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):
The English Welsh law society site is still a simply indispensable resource for background and deeper information about any law office you are considering. The majority are very positive. Since the '90s the government has made an increasing effort to strip Legal Aid ...
ULA Solicitors Ltd - Law Firm in London: We specialise in a wide range of services including Crime, Immigration, Personal Injury and Family."< div>
It's something we've covered before, but the fact a firm states it handles a wider range of cases does not mean it cannot also still claim to be a 'specialist' fir...
Trust Inheritance Ltd Wills, Probate & Estate Planning in Weston-Super-Mare: Be warned though that you really need to read the comments and not just rely on star ratings. But even with the potential search issues and other opportunities for scammers to fake official appearances - it's not too much of a concern because the majority of fraudsters are ...
Trojan Solicitors Ltd Immigration & Family Law in London:
Concerns about related domain names and online searches are really only urgent when it comes to property matters for the moment. For example, they claim to be "award-winning" on their front page but there was no real clarity about what those awards are. Indeed as you c...
The Legal Practice Ltd - Solicitors in Rickmansworth & Wembley Park, Greater London: Indeed at the time of writing this, The Legal Practice's website opens with:
class="infoquote "Over 50 Years of Legal Experience. The majority were clearly positive and a huge number focused on praising clear communication from the staff.
Obviously we think hi...
The Injury Solicitor Ltd - Road Accident Claims in Salford, Manchester: However there is a firm using www.injurysolicitor.co.uk - so just keep aware when typing. The official site we link to above is www.theinjurysolicitor.com and currently neither www.theinjurysolicitor.co.uk or www.injurysolicitor.com have competing websites on them. As mentio...
Thaxted Legal Ltd Immigration Solicitors in Chislehurst, London:
However the usual security concerns we point out are much less pressing when it comes to immigration specialists because we don't know of any current scams focusing on their clients. etc. There are also several other Ltd companies with Thaxted in the name so just pay ...
Taylor Price Legal Ltd - Solicitors in Leeds & Levenshulme (Manchester): The emails may contain a link to malware."< div>
That quote is https: www.sra.org.uk consumers scam-alerts 2020 nov taylor-price-solicitors " part of a warning article< a> from the Solicitors Regulation Authority regarding a scam with people posing as Taylor Price st...
Swain & Co Solicitors Ltd in Southampton, Liverpool & Havant:
For example in Havant (near Portsmouth) they list a range of staff including Samantha Lee who qualified as a solicitor in 1995, Kelly Applegate in 2000, Tina Smith in 2013, right up to Kara Babbage who just joined the legal profession in 2021. We've been writing about ...
Stenfield Ltd Solicitors in Norwich & Harrow on the Hill, London:
Unfortunately when no feedback is left it's hard to know if that person was even rating the correct firm.
class="infoquote "Our key objective is to provide solid, reliable and cost effective legal advice delivered in an efficient and friendly manner."< div>
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Springle & Co Solicitors Estate Planning Wills & Probate in North Shields, Tyne and Wear: Every client relationship matters to us."< div>
Springle & Co is registered with The Law Society of England & Wales and if you https: solicitors.lawsociety.org.uk office 632150 springle-co-solicitors" check out the page< a> on any given firm you'll be shown their loc...
Smith and Graham Solicitors in Hartlepool, Peterlee and Middlesbrough: There is no ampersand in domain names so www.smith&graham.co.uk can't exist and currently no firms are using variants such as 'www.smithgraham.co.uk' either. The official site is www.smithandgraham.co.uk and currently www.smithandgraham.com doesn't not redirect there. Sadly ...
Simper Law Ltd - Solicitors in Norwich & Great Yarmouth: Last year we ran a poll asking people whether they paid attention to testimonials on company websites and only 8% of you said you did. For many years now https: www.lawgazette.co.uk news conveyancing-fraud-gang-jailed-for-diverting-deposit-monies 5103305.article" scammers...
The Search Bureau from Premier Searches Ltd - UK Conveyancing Search Provider:
class="infoquote "We are a well established market leader in England & Wales dedicated to offering our clients the best solutions available on the market at the best prices in an accurate and timely manner."< div>
That's a snippet from The Search Bureau's website....
Robin Somerville Direct Access Barrister & Mediator in Barnet, Greater London: Unlike purchasing a washing machine - a huge number of people do not feel comfortable discussing publicly how their divorce, bankruptcy, or criminal defence case went. We tried entering all the information it asked for and then different bits and pieces. (Except for when it ...
Reynolds Macdonald Solicitors in Hackney: Apparently people really are sending tens of thousands of pounds to the fraudsters without bothering to check with their solicitor about the payment change first. However we've been reviewing law firms and trawling through dozens of such websites daily for over twenty years...
