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5 Essex Court Chambers & Partners - Barristers in London: However with 5 Essex Court there seems to be a wealth of information, articles and reviews available right from the outset. Other typical variants such as www.fiveessexcourt.co.uk or the dot com version are also similarly nothing to do with this particular chambers. O...
Aconveyancing Ltd in Tamworth & Shirley (Solihull): Search for articles on using budget firms to hear of such situations and see if they might fit with your expectations. The majority are positive comments, and by some considerable margin too. If the firm you are looking at does not cover these related areas, then they ...
Aina Khan Law Ltd - Family Law Solicitors in Broxbourne, London: This firm obviously focuses solely on Family Law matters . Beyond that though, they even cover a range of case types relating to international issues which can be unbelievably complex. But it could also mean five solicitors with just 4 years experience each. She provides de...
Allsop Durn Solicitors in Ruislip: So does that make us bias enough to throw away 20+ years of impartial article writing? Well, if we've seen fit to add a firm to our network in the first place - then clearly we already think they are a positive choice.
class="infoquote "With Close Communication And...
Apprise Legal Services - Wills, Trusts, Probate & Estate Planning in Sutton Coldfield: For Wills and Probate matters, many people can genuinely be fine with just a bog-standard template that a junior staff member helps you fill in. On those we still found very positive comments: class="infoquote "Excellent fast and efficient service" "... We ass...
APS Legal & Associates Ltd - Will Advisors and Assured Probate Services: If you've read a few of our other articles, you'll know there is usually something unique or alternative about the firms we choose to review. But still pay attention to the links you click and remember that email addresses can be faked quite easily. So how as a front end w...
Auto Logistic Solutions Ltd - Vehicle Accident Management: Auto Logistic Solutions is simply something new to us and quite different, but which ended up making sense as an alternative option for people seeking help after an accident. We're usually far less colloquial and state the pros and cons of any firms along with genuine ...
Avery & Walters Ltd - Solicitors in Leeds & Harrogate: For example, a firm that states 'founded in 1883' could simply have bought the brand name or have found some really tenous family links with one of their staff. Avery Walters on the other hand was a firm we identified as one we'd like to have on the network and actually ...
AWH Legal Ltd - AWH Solicitors in Manchester & Blackburn: If you click on each person's name you can also see their qualification date and specialist areas. This idea of a firm that does well with clients is backed up by their considerable growth over the years. A large number don't take any at the end of the case either, opting ...
Briffa Legal Ltd Intellectual Property (IP) Solicitors in London: She then did 7 years at another international Intellectual Property firm before joining Briffa in 2001. We love case studies in the same way teenagers love YouTube. They may also deal with divorces, personal injury, and criminal law in the same day. Most people won't bother...
CFG Law Personal Injury Solicitors in Cheadle, Greater Manchester: It's very brief descriptions a few sentences long each about an accident, the injuries, and the amount paid out. Again, bias may come into play but I've been injured twice by negligence in the NHS and once had to grab the hand of a doctor who was about to use a dirty used ne...
CSL Law Ltd Solicitors in Croydon: From a statistical and sociological standpoint - that's a positive thing. The typical review sites such as Yell, 192, Yelp, and Google have only a handful of comments and (at the time of writing) only the latter had a single negative one displayed. However, 1to1Legal is...
DFA Law LLP Solicitors in Northampton: However the DFA Law news section has genuine articles intended to inform people about real matters. A last word from the DFA Law website which hopefully now sounds little more sincere after having checked through the extra bits and pieces above. The site will als...
Driscoll Kingston Solicitors in Liverpool: More than a dozen snippets packed with odd grammar, spelling mistakes, and a mix of quotes commentaries. Of course, there are always the hand-picked testimonials from the firm's own website. Whilst the firm has a 'Our People' section where you can read about st...
Hammond Trotter Solicitors Ltd | Motor Offence Lawyers in Manchester & London: The same effect probably doesn't come from a Divorce or help writing a Will. class="infoquote "This website is packed with information about driving offences and road traffic related laws, so if you want to read up on the subject before you call us then you are in the ...
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). However if you type 'education law service' or similar terms into a search engine such as 'education law firm' or just 'educational law service' - you may see several relat...
