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): So (between the lines) we can assume they are fairly confident about what people are going to say about them. For example, providing some easily accessible staff profiles, photos, and direct contact details of each individual solicitor.
class="infoquote "Our main offic...
ULA Solicitors Ltd - Law Firm in London: We didn't have to search through the small print to find out. We recently found out consumers also actually enjoy such articles about previous cases a firm has handled. The most important figure we think people should focus on is not how old the brand name is, but the number...
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.
class="infoquote "TSABI is made up of people who are passionate about helping individuals and busine...
Trust Inheritance Ltd Wills, Probate & Estate Planning in Weston-Super-Mare:
class="infoquote "As market leaders, we are passionate about the customer service and support we provide."< div>
That snippet from the Trust Inheritance website may sound like most other law firms.
So why might you pick a niche firm like Trust Inheritance Lt...
Trojan Solicitors Ltd Immigration & Family Law in London:
A quick note on navigation. In our articles and in the legal help search database we try to cover and include a wide range of solutions . The official site we link to above is www.trojansolicitors.com but currently www.trojansolicitors.co.uk does not redirect there....
The Legal Practice Ltd - Solicitors in Rickmansworth & Wembley Park, Greater London: The most common to make people not want to use a law firm is if there are plenty of negative reviews about their case solicitor never being contactable. Sometimes simply because they received an official-looking email that said the bank details for payment had changed. Many ...
The Injury Solicitor Ltd - Road Accident Claims in Salford, Manchester: They do not mean the same thing. Most are and new firms know it can give peace of mind to prospective clients. Whilst the majority of legal https: www.thisismoney.co.uk money mortgageshome article-3385825 Sarah-Ritchie-saved-45-000-dream-home-lost-devastating-new-scam.htm...
Taylor Price Legal Ltd - Solicitors in Leeds & Levenshulme (Manchester): For example, if you saw a negative review for Burger King saying 'they wouldn't sell me a pizza!' - you'd think the reviewer was nuts and ignore it. Certainly the majority are positive with the main themes being the apparent dedication of the staff and the speed at which t...
Stenfield Ltd Solicitors in Norwich & Harrow on the Hill, London:
class="infoquote "Specialising in a wide range of practice areas including commercial litigation, company commercial, residential property, commercial property, insolvency, employment and family."< div>
One good place to start is a local law society website. That ...
Simons Rodkin Solicitors LLP in London, Finchley & Hatfield:
A quick note on navigation. Simons Rodkin Solicitors clearly are a firm we recommend. Sadly the number of people https: conversation.which.co.uk money scam-watch-property-housing-deposit-bank-transfer " falling for bank deposit scams< a> when buying selling a proper...
Springle & Co Solicitors Estate Planning Wills & Probate in North Shields, Tyne and Wear: Not someone in a call centre with very specific products to sell you. Apparently it seems to be much easier to https: www.lloydsbank.com help-guidance protecting-yourself-from-fraud invoice-scams.html#:~:text=Fraudsters%20can%20send%20scam%20emails,rush%20you%20to%20pay%20...
Simper Law Ltd - Solicitors in Norwich & Great Yarmouth: (Something companies tend not to include in their own testimonial section!) Negative reviews can be a great way to spot general themes of complaint. We've also seen several negative ratings by people who were angry that a firm refused to take their case on - which seems real...
Reynolds Macdonald Solicitors in Hackney: there are plenty of other firms using those two initials. Reynolds Macdonald are registered with The Law Society of England & Wales which is great because they have the most useful and info-packed user side database we know of.
A quick note on navigation as the firm b...
The Search Bureau from Premier Searches Ltd - UK Conveyancing Search Provider: Most services like The Search Bureau are used by larger companies. Groundsure Location Intelligence provide land analysis to check contamination, flooding and ground stability. But that's the case for most related service providers such as this conveyancing searches company ...
Robin Somerville Direct Access Barrister & Mediator in Barnet, Greater London: The website is https secure for entering your personal details in the contact form. Originally you would have to hire a solicitor and spend time and money informing them of your case.
class="infoquote "Robin Somerville helps businesses and professionals solve their ...
Richmond Legal Ltd Solicitors in Middleton, Manchester:
class="infoquote "Contact us on 0161 637 7177 or 07956 113019 for emergencies"< div>
Another sentence that might stand out to us more than regular consumers is this one. Law societies can be national, countywide, or attached to a large population city. Every sing...
