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Two Harcourt Buildings Chambers - 2HB Barristers in London: A chambers is more like an introduction umbrella between clients and possible representation. But still make sure to flick through and chat with a few different options for your case type before settling on someone. But make sure to check through each chamber's website and h...


A City Law Firm Ltd in London: They will all still be the positive comments, but https: acitylawfirm.com testimonials " they will also display< a> the name of an actual business willing to have their brand posted on that page next to those comments. This is from the Legal 500's description: cla...


ACSL Solicitors Ltd in Liverpool: If you've just finished flicking through a dozen of them before arriving here you'll no doubt have already worked out they all seem to say very similar things. class="infoquote "We are transparent about our prices – they're all listed here on the website."< div> ...


Backhouse Solicitors in Chelmsford, Essex: Not because of the very old founding date. If you check https: solicitors.lawsociety.org.uk office 473112 backhouse-solicitors-ltd" the page for this firm< a> you'll see any alternate brand names, contact details, SRA authorisation, and most importantly the qualific...


Brian Barr Solicitors Ltd Chronic Pain & Fibromyalgia Compensation in Manchester: The majority of English and Welsh firms are listed on the site so it's a simple and quick way to check if the firm and it's solicitors are actually likely to be experienced and specialising rather than simply saying so on their website. There are plenty which simply string o...


Bridge McFarland LLP - Solicitors in Grimsby, Hull, Lincoln, Louth, and Market Rasen: The negative ones all seemed to relate to delays in a house purchase. They state alternative company names, all office addresses, specialist case types, and most importantly - qualification dates of each solicitor within the firm. If it was an award for best logo design, the...


Brodies LLP Solicitors in Aberdeen, Glasgow, Edinburgh & Inverness Scotland: It's only there you get to hear both sides. But these days, the majority of law firms we work with are at varying points on that scale between those two extremes. Not just large in the sense of multiple offices, but in the level of transactions they engage in. However, don'...


Brown & Co Solicitors in Greenwich, London: So hopefully from all this you'll see our decision to have Brown&Co added to the network was not without merit. 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 . 'brown and co solicitor...


Buchanan & Co Ltd Solicitors in Staveley, Chesterfield, Kiveton Park & Sheffield: But according to our poll a few years back only 8% of you put any stock in company provided reviews. The goal is to help people find the best solution for their particular case whether general practice solicitor, direct access barrister, specialist firm, or alternat...


Calio Claims Ltd - Personal Injury in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Perth & Dundee: class="infoquote "All of the solicitors and support staff at Calio Claims are personal injury experts."< div> Unfortunately the Scottish Law Society is still behind it's English Welsh counterpart in user-side offerings. class="infoquote "Wherever possible...


Cullimore Dutton Solicitors Ltd - Conveyancing & Legal Services in Chester: They've also ensured www.cullimoredutton.com redirects to the main site www.cullimoredutton.co.uk which is great as many firms don't bother. That's a good checklist of information. As for years of experience, there is often a big difference between any firm saying...


CWJ Solicitors & Notaries - Clarkson Wright & Jakes Ltd in Orpington, Kent: Always be vigilant over which site you are on and always ring the official number you have if unsure.. class="infoquote "We are committed to delivering expert legal advice and excellent client service."< div> The main place people turn to in order to confirm a f...

Scotland Injury Solicitors from Baker Hardman Ltd in Glasgow: This includes whether they are qualified solicitors. Just always try to keep aware of which site you are on and who you are emailing back and forth with. Our 1to1Legal website never asks you for your personal details and does not sell your information on. But luckily if you ...


Defank Solicitors in London: class="infoquote "Our costs are completely transparent, competitive and always openly discussed ahead of all instructions."< div> Many Conveyancing firms will have costs listed right on their website. It's the person taking the case that's most important to you....


Dispute Resolver Consultancy - Mediation & Alternative Dispute Resolution ADR in London: While one may sound easier or more likely to succeed on paper, it may not work best for your particular problem. This can save considerable court time and therefore legal fees required to complete the case. Google has also made changes so that reviews of a firm will often no...


Drummond Miller LLP Solicitors in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Bathgate, Musselburgh, Dalkeith & East Kilbride: class="infoquote "great value considering all the effort they expended on our behalf" "always willing to answer any questions" "straight forward, professional and won my appeal" "regularly kept us informed by email on how the case was progressing"< div> These...


