Finding Legal Help When Things Go Wrong
Hopefully you'll have seen the dozens of articles on our site telling you to be wary of the Legal Assistance addons many insurers stick on your policy as already having opted into rather than asking you if you want to opt in like the pretty much do for everything else such as breakdown cover or a courtesy car. It may sound like a good idea at the time when you see costs of a couple dozen pounds in order to secure the services of a solicitor if you need one. Considering solicitors cost hundreds of pounds per hour this sounds like a great deal. However remember that insurers are already making much of a loss on car insurance policies and are not really going to give away more stuff if they can help it. For most car insurance related matters, solicitors work for free. In other words, all that no win no fee and 100% compensation stuff you see on the adverts. In other words, you're paying the insurer for a service that is free and the majority of people don't bother to use their insurance appointed solicitor when something goes wrong anyway because it feels like a conflict of interests:
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Law (aka All Law Ltd) Solicitors in Preston: So it might be an idea to bookmark the site if you plan on coming back. Their site is HTTPS secure though so you should be able to submit your personal details in any callback form no problem. Currently, we are helping clients with their Wills, Probate, Divorce and Conveya...
WYM Legal Ltd Conveyancing Solicitors in Watford:
class="infoquote "Getting a quote takes seconds and will give all the financial costings applicable to your purchase."< div>
A quick note on navigation. So what are people saying about this firm?
class="infoquote "really good at keeping us updated and we ...
Woodstock Legal Services Ltd - Solicitors Law Practice in Poole: So, do the independent review boards reflect this positivity?
class="infoquote "our chain was fairly complicated but Kerry was highly knowledgeable"
"very professional, yet friendly"
"so helpful during entire process, and went out of her way to make everything a...
Wolf Law Solicitors Ltd in Wirral: But has that translated over into positive experiences by clients for WolfLaw? The most common way to check that out tends to be the independent review boards such as Google, Trustpilot, Facebook, etc. Wolf Law don't make any such claims which is a good sign to start off w...
Wilford Smith Solicitors in Sheffield (Meadowhall) & Rotherham - WS Strategic Ltd:
class="infoquote "always on the end of the phone email when I needed to speak"
"they kept me informed throughout, it was a very frustrating process"
"helped make the experience as smooth as it could be"
"Constantly updating us, providing advice, and explain...
Wildcat Law Ltd Solicitors in London & Southampton: For example this snippet from the Wildcat Law front page:
class="infoquote "Sensible and practical advice.
class="infoquote "Unlike most law firms in England and Wales we offer both Solicitors and Barristers in one firm."< div>
This statement on Wildcat ...
WH Law Ltd - Immigration Solicitors in Woking:
That's not to dismiss larger firms with multiple specialists on board.
class="infoquote "Unfortunately immigrating to the UK is not simple. Sometimes based on nothing more than a single official-looking email saying to do so. You can see for WH their main lawy...
Waterstone Partnership Solicitors Ltd in Bradford: As some tend to pack their pages with nothing but sales pitches. Because they also provide the qualification dates and areas of law focused on by each solicitor. Company websites can crash or require maintenance or updates that might require the original site to be taken dow...
Walker Foster Ltd Solicitors in Skipton, Barnoldswick, Silsden, Settle, Ilkley, Northallerton & Harrogate: That's a big bit of praise considering we're a old Scottish company.
Aside from verifying a firm's experience and comments on them, there are often some things which we think sets one firm apart from another. If all firms claim to be modern, friendly, and experienced (...
UVS Law Immigration & Visa Solicitor in Burton-on-Trent & London: You can look up a firm by name or the solicitor themselves. https: www.legislation.gov.uk ukpga 1971 77 contents" The Act< a> also exempts individuals who have the right of abode in the UK from immigration control. The Immigration Rules specify that an applicant for entry...
TWB Probate Solicitors Ltd - Estate Planning, Wills & Probate in London: Some of us (most of us) may only require the most minimal of guidance. You may also see solicitor Howard Brown registered with a company called The Will Bureau (www.thewillbureau.co.uk).
class="infoquote "TWB Probate Solicitors. This mean you can also use the Law Soc...
