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ABS Lawyers Ltd Solicitors in Corby & Maghull, Liverpool: class="infoquote "if someone wants to fight for compensation, their help will be a good choice" "the topic was already closed and nothing could be won, but under their supervision somehow it moved forward" "So for me such support from the law firm was very im...


Antony Hodari Solicitors Housing Disrepair Specialists in Manchester: We always recommend taking a quick look at the local law society page for any firm you're thinking of using. We've been working in the industry for over 20 years and whilst we've seen firms specialising in divorce or car insurance claims - that's usually because those ...


Argue & Co Legal - Allan Argue Personal Injury Solicitor in Glasgow: The second part of that snippet though is only possible if the firm has enough expertise and experience to make sure the case runs efficiently. A quick note on navigation. However it's easy to imagine getting lost in the numbers at a large firm as well. There isn't...


Aspire Licensing & Administrative Services in Whitley Bay, Newcastle: For cases such as Motor Offenses or a Personal Injury, absolutely we would recommend a firm that is clearly a law office. Certainly we can't think of one that's more niche off-hand, but we've been doing this for over twenty years now. You can always hang up and ring back on ...


Beers LLP - Solicitors in Kingsbridge & Plymouth, Devon: So how can you tell if a firm has a good amount of experience if the founding dates are not a good point of reference? Luckily in England & Wales the Law Society has an excellent website with loads of good user-side data available. The reason you need to be aware of p...


Bilkus and Boyle Solicitors & Estate Agents in Glasgow: It says 'established' without the exaggeration. it almost makes them meaningless. This is important because the firm deals with property matters. So when we say B&B have a very positive rating, that's actually quite an accomplishment for a firm dealing with propert...


BLZ Solicitors NIHL, PPI & Immigration Lawyers in Stockport: That's why we have general practice firms along side specialists - as well as alternate solutions such as mediation companies. defending NIHL companies from claimants. class="infoquote "We specialise in data breach claims, noise induced hearing loss, immigration and P...


Branch Austin McCormick LLP Solicitors in Mayfair, London: We have always encouraged firms to have such profiles on their website. For example, you would never see a bad review for Pizza Hut saying 'they wouldn't sell me a hamburger! ridiculous!!'. There were a couple of negative ratings, but unfortunately the reviewers left absolut...


Brown & Co Solicitors in Greenwich, London: 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. A quick note on navigation due to the number of firms out there with 'brown' in the name. 'brown and co solic...


QualitySolicitors Burton & Co in Lincoln & Sleaford: It's actually not even a sort of franchise either like people who open their own McDonalds restaurant. An enviable group of staff to have at any firm surely? Legal-based or not. QualitySolicitors firms are independent law firms that share the aim of providing clients the hig...


Catteralls Solicitors in Wakefield: The brand seems to be quite unique and therefore should be easy to find each time you want to come back to it. There are so many typical high-street-looking types of law firms around these days it can be hard to find differences between them in order to make a more informed...


CEL Solicitors in Liverpool - Housing Disrepair, Knotweed, & Data Breach Claims: For example one claiming CEL lawyers demanded £2500 from him to provide 'detective services'. The C-E-L part stands for Cheshire Estates and Legal Limited if you see any reviews about that firm, company data,

Cooks Solicitors in Newcastle under Lyme & Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire: For example those firms stating 'founded in 1881' or even older dates. Therefore there will likely be reviews, information, and links for each branding within the group dotted about on the same pages. As in the previous article, Cooks Solicitors are also a trading name of Y...


David Stinson & Co Personal Injury Solicitors in Aylesford, Kent: They provide all trading names of a firm, alternate office locations, other contact details, languages spoken, and the qualification dates of any solicitors within the firm. All law firms should be absolutely transparent about this up front before you sign anything. That w...


DisrepairClaim.co.uk - Housing Disrepair Claims Company based in Brighouse, West Yorkshire: There are firms that specialise in a single area of law, such as Criminal Defence. As we've already said, there are a huge number of less-than-reputable people out there trying to get your details. class="infoquote "Our highly experienced Housing Disrepair panel of sol...


