Finding Legal Help When Things Go Wrong
Even though we've just said that you don't actually have to pay an accident claim solicitor for services and that no-one would use their insurer's appointed solicitor to sue the insurance company - there is a side to legal assistance cover provided by insurers that might actually be useful. Again, not many people bother to read what's actually included or even check when stuff comes up. But for most policies the included legal assistance will cover non-car related matters as well such as home insurance claims, family law, business disputes and more. There will obviously be limits but make sure to read up and check just in case. They'll be betting on most people not noticing, as I'm sure that if everyone in the UK starting phoning up for free legal help every time they needed it - the insurer/solicitor would go bust pretty quick:
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Youngs Solicitors - Young & Co Solicitors Ltd in Longton (Stoke on Trent): However this is still a very confident move because linking through to third party sites for people to view comments about your firm has quite an element of risk. Each individual office they manage has kept a local, recognisable name with their own website and case range. ...
TSABI Ltd - The Solicitors Advocates & Barristers Inc in Southall, London & Slough:
A mix of older, wiser 'mentors' along with the hungrier, younger generation is always a good idea for any firm . This way, if a firm claims to have years of experience in its staff you can actually check up whether that's true. They display a wealth of user side infor...
Trust Inheritance Ltd Wills, Probate & Estate Planning in Weston-Super-Mare: For example Gillian Grinyer having qualified in 1980, Ekta Porter qualifying in 2010, right up to incredibly newbie Abraam Azir qualifying in 2021. A last word from the firm's website:
class="infoquote "We set the benchmark for excellence and go that extra mile to make...
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. ...
Thorpe Wilson Ltd Solicitors in Rochdale: No matter what firm you're researching though, we always recommend reading comments rather than relying on general star ratings. The official website is www.thorpewilson.co.uk which we link to above. Thorpe Wilson don't have any testimonials listed on their website. The La...
The Injury Solicitor Ltd - Road Accident Claims in Salford, Manchester: The branding is not nearly as important as the actual solicitor assigned to your case. Most are and new firms know it can give peace of mind to prospective clients.
A quick note on navigation too as the firm uses generic terms for the website address which we've know t...
Taylor Price Legal Ltd - Solicitors in Leeds & Levenshulme (Manchester): One of the solicitors https: solicitors.lawsociety.org.uk person 32344 ruby-khalid-bhatti-obe" has an OBE< a>. We've seen that more times than should be expected.)
Certainly there is a lot of praise and accompanying acronyms being thrown around their staff too. For...
Swain & Co Solicitors Ltd in Southampton, Liverpool & Havant: They usually include words like 'modern', 'friendly', or 'one of the leading' which all sound great but actually don't tell you anything about the firm itself. They provide a wealth of user side data including all alternate trading names, other office locations, languages sp...
My Law Matters from Fentimans - Solicitors in Wolverhampton, Manchester, Solihull & Waltham Cross:
Either way we would still recommend bookmarking the correct site because the firm deals with property which has become a huge target market for scams. So when you see statements like this:
class="infoquote "My Law Matters is a trading style of Fentiman Legal Limi...
Stenfield Ltd Solicitors in Norwich & Harrow on the Hill, London:
class="infoquote "Our key objective is to provide solid, reliable and cost effective legal advice delivered in an efficient and friendly manner."< div>
Every firm makes a claim like this quote from the firm's website.
In this instance Stenfield have solicitor...
Simons Rodkin Solicitors LLP in London, Finchley & Hatfield: The firm's official website that we've linked to above is www.sr-law.co.uk with www.sr-law.com being owned by a different company. Has it transferred into happy clients?
class="infoquote "It was a very difficult time for me and I felt that they fought tooth and nail" ...
Springle & Co Solicitors Estate Planning Wills & Probate in North Shields, Tyne and Wear: By reducing wasteful overheads, we can improve personal client service. People are less likely to jump online and write a review about their divorce, will, or criminal offence compared to praising the pizza they just got delivered. Although that's probably not too much of a ...