Fieldfisher LLP Personal Injury Solicitors in Manchester & London: Even more odd was the comment about them having 'very understanding traffic wardens'. class="infoquote "At Fieldfisher we cater for clients with complex, difficult and high value personal injury, medical negligence and asbestos claims."< div>. 100% compensation guaran...
Frank Rogers Law Ltd - Motoring Offence Solicitor in Birkenhead: Unfortunately most companies, not just in the legal industry, use the Blog section to create a dozen extra sales pitches disguised as news or thin information. The https: solicitors.lawsociety.org.uk office 1320 frank-rogers-law-ltd" page for this firm< a> will provide yo...
GloverPriest Solicitors Ltd in Birmingham (Great Barr), Stourbridge, Wellingborough & Tamworth: Some firms decide to go further and tell you the staff member's hobbies, pet's names and favourite colours. But just as an example, the largest conveyancing firm in the UK dealing with thousands of sales a month has a 2 star average rating on most sites despite having hundre...
HH Law Ltd - Hampson Hughes Solicitors in Liverpool: The official website is the one we link to www.hampsonhughes.com with www.hampsonhughes.co.uk redirecting you there. As you'll have seen on the Law Society page we linked to above, this firm also goes by HH Law Limited. Whilst a solicitor may have several cases keeping ...
Helix Law Ltd - Solicitors in Brighton & Eastbourne: Both with firms trying to boost their own image, and with competitors trying to sabotage others. Solicitors second. A quality, carefully presented FAQs section for example is sadly a rarity. I couldn't recommend more highly." "I was very impresses with the fast and help...
HJA.net - Hodge Jones & Allen LLP Solicitors in London: Whilst most online scams relating to solicitors tend to revolve around property sales, you never know what people are going to come up with next. The reason for the .net ending is probably because www.hja.co.uk and www.hja.com have been taken by different firms. and their a...
Howe + Co Solicitors in Brentford, London: Many of their websites even look the same with photos of people in smart suits smiling and pointing at a computer screen or shaking hands. class="infoquote "Howe + Co Solicitors are a leading London law firm specialising in complex litigation both in the UK and interna...
R James Hutcheon Solicitors - Law Firm in Liverpool: R James Hutcheon Solicitors go beyond niche covering a range of case types you'll rarely see sought after by other practices such as Mercedes-Benz Diesel Emissions Compensation. reviews that have clearly been posted by the company themselves. How can you tell the...
Ian Mallon Solicitors Ltd in Newry and Dublin: Just make sure to watch carefully at the website address and email reply names that pop up during your case. The goal of 1to1Legal is not to create a massive directory of law firms with as many crammed in as possible. No, really. That snippet from Ian Mallon's site may sound...
IWC Estate Planning & Management Ltd - Probate & Will Services in Croydon, Bristol & Braintree: class="infoquote "We provide a fixed fee service for Probate Administration and Wills, our fees will be agreed with you in advance"< div> Thankfully whilst this is a good thing to see - it's not a unique offer. There are very specific pieces such as "The Chain of...
Jarmans Solicitors Ltd in Sittingbourne, Kent & Chancery Lane, London: Jay Sahota, a senior partner, worked in a City law firm before moving to Jarmans Solicitors handling litigation matters up to £3.5billion. As the firm handles conveyancing and this has been a target for scammers (search "house purchase bank detail fraud" to read news and art...
Joanna Connolly Solicitors in Liverpool, Merseyside: When you visit their website, you'll also notice a real focus on clear, flexible pricing structures. Previously Head of Consumer Credit Litigation at MSB Solicitors, Joanna has had extensive litigation experience in both the County Courts and High Courts level. The fir...
Kudos Legal Ltd Solicitors in Glasgow and Preston: However we tend to focus on third party independent review boards when doing our research which (according to our poll last year) is what most of you do as well with any company. If you click on the names of each person you'll see more information such as their specialist ca...
Lawcomm Solicitors Services in Fareham, Whiteley & London: (Article from the Southern Daily Echo) Of course the firm has the obligatory Customer Testimonials on their website, however we're aware from the poll we did last year that many of you don't put much stock in these types of recommendation. At the moment, them having quite ...