DV Solicitors (Deo Volente Legal LLP) Law Firm in Bedford & Luton: The official website we link to above is www.dvsolicitors.com and at the time of writing www.dvsolicitors.co.uk also redirects you there. The statement about having served clients for seven years though may make them sound quite new compared to the hundreds of law firms boas...


Dylan Nair Solicitors Ltd in Preston, Lancashire: As you can see from the snippets above, they're largely quite positive . Of course some firms have started putting their pet's names and favourite foods in profiles. A quick note on navigation. So much so that when people search for reviews about solicitors but see ve...


Education Law Service Ltd - Special Educational Needs Lawyer in London: Whilst ELS do display a few testimonials on their website e.g: class="infoquote "highly professional, advice was thorough and fully informative" "thank you for being very straightforward"< div> We found only one on the public boards. However for Special Needs Ed...


Fair Result Ltd Divorce Settlement Mediation Services in Leicester: We did ask around our own office if anyone might want to get a divorce in order to test out this firm's claims. There will be no cost to you for this work."< div> As free consultations go this is also quite a unique offer within the arena of Family Law. But you neve...


Frazer Coogans Ltd - Solicitors in Ayr, Prestwick & Glasgow: If you see a firm stating they are 'one of the leading' without any further information to back up what that means - or if the firm claims to be 'award-winning' but has no information about what awards they have won - then we recommend you ignore the statement comple...


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. If you've read through some of our other review articles you'll probably have noticed that we praise the good amount of publicly available information about law fi...


Hawkridge & Company - Hawk Law Solicitors in Gillingham, Medway: One thing people do comment on readily though when it comes to legal services - is property matters. It's definitely something to keep in mind whenever you're checking for reviews about any firm that handles property matters. So what should you look out for? O...


Hill House Chambers - Barristers Based in London: A solicitor's firm will have all staff working as if it's one big company together. Prior to access being available you had to pay a solicitor to hire a barrister to deal with certain court matters. Typically we refer, like most consumers, to the third party boards such as G...


HooperHyde Business Law Solicitors in Solihull: Hooper Hyde state each lawyer has at least 10 years' experience. On hand ready to help you with your business needs."< div> The majority of firms will make a statement like this one on the HooperHyde site relating to their experience. If you https: solicitors.lawsocie...


Howe + Co Solicitors in Brentford, London: The snippets above were from the usual third party boards such as Google, Yell.com, Yelp and Trustpilot. The official website we link to above is www.howe.co.uk, with www.howe.com taking you to a design company in the USA. Howe & Co are registered with The Law Society of Eng...


Jacobs Law Solicitors: If you are looking for help with a property matter, this sort of online care is even more important https: monzo.com blog we-sent-our-house-deposit-to-a-fraudster-who-posed-as-our-lawyer" due to a long-term scamming technique< a> of getting clients buying selling a p...


JPS Walker Solicitors Ltd in Manchester: That's because whilst people are more than happy to jump online and let people know about their lovely waitress or great local car wash - they are far less likely to rush onto the internet and broadcast about their messy divorce, bankruptcy, or life-destroying accident. So...


Khan Law - Raees Khan Personal Injury Solicitor in Glasgow: We wouldn't class that as 'specialist'. However, please note that when checking reviews of any firm you absolutely must read the comments rather than relying on star ratings. Even the individual bits about solicitors at a firm only pop up as comment boxes (and not very well ...


KRS Estate Planning Ltd - Will & Probate Advice in Leicester: 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. A quick note on navigation as we're dealing with an acronym...


Lefevres Law Firm - Litigation Solicitors in Edinburgh, Glasgow & Aberdeen: There are lots of other little bits and pieces around the web that most regular consumers may not notice. It's like trying to find a dentist that will work on the NHS funding. Since the 90's the government has made an increasing effort to strip Legal Aid funding and eligibil...


