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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:ABS Lawyers Ltd: However you should notice the 'translated' note next to those. They really actively target and can properly communicate with (and therefore surely better represent) Polish speaking claimants. Sometimes based on just a couple of official looking emails telling them to suddenl...
Aconveyancing Ltd: Some of the largest and most popular firms that we've worked with have a 2-3 star ratings. You may very well get a forty year qualified solicitor at a 2 year old firm. Such as when looking up news articles they had been quoted in. People are handing over their deposits to fr...
Antony Hodari Legal Services: But the name is so unique that if you type 'anthony hodari' into a search the correct firm still pops up. To us that's a bit of a cheat. Those are the obvious targets for fraud. We always recommend taking a quick look at the local law society page for any firm you're t...
Allan Argue and Co Solicitors: On one hand they imagine a larger firm will have larger resources to draw on and bigger 'clout' against third parties . No, really. And even a one star rating for a firm having moved offices to a place where the person had to pay for street parking instead of it being free....
Aspire Licensing & Administrative Services: Whilst we often discuss the pros and cons of using specialists, we usually are talking about firms that handle Business Law compared to a firm that tries to handle absolutely everything from Divorce to Litigation to Motor Offenses and more. They handle what would be consider...
Bilkus and Boyle: We always commend The Law Society of England & Wales for their excellent website providing a wealth of user-side data to potential clients. They may very well assign a one year qualified newbie solicitor to handle your legal matter. For example, here is the opening message...
BLZ Solicitors Ltd: A last sales-pitchy statement from the firm's site: class="infoquote "We are a friendly, approachable and professional firm that provides quality legal representation to those that need it."< div> Don't be too hard on firms when you see the exact same language use...
Branch Austin McCormick Solicitors: We've even seen negative comments from the losing side in a court matter. Being the names of founder partners, the name is quite unique despite 'branch' being a generic term related to people searching for office locations. There were also several comments about how fast the...
Trojan Solicitors: You never know what scammers will come up with next though, so just keep aware.
. Before that point you had to get a solicitor who would then hire a barrister on your behalf to represent you in court.
The legal services industry is a tough one for third party public r...
Catteralls in Wakefield: Spending all day on the phone repeating the same (often upsetting) story to several solicitors is not ideal. We take pride in our commercially effective approach."< div>. Potential clients tend to rely more on the independent public offerings such as Google Reviews, Trustpil...
Cheshire Estates and Legal Ltd: We typically don't quote reviews listed on a firm's own website (more commonly called 'testimonials') ever since our poll last year indicated that only 8% of people trust such testimonials on company sites.
A quick note on navigation. You can also search a specific sit...
Deo Volente Legal: There are titles such as 'How Brexit is going to Affect the Immigration Policies for the UK (2021)', 'Cryptocurrency and Wills', and 'How to Video-Witness a Will'. You may get a one year qualified solicitor from a 200 year old firm. Followed by solicitors coming into the ind...
Dylan Nair Ltd Solicitors: As you can see from the snippets above, they're largely quite positive .
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 people willing to share...
Special Education Needs Lawyer:
You never know what scam will be next though so always make sure you're on the correct site and never discuss payments or bank details via email . But just as with the NHS constantly providing a poor service, cutting corners, and even causing deaths by negligence - the...
Fair Result Divorce: We also know all the industry specific marketing jargon a lot of lawyers use. Even 'fair result ltd' provided only a handful of related sites including their listing at https: find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk company 13245277" Companies House< a>. Althou...
Fieldfisher Solicitors LLP:
class="infoquote "At Fieldfisher we cater for clients with complex, difficult and high value personal injury, medical negligence and asbestos claims."< div>. The main site we link to above is www.fieldfisher.com with www.fieldfisher.co.uk redirecting you there. One th...
Fultons Estate Agents: Obviously there will be people trying a wide variety of close-but-not-quite attempts such as fultons-solicitors or fultonssolicitors. Of course many firms post testimonials themselves on their site. Add to that the apostrophe and letter s on the end being dropped, or Fultons...
Hawkridge & Co Solicitors:
Hawkridge & Co on the other hand have big clear logos at the bottom of their page showing Lexcel Accreditation, the Society of Trust & Estate Practitioners, Accredited by Solicitors for the Elderly, and so on. The official website we link to above is www.hawklaw.co....
Hooper Hyde Solicitors: People are absolutely happy jumping online after a good or bad meal to review the restaurant they've just been to. At the time of writing we couldn't find any reviews on the regular third party sites. But they're understandably less likely to share their experiences about ...
Howe and Co Solicitors:
class="infoquote "Extremely professional, focused and experienced solicitor"
"we're grateful, you are our life saver"
"reception are always calm & on hand to help"
"go above and beyond to ensure they provide professional service"< div>
The majorit...
Khan Law Glasgow: But the number of firms being clear about what that means is far fewer. That's because we've seen law firms with five star reviews for their dog-friendly restaurant and others being criticised for simply being a law firm. Khan Solicitors is a different firm as well using www...
KRS Wills & Probate:
class="infoquote "As well as English, I can also offer advice in Gujarati and Hindi, both of which I am fluent in."< div>
Hopefully from the information so far it should be clear why we were quite happy to add this firm to our database of legal service providers....