Leech & Co Solicitors Ltd in Manchester: If you've flicked through a few other sites when researching Leech & Co Solicitors Ltd, you may have seen a company start date quoted as 2010. The firm's website obviously states they've been helping clients for over 25 years . I'm sure you've seen many law firms quoti...
Levins Solicitors in Huyton, Liverpool: One called 'Elvin Moore Solicitors'. The branding logo of the firm states Levins Solicitors though and neither www.levinssolicitors.co.uk or the dot com are currently showing any website. If you read the actual comments for a firm rather than just checking star ratings...
Lindsays Solicitors Offices in Edinburgh, Glasgow & Dundee: (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. However on Google we saw the firm only had a 3.9 star rating despite most of the reviews being positive. It ...
Aspire Licensing & Administrative Services in Whitley Bay, Newcastle:
class="infoquote "Our advisors have over 10 years' experience of dealing with licensing and gaming applications and have a thorough understanding of licensing law, together with how the application processes work."< div>
A quick note on navigation as the firm uses...
Linkilaw Solicitors Ltd: We did find a few still hanging around:
class="infoquote "They took the time to understand how our business works and the quality of the documents is excellent."
"Great team and management. Granted it's definitely taken alot more time than in other industries. E...
Alexander JLO Solicitors - AJLO in London, Birmingham, Chelmsford, Norwich & Liverpool: The individual pages on each case type are not as in-depth as we've seen elsewhere, but free initial consultations are on offer (covered further down) so you can ask basic introductory questions without racking up a huge bill.
class="infoquote "Our experienced solicito...
Mason Bullock CCJ & Employment Solicitors in Coventry: Typically we research a firm completely unbias and make the decision based on several factors such as their setup, case range, reviews, standing with the relevant regulatory bodies, and so on.
class="infoquote "...we’ll advise on whether you can negotiate a better s...
McEwan Fraser Legal Property Conveyancing in Edinburgh, Aberdeen & Inverness:
There is a huge amount of public reviews about the firm though.
class="infoquote "Scotland's Award-Winning Solicitors and Estate Agents"< div>
You'll see a simply huge number of law firms state they are award winning. Plus, the generic term 'legal' which c...
MGBe Legal Immigration Lawyers in London:
class="infoquote "At MGBe Legal we specialise in personal and business immigration."< div>
We've discussed the pros and cons of using specialist firms before, but there are obvious reasons people's minds immediately jump to wanting niche professional help in su...
MTA Personal Injury Solicitors LLP in Bromley, Kent - Greater London: It happens to firms all the time where a cold-caller states they are from a certain company in order to seem genuine if the person wants to quickly look them up. I never felt rushed or pressurised to make a decisions ..."
"MTA solicitors they delt with our claim and kep...
NV Legal Ltd Personal Injury Solicitors in Watford:
class="infoquote "Your claim will only be handled by a qualified solicitor from day one ... Something we've been trying to encourage firms to focus more on is the concept of rehabilitation rather than the 'money fixes everything' attitude you can sometimes see. Hence,...
OJ Solicitors Ltd English & Romanian Solicitors in Glasgow: We ran a poll last year and a whopping 81% of you said you didn't trust testimonials on company websites. The Scottish version https: www.lawscot.org.uk find-a-solicitor ?Name=oj+solicitors&Postcode=&type=firm" only lists names and some contact details< a> within a sear...
OTS Solicitors Ltd Immigration & Family Law in London, UK: For example, many do not state which awards have been won. Including costs"
"brilliant from the start and supported me every step of the way"
"responded promptly and professionally to all correspondence"
"professional, prompt and incredibly approachable"< div>...
Penn Chambers Ltd - Solicitors in London:
The firm's Blog section is also very client-oriented.
class="infoquote "Penn Chambers Solicitors offer comprehensive legal advice and representation at court."< div>
Another huge potential benefit of using this firm over some others is this ability to do bo...
Pump Court Chambers Direct Access Barristers in London, Swindon & Winchester: They also state:
class="infoquote "we have provided high-quality legal representation to clients in the UK and overseas for more than 70 years"< div>
Which all sounds great.
