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ABS Lawyers Ltd Solicitors in Corby & Maghull, Liverpool: They are one of the few firms we've seen with a https: abslawyers.co.uk pl home-polski " full Polish section< a> on their website. One is to quote an ancient founding date such as 'established in 1882!' - but this is essentially meaningless, as there are no 200-year ...


Antony Hodari Solicitors Housing Disrepair Specialists in Manchester: Antony Hodari's claims in the snippet above were taken from their front page and are much more believable and can be checked on too. Just watch out for ads using keyword matching to display. There are several others within that range creating a good mix of seasoned experts...


Argue & Co Legal - Allan Argue Personal Injury Solicitor in Glasgow: You will find it more likely for an actual solicitor to answer the phone and talk to you at a smaller firm which clients tend to feel better about . But not exactly what most people expect when calling. i.e. However it's easy to imagine getting lost in the numbers at a...


Aspire Licensing & Administrative Services in Whitley Bay, Newcastle: Much more than a firm that only covers a handful of such cases each month as part of their general commercial legal work. provide advice and guidance should a contested hearing need to be arranged and assist with representation ..."< div> The list of services Aspire sta...


Beers LLP - Solicitors in Kingsbridge & Plymouth, Devon: class="infoquote "Established in 1885, and now with offices in Kingsbridge and Plymouth, we have been providing generations of clients with high quality legal advice."< div> We're not a fan of these ancient establishment dates provided by firms as a way to intimat...


Bell Lax Ltd - Solicitors in Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham: class="infoquote "we offer, no win, no fee for all types of Accident & Injury Claims and Medical Negligence claims"< div> Whilst Bell Lax Solicitors makes a claim to have pioneered some of the great strides made in no win, no fee-ing - certainly this is now the...

JPS Walker Solicitors Ltd in Manchester: It's really very common. However we've recently discovered that case studies on a law firm's website go down very well with potential clients too. class="infoquote "request a free consultation from our experienced legal team"< div> Obviously we think highly of ...


Bilkus and Boyle Solicitors & Estate Agents in Glasgow: This could be a national one, county based, or city wide for larger population cities. As a Scottish business ourselves, we hope our national Law Society can catch up and provide a bit more in the future . You may also find that many of the lowest ratings often ...


BLZ Solicitors NIHL, PPI & Immigration Lawyers in Stockport: A quick note on navigation. If you look at the page for https: solicitors.lawsociety.org.uk office 6833 blz-limited" this firm< a> you'll see there are only two solicitors working within it, with just over a decade's experience between them. We like to make sure we h...


Branch Austin McCormick LLP Solicitors in Mayfair, London: The boxes that need to be ticked off for inclusion do mostly revolve around things that benefit the client . For example, at the time of writing the firm lists Steven Gardner who qualified as a solicitor back in 1970, Tania Austin (qualified in 1984), Harender Branch (1999)...


QualitySolicitors Burton & Co in Lincoln & Sleaford: The idea being that they all work together to grow each other's businesses and each member firm is meant to get a positive buzz from being attached to the name. There are negative reviews from people who were told they didn't have a case. To be on the safe side though,...


Catteralls Solicitors in Wakefield: In our opinion, long term existence of a firm's brand is not nearly as important as the experience and expertise of the individual solicitor you are going to work with. Catteralls are signed up with The Law Society of England & Wales which is great because they have ...


CEL Solicitors in Liverpool - Housing Disrepair, Knotweed, & Data Breach Claims: There's even a wider selection of payment setups these days including no win no fee, fixed fees, conditional fees, and so on. It can also be hard to tell the various options apart at first glance with so many firms using trading names or practically identical looking websi...


Cooks Solicitors in Newcastle under Lyme & Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire: The experience levels of the solicitor running your case is the most crucial number out of the two. She is in charge of our Conveyancing department. It can therefore be a good idea to bookmark the site or use a search function instead just in case. class="infoquote "...


David Stinson & Co Personal Injury Solicitors in Aylesford, Kent: they are all forms of litigation and typically follow the same process for a successful conclusion. We have discovered recently though that many potential clients also enjoy case studies and find them useful in getting a better feel for the law firm in question. The latter...