The Law Partnership Ltd - Solicitors in Coventry: Here's the first quote from their site we'll discuss:
class="infoquote "The Law Partnership Solicitors have been based in Coventry, West Midlands for 20 years"< div>
It may be surprising to learn that not all firms state a level of experience . So what are the ...
Thomas and Thomas Solicitors Ltd in Maesteg, Bridgend & Port Talbot: If you've already visited a dozen law firm websites today looking for one that peak's your interest, you'll have been bombarded with words such as 'friendly', 'expert', and 'modern'. This is done using marketing phrases such as '20 years experience within the firm' which...
Stephanie Heijdra - The Lady Barrister & Clerksroom Chambers in London: However some of the reviews on her site are provided by peers she has worked with on cases. We did find Stephanie provided help opinions for various news articles about her area of law including to https: www.express.co.uk news politics 1380364 Brexit-2021-timeline-importa...
Thaxted Legal Ltd Immigration Solicitors in Chislehurst, London: So you'd think we'd always have an arsenal of tools to research any firm we come across. There are countless numbers of fraudsters https: www.telegraph.co.uk money consumer-affairs how-protect-property-fraud-landlord-bank-scam-2022-uk " attempting to coerce property cli...
Summerfield Browne Solicitors in London, Birmingham, Cambridge, Oxford, Market Harborough & Leicester: 'summerfield browne birmingham') to get reviews only on that office rather than the firm as a whole. Hopefully we will see all law firms offer free initial consultations in the future, even just 30 mins over video chat. Plus, errors in the web bar may take you to a totally ...
Sternberg Reed LLP Solicitors with Offices in Romford, Barking & Grays: Neither of the variants such as www.sternbergreed.co.uk get you to the correct place though and we spotted a specialist site for the firm's family law department at www.srfamilylawsolicitors.co.uk
Keeping an eye out to make sure you know where you are at all times is b...
Solidaire Solicitors - Solidaire Law Ltd in Milton Keynes: But you've probably seen most law firms claiming to offer 'bespoke' services and promise a 'positive outcome'. Certainly, I can't imagine any firm stating the opposite.
They also provide the qualification dates of any solicitors. Things like this are important to not...
Sarah Rostamlou-Andrews Law - Landlord / Tenant Eviction Dispute Solicitor in Southport, Lancashire:
Although people are quick to post a review of a movie they've just seen or a restaurant they've just eaten at - they are not as quick to jump online and discuss their messy divorce, child custody, criminal conviction, debts, etc. But you can also use your local Law So...
PCS Legal Ltd Conveyancing Solicitors in Basildon, Ongar, Wickford, London, Rayleigh &Harlow: For example, you can see that PCS Legal https: solicitors.lawsociety.org.uk organisation offices 1458 pcs-legal" is registered with them< a>. It introduces a regulatory name many may not be familiar with . Especially when it comes to property matters where one side is us...
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. Those were some snippets from the firm's own website where they list several such testimonials. A selection of seasoned minds with hopefully some ...
NJS Law in Blackburn:
Keeping such things in mind is always important no matter which firm you use. If a firm says something like 'established in 1881' - that's merely a reference to how long their brand name has been around.
class="infoquote "NJS Law understands that each client is ...
Nero Legal Solicitors Conveyancing Law Firm in Glasgow, Scotland: Some firms offer Blog sections that often contain legal news (which typically is of no use to actual clients). The official site is www.nerolegal.com and currently variants such as www.nerolegal.co.uk do not redirect there. Some people have https: www.which.co.uk news arti...
MPG Quantity Surveyors Ltd in London - Chartered Surveyors for Construction Dispute Arbitration: If you are a company that deals with property or infrastructure though - you definitely will. They assume a lengthy procedure and high costs.
The only resource people can use in these situations tends to be reviews. MPGQS lists comments from previous and current clien...
SG Murphy & Co Ltd - Solicitors in Newtownabbey, Belfast: "< div> . If they all claim to be that way, then it doesn't help anyone to tell them apart. In the last piece we wrote the firm had multiple complaints about feeling fobbed off onto junior staff. When was the last time you saw a firm admit to being 'rude', 'outdated', or '...