Lindsays Solicitors Offices in Edinburgh, Glasgow & Dundee: Whenever we consider a firm for adding to our network there are several checks we perform to ensure we're not recommending a fraudulent or fake firm. But also several more recent additions such as Ben Doherty (qualified in 2004) and Douglas Roberts (2008). Why people ...


Mackenzie Jones Solicitors in St Asaph, Menai Bridge & Chester: There are a considerable number of reviews for each office on Google and dozens of others across the other independent boards. Unlike companies that can talk endlessly about a product and provide specs - law sites have to fill the void with self-praise about their abilitie...


Mason Bullock CCJ & Employment Solicitors in Coventry: That brings us to a quick note about navigation. class="infoquote "...we’ll advise on whether you can negotiate a better settlement package and whether payments are being made in the most tax efficient way."< div> This is another statement that may not stand out ...


Mckie Legal Solicitors in Penrith & St Helens (ConnectMeToaLawyer Ltd): We cover the reasons why solicitors do this in our article Michael Leighton Jones Solicitors in Bargoed & Tredomen, Wales: That's very common though. We've seen bad ratings for firms that had to close over the Covid pandemic. It's a good idea to read comments when it comes to legal service providers as well rather than just checking star ratings. class="infoquote "As a firm, our exper...


Milners Law LLP Solicitors in Leeds, Harrogate & Pontefract: This becomes important to note because the firm handles property matters which https: www.thetimes.co.uk static connected-families conveyancing-email-scam-hackers-steal-house-deposit " have been the target of high value scams for many years now< a>. class="info...


OneLaw Chambers - Solicitors, Barristers & Advocates in London: So how do you know which ones are experienced, qualified, and right for you? There are of course several good resources to help you such as the various law societies. Right now the largest scam by far plaguing the legal industry is house deposit fraud. However if you...


OTS Solicitors Ltd Immigration & Family Law in London, UK: This designation is possible for such firms because whilst they do list several types of legal matter to be dealt with, the individual solicitors within the practice may only handle one case type and will therefore genuinely specialise in it. One last word from the firm's s...


Pacific Law Estate Planning Solicitors in Manchester: Being able to communicate through Whatsapp or other text services has been seen. In fact there seems to be a very clear split in the industry, with one section of legal practices boasting about ancient founding dates back in the 1800s and their 'traditional' values. As we sa...


Penerley Commercial Lawyers in Islington, London: The branding is very unique so no difficulties getting the correct website to pop up in the search results with varied types of related query such as 'penerleys lawyers' or 'penerly solicitor'. class="infoquote "Our lawyers are experienced in advising and representi...


Pump Court Chambers Direct Access Barristers in London, Swindon & Winchester: you'll see that many of the reviews are about specific individuals rather than a whole firm. That brings us to a quick note on what a 'chambers' actually is compared to something like a traditional high street solicitor. Words such as 'modern', 'leading', 'top', 'award-winni...


Reid Black Solicitors Ltd in Belfast, Antrim & Ballyclare: The majority are all like this and very positive. So being registered with the local law society is completely understandable. This is very different from the SRA (Solicitors Regulation Authority) and we're putting together an article to explain the difference better. This...


Rose Fendlen Law - Solicitors in Wigan (Formerly LRose Law): Only actual solicitors will be regulated by the SRA so if a firm does not have a statement such as this one on their website then you need to check further as to whether they are a genuine law firm or just a call centre who will take your details and sell them on. Personal I...

Bell Lax Ltd - Solicitors in Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham: Many of which probably wouldn't interest members of the general public though unless it related to their actual case. But absolutely no solicitor should charge you any fees for running the case or if the case loses. If you've already flicked through a few dozen law firm webs...


Richmond Legal Ltd Solicitors in Middleton, Manchester: Don't expect this to change very quickly though. 'Jack of all trades, master of none' springs to mind. Whilst it's something we see alot of with Criminal Law firms, it's less noticeable for Immigration. The number of 'award-winning' law firms we've seen also defies all...