DisrepairClaim.co.uk - Housing Disrepair Claims Company based in Brighouse, West Yorkshire: The main aim (we would hope) of housing claims is to get your living conditions improved. for damaged belongings, such as clothes and electrical equipment ... There are firms and even individual solicitors that cover a wide range of case types, sort of 'jack-of-all-trades' s...


DV Solicitors (Deo Volente Legal LLP) Law Firm in Bedford & Luton: They prefer to source reviews from independent review forums such as Trustpilot, Google Reviews, Yell, Yelp, etc. For example in tax HMRC matters you may save a lot of time and money by using an accountant rather than a law firm if your type of case allows such. ...


Dylan Nair Solicitors Ltd in Preston, Lancashire: So whilst someone might be very quick to jump online and talk about a pizza they just ordered - they may be more reluctant to discuss how well their dead father's contentious probate went. The official site we link to above is www.dylannair.com however www.dylannair.co.uk ...


Education Law Service Ltd - Special Educational Needs Lawyer in London: It was harder to find reviews at all on their company due to the branding (which we'll discuss later). Even in this modern era of emails and video chat and smartphones - a huge percentage of law firms still hold tight to the old tradition of only being open 9am-5pm, Mon-Fri...


Fair Result Ltd Divorce Settlement Mediation Services in Leicester: As mentioned before, we've been at this for over twenty years and we've not seen a proposition like theirs in the past. Although according to our poll last year, not even single digit percentages of the public put much faith in company testimonials. There were some test...


Fulton's Solicitors & Estate Agents in Clarkston & Mount Florida, Glasgow: Despite not being overly 'nationalised' about most things, this is something we do feel a little frustrated at. There were the expected negative reviews though which did tend to follow the common pattern for negative comments of conveyancing firms - e.g. The full branding of...


Hawkridge & Company - Hawk Law Solicitors in Gillingham, Medway: class="infoquote "With highly trained experts on hand to advise on your particular case, you will always receive a fully informed, clear and professional service whatever your circumstances."< div> Again, all law firms will claim to have staff with the necessary ...


Hill House Chambers - Barristers Based in London: provide you with expert legal advice ... class="infoquote "Barristers Mohsin Aslam was very professional too when he articulated case" "Spencer's friendly demeanour and flexibility ensures the right barrister is offered even at short notice" "Spencer Payne was ve...


HooperHyde Business Law Solicitors in Solihull: This, and the odd search results, shouldn't be a huge worry though as most scammers tend to target property clients as apparently it's very easy https: www.manningrivertimes.com.au story 7384427 scamwatch-keep-your-home-deposit-safe-from-scammers " to convince people to t...


Howe + Co Solicitors in Brentford, London: One thing you rarely see in relation to UK law firms is an entire Wikipedia page dedicated to them. If you've been searching for a law firm for a while already today, you'll have seen the majority have very similar sounding sales pitches. The firm did have testi...


Jacobs Law Solicitors: Which also means having worked with thousands of professionals within that industry during that time. So that makes it less helpful in distinguishing between firms when you're weighing up the pros and cons. There are many other overly used marketing terms such as "friendly",...


Khan Law - Raees Khan Personal Injury Solicitor in Glasgow: But most tend not to be as picky about things like personal injury, wills, landlord disputes, employment law, and so on. Sometimes based on nothing more than an official-looking email telling them the bank details for payment have changed. Even the individual bits about soli...


KRS Estate Planning Ltd - Will & Probate Advice in Leicester: You are only getting what you pay for. One thing to watch for is the wording. But be aware that Google still allows keyword matching in their ads with trademark protection protocols that can be very, very slow to pick up abuse. (Those are some of the more common complaints w...


Lefevres Law Firm - Litigation Solicitors in Edinburgh, Glasgow & Aberdeen: In the same way, under the umbrella of Family Law there is the related case titles of Divorce and Child Custody. It's still very much a specialty though. Usually this might cause some concern over potential issues such as ' https: www.merriam-webster.com dictionary phishing...