Richmond Legal Ltd Solicitors in Middleton, Manchester:
What does that mean? For us it indicates that the firm genuinely do have an affinity and expertise for the two areas of law .
class="infoquote "At Richmond Legal we do our very best to help our clients navigate through their legal issues with the least amount of ...
Rose Fendlen Law - Solicitors in Wigan (Formerly LRose Law): So whilst an individual solicitor saying they are a specialist in Family Law, Wills, Injuries, Property and Criminal Law doesn't make a whole lot of sense - on this occasion it does.
We've worked with law firms for over 20 years and the things we look for on a law fi...
Reid Black Solicitors Ltd in Belfast, Antrim & Ballyclare: Quite often this is not reflected in the public reviews of those firms. The Law Society of England & Wales also have a much better website than most Law Societies, with a wealth of user-side information. We'd like to share some bits and pieces that stood out.
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RD Costings Ltd - Criminal Injury Claims based in Portishead: There is a big difference between a firm that says "no win, no fee" and "100% compensation guaranteed" . Whilst we are unable to change the past ... But there are a few areas of law where using a specialist firm is held up as the ideal. With the branding containing a pl...
Pump Court Chambers Direct Access Barristers in London, Swindon & Winchester: These are not just other offices of the same group of barristers. But the setup of chambers barristers across the UK and why their names are all so related is for another article. So choosing one is just as much a point of discernment as any other law firm selection. They wa...
Penerley Commercial Lawyers in Islington, London: By that we mean some don't even have a single solicitor on staff. Even helping you register as a limited company is not the sole discretion of lawyers. We really don't advise relying on any individual ratings about a company without accompanying explained reasons. Even today...
Pacific Law Estate Planning Solicitors in Manchester: We've also seen dozens of negative reviews followed by comments from the firm stating 'this person has never been a client of ours'. .
class="infoquote "We listen ...
Either way should really make no difference to your choice though. But these days we would say t...
OTS Solicitors Ltd Immigration & Family Law in London, UK:
class="infoquote "Our team of Solicitors are dedicated to providing the best service to clients by catering to each and every client individually and specifically.< div>
This brings us back to consumer reviews. That's like leaving a bad review for McDonalds for no...
OneLaw Chambers - Solicitors, Barristers & Advocates in London:
Right now the largest scam by far plaguing the legal industry is house deposit fraud. There are law societies based on the city, county, and country level. 'one' and 'law') most search terms will bring up the firm at the top of results.
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My Law Matters from Fentimans - Solicitors in Wolverhampton, Manchester, Solihull & Waltham Cross: Of course, even when firms do this they typically only copy the positive reviews to paste on their own website. This can sometimes cause search issues but the variants we tried such as 'my legal matters' still brought up the correct firm . So when you see statements like th...
Milners Law LLP Solicitors in Leeds, Harrogate & Pontefract: So how do the independent forums look?
class="infoquote "Professional, supportive and very responsive"
"have the kind of tenacity you want from a law firm"
"offered thorough, honest advice and was so efficient and friendly"
"Emails are responded to ver...
Michael Leighton Jones Solicitors in Bargoed & Tredomen, Wales: There are still plenty of firms out there that will charge a consultation fee or even full hourly rates for the first meeting.. Useful context for negative reviews should be used to check if there is a theme. 'living in the past', 'unfriendly', and 'inefficient').
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MGBe Legal Immigration Lawyers in London: Please note that www.mgbelegal.co.uk does not redirect you there. Here are a few of our reasons for doing so. Also, MGBe Legal is the trading name of M&G Bettiga Limited if you see it come up during your own research. From the very (sometimes unfathomably) niche boutiques,...
Mckie Legal Solicitors in Penrith & St Helens (ConnectMeToaLawyer Ltd): It's very common even for firms with decades of history to have less than a handful of online reviews about them. But when it comes to solicitors, no reviews should not be taken as a negative sign.
class="infoquote "Insurance policy in place so nothing to pay win or...
Mason Bullock CCJ & Employment Solicitors in Coventry: Some people are handing over entire house deposits to fraudsters based solely on an email asking them to change the bank details they pay to.
class="infoquote "...we’ll advise on whether you can negotiate a better settlement package and whether payments are being made...
Mackenzie Jones Solicitors in St Asaph, Menai Bridge & Chester: Unlike companies that can talk endlessly about a product and provide specs - law sites have to fill the void with self-praise about their abilities because they are the product . However with this firm handling conveyancing matters you need to be extra careful. For example:...
Lindsays Solicitors Offices in Edinburgh, Glasgow & Dundee: But in recent years law firms that deal in property matters https: www.express.co.uk finance personalfinance 1251363 mortgage-scams-expert-property-owners" have been targeted by scammers heavily< a>. The English Welsh law society's site provides a wide range of details ...
