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www.lefevres.law: The second means there are no costs to you at all throughout the entire case, win or lose. The only reason this might cause concern to some people is because of the huge number of law firms still making ancient founding date claims such as 'established in 1881'. There ...


www.branchaustinmccormick.com: There was plenty of other things to like about Branch Austin McCormick which is why they've been added to our database of solicitors. No, really. But if a firm claims to handle a wide range of case types and then has individual solicitors handling each specific t...


www.stenfield.com: However you will need to enter one of the office locations such as 'norwich' or 'london' to get the popup box with all the specific reviews, opening hours, etc. Also at the moment neither www.stenfieldsolicitors.com or the .co.uk version are owned by anyone. Sometimes it h...


www.frazercoogans.co.uk: Unlike tech companies , food outlets, streaming services, or practically any company these days where the newer they are the more popular they seem to get - the legal industry still seems to push that older is better. Always kept us informed. With so many high street s...


www.thaxtedlegal.com: So you'd think we'd always have an arsenal of tools to research any firm we come across. There are countless numbers of fraudsters https: www.telegraph.co.uk money consumer-affairs how-protect-property-fraud-landlord-bank-scam-2022-uk " attempting to coerce property cli...


www.antonyhodari.co.uk: But we didn't find out the spark that created Antony Hodari. The bulk of reviews for AntonyHodari were positive and many reflected their claim quoted above about promising to keep people in the loop: class="infoquote "I’m now getting all my repairs done but the ho...


www.woodstocklegalservices.co.uk: If you've already been through a few dozen today it's likely you've seen every single one of them make the claim quoted above from Woodstock's. Whilst many firms, including Woodstock Legal, have testimonials on their websites - they majority of people tend to ignore them. So...


www.swainandco.com: That's just plain rude. So if a firm accepts Legal Aid clients at all, then that's an instant brownie point from us. Thankfully you can actually check this claim if the firm is registered with the English Welsh law society. So take it from us that it's statements like th...


www.rf-law.co.uk: https: www.lawsociety.org.uk public for-public-visitors common-legal-issues payment-diversion-fraud" Payment diversion fraud< a> where scammers convince clients they are the law firm with new bank details to pay into has been a growing problem for well over a decade. Pers...


www.jacobslaw.org: You can get a 1-year-qualified solicitors handling your case at a 200-year-old firm. Entering the full firm name plus location is usually necessary to make sure you see comments about the correct company online. That's why we can often point out things the average consumer...


www.fultons-scotland.co.uk: One thing to watch out for when going through reviews for conveyancing firms is to always read the actual review comments . Add to that the apostrophe and letter s on the end being dropped, or Fultons being pluralised instead - and you'll soon agree that there are a l...


www.brownandcosolicitors.co.uk: If a firm states they have a certain number of years' experience 'within the firm' this usually means they've added up all staff's experience together to make the number bigger. All that said, we'll give the firm one last pitch-y quote on this page: class="infoq...


www.jpswalker.co.uk: So despite there being a long list of types of injuries, covering them all still counts as a specialised area of law. class="infoquote "With 30 years experience and dedicated to looking after you"< div> Most legal practices will make some sort of claim like this. ...


www.krsep.co.uk: Sadly, most law firms we've seen (and we've been reviewing them for over 20 years now) still do not work weekends. One last quote from the firm's site that is a good point to remember: class="infoquote "Choosing who to appoint is an important decision and best mad...


www.fair-result.co.uk: We also know all the industry specific marketing jargon a lot of lawyers use. For example many firms claim to be 'one of the leading ...' whatevers in a certain field of expertise or in a certain part of the county. Even 'fair result ltd' provided only a handful of rel...


www.rmsolicitors.com: The usual amount is 25% of the settlement. class="infoquote "We have dealt with a wide variety of cases."< div> Is there a way to find out how experienced a solicitor is? Glad you asked. So when a firm lists several case types from workplace accidents to cyclist ...


www.guardianlaw.co.uk: There is a backdated blog of articles with dozens of advice segments with titles such as 'Risk to employers of backdated holiday pay claims' , 'Restrictive Covenants – are they worth the paper they are written on?' , and 'How do you unfurlough staff?' . This is a...