Levins Solicitors in Huyton, Liverpool: Most reviews are about their Criminal Law help and Conveyancing work. But the solicitor will always get the blame. Exactly what most people would like to have in a firm handling their case. But they do have a

Lindsays Solicitors Offices in Edinburgh, Glasgow & Dundee: Search engines seem to bring up the correct firm no matter what variants we used. (No, really.) So never just flick through star ratings, always read comments to get a more rounded view of the pros and cons previous clients have discussed online. But one thing that impres...


Mackenzie Jones Solicitors in St Asaph, Menai Bridge & Chester: Please remember to forgive law-related websites that use a lot of the same language or that make claims that practically every other law firm is making as well. The majority are very positive and (unusually) very long and well written with plenty of informatio...


Mason Bullock CCJ & Employment Solicitors in Coventry: The main difference of the UK compensation process vs the US is that being injured in the UK is not a lottery-win. If you ever want to look up the specialties or qualification dates of the solicitor you are thinking of using, there is usually that information on the firm's l...


Mckie Legal Solicitors in Penrith & St Helens (ConnectMeToaLawyer Ltd): class="infoquote "We have a strong emphasis on client care and providing a friendly and no jargon service keeping you fully updated on the case at all stages."< div> If you've already flicked through a bunch of other lawyer websites today, you'll have quickly noti...


Michael Leighton Jones Solicitors in Bargoed & Tredomen, Wales: A good mix of ages, experience, and case focus. class="infoquote "Simply contact us to book a free no obligation meeting"< div> For Personal Injury and Property matters we would expect every single solicitor in the UK to offer free consultations. class="i...


Milners Law LLP Solicitors in Leeds, Harrogate & Pontefract: Add to that people messing with things like using Milner's instead and we think it's a good idea to bookmark the correct site or using a search instead when coming back. We ran a poll last year and only 8% of people said they trusted company testimonials. The branding is '...


My Law Matters from Fentimans - Solicitors in Wolverhampton, Manchester, Solihull & Waltham Cross: Of course, even when firms do this they typically only copy the positive reviews to paste on their own website. In fact, that's something we always recommend when it comes to law firms. So what are third party boards like Google, Facebook, Yell.com, etc. the other side's cli...

Frazer Coogans Ltd - Solicitors in Ayr, Prestwick & Glasgow: There are many advantages to using alternatives such as Direct Access barristers which can save considerable time and money depending on the case you need representing in court. That's thousands of websites and sales text we've sifted through. If you look at the last...


OneLaw Chambers - Solicitors, Barristers & Advocates in London: 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. Their main branding is the OneLaw Chambers name but some review sites and official pages list them as OneLaw Ltd. The bi...


OTS Solicitors Ltd Immigration & Family Law in London, UK: So stars don't always reflect real position in the minds of previous clients. Words such as 'leading', 'modern', 'expertise', and especially 'award-winning' are used so frequently as to probably have little impact on potential clients surfing for help. For some reason we can...


Pacific Law Estate Planning Solicitors in Manchester: But the major mobile players we checked all direct 0800 for free now. Either way should really make no difference to your choice though. However, to state 'pay no attention to this reviewer, they are just a sore loser' has never felt like something they could pull off ...


Penerley Commercial Lawyers in Islington, London: 'Less-stuffy' is a phrase we're seeing pop up more and more in newer firm's sales pitches about their services. Obviously during lockdown though everything is a bit haywire. Unfortunately this has not really spread to law firms as much as everywhere else. But at the moment, ...


Pump Court Chambers Direct Access Barristers in London, Swindon & Winchester: Again, https: www.pumpcourtchambers.com legal-service direct-access " Direct Access< a> is not applicable or beneficial for absolutely every case type. A real established and recognised group. Prior to this you would have to hire a solicitor, tell them all about your case...


Reid Black Solicitors Ltd in Belfast, Antrim & Ballyclare: But even that still had a 5 star rating and ended with a bit about how the extra expense seemed worth it in the end. Alongside Criminal Injuries, Untraced Drivers and Medical Negligence matters - Military Claims can take a long time, be less likely to suceed, and pay out muc...


Rose Fendlen Law - Solicitors in Wigan (Formerly LRose Law): The only difference will be on whether they charge you for running the case or provide something such as a no win, no fee agreement. Employment Law ... In this example these are all types of litigation matter. So the information doesn't really help you spot a difference. It ...