Simper Law Ltd - Solicitors in Norwich & Great Yarmouth: Personal Injury, Neighbour Disputes, Medical Negligence, etc.) just different types of cases that can be brought within that area of law. So what are previous clients saying about the firm? The snippets above are from testimonials posted on the firm's own website.
c...
The Search Bureau from Premier Searches Ltd - UK Conveyancing Search Provider: This includes Local Authority Searches, Drainage and Water, Flood, Land Registry, Due Dilligence (Lawyer Checker), Utilities, and more. All other variants we tried such as www.searchbureau.com and www.thesearchbureau.com were owned by different firms. With just a few fake em...
Robin Somerville Direct Access Barrister & Mediator in Barnet, Greater London: He covers a very specialist range though, dealing with commercial and employment issues.
However there are many situations where going direct to a barrister yourself will definitely save you considerable time and cost . This is not always the case. For example a solici...
Reynolds Macdonald Solicitors in Hackney:
However, not all cases can be run like that and you may be asked to agree to a conditional fee arrangement. The one review we did see:
class="infoquote "provided a really helpful and professional service to help me make a claim"< div>
was obviously very pos...
ULA Solicitors Ltd - Law Firm in London: We didn't have to search through the small print to find out. ULA list positive quotes from peers on their site, which is something we would consider to be much better than customer testimonials. But the fact they still work with Legal Aid at all these days is something ...
Richmond Legal Ltd Solicitors in Middleton, Manchester: Our first impression of Richmond Legal was a curiousity regarding their chosen case range. So when you see a law firm with only a handful or even zero reviews, just bear that in mind and don't take it as a negative sign .
class="infoquote "Providing expert legal advic...
Reid Black Solicitors Ltd in Belfast, Antrim & Ballyclare: they don't even mention your claim type on the front page of their website or in the dropdown menu of their information pages) - then you may be better off going elsewhere to a firm that does seem to actively want such types of cases. Obviously there could be mis-spellings o...
RD Costings Ltd - Criminal Injury Claims based in Portishead:
A quick note on navigation. There is a big difference between a firm that says "no win, no fee" and "100% compensation guaranteed" . The 25% is sometimes more of a bonus. The focus is usually on Road Accidents, Work Injuries and Slip Trips.
The short version o...
Pump Court Chambers Direct Access Barristers in London, Swindon & Winchester: Having worked in that environment, this often caused friction. That should make communication far easier , clearer, and provide a more personalised experience throughout the case. So choosing one is just as much a point of discernment as any other law firm selection.
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Penerley Commercial Lawyers in Islington, London: Although https: www.theatlantic.com magazine archive 2020 05 kill-the-office-dress-code 609070 " there is one firm< a> that has a ban on their employees wearing suits.
Penerleys only had three online reviews that we saw after digging through Google, Yell, Yelp and T...
Pacific Law Estate Planning Solicitors in Manchester: Versus the other side proclaiming their distate for all things stuffy and blasting a thesaurus-worth of synonyms of the word 'modern' across their sales pages. So public comments from previous clients will probably not be available for some time. We've been working with ...
OTS Solicitors Ltd Immigration & Family Law in London, UK:
class="infoquote "Each part of the process was explained clearly. (Wherever that expression came from.)
class="infoquote "OTS Solicitors is a well-known firm of UK immigration, Employment, Family and Litigation Solicitors, and the leading authority for many TV, ...
OneLaw Chambers - Solicitors, Barristers & Advocates in London: Practically every firm will claim to be friendly and modern. 'one' and 'law') most search terms will bring up the firm at the top of results. It's not common knowledge, but not all solicitors are qualified to go into court and argue cases. The biggest difference being that...
NV Legal Ltd Personal Injury Solicitors in Watford:
class="infoquote "100% no win, no-fee"< div>
This statement on the firm's website could use some clarification.