Levins Solicitors:
class="infoquote "For over 30 years now we have continued to build our reputation and to provide legal services of the highest professional standard."< div>
The firms website has a considerable number of pages. The official website of the firm is www.levinslaw.co...
Lindsays Solicitors Scotland: Preferrably with reasons commented next to any rating. Search engines seem to bring up the correct firm no matter what variants we used. To get a wider view that includes negative opinions. The contact details and links above are for Calio Claims which is a specialist setup ...
Mason Bullock Solicitors: Some people are handing over entire house deposits to fraudsters based solely on an email asking them to change the bank details they pay to.
This niche focus and lengthy experience clearly makes for a efficient and effective service if the public reviews are anything t...
McEwan Fraser Legal Scotland: Phone the official number in the headed paper you've already been sent out and ask about it.
A quick word on navigation. But that's something we're not totally sold on. Still, people are generally unsatisfied about the length of time it takes to buy or sell a property ...
Mckie Legal Solicitors Ltd:
There are plenty of things you might not have thought of though that can identify a firm as offering more than another. We have seen losing sides leave negative reviews about the winning side's law firm. Scammers convince people selling their house that they need to pay...
Jacobs Law Solicitors: The largest property firm in England Wales currently has a rating of just under 3 stars on Google with over 1,000 reviews. The practice of claiming an "established in 1881" foundation is something common to such professional areas including law, accounting, and journalism. Y...
MGBe Legal Ltd:
However, as this firm only deals with immigration and the site is https secure - we don't envisage any real problems with scammers. Accredited at Level 3 Advanced Caseworker with the Law Society.
Not so with MGBe as https: mgbelegal.com blog " their blog section...
Michael Leighton Jones Solicitors: Useful context for negative reviews should be used to check if there is a theme. They provide a wealth of user-side data including all office locations, other trading names used, languages spoken, as well as the qualification dates of the legal staff. For Michael Leighton Jo...
Milners Law LLP:
class="infoquote "very professional and helpful and provided a personal service which I imagine larger companies would not be able to provide"
"a professional and personable approach to what was a daunting experience"
"committed to the traditional values of ...
OTS Immigration Solicitors:
However there are some firms that may look like they cover many areas of law but are still 'specialists'.
At the moment the majority of scams involving legal matters tend to https: www.bbc.co.uk news av uk-35253594" revolve around property deals where scammers< ...
Pacific Law:
The official website we link to above is www.pacificlaw.co.uk, however recently they changed this www.pacificlaw.org - but either will get you to the correct website. This is an area of law where we do think a specialist firm can be of benefit, the same as with somethin...
Penerley Solicitors: The idea being that most people have an image in their head when the term 'solicitor' is mentioned.
The quote above is from the website of a Commercial Law specialist called Penerley , based in Islington.
class="infoquote "Penerley provides first-rate legal serv...
Pump Court Chambers Barristers:
The Pump Court Chambers site is https secure for submitting your personal details online with their contact and callback forms. Even if someone phones you up asking about money, don't be afraid to politely decline and ring the firm back on the official number you hav...
RD Costings Ltd: But there are a few areas of law where using a specialist firm is held up as the ideal. It's not something most place high priority on getting.
The short version of all this is simply that RD Costings' transparency about the 25% being declared on their website is a ...
Reid and Black Solicitors: The Law Society of England & Wales also have a much better website than most Law Societies, with a wealth of user-side information. Quite often this is not reflected in the public reviews of those firms.
As the firm deals with property matters, it is therefore hugely...
Suhail Ahmad at Richmond Legal: So when you see a law firm with only a handful or even zero reviews, just bear that in mind and don't take it as a negative sign . This is especially true for Personal Injury and Immigration cases. Therefore whilst the case range across this particular firm isn't wholly n...
Robin Somerville Barrister: It's quite far from the common marketing jargon you've probably seen on a dozen other law firm sites today. So do the third party independent review boards match?
class="infoquote "The efforts he puts in the case and the dedications were out of this world"
"Robi...
Conveyancing Search Providers:
If you've read some of our other articles where we research solicitors, barristers and law practices across the UK - you'll probably be used to seeing far more in depth information, resources, and opinions than what's been provided here. This includes Local Authority Se...
Springle Solicitors: Law firms typically receive less reviews than other services such as restaurants or garages. Increasingly so. Those who did any future planning would typically get a basic will written and maybe take out life insurance (while taking advantage of whatever inheritance-tax-avoi...
Stenfield Solicitors Ltd: Also at the moment neither www.stenfieldsolicitors.com or the .co.uk version are owned by anyone. Not to mention that Trustpilot's rating calculations mean that a firm with four 5 star reviews will end up with an average of 3 stars total.
Of course even in these days of...
Taylor Price Legal Ltd: Taylor Price is registered with The Law Society of England & Wales which has the best user-side offering we know of amongst such organisations. Similar looking domains designed to mislead you and other phishing scams are still rampant. The age of the law office's brand name ...
The Injury Solicitor Salford: No win, no fee just means that if you lose there will be no fees.
A quick note on navigation too as the firm uses generic terms for the website address which we've know to possible cause some problems where people mix up 'injury' with 'injuries' and 'solicitor' with '...
Trust Inheritance Limited:
With Wills & Probate though, this idea of specialism goes an extra step further. However we hope the information and links provided above at least show why we were more than happy to add Trust Inheritance to our database of recommended firms. Unfortunately the temptat...
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