Richmond Legal Ltd Solicitors in Middleton, Manchester: Of course, you should never discuss payments or bank details via email . The number of 'award-winning' law firms we've seen also defies all logic as to just how many awards there have to be out there for them all to have won so many. Don't expect this to change very q...


Reynolds Macdonald Solicitors in Hackney: Yes, if the firm is registered with a law society then you can usually find out quite a bit about them independently. 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. B...


Robin Somerville Direct Access Barrister & Mediator in Barnet, Greater London: Reviews of law firms are therefore always going to be less than other industries. However there are many situations where going direct to a barrister yourself will definitely save you considerable time and cost . For example, an accountant to help with tax matters. Not...


The Search Bureau from Premier Searches Ltd - UK Conveyancing Search Provider: Each of these partners also have established connections of their own to make their systems just as reliable, effective and efficient including ties to the Environment Agency, Ordnance Survey, and the British Geological Survey. So sadly there isn't a lot of independe...


Simper Law Ltd - Solicitors in Norwich & Great Yarmouth: In reality then, all the case types listed can be broken down into just three areas of law - Litigation, Estate Planning, and Commercial Law. The age of the firm's brand name is pretty much meaningless and often tenuously worked out to begin with using the wife's-cousi...


Springle & Co Solicitors Estate Planning Wills & Probate in North Shields, Tyne and Wear: The dog's ... As well as ensuring the advice you get is from a qualified and experienced professional. At the time of writing we could not get any actual comments to pop up on Google for Springle's prior clients. We have written on a wide range of multi-practice firms over t...


Stenfield Ltd Solicitors in Norwich & Harrow on the Hill, London: 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. Luckily Stenfield are members of The Law Society of England & Wales which is simply an excellent resource for consumer-side informat...


Stowe Family Law - Divorce Solicitors in Harrogate, York, Beverley & Other Locations: Some people believe they will be 'lost in the pack' at a large firm, whilst others think the weight of a large firm behind them will increase their changes of a successful outcome. Sadly despite the rest of the world moving forward to an always available and flexible contact...


Swain & Co Solicitors Ltd in Southampton, Liverpool & Havant: There are unhelpful positive reviews too, such as: class="infoquote "Easy to find, parking near by, less than one minutes walking from the train station" "Food and service, top notch"< div> But if you read through the actual comments such as the second one do...


Taylor Price Legal Ltd - Solicitors in Leeds & Levenshulme (Manchester): The official site we link to above is www.taylorprice.co.uk but www.taylorprice.com does not redirect you there. It's not the age of the firm that's important, but the experience levels of the staff. Well give you some tips on how to tell them apart in a few paragraphs, but...


The Legal Practice Ltd - Solicitors in Rickmansworth & Wembley Park, Greater London: But some of the things we'll cover now will hopefully provide a little more insight into the general issues within the legal industry for people trying to check up on the firms they encounter. That's because the legal industry is currently plagued by fraudsters trying to sca...


Trojan Solicitors Ltd Immigration & Family Law in London: class="infoquote "Newly established but full of experience law firm fully focused on its clients."< div> First, this statement about the firm being new (we're talking years, not weeks old) might go some way to explaining the firm's case choices and organisation. ...


Trust Inheritance Ltd Wills, Probate & Estate Planning in Weston-Super-Mare: With Wills & Probate though, this idea of specialism goes an extra step further. Rather than simply only doing the one case types, specialists in Estate matters will often cover a much wider range of issues and provide a much wider range of services. So why might...


ULA Solicitors Ltd - Law Firm in London: But the fact they still work with Legal Aid at all these days is something very unique. We've always been a fan of case studies but we've been working in the industry for over 20 years now. However for ULA Solicitors there are plenty of in-depth reviews stating exactl...


Youngs Solicitors - Young & Co Solicitors Ltd in Longton (Stoke on Trent): This is the final article in our series on this law group and it covers the main, sort of 'parent', branding within the Youngs Solicitors' setup. The situation is almost as bad as trying to find and NHS dentist in this country. But even variants such www.youngandco.co.uk are...


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