Reynolds Macdonald Solicitors in Hackney: litigation) follow the same sorts of procedures and have similar issues to contend with. Yes, if the firm is registered with a law society then you can usually find out quite a bit about them independently. Normally this is done by simply emailing the client stating the bank...


Robin Somerville Direct Access Barrister & Mediator in Barnet, Greater London: Reviews of law firms are therefore always going to be less than other industries. Therefore if they don't use it, they won't state it on their site. Whether a general commercial law issue, shareholder dispute, insolvency, employment disagreement, or a regulatory disciplinary...


The Search Bureau from Premier Searches Ltd - UK Conveyancing Search Provider: That's not the sole basis for us promoting The Search Bureau across our network (check the https: www.searchbureau.co.uk community" page on their charity work< a>). This includes Local Authority Searches, Drainage and Water, Flood, Land Registry, Due Dilligence (Lawyer Ch...


Simper Law Ltd - Solicitors in Norwich & Great Yarmouth: However, we recommend always reading through the actual comments rather than relying on just star ratings. For example several are related litigation matters (e.g. That means most rely on the public review forums such as Google, Facebook, Yelp, Yell.com and Trustpilo...


Springle & Co Solicitors Estate Planning Wills & Probate in North Shields, Tyne and Wear: For example, it states Claire Springle qualified as a solicitor in 2001 so that's at least two decades of possible experience. Springle & Co. Although that's probably not too much of a concern because typically scammers target property matters - not wills. Either national o...


Stenfield Ltd Solicitors in Norwich & Harrow on the Hill, London: class="infoquote "Specialising in a wide range of practice areas including commercial litigation, company commercial, residential property, commercial property, insolvency, employment and family."< div> One good place to start is a local law society website. This ...


Stowe Family Law - Divorce Solicitors in Harrogate, York, Beverley & Other Locations: 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. Some phrases may seem throwaway such as: class="infoquote "A tailored approach from a team that really understands famil...


Swain & Co Solicitors Ltd in Southampton, Liverpool & Havant: Also be aware that ampersands cannot be in web addresses so there will never be a www.swain&co.com .co.uk address. Our last article was about a firm that used different trading names from the same office address. Unlike restaurants, hairdressers, or local pubs - legal pro...

My Law Matters from Fentimans - Solicitors in Wolverhampton, Manchester, Solihull & Waltham Cross: 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. saying? class="infoquote "provided a consistent and effi...


Taylor Price Legal Ltd - Solicitors in Leeds & Levenshulme (Manchester): Nine times out of ten this will be a gambit to make people think there is a huge amount of experience at the firm, when in reality you could easily get a 1-year qualified lawyer from a 300-year old firm. A firm we've been aware of for a long time with staff we've conversed w...


The Legal Practice Ltd - Solicitors in Rickmansworth & Wembley Park, Greater London: Serving The Local & National Community Since 1964"< div> If you've already scoured through dozens of legal company websites today then you'll probably have seen several of them claiming almost ancient founding dates such as 'established in 1771'. Sometimes simply becaus...


Trojan Solicitors Ltd Immigration & Family Law in London: Whilst I don't think the public are naive enough to think there are 200 year old solicitors working within these law offices - it can push forward the idea that such a firm has more experience than a newer firm. The legal services industry is a tough one for third part...


Trust Inheritance Ltd Wills, Probate & Estate Planning in Weston-Super-Mare: class="infoquote "As market leaders, we are passionate about the customer service and support we provide."< div> That snippet from the Trust Inheritance website may sound like most other law firms. The most common reason is the expectation of more expertise, more...


ULA Solicitors Ltd - Law Firm in London: Those clients then simply transfer the money to the fraudster's bank account without bothering to check with their solicitor about the payment change. class="infoquote "The team members are experts in their analytical approach to cases, probing the evidence, and being ...


Youngs Solicitors - Young & Co Solicitors Ltd in Longton (Stoke on Trent): Normally we also praise The Law Society of England & Wales for their incredibly useful website (which is definitely is) but they seem to have dropped the ball a bit when it came to Youngs database entries. At the bottom of some of the pages on the Youngs website t...


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