Eatons Solicitors in Bradford, Bingley, Yeadon & Leeds West Yorkshire: You can't just look up overall reviews. . So are you at the mercy of bright web pages, well-crafted sales pitches, and photos of people in suits (all smiling and shaking hands of course) when trying to determine which firm to use? Absolutely not. You could end up with...


EDC Lord & Co Solicitors in Southall: This is especially important in today's digital age, where many people rely on their smartphones and tablets to access information online. class="infoquote "Our core values are integrity and trust, the encouragement of innovation, teamwork and the continuing personal...


EMD Law LLP Solicitors in Staplehurst & St Leonards-on-Sea: For personal injury matters, your whole case will likely be free under a no win, no fee agreement. There was a chat feature on the site, but the two times we tried it we were simply asked for our phone number early on so someone could call us. That's not for the same r...


Eve Lake Conveyancing & Legal Services in Hope Valley: We've been writing in the legal industry for over twenty years and conveyancing firms with star ratings in the 4s is actually rather unusual. Sadly that difference is often not explained well by either. Serving clients nationally."< div> That's the tagline for the Eve ...

Amy King Legal - Personal Injury & Litigation Solicitor in Gillingham, Kent: If you've been trawling through the hundreds of law firm websites today you'll have noticed a lot of them tout incredible founding dates such as 'established in 1881' . However that marketing ploy falls flat quite quickly when you realise there cannot possibly be a...


Foster & Coleman Ltd Solicitors in Bromley, Greater London: It states the firm is relatively new which brings up a point about law firms we've covered before but which bears repeating. Foster Coleman do have https: www.fosterandcoleman.com testimonials" a testimonials page< a> on their website with comments such as: class="...


Frei Solicitors Ltd - Luxury Asset Law Firm in London: People are simply not as quick to rush online and discuss how their criminal arrest, messy divorce, life changing injury, or child custody matter went compared to, for example, the pizza they just ordered. It's time consuming and costly. class="infoquote "extremely c...


Girlings Solicitors LLP & Girlings Personal Injury Claims Ltd in Sandwich, Ashford & Canterbury: Lastly some clarifications on navigation. But while those sales words sound good, they really don't help you distinguish one firm from another. Then there is www.girlingspersonalinjury.co.uk which hosts the specialist claims site and information. But as phrases such ...


Goldsmith Bowers Debt Recovery & Litigation Solicitors in Bradford: www.goldsmith&bowers.com .co.uk can't exist). You could end up with a 1-year qualified newbie lawyer from a 200-year old firm, or a 40-year veteran from a 1-year old newly set up practice. This firm is covered by The Law Society of England & Wales which we have long praised ...


Guardian Law Ltd - Employment & HR Lawyers in Nottingham: It raises the point that if every firm says they are 'experienced' (and no firm would admit to being 'inexperienced') then how can you know which one is better than the other? Luckily for the English and Welsh consumers seeking legal help, there is an excellent resou...


Harrison's Solicitors - Conveyancing in Reading, Caversham & Woodley: If you look up the top conveyancing firms for the country then check their star ratings on the various review boards you'll see some with 3 or even 2 star ratings but still with thousands of customers leaving either praise or tangible hatred over time. So you need to be real...


HCR Legal LLP Solicitors Law Firm incl Medical Accident Group in Worcester, Birmingham & Hereford: We highly recommend reading through actual comments left rather than simply flicking through star ratings. HCR Legal has 10 locations at present: Worcester, Cambridge, Ross-On-Wye, Reading, Cheltenham, Hereford, Northampton, Cardiff, Birmingham, and London. It's dedicated t...


Heritage Park Family Law Ltd - Barrister Chambers in Ampthill, Bedford: On the face of it this will make most people imagine a good 30 plus years of experience. But if you've been looking around for family law legal services for a while today, you'll have already noticed that all firms (specialist or not) make great claims about themselves and t...


Horsley Law Solicitors in Stafford aka Horsley Holdings Ltd: Pay special attention if the firm you're looking into handles property matters because they are often targeting by fraudsters and https: www.ncsc.gov.uk collection phishing-scams" phishing scams< a>. . class="infoquote "For a free and confidential discussion about...