Levins Solicitors in Huyton, Liverpool: 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 information, areas of practice, languages spoken, and more. But the solicit...
Lefevres Law Firm - Litigation Solicitors in Edinburgh, Glasgow & Aberdeen: The second means there are no costs to you at all throughout the entire case, win or lose.
The only reason this might cause concern to some people is because of the huge number of law firms still making ancient founding date claims such as 'established in 1881'. It's s...
KRS Estate Planning Ltd - Will & Probate Advice in Leicester:
class="infoquote "As well as English, I can also offer advice in Gujarati and Hindi, both of which I am fluent in."< div>
Hopefully from the information so far it should be clear why we were quite happy to add this firm to our database of legal service providers....
Khan Law - Raees Khan Personal Injury Solicitor in Glasgow: The official site we link to above is www.khanlaw.co.uk with www.khanlaw.com showing information for a completely different firm in the US. So what else is there?
class="infoquote "At Khan Law we will keep you up to date with the progress of your case."< div>
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JPS Walker Solicitors Ltd in Manchester: We love case studies, but originally thought this was simply because we've been working in the industry for over twenty years. But coming back to the original statement we're continuing to expand on:
class="infoquote "offering an effective and first class no win no fee...
Jacobs Law Solicitors: That's unusual though because the majority of Conveyancing firms in the UK have terrible reviews. But that's simply not true. A really good resource we constantly advocate is your local Law Society. That's because "established in 2013" can sound ridiculously new to some cons...
Howe + Co Solicitors in Brentford, London: Hopefully we can point you in the direction of some universal ways to get to know a firm better before making your call. If you've been searching for a law firm for a while already today, you'll have seen the majority have very similar sounding sales pitches. Often those lit...
HooperHyde Business Law Solicitors in Solihull: But these days with the number of self employed people rising exponentially - we've also seen a huge rise in people wanting a specialist business legal advisor that can deal with small businesses effectively. Motoring Offences and Divorce clients have tended to be that way f...
Hill House Chambers - Barristers Based in London: At the moment of writing www.hillhousechambers.com wasn't owned by anyone and other variants such as hillhousebarristers were also available. We ran a poll a few years back and the number of people that trusted company provided customer testimonials wasn't even in the double...
Stowe Family Law - Divorce Solicitors in Harrogate, York, Beverley & Other Locations:
class="infoquote "Whatever you’re facing as a family, in whatever shape yours is, was, or will be, we’ll be here to listen to what you have to say and help with what you need to do."< div>
To verify claims of whether a firm really does listen to clients, mo...
Hawkridge & Company - Hawk Law Solicitors in Gillingham, Medway: As mentioned before though, make sure to read through the comments rather than just flicking through star ratings. Popular words these days which we've seen across huge numbers of legal professionals sites include 'modern', 'specialist', 'friendly', 'leading' and so on. It's...
Fulton's Solicitors & Estate Agents in Clarkston & Mount Florida, Glasgow: For example in the case of the firm we're writing about today ( Fulton's Solicitors & Estate Agents ) we couldn't find a dedicated page on the Law Society of Scotland's website. The firm does not handle the same matters as the Gildeas firm we mentioned before. Why people fal...
Frazer Coogans Ltd - Solicitors in Ayr, Prestwick & Glasgow: Some claiming hundreds of years of history behind them. This is important to note due to the when bu...
Fair Result Ltd Divorce Settlement Mediation Services in Leicester: Typically it's only cases such as litigation where firms may do considerable work upfront with an aim to getting paid near the end of the case instead. The official site we link to above is www.fair-result.co.uk with none of the usual variants such as www.fair-result.com, ww...
Education Law Service Ltd - Special Educational Needs Lawyer in London: Criminal Injury and Uninsured Driver cases are often like this because they involved pursuing money from the government. But just as a specialist individual Motor Offence barrister will typically charge much less and take far less time (compared to someone such as a multi-...
Dylan Nair Solicitors Ltd in Preston, Lancashire: not with the qualified solicitor that would eventually be running your case.
class="infoquote "We take the time to get to know our clients, work in partnership with them and are always striving for the best results."< div>
There is a glut of people willing to sh...
DV Solicitors (Deo Volente Legal LLP) Law Firm in Bedford & Luton:
For example in tax HMRC matters you may save a lot of time and money by using an accountant rather than a law firm if your type of case allows such. Followed by solicitors coming into the industry in almost every decade since including Alexander Ude (qualified in 2001...