MJV & Co Solicitors Ltd - Law Firm in Thornton-Cleveleys, Blackpool: It wasn't until we researched MJV Solicitors that we realised there was a once-hugely-popular phrase now seemingly missing from the pages of most current law firm websites. We've seen solicitor's praised for the great pizza and a criminal law firm criticised for not handling...
McCarthy + Co LLP Solicitors in Dublin, Cork & Clonakilty: So always make sure you're on the correct site. So the phrase 'award-winning' is not of itself meaningful. The official site is www.mccarthy.ie but domain attempts containing mccarthy&co or mccarthy+co will return an error or generate search results depending on your browser...
Marsden Rawsthorn Solicitors Ltd in Preston & Chorley: You can also see which areas of law each solicitor covers. The official website for this firm is www.marsdenrawsthorn.com and currently the .co.uk version does not take you there. This can make telling them apart quite difficult. We highly advise reading through actual co...
Mark Croft Driving Offence Solicitor in Derby: In fact, you could easily end up with a 1-year qualified newbie solicitor from a 200-year old firm, but a 40-year veteran lawyer from a 1-year old firm. There have also been concerted efforts to keep the amount a solicitor can earn helping these financially vulnerable peop...
Lyons Solicitors - Law Firm in Kingswood, Westbury-on-Trym & Chew Magna (Bristol): Lyons do this as well, but the majority of people (in fact, everyone we know) prefers to read the comments left on public boards such as Google, Trustpilot or Facebook. Today's article focuses on the law firm Lyons Solicitors based in Bristol. that they are 'unfriendly' and ...
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. If a firm has only 1-2 solicitors but handles every case type under the sun - then it's fair to assume they are not as experie...
QualitySolicitors Large & Gibson - Law Firm in Southsea, Portsmouth: They have a wide range of user-side information such as alternate contact details, any different trading names, areas of law covered, and even languages spoken within the company. Each firm also typically changes their own website to redirect to a profile section on the main...
Kee Solicitors Ltd in Glasgow & Aberdeen: All firms will say they have these qualities.
class="infoquote "Our experienced family lawyers will listen and understand your circumstances, before agreeing a plan to achieve the best outcome for you and your family."< div>
There is an amazing resource online ...
Horsley Law Solicitors in Stafford aka Horsley Holdings Ltd: They also state (at the time of writing):
class="infoquote "99% trials won. While many people will quickly jump online to share their thoughts about a restaurant or spa - they are not so eager to share how their criminal case, divorce, or employment disciplinary matte...
Heritage Park Family Law Ltd - Barrister Chambers in Ampthill, Bedford: The most common port of call is The Law Society of England & Wales' website.
class="infoquote "We know family law"< div>
Luckily there are independent sources to check whether a firm has actual experienced, qualified staff. So what can you do to tell them apar...
HCR Legal LLP Solicitors Law Firm incl Medical Accident Group in Worcester, Birmingham & Hereford: This above is a snippet from the https: www.medicalaccidentgroup.co.uk" Medical Accident Group< a> website. So it may be best to bookmark the site if thinking of coming back.. Despite our trust, sometimes things go wrong."< div>
HCR Legal has several different tradi...
Harrison's Solicitors - Conveyancing in Reading, Caversham & Woodley: Many firms provide testimonial pages on their website, but according to our poll a few years back most agreed with us that company provided testimonials are not always the most informative.
Unfortunately for conveyancing firms when things go wrong they will usually g...
Guardian Law Ltd - Employment & HR Lawyers in Nottingham: At the time of writing we could only find a total of four reviews on the most popular boards https: www.google.com search?q=guardian+law+nottingham&rlz=1C1CHBF_en-GBGB926GB926&sxsrf=ALiCzsZbN_HU50tpkEOaHnK41vCAgn0gRQ%3A1666210938735&ei=elxQY5HBLJSKhbIPj6ydqAU&ved=0ahUKEwiR...
Garden Stirling Burnet Solicitors Ltd in Haddington, Edinburgh, Dunbar, North Berwick & Tranent: This is especially true when it comes to property transactions.
There is an ever further issue to consider.
class="infoquote "Our intimate knowledge of East Lothian & Edinburgh makes us your number one choice when buying or selling a property."< div>
Tha...