Certainly that last comment is very impressive. Considering the wide range of case types within the title of 'Personal Injury', it can be hard to ...
Milners Law LLP Solicitors in Leeds, Harrogate & Pontefract: So minimal or even zero online reviews for even a great firm is not uncommon. But less people are inclined to rush to tell everyone about their horrible divorce, criminal trial, or bankruptcy proceedings. They have three offices in Leeds, Harrogate, and Pontefract. Sometimes...
Michael Leighton Jones Solicitors in Bargoed & Tredomen, Wales: Plus, how old the building or the brand name is has no bearing on the years of experience your solicitor may have . What can you use?
class="infoquote "With offices in Bargoed and Tredomen, Ystrad Mynach, near Caerphilly in South Wales, the firm has over 40 years ex...
MGBe Legal Immigration Lawyers in London:
class="infoquote "received a very helpful, detailed and accurate service"
"always available to answer all my questions at any time of the process"
"the service was prompt, efficient and accurate"
"very approachable and knowledgeable"< div>
All the r...
Mckie Legal Solicitors in Penrith & St Helens (ConnectMeToaLawyer Ltd): Whilst we often have unique reasons for adding a firm to our network such as specialising in a ridiculously niche area of law or an alternative type of solution such as direct access chambers - McKie Legal intially appealed to us simply because they are a law firm in a sma...
McEwan Fraser Legal Property Conveyancing in Edinburgh, Aberdeen & Inverness: No-one seems to go for 'macewan' or hyphenated versions of the domain. For all you know, the awards this firm have won are 'best logo design' or 'nice employer'. But that's something we're not totally sold on. If anyone emails or phones you about payments or bank details - d...
Mason Bullock CCJ & Employment Solicitors in Coventry:
The reason we point out common errors is because of how easy it is for people to think they are on the correct site or being emailed from an official address when they are not. The most obvious mistake people might make because it's a law firm is to try searching for '...
Linkilaw Solicitors Ltd: We might even have to disagree with them on the strength of that assessment as we have seen some very positive moves by even the stuffiest of established firms in recent years.
The new web address is www.linkilawsolicitors.com with www.linkilawsolicitors.co.uk redirecti...
Lindsays Solicitors Offices in Edinburgh, Glasgow & Dundee: But also several more recent additions such as Ben Doherty (qualified in 2004) and Douglas Roberts (2008). One last actually boastful sentence from the firm's site:
class="infoquote "It's no coincidence that some clients have been with us for decades or even centuries"...
Levins Solicitors in Huyton, Liverpool: They provide a huge amount of data user-side for consumers and businesses. If you https: solicitors.lawsociety.org.uk office 476207 levins-solicitors" check out the page< a> about Levins Law on their site you'll see alternate contact details, SRA regulatory status, staff ...
Lefevres Law Firm - Litigation Solicitors in Edinburgh, Glasgow & Aberdeen: Either way, just be aware of which site you are on when searching the web and never discuss payments via email.
. (We're based in Peterhead so, if anything, we should be bias the other way on this.) Rather than the Law Society having individual pages on each firm containing...
KRS Estate Planning Ltd - Will & Probate Advice in Leicester:
There have also been many changes to the types of solutions people can have beyond 'solicitors'. The Direct Access scheme allows members of the public to hire barristers themselves rather than having to pay a solicitor who would then hire one for certain types of cou...
Khan Law - Raees Khan Personal Injury Solicitor in Glasgow: But the number of firms being clear about what that means is far fewer.
class="infoquote "We fight our client's corner and have done so in many past cases, which is why we have a 100% success rate"< div>
Whilst this sounds like a bold claim it's something you hav...
Jacobs Law Solicitors: There are many other overly used marketing terms such as "friendly", "traditional", and everything being of "paramount" importance. Never discuss payments or bank details via email.
If you are looking for help with a property matter, this sort of online care is even mor...