Kee Solicitors Ltd in Glasgow & Aberdeen: We've been working in the legal industry as a company since 1999, but many of our staff at 1to1Legal have been working in various law related capacities for longer than that. Certainly we've seen hundreds of legal professional sites with 'make a free enquiry' above the con...


QualitySolicitors Large & Gibson - Law Firm in Southsea, Portsmouth: They then display the QS title before their own in any practice branding. On the law society site you'll see a https: solicitors.lawsociety.org.uk organisation people 394508 large-gibson?Solicitors=True" list of solicitors< a> within any firm and their qualification...


LS Legal Solicitors Ltd: One major feature is they list the actual qualification dates and area of law specialties of each individual solicitor registered with them. Hence why we were happy to recommend them across our network. All linked together in an easy to use database. class="in...


Lyons Solicitors - Law Firm in Kingswood, Westbury-on-Trym & Chew Magna (Bristol): It's strange to think the internet has only been with us just over two decades because it really feels as though the way in which we shop and hire services has changed more in those 20 years than in the 200 before it. That's how a firm can 'specialise' in a long list of ca...


Mark Croft Driving Offence Solicitor in Derby: But it does have necessary and useful information http: www.mark-croft-solicitor.co.uk fee-guidance.html" such as fees< a>. They are too busy https: www.dailymail.co.uk news article-12003657 Brisbane-couple-conned-102-000-savings-house-elaborate-scam.html" taking huge ...


McCarthy + Co LLP Solicitors in Dublin, Cork & Clonakilty: We had an issue trying to get reviews to come up on Google's site. class="infoquote "An Award Winning Team of Solicitors With A Personal Touch"< div> So what can you do to discern which legal service provider is best for you if you're in an area without a good...


MJV & Co Solicitors Ltd - Law Firm in Thornton-Cleveleys, Blackpool: It dawned on us straight off the bat with this statement on the front page of the firm's website: class="infoquote "MJV Co is a firm of Blackpool Solicitors working across the Fylde Coast, including Lytham, Cleveleys, Bispham, Poulton-le-Fylde and Fleetwood who are ow...


SG Murphy & Co Ltd - Solicitors in Newtownabbey, Belfast: Including each side leaving negative feedback on each other's firm. So what are the independent forums saying? class="infoquote "well-versed in the property market" "I was kept informed throughout the process" "I have used the services for the second time" "prof...


Nicholson Jones Sutton Solicitors in Macclesfield: But our opinions are not bought and no firm gets to tell us what to write. So NJS don't just have 'experience', they have a range of experience levels. But Google has been making changes to local review searches though and you may need to put the full name of a firm and it's...


Oakwood Solicitors Ltd & Oakwood Property Solicitors in Leeds: That's much rarer than you might think and indicates a far better chance your solicitor will be directly involved in the case. Some firms will try to intimate experience with tag lines about having 'been in business for over forty years' or even ancient founding dates such...


PCS Legal Ltd Conveyancing Solicitors in Basildon, Ongar, Wickford, London, Rayleigh &Harlow: This means delays are common during what is already a difficult and nerve racking time for clients. A whole picture is needed. If you look up the average star ratings for the top 10 property firms in the UK you will find most of them end up with that sort of number. There'...


Smith and Graham Solicitors in Hartlepool, Peterlee and Middlesbrough: Including Colin Sleeman (qualified in 1983), Andrew Blair (1999), Jonathan McGowan (2009), Himat Sidhu (2014), right up to Zarah Rowntree in 2022. Unfortunately some negative ratings had no comments with them in order to know if the complaint was valid or even about the corr...


Solidaire Solicitors - Solidaire Law Ltd in Milton Keynes: Things like this are important to note as there is https: www.ncsc.gov.uk guidance phishing" a lot of fraud< a> targeting customers of law firms at the moment. Those are both good and varied levels of experience to have within a firm. Above are some snippets from those....


Sternberg Reed LLP Solicitors with Offices in Romford, Barking & Grays: There are always websites to tell you the "10 best" of something or you'll have your own brand loyalty already. Either the number of years they've been in business as Sternberg Reed have done here, or the number of years experience one or more members of staff have. But when...


Summerfield Browne Solicitors in London, Birmingham, Cambridge, Oxford, Market Harborough & Leicester: which significantly reduces our overheads, and which means we can transfer the benefit of those cost savings back to our customers in the form of competitive fee rates."< div> One of the things we try to provide at 1to1Legal is a balance between a wide selection of leg...