Reid Black Solicitors Ltd in Belfast, Antrim & Ballyclare: But Reid Black state they will give you a free interview for 'any legal issue' which is a lot less common than you might think. This is a great move because as our poll last year showed, most people don't trust company created testimonial pages anyway.
All these to...
RD Costings Ltd - Criminal Injury Claims based in Portishead: RD Costings came to our attention because they specialise in an area of law we've never seen any other firm do so before. They are not the same thing. These can include Sexual Abuse, Emotional Abuse, Domestic Abuse, Assaults, and even the death of a loved one at the hands ...
Pump Court Chambers Direct Access Barristers in London, Swindon & Winchester: Statements like the one above are displayed on practically every legal firm's website. Also at the moment the majority of scams are targeted at property law firms anyway because of the huge payoffs. Ever since the new Direct Access scheme was introduced into the UK, we've b...
Penerley Commercial Lawyers in Islington, London: For as long as we can remember (and after working in the industry for over 20+ years now we can remember a lot) most people have always sought a specialist for things like Motor Offences, Debt Collection and Immigration. But so far we've not seen anything too extreme such as...
Pacific Law Estate Planning Solicitors in Manchester: But sadly the confusion over 0345, 08000, 0808, 0871, etc. However, to state 'pay no attention to this reviewer, they are just a sore loser' has never felt like something they could pull off and look good doing. Even one extra Saturday a month is actually more rare than you ...
OTS Solicitors Ltd Immigration & Family Law in London, UK: The majority were positive like the snippets above. 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>
H...
OneLaw Chambers - Solicitors, Barristers & Advocates in London: For each firm it provides user-side data including alternate trading names, all office addresses, other possible contact details, languages spoken, and more. Barristers normally say very clearly on the front page of their website whether they can accept direct instructions. ...
NV Legal Ltd Personal Injury Solicitors in Watford: We've seen plenty of people complain about firms where you don't even get to speak to your solicitor directly. Your claim will NOT [sic] be handled by a non-qualified, unskilled person or paralegal ..."< div>
This is another statement to keep an eye out for and somethin...
My Law Matters from Fentimans - Solicitors in Wolverhampton, Manchester, Solihull & Waltham Cross: The official site we link to above is www.mylawmatters.co.uk but www.mylawmatters.com does not redirect you there. saying?
class="infoquote "provided a consistent and efficient service"
"efficient and dedicated staff"
"really impressed by the online client po...
Milners Law LLP Solicitors in Leeds, Harrogate & Pontefract: Multiple offices, a wide case range, and various solicitors working on their own specialist case subjects. Variants such as www.milnerssolicitors.com or .co.uk also are not related.
class="infoquote "At Milners solicitors we offer a free initial consultation where you ...
Michael Leighton Jones Solicitors in Bargoed & Tredomen, Wales: 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 experience in the legal sector"< div>
One thing people are often wary of are boasts about various years of experie...
MGBe Legal Immigration Lawyers in London: There are actual standards set that have to be achieved . Accredited at Level 3 Advanced Caseworker with the Law Society. Here are a few of our reasons for doing so. Always be aware of what site you're on though and never discuss payments via email or if someone calls y...
Mckie Legal Solicitors in Penrith & St Helens (ConnectMeToaLawyer Ltd): Mckie Legal is named after the firm's director Andrew Ian McKie. For example https: www.theguardian.com money 2017 jan 14 lost-67000-conveyancing-scam-friday-afternoon-fraud-legal-sector-email-hacker" the biggest area of law scam right now< a> is with property buying and ...
McEwan Fraser Legal Property Conveyancing in Edinburgh, Aberdeen & Inverness: That's quite unheard of. Firms that deal in divorce or bankruptcy tend not to have many public reviews about how things went. - that's quite a small niggle. This includes Best Estate Agent Edinburgh and Scotland (AllAgents 2020) and Best Estate Agency in Scotland (Sunday Tim...
Mason Bullock CCJ & Employment Solicitors in Coventry: Mason Bullock don't have a company-made testimonial section on their site either. Did that mean we skipped over the usual checks? Of course not.
The same goes for employment matters where not only the amount is important , but how it is paid out. The situation was at l...
Linkilaw Solicitors Ltd: But it's certainly up there on the list. A final word from Linkilaw about their services:
class="infoquote "With straight forward and clear-cut advice, we help start-ups and entrepreneurs navigate law to help them succeed."< div>. We might even have to disagree with t...
Lindsays Solicitors Offices in Edinburgh, Glasgow & Dundee:
class="infoquote "The talented people who work in our four offices are the heart of our business"< div>
The firm isn't lacking in experience it seems with a mix of seasoned professionals such as Katherine Wyatt who qualified in 1998. However on Google we saw th...