Ian Mallon Solicitors Ltd in Newry and Dublin: They provided details about work history, length of time working as a solicitor and current roles on top of having direct contact details. We didn't find any review separation between the Newry and Dublin offices.
So right off the bat it's obvious that we already have ...
Howe + Co Solicitors in Brentford, London: Howe & Co have one detailing some of their more high profile cases and some of the firm's background. So with so many variants such as www.howeandco.com being available and www.howeandco.co.uk being owned by someone else - make sure you're on the right website and never dis...
HooperHyde Business Law Solicitors in Solihull: At the time of writing we couldn't find any reviews on the regular third party sites. Unfortunately that's not always easy when it comes to law firms. So don't take the fact a firm is a trading name of another company name as meaning anything at all. On hand ready to help yo...
Hawkridge & Company - Hawk Law Solicitors in Gillingham, Medway: Frankly many issues are totally outside your solicitor's control such as land searches, mortgage applications and so on. The official website we link to above is www.hawklaw.co.uk with www.hawklaw.com being about some WWII land renovation project. As mentioned before though,...
Fulton's Solicitors & Estate Agents in Clarkston & Mount Florida, Glasgow: Plus in England Wales house sales can fall through right at the last minute through no fault of the solicitor, but they will often get the bad review anyway. So from that it looks like we have two firms with clear experience and establishment in the area coming together wh...
Frazer Coogans Ltd - Solicitors in Ayr, Prestwick & Glasgow: But when you start reading through more resources and even just the pages on their site - they really do come across as an unusually encouraging firm when it comes to their staff. 'One of' doesn't distinguish how many is included in that group (compared to clearer statemen...
Fieldfisher LLP Personal Injury Solicitors in Manchester & London:
class="infoquote "We are one of the UK's leading personal injury, medical negligence and asbestos compensation claims solicitors."< div>
This statement amongst others we'll point out below is why we decided Fieldfisher were genuinely different from other large fir...
Fair Result Ltd Divorce Settlement Mediation Services in Leicester:
class="infoquote "Within 2 weeks of appointment – we will assess the 'Marital Pot' and share the results of our work with you. So there is a massive difference between a firm saying they are 'one of the leading firms' versus something actually specific and therefore us...
Education Law Service Ltd - Special Educational Needs Lawyer in London:
We've seen quite a few lawyers offering a full hour's face to face consultation to discuss your case for free. So when you see that the law firm you're interested in does not have many reviews on the usual forums such as Google, Trustpilot, Yell or Yelp - don't read ne...
Dylan Nair Solicitors Ltd in Preston, Lancashire:
If a solicitor doesn't have a profile on their website. It may be a sad side-effect of the Facebook Instagram age we live in but many people do make decisions about whether to use a solicitor or not much easier if there is a photo. not with the qualified solicitor that...
DV Solicitors (Deo Volente Legal LLP) Law Firm in Bedford & Luton: You may get a forty year experienced solicitor from a law firm brand that started up yesterday. The statement about having served clients for seven years though may make them sound quite new compared to the hundreds of law firms boasting founding dates in the 1800s and bey...
DisrepairClaim.co.uk - Housing Disrepair Claims Company based in Brighouse, West Yorkshire: To fix those missing floor boards.
class="infoquote "Our highly experienced Housing Disrepair panel of solicitors can bring forward a claim against your landlord to ensure you have suitable living conditions."< div>
A quick note on navigation. The first means that...
DFA Law LLP Solicitors in Northampton: For legal matters though, a handful of comments by clients who may have not had anything like the issues you're looking to resolve - is that enough? For making a quick Will, maybe. Always a good sign. Right up to Michael Nadin (qualified in 2010) and Christopher De Luca (qu...
David Stinson & Co Personal Injury Solicitors in Aylesford, Kent: Even if someone calls you claiming to be from the firm and you don't recognise them - don't be afraid to say you'll call them back on the official phone number.
. But note that 'no win, no fee' and '100% compensation guarantee' are not the same thing. At the moment most s...
