What Firms do we Recommend?
We've written dozens of full-length, in-depth, and un-bias review articles on various UK law firms covering a wide range of case types and locations. They are all hosted on our main website where you will also find a solicitor search function to find someone local to help.Please check out the new US Law Firm Reviews section on our sister site.
All Law Ltd: So it might be an idea to bookmark the site if you plan on coming back. The worst currently target property matters due to the large sums involved. The official site for this firm has a less usual ending to being www.your.law and no other websites currently redirect you th...
WYM Legal Ltd: For today's example we're in the world of property sales highlighting the firm WYM Legal. But 'leading' is one of those words that doesn't really give you a specific metric you can measure against another firm. You must take extra care when dealing with house sellin...
Woodstock Legal Services: class="infoquote "impressed by the quality, professionalism and attention to detail" "kept fully updated along the way as well as offering great advice" "communication of where we were at with the process was crisp and timely"< div> Those are few snippets fr...
Wolf Law Solicitors: All personal injury firms should not charge you a penny up front or if your case loses. Sometimes just because an official-looking email came through saying to quickly change the bank details the deposit goes into. It sounds great, but if you think about it there won't be a ...
Wilford Smith Solicitors: They are a good example to use in order to provide insights and help into ways people can research law firms and ensure they get one that matches what they are looking for. Todays article focuses on Wilford Smith solicitors. compared to testimonials provided by the company...
Wildcat Law Ltd: Today's article is on the legal firm Wildcat Law as there are a few things we can point out about this firm that might help you generally when seeking a legal professional to assist you with your case. The official website we link to above is www.wildcatlaw.co.uk which is...
WH Solicitors: That's not to dismiss larger firms with multiple specialists on board. People are just often far less inclined to publicly discuss their divorce, bankruptcy, or brain injuries on comment boards than they about the pizza they had yesterday. class="infoquote "We'...
Waterstone Partnership Solicitors Ltd: For example www.waterstoneps.co.uk currently does not redirect you to the correct site. Many house buyers have handed over tens of thousands of pounds into a fraudsters bank account due to an official-looking email stating the payment account details had changed. That means ...
Walker Foster Solicitors: A quick note on navigation. class="infoquote "Walker Foster is delighted to have been awarded the Conveyancing Quality Scheme Accreditation for the twelfth year running."< div> The Law Society is the organisation that issues these accreditations. a long-e...
UVS Law: For a barrister this can be a bit more difficult as the Bar Standards Council don't have the best user-side information setup. Be careful of such wording on other sites. You could end up with a 1-year qualified solicitor from a 50-year established firm, or a 40-year veteran ...
The Law Partnership Solicitors: The age of the firm's branding does not really tell you anything about the experience of the solicitor you'll get. (I know, it sounds simple now.) class="infoquote "We provide sound, practical advice in many aspects of the legal industry."< div> Luckily there is...
Thomas and Thomas Solicitors Ltd: The .com and other variants such as www.thomasandthomas.co.uk also do not bring the correct firm up. Or 'founded in 1920' which makes the firm sound as though they have experience, but the solicitor you get could have qualified 6 months ago. They do use some of the wording...
Stephanie Heijdra: As they do not work as a team that doesn't really help you as a client know much about how your case might potentially be handled. So at the moment even something specific such as "stephanie heijdra barrister london" brings up no local information let alone public reviews. U...
Thaxted Legal Ltd: They were all very positive and helpfully provided examples of why each of them were happy with the service rather than just blank ratings. Two - that they really are fixated on their chosen profession and can eagerly sit around writing such articles! class="infoquo...
Summerfield Browne Solicitors: A risk https: www.knutsfordguardian.co.uk news 20001196.man-set-false-domain-name-take-32k-solicitors-firm " highlighted in many news articles< a> about scams such as https: en.wikipedia.org wiki Phishing" phishing< a>. . This has the obviously knock on effect: ...
Stowe Family Law: Another quick note on navigation would be the website. A large firm that gives you a free interview to discuss your case and costs before making you sign the dotted line is actually rarer than you might think . The reviews are mainly positive from what we saw with se...
Sternberg Reed LLP: 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. So what are prior customers saying? class="infoquote "couldn't speak highly enough of the service, professionalis...
Solidaire Solicitors: This means you are able to verify the 'experience' level of any solicitor you might be thinking of using. Many people have lost tens of thousands by accepting emails from scammers pretending to be from their solicitor.. But with people able to just look up any firm across ...
Smith and Graham Solicitors: class="infoquote "always available when we had questions" "Fair priced and transparent in their dealings" "responsive and always kept me updated with the developments of the case"< div> The independent review boards were mainly positive comments like this...
Rose Fendlen Law: Employment Law ... We've covered the differences between the various types of litigation funding fees cost reclaiming in other articles but the short version is that '100% compensation' and 'no win no fee' are not the same thing. So whilst an individual solicitor saying they...
Nicholson Jones Sutton Solicitors: Unfortunately there are a limited number of colours, images, and ways to express professionals doing a professional job. But our opinions are not bought and no firm gets to tell us what to write. Certainly people prefer independent forums over company provided testimonials o...