www.cooks-solicitors.co.uk: Again though, whilst many solicitors use different trading names to highlight specific case types out of the same office - this one relates to a completely individual office location within the Young & Co group. So make sure to read the reasons for any negative rating that h...


www.mylawmatters.co.uk: More so than even the clothing industry which is saying something. In fact, that's something we always recommend when it comes to law firms. saying? class="infoquote "provided a consistent and efficient service" "efficient and dedicated staff" "really impress...


www.abslawyers.co.uk: But I'm sure most of you are already aware about the wealth of review boards available these days such as Google Reviews, Trustpilot, Yelp, Yell, etc. None of the other such organisations we've seen so far have had the same high level of user-side information that the Englis...


www.springleandco.co.uk: The big difference though, is that a wedding planner doesn't need to know how to make a cake. Certainly just like planning a wedding there are several things you need to consider and get sorted which you can try and arrange individually. Plus with more and more people ownin...


www.michaelleightonjones.com: So if there are very few or even zero reviews for a firm - that shouldn't be taken as a negative sign. Alongside the qualification dates for the solicitors on the law society website, you'll see a tab marked Areas of Practice. Because the firm deals with conveyancing m...


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www.khanlaw.co.uk: The quote above is from the Khan Law website and, in our opinion, is being used appropriately. Despite the range of other 'Khan' law firms, this firm focuses on Personal Injury which doesn't have as much risk as things such as Property matters. They have the obligator...


www.onelawchambers.com: That's understandable to us at least, and it's probably for the very reasons we pointed out their differences above. There have been a lot of negative moves by the government over the past two decades that have impacted the ability for regular people to obtain justice. The...


www.burtonlaw.co.uk: It provides a wealth of data user-side such as all trading names, alternative offices, languages spoken - plus the aforementioned qualification dates and expertise of each solicitor within each registered law office. That's probably why less than 8% of you indicated you tr...


www.thelegalpractice.co.uk: There is also a huge amount of people that leave negative reviews about the other side's solicitor during a house transaction which seems incredibly unfair because they've usually obtained their negative opinion from their own solicitor blaming every issue on the other side....


www.davidstinson.co.uk: If you https: solicitors.lawsociety.org.uk person 31408 david-john-christopher-stinson" look up the page< a> for David Stinson himself for example, you'll see he qualified as a solicitor in 1982. It should be pointed out though that a good solicitor taking 25% of your &po...


www.simperlaw.com: That's something to watch out for as www.simplelaw.com is owned by a different firm. You'll also be shown the qualification dates and specific case expertise of each solicitor within the firm. But the main reason people probably prefer the third party independent rev...


www.youngs.law: class="infoquote "Our main office is in Longton. This is something we've covered before in our articles and is one of the main reasons we urge people to read through the actual comments rather than simply check average star ratings. As we've said before, that should re...


www.milnerslaw.com: Some have a bit more background about their work life. A good mix of wise old heads alongside fresh young legs. But less people are inclined to rush to tell everyone about their horrible divorce, criminal trial, or bankruptcy proceedings. So this is much more of a decent o...


www.hawklaw.co.uk: The most useful of these are the qualification dates of the solicitors at each firm which are made available publicly. class="infoquote "With highly trained experts on hand to advise on your particular case, you will always receive a fully informed, clear and professi...


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. class="infoquote "In a tough legal world we are here to fight your corner."< div> If you've scrolled through a dozen...

www.hillhousechambers.co.uk: When this is true they will hire a Barrister on your behalf. The main website is at www.hillhousechambers.co.uk which we link to above. At the moment of writing www.hillhousechambers.com wasn't owned by anyone and other variants such as hillhousebarristers were also ava...


www.disrepairclaim.co.uk: Then there are firms that have several specialist solicitors who handled specific case types but all working under the same brand name umbrella. That means they do not have solicitors on staff but will take your details, discuss your case, then find a solicitor from their o...


www.whsolicitors.co.uk: The main thing to remember is that a lack of reviews is not a negative sign. Immigration is constantly changing, increasingly complicated, time limited, and not something you get quick second chances at. Also whilst the branding and page content focuses on the name 'W...