Cooks Solicitors in Newcastle under Lyme & Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire:
Of course, the first point of call for most people are the prior customer reviews when they are checking out any service provider. Then their client goes on the web to complain about it. That can surely only be a positive thing?
class="infoquote "Each matter we d...
CEL Solicitors in Liverpool - Housing Disrepair, Knotweed, & Data Breach Claims: So, claim absolutely verified. Especially if this was the umpteenth law site you've visited today as they can start to appear unbelievably similar after a while. For a career with CEL Solicitors it's best to visit the website (
Catteralls Solicitors in Wakefield: But the reason we point out how easy it is to get mixed up is because this firm deal with Property Conveyancing matters https: www.lawgazette.co.uk news police-warn-solicitors-about-phishing-scam 5106839.article" which have been the increasing target of scammers for years...
QualitySolicitors Burton & Co in Lincoln & Sleaford: The QS site is https secure for submitting your personal details via the contact forms.
. Unfortunately, in the heat of anger it seems that a considerable number of people who are unhappy with a 'QualitySolicitors' branded firm - simply rush online and write a negative revi...
Branch Austin McCormick LLP Solicitors in Mayfair, London:
class="infoquote "We get to know you and take the time to understand your unique needs"< div>
That brings us back to the original query at the start of this article about whether this firm has anything beyond just comments about having a long history. On this occa...
BLZ Solicitors NIHL, PPI & Immigration Lawyers in Stockport: So unfortunately, this phrase has become quite meaningless in relation to indicating what the firm does differently.
A switch of sides from a solicitor is not something to be taken lightly and should really mark as a big plus when comparing services.
A quick note...
Bilkus and Boyle Solicitors & Estate Agents in Glasgow: For example, here is the opening message on the Bilkus and Boyle website. People are https: www.theguardian.com money 2021 jan 02 homebuyers-scams-stamp-duty-holiday-" handing millions of pounds over to fraudsters< a> simply because they thought the email telling them to ...
Beers LLP - Solicitors in Kingsbridge & Plymouth, Devon:
A quick note on navigation as whilst the firm's name is quite unique, it could potentially peek a little into generic term issues. Whilst most of the time people may think of specialist firms as handling only one area of law such as Criminal or Divorce matters - these d...
Aspire Licensing & Administrative Services in Whitley Bay, Newcastle:
But this shouldn't pose a huge amount of risk anyway due to the area of law they deal in. Aspire Licensing & Administrative Services are probably one of the most niche firms we've ever had on our network. There are certainly more quality, cost-effective, and quicker ...
Argue & Co Legal - Allan Argue Personal Injury Solicitor in Glasgow:
class="infoquote "We offer a FREE initial consultation"< div>
Again, free consultations are something we would absolutely expect any law firm to offer these days for these types of cases. We promise to make the process as easy and efficient as we possibly can for...
APS Legal & Associates Ltd - Will Advisors and Assured Probate Services: We could email you from an @amazon.co.uk address right now saying your payments have failed.
class="infoquote "Great personal service, flexible to suit personal circumstances which was priceless for working parents of a young family."
"A very personal, prompt and ...
Antony Hodari Solicitors Housing Disrepair Specialists in Manchester: Antony Hodari himself qualified in 1981, Emma Rees in 2000, right up to Rozina Bibi who qualified in 2017. 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.
class="infoquote "We special...
Aconveyancing Ltd in Tamworth & Shirley (Solihull):
If the firm you are looking at does not cover these related areas, then they may be a more budget conveyancing firm. On the face of it though, Aconveyancing very much seem to have the experience, client reputation, and goals they claim. These can save you quite a lot o...
ABS Lawyers Ltd Solicitors in Corby & Maghull, Liverpool: But you may get some useful extra bits of info nonetheless. There are also many things between the lines that the regular consumer might not notice - but we do.
For example legal matters such as a wills or debt recovery or bankruptcy don't always result in a solicitor a...
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