Goldsmith Bowers Debt Recovery & Litigation Solicitors in Bradford: Unfortunately, though, there are far fewer reviews about law firms than other industries. If you need to check up on any firm you can usually do so through their local Law Society. Always remember though that ampersands cannot be in web addresses (e.g. You could end up w...
Girlings Solicitors LLP & Girlings Personal Injury Claims Ltd in Sandwich, Ashford & Canterbury: Some examples: Girlings' Jeremy Burke qualified in 1988, Kathryn Kennell in 1996, Michelle Meakin in 2009, right up to Steevi Henderson's relatively recent qualification in 2017. They have the Lexcel quality assurance mark given by The Law Society, specific accreditation fo...
Frei Solicitors Ltd - Luxury Asset Law Firm in London: 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. Founded by Hakan Doganci, this is a one-off firm on our network. Just always watch out and be careful online as http...
Foster & Coleman Ltd Solicitors in Bromley, Greater London: This is the main way people judge a firm's 'reputation'. that they provide poor advice and terrible representation) it's not a statement that really helps. The majority of scams the past several years have all focused on https: www.theguardian.com money 2019 aug 24 the-450...
Farah Family Law Solicitors in Birmingham: An example of a law firm we can 100% agree is https: www.lawgazette.co.uk commentary-and-opinion rise-of-specialist-law-firms 5041463.article" specialist< a>.
The reason people like the word "specialist" so much, is it makes them think the firm has - not just exten...
Eve Lake Conveyancing & Legal Services in Hope Valley: There's a distinct difference between a 'licensed conveyancer' and a 'conveyancing solicitor'. That's a tactic you simply don't see anywhere else in legal matters. The first thing people tend to do to check up on this, though, is read public review boards such as Google, F...
England & Derbyshire LLP Solicitors in Guildford and Woking, Surrey: The firm could have www.englandandderbyshire.co.uk but as you can see, that looks really easy to mis-type. The .com does not redirect you there though and as you can see, the "&" part of the name is not in the web address. As you can see from this snippet from their front pa...
EMD Law LLP Solicitors in Staplehurst & St Leonards-on-Sea: At least this sounds as though you will get to talk to an actual solicitor about your case.
class="infoquote "The firm has two offices; the Head Office is in Staplehurst, Kent and there is a branch office in St Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex."< div>
It's really im...
EDC Lord & Co Solicitors in Southall: Also you cannot use an ampersand in web addresses so www.edclord&co.co.uk is not possible. The website offers a comprehensive overview of the legal services the firm provides, including commercial law, employment law, family law, litigation, and more. There is also a frequen...
Eatons Solicitors in Bradford, Bingley, Yeadon & Leeds West Yorkshire: You can look up any firm registered with them and see alternative trading names, contact details, languages spoken, all office addresses, and so on. You could end up with a 1 year qualified solicitors at a 200 year old firm or a 40 year veteran lawyer at a brand new law prac...
Drummond Miller LLP Solicitors in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Bathgate, Musselburgh, Dalkeith & East Kilbride: The law is constantly changing , but law firms themselves didn't really seem to change for a few centuries. It's a resource we constantly recommend to people . It's very common for solicitors to use their names with an 'and' in between, but not in this case. But the reason...
Dispute Resolver Consultancy - Mediation & Alternative Dispute Resolution ADR in London: However it was difficult to find any on the public review boards such as Google or Trustpilot. We've seen this with law firms that use words such as 'law' or 'legal' in their name. They often need the name of the town they are based in as well before they will show extra d...
CWJ Solicitors & Notaries - Clarkson Wright & Jakes Ltd in Orpington, Kent:
Let's be honest, practically no one is ever fully happy with how their house sale goes. That's actually rarer than you might think for a firm that handles house buying selling. While most companies list customer testimonials on their websites, our poll a few years b...
Defank Solicitors in London: The firm's official site is www.defanksolicitors.com but www.defanksolicitors.co.uk is not owned by them. Defank Solicitors https: defanksolicitors.com 1_21_fess-wills-probate.html" does list fees< a> for their Will Probate, Conveyancing, and Employment Law services which...