www.blzsolicitors.co.uk: If someone seems genuinely interested in your case it seems to really, really count. The firm's branding is BLZ Solicitors and they come up for searches for that name no problem. BLZ Solicitors is one of the specialist firms we've added and we like to think our choice is a ...


www.taylorprice.co.uk: TaylorPrice Solicitors https: taylorprice.co.uk our-team.html" tick all those boxes< a> and have avoided going over the top such as listing their pet's names and favourite film titles. Nine times out of ten this will be a gambit to make people think there is a huge amount...


www.mjvlaw.co.uk: Tens of thousands of pounds have ended up in the pockets of fraudsters. In 20+ years we've never seen the contrary. Plus any firm that deals with property will always, always have negative comments about delays. The Facebook reviews were a bit disorganised and not matching...

www.bridgemcfarland.co.uk: Make sure you're on the correct website and never discuss payments via email. Always bear these sorts of things in mind. This is hugely important because the firm deals with property matters which have been https: www.lloydsbank.com help-guidance protecting-yoursel...


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 want to change that."< div> Rather than disecting every word on the firm's site like we do, most consumers...


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.dvsolicitors.com: Never discuss payments or bank details over email. Such as: class="infoquote "have gone beyond and above in all areas of our transaction" "an immense pleasure to acquire your proficient services" "carried out all the required responsibilities efficiently"< di...


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. But these days with the number of self employed people rising exponentially - we've also seen a huge rise in people wanting a specialist bus...


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. Then search for firms handling 'fi...


www.summerfieldbrowne.com: Most of the variants we tried brought up the correct site in the top search results spot but many brought up adverts for other firms. For example whilst Cambridge has a full 5 stars, the London office has only 3.5 stars at the time we checked. We've always said to ignore ave...


www.theladybarrister.co.uk: This is because a solicitor will often have to hire a barrister to do certain types of court work. As she works on her own her website is therefore much more focused in providing information about her. class="infoquote "Direct access is a scheme which qualifies bar...


www.belllax.com: There were no common themes amongst the few negative reviews. But the basic checks we use when judging a firm for inclusion in our database can easily be used by potential clients as well to filter out non-suitable firms much quicker. That's usually how a firm with a wide c...


www.stowefamilylaw.co.uk: But you've probably come across a dozen law firms that claim to be the 'best', 'specialist' or 'largest in' such-and-such on their website as well. The reviews are mainly positive from what we saw with several comments about fair pricing and time effort put in. Sadly despite...


www.mckielegal.co.uk: We like to see firm's bragging about being a stalwart local fixture. Most scammers target law firm clients that will be making a payment to their solicitor. We're not sure about the Wigan office the law society is still showing, but www.mckielegal.co.uk is the official...


www.2hb.co.uk: So whilst The Direct Access scheme is a major, massive, and immensely helpful shake up to the legal system allowing members of the public to deal direct with their representation rather than paying a solicitor to be a go-between - there is still a long way to go. Once you'...


www.pacificlaw.co.uk: However the risks are minimal as the majority of scams involved the legal industry https: www.falmouthpacket.co.uk news 18674736.cornwall-property-sale-fraudsters-scam-14-000-penryn " focus around the property market< a> and the huge deposits people end up accidentally pa...


www.trojansolicitors.com: Most importantly, they also https: solicitors.lawsociety.org.uk office 617768 trojan-solicitors-ltd" provide a list of solicitors< a> within each firm along with their qualifying dates. Sadly, many firms in the legal industry still chase the most tenuous links...


www.dylannair.com: We obviously read through dozens of law firm's websites every day and the similarties between the content and the claims each make to set themselves apart as 'unique' can often end up blurring for us. If a solicitor doesn't have a profile on their website. No win, no f...


www.ulasolicitors.com: The simplest way to check on the expertise, experience, and 'specialist' status of any firm is through their local law society. We are a firm that puts people first."< div> Again, claiming the customer comes first is something mentioned by practically every single law f...


www.beersllp.com: Very positive with many of them quoting and praising the staff member involved by name. We would really recommend reading the reviews through, though, rather than just relying on star ratings when it comes to law firms. Make sure you know what site you're on and never dis...


www.smithandgraham.co.uk: Make sure you're on the correct site and don't discuss bank details or payments via email.. 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. There is no ampersand in domain names ...