SG Murphy Solicitors: As we've pointed out in other articles, firms that are involved in buying and selling properties tend to have lower star ratings simply because hardly anyone thinks their sale is going fast enough and each side is always blaming the other. Unless you put that in exactly you ...
MJV & Co Solicitors Ltd: We therefore turn to the same places most consumers do which is the public review board such as https: www.google.com search?q=mjv+law+Thornton-Cleveleys&rlz=1C1CHBF_en-GBGB926GB926&sxsrf=ALiCzsalxGo7bn__bt5tCtdwUowu1oS7AA%3A1663791418678&ei=OnErY_-GKaWShbIP6JWx0Ao&ved=0ah...
McCarthy + Co LLP: class="infoquote "We pride ourselves in providing a personalised and exceptional standard of service to our all clients."< div> Of course the main way people tend to check up on statements about customer service and friendliness of staff within a firm is to loo...
Oakwood Solicitors Ltd: However, if you've wandered through a dozen or more legal service websites today you'll have come across lots of phrases such as this one which is also from the Oakwood website:
class="infoquote "Traditional law, modern ways."< div>
Many firms will make similar ...
Mark Croft Solicitor: So that could be 5 members of staff each with only 4 years of experience. For some reason, the buyer doesn't bother checking up on this before transferring the entire house deposit to the fraudster's bank account. If you look up the Law Society of England & Wales you can che...
Mackenzie Jones Solicitor: Just ... Put that all together though, and it backs up the firm's claim on their website:
class="infoquote "with the vast majority of our work being generated from returning clients ... But hopefully you'll be able to check up on what prior clients thought of the firm...
Lyons Solicitors:
The quote above is from the https: www.lyonslaw.co.uk site contact " Lyons Solicitors< a> website and while words like 'established' and 'progressive' sound great, do you know what they actually mean when it comes to whether they are a good set of lawyers? We als...
LS Legal Solicitors Ltd: We very rarely push out direct advice in our articles but we have no problem stating that if the solicitor you're looking at hiring only works a handful of Immigration cases per year - try someone else. All linked together in an easy to use database. Unfortunately there have...
Kee Solicitors Ltd: The snippets above are from such independent boards and are mainly positive . (Yes, if you wondered why that last site you were on was so pointlessly massive - that's why.)
class="infoquote "Our expert team of solicitors can meet you at our offices in Stepps, Glasgo...
Horsley Law:
The firm is also registered with The Law Society of England & Wales which is great. That's more important than you might think as not all websites that take your details for a legal case are actual solicitors. Pay special attention if the firm you're looking into handl...
Hill House Chambers: Hence the reason for us breaking with tradition over testimonials.
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...
Heritage Park Family Law Ltd: Since the explosion of the internet, we are now a good few decades away from people being forced to use the law firm on their local high street. But if you've been looking around for family law legal services for a while today, you'll have already noticed that all firms (spe...
HCR Legal LLP: This doesn't seem to be just a gimmicky extra to target people. This above is a snippet from the https: www.medicalaccidentgroup.co.uk" Medical Accident Group< a> website. The main website is www.hcrlaw.com however there are others like the medical accident group site m...
Harrison's Solicitors: Their areas of law also show they specialise in Property matters.
class="infoquote "Our lawyers can assist you with everything from creating legally binding wills to dealing with probate issues. So seeing any property firm with a star rating in the 4s such as Harrison...
Guardian Law:
class="infoquote "Our role is to guide and support you through contentious staff issues affecting your business as painlessly as possible."< div>
This means that if you see any law firm with a minimum number of reviews, it's inadvisable to take that as a negativ...
Goldsmith Bowers Solicitors: For example, if you see a law firm of two solicitors stating they cover a dozen different areas of law including Immigration - they are logically less likely to be able to keep fully updated on all legal guidelines for every case type versus an Immigration specialist firm....
Girlings Solicitors LLP: An excellent firm that fights hard for £10,000 with a 25% cut is better than a bad firm that quickly settles for £5,000 but takes nothing.
Girlings certainly comes under that description so 'specialist solicitors' is a deserved term in this instance. As me...
Frei Solicitors: This can be an entire firm that specialises in a certain case type, or a wider practice that has specialists for a few different case types on their staff. So while a nationwide conveyancing firm might have 300+ reviews on an independent review forum such as Google, Trustpil...
Foster & Coleman Ltd: that they provide poor advice and terrible representation) it's not a statement that really helps. The official website for this firm is www.fosterandcoleman.com and currently www.fosterandcoleman.co.uk does not redirect you. So if you find minimal or even zero reviews for a...
Eve Lake Conveyancing & Legal Services: We've even seen people leave reviews on the other side's solicitors trying to badger then into hurrying up with something.
For today's article we will be talking about Conveyancers who are regulated by the https: www.clc-uk.org " Council for Licensed Conveyancers< ...
EMD Law LLP: Otherwise, why share your private matters with the world? We definitely recommend reading the full reviews when it comes to solicitor offices and to never just flick through star ratings. On this occasion the firm's official web address also matches the branding being loca...