Now whenever there are various court matters where you will need a barrister - you c...
Redwood Collections Ltd - Debt Recovery Services based in Croydon: One of the benefits of using a debt collection company such as Redwood over, say, a firm of solicitors - is usually savings in both time and cost .
class="infoquote "An effective approach to debt collection"< div>
The opening line on the firm's website does refle...
Reid Black Solicitors Ltd in Belfast, Antrim & Ballyclare: Quite often this is not reflected in the public reviews of those firms. So by showing reviews from a third party site and linking to that site so people can check the comments are by real people (e.g. That doesn't mean we are bias for the sake of it. Never discuss bank deta...
Robin Somerville Direct Access Barrister & Mediator in Barnet, Greater London: Certainly it's a very likely part of the reason he's so well regarded. However barristers are regulated by the Bar Standards Council who unfortunately do not provide as much information compared to wonderful resources such as The Law Society of England & Wales. So do the ...
RSR Law Ltd in Croydon: Timescale. by the way.)
Despite their fondness for writing, it is not shared by the general public with zero reviews posted on the regular sites such as Yelp or Yellow Pages at the time of writing this. In the case of RSR Law, it was things like publicly denouncing cold...
SBW Law Ltd - Solicitors in Liverpool: Whilst there shouldn't be such issues with the case range SBW Law handle, you should always be in the habit of knowing exactly which site you are on and never discuss payment arrangements via email.
. expert lawyers specialise in claims for Data Breaches, Housing Disrepai...
The Search Bureau from Premier Searches Ltd - UK Conveyancing Search Provider: All other variants we tried such as www.searchbureau.com and www.thesearchbureau.com were owned by different firms. This includes Local Authority Searches, Drainage and Water, Flood, Land Registry, Due Dilligence (Lawyer Checker), Utilities, and more. We saw a few other rela...
Serious Law LLP - Serious Injury Law Solicitors in Bolton: A good mix of seasoned experience along with fresh minds and ideas. However because the terms are generic words you may see adverts in the top 1-3 spots of the search results from time to time. So we know to take un-explained negative ratings with a pinch of salt. This is t...
Simons Rodkin Solicitors LLP in London, Finchley & Hatfield: Julian Cohen and Mark Feldmann for example qualified back in 1975 and 1970 respectively. Not only that, when it turned out the staff member couldn't actually help with the problem - they gave some helpful advice and passed them on to someone that might be able to deal with t...
Taborns Legal Business - Will Taborn Ltd in London: These are not light-hearted pandering titles. A warning about the growing concerns over the number of legal aid Barristers leaving the Bar. That typically means a much smaller number of organisations to verify everything with and or zero reviews across independent boards. We...
The Injury Solicitor Ltd - Road Accident Claims in Salford, Manchester: No win, no fee just means that if you lose there will be no fees. If you've used our legal help search service before or read any of our articles on law firms, you'll know we like to detail a range of firms. But such ancient founding claims are really just marketing ploys. ...
RD Costings Ltd - Criminal Injury Claims based in Portishead: That's because the chances of success are much lower and they lose quite a bit of money trying to help people with very difficult and often failing cases against government organisations.
A quick note on navigation. RDCostings don't have 'Online Compensation Calculator...
The Johnson Partnership Solicitors in Nottingham, Sheffield, Doncaster & Derby: We search the regular review sites in order get a general 'feel' or spot common complaints to alert people about. That's an important scenario to ask about when calling up any criminal defence firm. This was an odd one for us to review and whether you've already tried checki...
Thorpe Wilson Ltd Solicitors in Rochdale: Sadly in the legal professional you may have noticed that nearly all law firms seem to use an almost identical style of sales-pitch text. There is an injured party who needs to get compensation from a third party or a third party's insurer. Every firm should make this absolu...
TSABI Ltd - The Solicitors Advocates & Barristers Inc in Southall, London & Slough: The official site we link to above is www.tsabi.law but www.tsabi.co.uk is owned by someone else and their old branding at www.asgharandco.com is still currently live. There are plenty of testimonials on the firm's website, but our poll a few years back indicated that people...
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