Thaxted Legal Ltd Immigration Solicitors in Chislehurst, London: And then less than three weeks later, I received the new visa" "followed the processes up to date and warned about the deadlines"< div> These are just a few snippets from various reviews left but still provide a pretty general overview of the comments we saw. The la...


Stephanie Heijdra - The Lady Barrister & Clerksroom Chambers in London: We think that lends far more weight to the review so have decided to include such snippets this time. We try to make sure you know about the different types of legal help you can get in your area including the typical high street solicitor but also things like will writers...


Thomas and Thomas Solicitors Ltd in Maesteg, Bridgend & Port Talbot: People https: www.lloydsbank.com help-guidance protecting-yourself-from-fraud keep-your-home-safe-mortgage-deposit-scams.html" have transferred their entire house deposit< a> to fraudsters after receiving an official-looking email saying the payment details have changed. ...


The Law Partnership Ltd - Solicitors in Coventry: So a conveyancing solicitor with a high rating is actually a rarity. If we https: solicitors.lawsociety.org.uk organisation people 592124 the-law-partnership-coventry-limited?Solicitors=True" look up the details< a> for this firm we can see two named solicitors. Then the...


TWB Probate Solicitors Ltd - Estate Planning, Wills & Probate in London: . This is a group of advisors that have consultants on staff. clients complete a relatively comprehensive questionnaire which is followed up by a series of e-meetings proves more suitable for those whose might want tax advice or whose circumstances were not entirely straig...


UVS Law Immigration & Visa Solicitor in Burton-on-Trent & London: Failure to meet the requirements for entry clearance may result in the denial of leave to enter on arrival. If there are only 2x people in the firm covering a dozen areas of law - they cannot be 'specialists'. So how do you find the best immigration service for your partic...


Walker Foster Ltd Solicitors in Skipton, Barnoldswick, Silsden, Settle, Ilkley, Northallerton & Harrogate: But the Law Society also provides consumers with detailed information about each company. For an example today we'll use the firm Walker Foster who describe themselves as: class="infoquote "... class="infoquote "We aim to provide valued and reliable legal s...


Waterstone Partnership Solicitors Ltd in Bradford: This can be incredibly useful because there are a lot of sneaky ways some firms can use to make it sound as if they have far more experience than they do. Because although practically every law firm has a website these days, what if the firm you've been recommended to...


WH Law Ltd - Immigration Solicitors in Woking: Does WH Solicitors have that? The easiest way to check on a firm is to use The Law Society of England & Wales website for firms in those countries. The law and requirements are complex and they are always changing."< div> This second quote from the firm's own website...


Wildcat Law Ltd Solicitors in London & Southampton: Wildcat Law have gone a step further in this process by having both types of help within one firm. Whilst many firms claim huge histories with tag lines such as 'established in 1881', the founding date of a firm is actually pretty meaningless if they assign a 1...


Wilford Smith Solicitors in Sheffield (Meadowhall) & Rotherham - WS Strategic Ltd: class="infoquote "You can be confident that by instructing us, we will take care of all your legal matters throughout your lifetime, providing creative solutions and protecting your best interests."< div> The official website we link to above is www.wilfordsmith...


Wolf Law Solicitors Ltd in Wirral: If one firm says they will charge a 'success fee' of 25% while another says they will give you 100% of the compensation - there will be a temptation to go with the latter on that basis alone. That seems very unfair to us. That's the 'no win no fee' . class="infoquot...


Woodstock Legal Services Ltd - Solicitors Law Practice in Poole: Some law firms list hobbies, pets names, and even favourite colours which we think is not only pointless, but a little off putting on a serious legal services site. But please read on and see if you would agree. There are several other things that stood out to us about...


WYM Legal Ltd Conveyancing Solicitors in Watford: Stating you are 'ranked No.1 for speed of closing in the North West of Scotland' - that could be very useful information. We've often praised The Law Society of England & Wales for its excellent user side offering. class="infoquote "Getting a quote takes second...


Law (aka All Law Ltd) Solicitors in Preston: The worst currently target property matters due to the large sums involved. For a start, most of them look the same with the same sales language, promises, and sometimes even the same images of people smiling and shaking hands. So you need to pay attention to the websites yo...


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