EDC Lord & Co Solicitors: Also you cannot use an ampersand in web addresses so www.edclord&co.co.uk is not possible. EDC Lord & Co Solicitors is a UK law firm that provides a variety of legal services to clients. The comments and reviews seem mostly positive:
class="infoquote "took the time to...
Eatons Solicitors:
Over the past decade there has been a massive upsurge of people https: www.telegraph.co.uk money katie-investigates thought-did-everything-right-100k-house-deposit-transferred " sending their home deposit< a> to a scammer. But there won't be a 150 year old guru sat...
Drummond Miller LLP: They are all still mostly positive and at the time of writing DM had a Google rating of 4.4 stars. But most importantly it provides the areas of law practiced and qualification date of each solicitor within the firm. But it does mean there are no longer half a dozen known br...
Dispute Resolver Consultancy: They all seem more of an ombudsmen type of process. For ADR matters this is not as crucial but you never know what scammers are going to come up with next so stay vigilant. For example, you might use ADR if you have a dispute with: a neighbour, family or an ex-partner, a com...
Defank Solicitors:
Also don't pay attention to sales tactics such as 'established in 1881'. But you can get a 40-year veteran lawyer from a 1-year old law brand, and a 1-year newbie lawyer from a 200-year old law firm. If they have a valid SRA number (Solicitors Regulation Authority) l...
QualitySolicitors Large & Gibson: However, Quality Solicitors is not the parent company of Large & Gibson or any of the dozens of law firms currenly displaying that honorific. As mentioned before the firm's own website www.largeandgibson.co.uk currently redirects to a section on the main QS site - www.qualit...
Clarkson Wright & Jakes Ltd: Underneath this snippet from the firm's website, it also states the firm was founded in 1875 before moving to Orpington, Kent in 1951.
class="infoquote "We support a number of organisations and encourage everyone at CWJ to participate in community and charity projects...
Cullimore Dutton Solicitors: Thousands of people https: www.thetimes.co.uk static connected-families conveyancing-email-scam-hackers-steal-house-deposit " have handed their entire house deposit over< a> to a scammer sometimes just because of an official-looking email saying the payment details had ch...
Calio Claims: Being aware of what you're typing and what site you're on is important because of the huge amount of scams such as https: www.ncsc.gov.uk guidance phishing" phishing< a> on the web..
class="infoquote "All of the solicitors and support staff at Calio Claims are pers...
Buchanan & Co Solicitors:
Luckily there is a great resource online with The Law Society of England & Wales who provide a wealth of data on any law firm registered with them. While many people are quite happy to provide bucketloads of detail in reviewing a restaurant - they are less likely to...
Brown and Co Solicitors: So what are people saying about the firm on the independent boards:
class="infoquote "answer phonecalls and reply emails almost immediately and even on weekends"
"never had to call him as he always kept me updated via email or text"
"license was granted on that ve...
Bridge McFarland LLP: 8 staff x 5 years experience = 40).
There is also a huge difference between a firm that claims to have 40 years of experience and 40 years of experience 'within the firm' or 40 years of 'combined experience'. If you've already been through a dozen law firm websites ...
Brian Barr Solicitors: Many use similar wording, similar images, and make similar claims. The firm's branding is reflected in the web address with the official site being simply www.brianbarr.co.uk (www.brianbarr.com does not redirect there). So how do you tell them apart?
For example, th...
Bell Lax Solicitors: Bell Lax don't do this, which is probably just as well because in our poll last year only 8% of you said you trusted company-provided testimonials. The official website is www.belllax.com (triple 'l') with www.belllax.co.uk redirecting you there too.
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Scotland Injury Solicitors from Baker Hardman:
Unfortunately, Scotland's law society is nowhere near providing such useful information to its residents. So when a firm states you have 'direct access to your solicitor', that's actually a useful thing to note.
class="infoquote "We are here for comprehensive p...
Backhouse Solicitors: So the fact Backhouse have only mentioned this statement tucked away on a separate section of the site is something we literally nod our heads in approval at. It's very common to see negative reviews from the other side of the transaction, not actual clients. We've stated m...
Amy King Legal: It's a good sentiment. Our staff have varied experience in courts, immigration centres, insurance claims, and we even have an ex-policeman. But always make sure you are on the correct website and do not discuss bank details or payments via email - no matter how official the ...
ACSL Solicitors Ltd:
class="infoquote "All went smoothly and they kept me informed at each stage"
"They saved me money along the way too"
"professional and helpful"
"Communication was great throughout"< div>
The majority of comments on the public forums are like these snippets...
A City Law Firm Ltd: We've seen a lawyer with a 5 star review for their 'new italian menu' and a 1 star rating for a Criminal Law specialist for refusing to handle someone's divorce. If you https: solicitors.lawsociety.org.uk office 469218 a-city-law-firm-limited" check the page< a> for any f...
Two Harcourt Buildings:
class="infoquote "We are proud of a long tradition of integrity, humanity and collaboration, and a record of notable successes ..."< div>
Again, if you have already flipped through many other firms looking for a good legal match for your case you'll have seen a ...