DisrepairClaim.co.uk - Housing Disrepair Claims Company based in Brighouse, West Yorkshire: There are firms and even individual solicitors that cover a wide range of case types, sort of 'jack-of-all-trades' solicitors.
class="infoquote "Our highly experienced Housing Disrepair panel of solicitors can bring forward a claim against your landlord to ensure you h...
David Stinson & Co Personal Injury Solicitors in Aylesford, Kent: Often you will be asked to sign an 'After The Event' insurance document which insures the against losing. They are therefore obviously going to be very positive and sadly they rarely contain much helpful information about what the actual good points of the firm are. The offi...
Cooks Solicitors in Newcastle under Lyme & Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire: Unlike other services such as hairdressers, restaurants, or car washes - conveyance providers always end up getting at least some negative reviews from the opposite side in the transaction . We've been writing articles on and working with law firms for over twenty years now...
CEL Solicitors in Liverpool - Housing Disrepair, Knotweed, & Data Breach Claims: 'cel legal', 'cel lawyers', etc.) will bring up the correct firm. We use technology to be as green as possible"< div>
There were other things we liked about the company such as the statement above. So, claim absolutely verified. That's because legal professionals and...
Catteralls Solicitors in Wakefield: A last word from Catterall's own site:
class="infoquote "We always put our clients first. More importantly, which solicitors are actually well established with experience in your matter. That's surely a very good sign. But the reason we point out how easy it is to g...
QualitySolicitors Burton & Co in Lincoln & Sleaford: That's totally up to each individual to decide after careful research and having spoken to someone at the firm about the case.
To be on the safe side though, make sure to bookmark the current site in case you want to come back. Jordans Solicitors became QualitySoli...
Brown & Co Solicitors in Greenwich, London: They have an actual fees page which is definitely a rarity amongst legal providers as well. 'brown and co solicitors london' . You'll get a lot of opinions on social boards or 'help' articles about the pros cons of using a large law firm, a small local firm, a specialist, a ...
Branch Austin McCormick LLP Solicitors in Mayfair, London: We wouldn't expect many common typos causing issues either but would recommend either bookmarking the website or searching for it just the same. The main reason we dislike such claims is that typically a firm claiming to have hundreds of years history are doing so because th...
BLZ Solicitors NIHL, PPI & Immigration Lawyers in Stockport: For example, many immigration solicitors are in fact immgrants themselves or saw the struggles of family friends trying to come over to the UK. You would think that these days with phone, email, and video chat - especially since the COVID pandemic - that any law firm could s...
Bilkus and Boyle Solicitors & Estate Agents in Glasgow: For example, here is the opening message on the Bilkus and Boyle website. Another line on their site that probably sticks out to us more than to regular consumers would be:
class="infoquote "Our firm provides Legal Aid for a number of services."< div>
Since the cu...
Bell Lax Ltd - Solicitors in Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham:
These days however there is a third kind of firm.
Despite this, there are a handful of things we recommend you definitely checklist for each and every firm you are considering using. The firm's name is quite unique so even common variants such as 'bellax solicitor...
Beers LLP - Solicitors in Kingsbridge & Plymouth, Devon:
The Law Society database also lets you see if a firm really does 'specialise' in your case type.
Unfortunately that needed to be said because there isn't much negative about Beers LLP for us to focus on. Very positive with many of them quoting and praising the st...
Aspire Licensing & Administrative Services in Whitley Bay, Newcastle: Whilst we often discuss the pros and cons of using specialists, we usually are talking about firms that handle Business Law compared to a firm that tries to handle absolutely everything from Divorce to Litigation to Motor Offenses and more. However to be clear - Aspire Licen...
Argue & Co Legal - Allan Argue Personal Injury Solicitor in Glasgow: Then there will be a fifty year established divorce specialists with less reviews than I have fingers. So what are the review boards saying about Argue & Co as a firm? Well at the time of writing there were only a handful of reviews around the web in the usual places (Google...
Antony Hodari Solicitors Housing Disrepair Specialists in Manchester: Just watch out for ads using keyword matching to display. The official site we link to above is www.antonyhodari.co.uk but at the moment www.antonyhodari.com doesn't redirect there. We've been working in the industry for over 20 years and whilst we've seen firms specialising...
Aconveyancing Ltd in Tamworth & Shirley (Solihull): No matter which you use such as Google, Yelp, Yell.com, or Trustpilot - the majority of firms dealing with property sales will have a wealth of negative reviews. Search for articles on using budget firms to hear of such situations and see if they might fit with your expectat...
ABS Lawyers Ltd Solicitors in Corby & Maghull, Liverpool: In this case, the solicitors certainly aren't 'green'.
class="infoquote "In respect of Personal Injury & Housing Disrepair, we work on a No Win No Fee basis."< div>. But I'm sure most of you are already aware about the wealth of review boards available these days such ...
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