630363 foster-coleman-limited" the page for any firm< a> you'll see other names they might go by, contact details, staff names, languages spoken, areas of law covered, and even qualification dates of the solicitors...
Frazer Coogans Solicitors: class="infoquote "The office has full disabled access."< div> Again, this may sound like a regular statement but you'd be surprised how many firms in older buildings are not able to say this. For some reason, thousands of people have handed over their entire house...
Goldsmith Bowers Solicitors Ltd: Unfortunately, though, there are far fewer reviews about law firms than other industries. Goldsmith Bowers Solicitors have been on the network for a while now and we wanted to make a few points about researching firms in general. We've seen variants such as 'goldsmith and bo...
Guardian Law Ltd: To get the correct reviews to come up we needed to enter the full 'guardian law nottingham' but that is the case for many companies now if you're trying to find information reviews. class="infoquote "our specialist employment lawyers can advise and represent you...
Backhouse Solicitors Ltd:
class="infoquote "Visiting a solicitor can be a daunting experience, particularly if you’ve never done it before. People have handed over tens of thousands in home deposits to fraudulent bank accounts sometimes based on nothing more than an official-looking email st...
Hill House Chambers Barristers: Why it took so long to make this available to the public in the UK - who knows. Typically solicitors are not authorised to represent clients in actual court. Does that mean a much better experience overall?
Normally we completely ignore testimonials on company websites....
JPS Walker Solicitors: More and more people are becoming aware of just how much of a difference a specialist can make to a case. 100% compensation means there are no fees whether your case wins or loses. These days with the internet people can instead search for the best representation for thei...
Lefevres Scotland Ltd:
class="infoquote "At Lefevres we have access to a number of different funding solutions that can be tailored to the requirement of our clients and are happy to discuss this in greater detail and assess that requirement when you have made your enquiry."< div>
One q...
LS Legal Solicitors: That's a considerable mix of seasoned heads with fresh eyes.
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...
Mac Jones Solicitors: Even better: get an actual solicitor with both. Unlike companies that can talk endlessly about a product and provide specs - law sites have to fill the void with self-praise about their abilities because they are the product .
class="infoquote "Our story began in 200...
MJV Law Solicitors: The last two though could mean a range of things but usually that they've added up all the years of experience of all the staff together. Some variants such as www.mjvlaw.com are owned by different companies. It wasn't until we researched MJV Solicitors that we realised ther...
Fentimans My Law Matters:
class="infoquote "Our head office was established in 1986"< div>
Compared to the huge number of legal offices claiming 'established in 1881' or even older dates, this claim of '1986' seems almost new. But as long as the separate branding efforts have been strong...
Nicholson Jones Sutton Solicitors Ltd: Currently www.njslaw.com takes you to a US firm and other variants such as www.njslegal.co.uk .com are different firms too. It obviously does not mean there is a 200 year old solicitor at the firm jam-packed with experience . compensation claims). Their staff actually have...
One Law Solicitors & Barristers: This has the obviously advantage of saving huge amounts of time, hassle, and money . £millions have been lost. That's understandable to us at least, and it's probably for the very reasons we pointed out their differences above. With that in mind we always recommend peopl...
LRose Law Ltd:
This isn't too much of a concern though as Litigation firms such as RF Law are not really targeted by scammers as much as other areas of law (e.g. At the time of writing, any variation such as 'lrose solicitors' or 'rose fendlen solicitors' still brings up the correct...
RM Solicitors:
class="infoquote "We are happy to have an initial discussion with you, with no obligation and no charge."< div>
We would absolutely expect any firm handling litigation matters to offer this. A 200-year-old firm might still stick you with a 1-year qualified lawyer....
Simper Law: For many years now https: www.lawgazette.co.uk news conveyancing-fraud-gang-jailed-for-diverting-deposit-monies 5103305.article" scammers have targeted such clients with emails< a> telling them the bank details for their house deposit have changed.
In reality then, ...
Smith & Graham Solicitors:
Smith and Graham have 'Team' pages with profiles of their staff including experience and areas of practice which is great and something we always encourage the firms we deal with to create. But hopefully from the examples and resources quoted in the article below, you...
Stowe Family Law Solicitors: Some phrases may seem throwaway such as:
class="infoquote "A tailored approach from a team that really understands family law."< div>
Which again you've probably seen similarly worded statements on a lot of other firm's websites. Whichever side you've typically ...
Summerfield Browne: You may be surprised in this day and age to learn that there are still hundreds of such firms about the UK with antiquated views on women in the workplace and even an aversion to the internet. Sounds like the best of both worlds .
class="infoquote "able to say (and d...
Swain and Co Solicitors:
class="infoquote "Thank you so much for all you have done for me."
"I can't praise Swain & Co and Dean Kingham enough."
"I would like to thank you really very very much from the bottom of my heart for your work."
"Thank you so much for the care and atten...
Thaxted Legal Immigration: So how do Thaxted fare on these independent forums?
class="infoquote "very thorough and knowledgeable, and gave me great advice on my case which is quite complicated"
"clear explanations and quick turnaround"
"She helped me to prepare a new application and sub...
The Lady Barrister: Unfortunately with the direct access scheme being so new it may not be something you've heard of yet and hopefully more information on each barrister will become available as the scheme and awareness grows.
class="infoquote "Direct access is a scheme which qualifies ...
The Legal Practice Solicitors: If someone calls saying they are from your solicitor's office and you don't recognise the person - never feel uncomfortable about saying you're going to hang up and ring them back on the official phone number you have. One of the largest conveyancing firms in the UK has a st...
The Law Partnership Ltd: Common variants such as www.tlps.com or www.thelawpartnership.co.uk are currently owned by different firms. But let's take two extremes to highlight this example. Abdul Khan who qualified in 1999, and Rashminder Sarai in 1997. saying about The Law Partnership?
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Wilford Smith: So they could have 10x staff members with only 4 years of experience each. To start with, if you want to see reviews about a firm on Google these days you have to enter the office location of the firm as well as their name. that they are an 'outdated', 'inefficient', and 'un...
Ullah Law Associates:
class="infoquote "The team members are experts in their analytical approach to cases, probing the evidence, and being prepared to challenge statute, case law, and evidence."< div>
. all came up with the same site. This firm https: solicitors.lawsociety.org.uk office...
WH Law Ltd:
That's not to dismiss larger firms with multiple specialists on board. But typically the fraudsters targeting law firm clients are only after property matters due to the huge deposits they manage to trick people into paying into the wrong account.
Also whilst t...
Wildcat Law Solicitors: However if you think about it no firm is ever going to claim to be the opposite - i.e. This lets you gauge the amount of actual experience a law firm might have at its disposal. So searching for 'wildcat law london' versus 'wildcat law southampton' will bring up different in...
Woodstock Legal Services Ltd: However on this occasion we have because they are not just hand-picked and solicited client remarks but actual comments from industry peers who have worked with the firm.
class="infoquote "impressed by the quality, professionalism and attention to detail"
"kept full...
Young & Co Solicitors: Second, would be when the solicitors at the firm try to handle all the case types - (the 'jack of all trades' label).
class="infoquote "updated regularly every step of the way"
"Made problems go away"
"nothing seemed to much trouble"
"they have been more...
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