Levins Solicitors in Huyton, Liverpool: If you've read some of our other articles though, you'll hopefully know that such being the case doesn't always result in a wholly favourable review piece. Currently www.levinslaw.com is owned by someone else.
The firm has a range of experienced staff qualified over th...
Lefevres Law Firm - Litigation Solicitors in Edinburgh, Glasgow & Aberdeen: In the same way, under the umbrella of Family Law there is the related case titles of Divorce and Child Custody. Either way, just be aware of which site you are on when searching the web and never discuss payments via email.
. The number of years' experience your actual sol...
KRS Estate Planning Ltd - Will & Probate Advice in Leicester: At the moment most scams in the law industry are aimed at property sales purchases with fraudsters https: www.lloydsbank.com help-guidance protecting-yourself-from-fraud keep-your-home-safe-mortgage-deposit-scams.html" managing to convince people to send tens of thousands...
Khan Law - Raees Khan Personal Injury Solicitor in Glasgow: We can which again only has basic information. People have lost £millions over the past decade
Jacobs Law Solicitors: The practice of claiming an "established in 1881" foundation is something common to such professional areas including law, accounting, and journalism. We know what we do best ..."< div>
Coming back to similar names, this also means if you want to see reviews of the firm...
Ian Mallon Solicitors Ltd in Newry and Dublin: Put it all together and you can get a much better picture of how well established and how strong a firm and the team within it are.
class="infoquote "The practice offers a highly personalised relationship, working closely with our clients to resolve the often complex...
Howe + Co Solicitors in Brentford, London: The official website we link to above is www.howe.co.uk, with www.howe.com taking you to a design company in the USA. Gushingly so on occasions, as I'm guessing they were in relation to situations such as immigration where people can feel literally in the middle of life dea...
HooperHyde Business Law Solicitors in Solihull: (5x2=10)
That's another great use for the law society website because you can check the actual expertise and experience of individual solicitors within the firms. Certainly the language across the rest of the company's website also focuses on that mentality of long-term...
Hawkridge & Company - Hawk Law Solicitors in Gillingham, Medway:
One thing people do comment on readily though when it comes to legal services - is property matters. No unsubstantiated claims, just clear examples of their status showing good immersion in the industry as a whole.
Hawkridge & Co on the other hand have big cle...
Fulton's Solicitors & Estate Agents in Clarkston & Mount Florida, Glasgow: The research people do to confirm company statements about customer care usually involves public review boards such as Google, Yelp, and Trustpilot. The full branding of this firm is Fulton's Solicitors & Estate Agents with the official website being www.fultons-scotland.c...
Frazer Coogans Ltd - Solicitors in Ayr, Prestwick & Glasgow: That's why the majority of law firms that deal with conveyancing and related property matters will most likely have a big chunk of negative reviews. This is important to note due to the
Fieldfisher LLP Personal Injury Solicitors in Manchester & London: But does the length of time a firm has been operating translate into happy clients? The firm provides an https: www.fieldfisher.com en injury-claims case-studies?pageIndex=3" extensive list of case studies< a> which is something we certainly enjoy as part of our researc...
Fair Result Ltd Divorce Settlement Mediation Services in Leicester:
One last excerpt from the firm's site that stood out to us:
class="infoquote "Our workloads are managed to ensure we never have more than six live cases.
The legal industry is awash with firms boasting 200+ year old histories. But maybe it's a very, very conv...
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. One last point made on the firm's website:
class="infoquote "We advise all parents families to take early action, early intervention can be most eff...
Dylan Nair Solicitors Ltd in Preston, Lancashire: That's not something we are so keen on. Some firms will give you 15 mins, some may charge a reduced fee for an initial consultation, and some may offer you a good hour but with a very junior member of staff - i.e. Nor do any of the hyphentated variants (dylan-nair) or typica...
DV Solicitors (Deo Volente Legal LLP) Law Firm in Bedford & Luton: You may get a one year qualified solicitor from a 200 year old firm. The official website we link to above is www.dvsolicitors.com and at the time of writing www.dvsolicitors.co.uk also redirects you there.
A quite note on navigation though as the branding does switch b...
DisrepairClaim.co.uk - Housing Disrepair Claims Company based in Brighouse, West Yorkshire: There are plenty of things we might change about the legal industry, but all in all - CMCs still have a place in it just as much as search engines, directories, and even small local referral setups like ours in order to get people legal help.