Cullimore Dutton Solicitors Ltd - Conveyancing & Legal Services in Chester: Plus, it's very common for clients of the other side to leave negative reviews on the opposing law firm (as their conveyancer will likely have blamed any and all delays on them). The first is simple and should mean there is someone on staff with 40 years of experience workin...
Crockett & Co Family Law Solicitors in Leeds: It should be noted though, that there are various ways a firm might refer to themselves as a 'specialist' . The number of people in the UK that might qualify and the number of case types it applies to is dwindling. Even when Legal Aid might be applicable. Such dates will ...
Cook Legal Ltd Law Firm in Wirral, Merseyside: So you may wish to bookmark the site just in case you are coming back later.
A quick note on navigation. They handled a wide range of services and if you wanted something done, you went down or rang for an appointment. This firm's official website is www.cook-law....
Calio Claims Ltd - Personal Injury in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Perth & Dundee: For legal help south of the border we always recommend people check out The Law Society of England & Wales' website to get a wealth of background information.
class="infoquote "Wherever possible, we aim to deal with claims on a "no-win, no-fee basis" which means tha...
Buchanan & Co Ltd Solicitors in Staveley, Chesterfield, Kiveton Park & Sheffield: Buchanan and Company do have a Testimonials page on their website.
The page for Buchanan & Co Solicitors shows solicitors Timothy Barlow as having qualified in 1989 and Julia Gibbons in 2001. Especially when it comes to legal practices that deal with property matters ...
Brodies LLP Solicitors in Aberdeen, Glasgow, Edinburgh & Inverness Scotland: We can only direct you to https: www.lawscot.org.uk find-a-solicitor ?FirmName=brodies&FirmPostcode=&AreaOfLaw=&type=firm&sortOrder=" the search function< a> on their site for you to then try and get information to pop up for yourself. But there are other points about nav...
Bridge McFarland LLP - Solicitors in Grimsby, Hull, Lincoln, Louth, and Market Rasen: If you look up https: solicitors.lawsociety.org.uk organisation people 621785 bridge-mcfarland-llp" the staff page< a> for this firm you'll see a range of qualification dates spanning the last four decades including Sarah Keeper who qualified in 1988, Emma Downing in 1997...
Brian Barr Solicitors Ltd Chronic Pain & Fibromyalgia Compensation in Manchester: But the comments posted on the Brian Barr site do include useful bits of information such as these snippets above.
class="infoquote "Leading https: www.nhs.uk conditions fibromyalgia " Fibromyalgia< a>, CRPS, Chronic Pain & Critical Illness Lawyers"< div>
An ...
Scotland Injury Solicitors from Baker Hardman Ltd in Glasgow: While many firms provide customer testimonials on their website, most people tend to ignore them. So we always recommend reading through comments when looking up a firm rather than simply flicking through star ratings. The official main site is www.bakerhardman.co.uk but t...
Backhouse Solicitors in Chelmsford, Essex: You can get a 1-year newbie solicitor from a 200-year-old firm and a 40 year veteran lawyer from a 1-year-old law practice brand. Backhouse Solicitors actually display several of their https: www.google.com search?q=backhouse+solicitors+chelmsford&rlz=1C1CHBF_en-GBGB926G...
Amy King Legal - Personal Injury & Litigation Solicitor in Gillingham, Kent: For example, if you ever see a statement such as '30 years of experience within the firm' , that usually means they have added up the experience of every staff member. If you type in the name of a firm instead, you will be shown a list of all registered solicitors within th...
ACSL Solicitors Ltd in Liverpool:
There are other sources you can use to get background information. We have often championed the website of The Law Society of those two countries for providing a wealth of information to consumers. They also seem to have a genuine help article section with everything ...
A City Law Firm Ltd in London: For example:
class="infoquote "Named: Most innovative law firm, London"< div>
class="infoquote "Voted top legal 500 family law firm"< div>
These snippets from the firm's website are far more specific than you might normally see. Sometimes even for big bra...
Two Harcourt Buildings Chambers - 2HB Barristers in London:
class="infoquote "Your case will be reviewed by a qualified Direct Access barrister within 48 working hours of the receipt of all relevant information."< div>
We obviously think very highly of Two Harcourt Buildings chambers as we've recommended them across o...
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