. So whilst we still are not ...
DFA Law LLP Solicitors in Northampton: Our experienced lawyers have the knowledge and expertise that can help you."< div>. A 40-year established firm might stick you with a 1-year experienced solicitor, and a 1-year established firm might have a 40-year experience partner on staff. Sometimes when researching a co...
David Stinson & Co Personal Injury Solicitors in Aylesford, Kent: That should mean a considerable amount of experience to draw on. Written like that, it doesn't look nearly as impressive. The latter means that you have nothing to pay whether your case wins or loses . Some firms provide testimonials on their website which are comments they...
Cooks Solicitors in Newcastle under Lyme & Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire: Then their client goes on the web to complain about it. That can surely only be a positive thing?
class="infoquote "Each matter we deal with is given personal attention by a solicitor ..."< div>
A quick note on navigation again though as this firm has it's own off...
Swain & Co Solicitors Ltd in Southampton, Liverpool & Havant: Retaining a smaller local brand name for each area can make a huge difference.
class="infoquote "Thank you so much for all you have done for me."
"I can't praise Swain & Co and Dean Kingham enough."
"I would like to thank you really very very much from the bo...
CEL Solicitors in Liverpool - Housing Disrepair, Knotweed, & Data Breach Claims:
However all the searches we tried such as https: www.thisismoney.co.uk money buytolet article-7951561 Tenants-right-sue-landlord-unsafe-housing-conditions.html" site:thisismoney.co.uk "cel solicitors"< a> did in fact bring up a large number of news articles where st...
Catteralls Solicitors in Wakefield: Potential clients tend to rely more on the independent public offerings such as Google Reviews, Trustpilot, Yell, Yelp etc. A last word from Catterall's own site:
class="infoquote "We always put our clients first. We did see the name 'Catterall Pell & Moxon' popping up...
QualitySolicitors Burton & Co in Lincoln & Sleaford: The official website for all QS firms is www.qualitysolicitors.com but you need to go to the www.qualitysolicitors.com burtonandco page to see information and contact details for this specific firm. (Hence us bringing it to your attention here.) Obviously we would never t...
Branch Austin McCormick LLP Solicitors in Mayfair, London: Another is for fraudsters to send out emails pretending to be their solicitor and stating that the bank details for the house deposit they're sending has changed. We have always encouraged firms to have such profiles on their website. yeah. Still with the varied searches we ...
BLZ Solicitors NIHL, PPI & Immigration Lawyers in Stockport: On https: blzsolicitors.co.uk meet-the-team " the BLZ staff page< a> it initially looks as though they are doing the same. But you never know what they'll think of next. These four case types are not exactly the easiest or the best paying in relation to lawyer earnings el...
Bilkus and Boyle Solicitors & Estate Agents in Glasgow: The rest seem to refer to their actual services though:
class="infoquote "have used the firms services for various things over the years with positive results"
"kept me involved in all of the decisions all of the time"
"took care of all the legal bumf and gav...
Beers LLP - Solicitors in Kingsbridge & Plymouth, Devon:
class="infoquote "Established in 1885, and now with offices in Kingsbridge and Plymouth, we have been providing generations of clients with high quality legal advice."< div>
We're not a fan of these ancient establishment dates provided by firms as a way to intimat...
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...
Argue & Co Legal - Allan Argue Personal Injury Solicitor in Glasgow: The legal industry genuinely is one where the wheels of progress and modernisation turn a lot slower.
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...
APS Legal & Associates Ltd - Will Advisors and Assured Probate Services: Once you have the name of the law firm you can use the various resource we already recommend such as searching the relevant Law Society's website for background and qualification details. Whilst a quick glance of their website may make it appear as just another Will Writing...
Antony Hodari Solicitors Housing Disrepair Specialists in Manchester: 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. There shouldn't be too many problems though as the firm name is unique and doesn't use generic terms. It certainly does help to have someone...
Aconveyancing Ltd in Tamworth & Shirley (Solihull):
However from experience we and many other people have learned there is no 200 year old guru at any firm imparting all their wisdom to new staff. For example this article from https: www.standard.co.uk homesandproperty property-news stamp-duty-holiday-deadline-extensio...
ABS Lawyers Ltd Solicitors in Corby & Maghull, Liverpool:
They are one of the few firms we've seen with a https: abslawyers.co.uk pl home-polski " full Polish section< a> on their website. Luckily there are quite a few good resources to find some deeper and more insightful information about firms that can help you make a ...
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