Finding Legal Help When Things Go Wrong
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:
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White Collar Legal & Admin Ltd in Wirral, Merseyside: Then underneath the list it states:
class="infoquote "... It's the kind of thing that, when you see it, you suddenly want a law passed so that every law firm has to post their average hourly rate . APR on finance and sugar content in food). Is there enough history an...
TSABI Ltd - The Solicitors Advocates & Barristers Inc in Southall, London & Slough:
class="infoquote "At TSABI, we are more than just a law firm - we care about people and their individual or business needs for acquiring legal support."< div>
So whilst the majority of law firms will have a sales pitch line like this one on their website, with th...
Thorpe Wilson Ltd Solicitors in Rochdale: For example, Asda do not 'specialise' in Cereal, Milk, Chocolate, Underwear, Toys and Bottled Water. For example, the phrase 'No Win, No Fee' only means that there are no costs if your case loses. So context is key. There are also links to each staff member to see their own ...
Thompsons Solicitors in Scotland | Personal Injury Claims in Glasgow, Dundee, Edinburgh & Galashiels: If you want the NI office of this Thompsons, you'll need to go to www.thompsonssolicitors-ni.com ... Thompsons Scotland was only set up as recently as 1979 in Glenfinlas Street, Edinburgh. and I think we'll leave it there. If this amount doesn't impress you, then you've been...
The Johnson Partnership Solicitors in Nottingham, Sheffield, Doncaster & Derby: Again from the Johnson's official website:
class="infoquote "We have over 60 Criminal Advocates, over 25 Accredited Police Station Advisors and over 10 Higher Rights Advocates and In-House Counsel. Both www.johnsonpartnership.co.uk and www.johnsonpartnership.com are o...
Taylor Rose MW Ltd Solicitors in Manchester, Peterborough & London: The problem is that most people feel their house sale takes too long, most people wish they'd got more more money or paid less, most people feel a little fobbed off by their solicitor (that they've been calling three times a day for two months straight!) ... Does that mean r...
Taborns Legal Business - Will Taborn Ltd in London: If you've read review articles on our site before then you'll know that we usually cover quite a bit of ground including regulatory databases, third party forums, snippets from across the site, quotes from peer groups, and so on. If you're a business person yourself , you'v...
Serious Law LLP - Serious Injury Law Solicitors in Bolton: Plus one of the main measuring bars of the legal industry (The Legal 500) " praises them highly< a> too. Over the last 31 years, we have dealt with some of the UK’s largest and most complex serious injury cases, achieving numerous multi-million pound settlements for our cl...
SBW Law Ltd - Solicitors in Liverpool: Today's article centres around the firm SBW Law. is an Alternative Business Structure authorised and regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority"< div>
There are three things in there but the one you may not have seen before or know much about is SBW Law being an ...
RSR Law Ltd in Croydon: Or as we normally do - state conclusions that could be drawn and why they probably shouldn't be. We saw a couple of articles recommending people remember "F.A.C.T.S!" In one instance it stood for "Family. In the case of RSR Law, it was things like publicly denouncing cold-ca...
Robson & Co Solicitors based in Hythe, Shepway, Kent: Anyway - we're making too much of this.
Robson&Co's Family Law experts, like all other firms, will either be the type you are looking for or not. I mean, really, really rare. Hythe has gardening, horse riding, bowling, tennis, cricket, football, squash and sailing clubs...
Redwood Collections Ltd - Debt Recovery Services based in Croydon: Some are setup to send threatening letters and to doorstep visits that are backed up with a legal department already in place. Some are set up to send threatening letters and do some doorstep visits. Naturally, many of them charge much more but if you can find one like Redwo...
Penn Chambers Ltd - Solicitors in London: That may sound odd, however solicitors and barristers are actually two quite different groups. On the subject of navigation though, please note that the official site is www.pennchambers.co.uk with www.pennchambers.com not currently showing anything. We noticed though, that ...
OJ Solicitors Ltd English & Romanian Solicitors in Glasgow: There are dozens including Yelp, Google, Facebook, Yell.com, Trustpilot, etc. Right now the main target for scammers are property law firms because of the huge amounts of money they can try and trick people into putting in the wrong place. However we do try to make sure you...
NV Legal Ltd Personal Injury Solicitors in Watford: It's quite common for firms to use marketing jargon to obscure their real experience levels. We've seen plenty of people complain about firms where you don't even get to speak to your solicitor directly. For example a highly experienced firm that gets you £4000 for your inju...
Simons Rodkin Solicitors LLP in London, Finchley & Hatfield: This mix of seasoned, tempered experience alongside fresh, eager new ideas can only be a good thing . We will consider fixed fees and for legal dispute work No Win No Fee (or partial no win no fee) arrangements in appropriate situations."< div>
Thankfully it's becoming...
Murray Hay Solicitors for Putney & Wandsworth: No seriously. To finish it off, we spotted this statement:
"The firm is made up of both male and female staff of varying ages,religious beliefs and ethnic backgrounds. Colum came to the firm after working in Hong Kong and having his own private practice in Wimbledon. H...
MTA Personal Injury Solicitors LLP in Bromley, Kent - Greater London: If you're still struggling to decide between various firms, there are other things you can check independently too . In fact, we don't think we know of any firm in the UK that doesn't offer No Win, No Fee for Personal Injury matters these days. They can use spoofed or simil...
Meresbrook Pollard Solicitors in Bradford: If you've come to 1to1Legal before to read informational reviews about firms, this one is going to have a couple of firsts. Of course, that could have been cleared up by the time you read this, but unfortunately the fact that their website is not mobile friendly and uses Fla...
McShanes Solicitors based in Newry, County Down, Northern Ireland: They boast about their recruitment procedures which are designed to ensure they employ staff of "the highest calibre". He is responsible for litigation, criminal law, commercial conveyancing, employment law and equal rights.
Mary Doherty picks up the remaining case type...
McEwan Fraser Legal Property Conveyancing in Edinburgh, Aberdeen & Inverness: (Please search for Rhod Gilbert's rant on award winning mince pies to more understand how we feel about the issue.) We ran a poll a few years back asking people whether they actually checked up on which awards a firm claims to have won. You would think these days that even...
Alexander JLO Solicitors - AJLO in London, Birmingham, Chelmsford, Norwich & Liverpool: Great job."
"From start to finish the process took less than 5 weeks. That's not helpful and shouldn't really be allowed in our opinion. Top notch work."
"I will never forget how much their help saved me from a terrible circumstance. The individual pages on each ca...
Linkilaw Solicitors Ltd:
Even though Linkilaw's new branding isn't a huge departure from the last, it does mean there could be cross over for a time as review sites update who they're exactly talking about. We've worked with and written about this firm before when they were originally called L...
Leech & Co Solicitors Ltd in Manchester: You can contact us by e-mail, telephone, SKYPE or Facetime and we can offer a home appointment if required." < div>
This facility certainly separates old-school thinking solicitors from the more modern, client-focused firms. Because of the UK tld this can result in www.l...
Law In Cornwall from Cubism Ltd, Truro: Therefore, their solicitors provide you with the necessary strategic advice to ensure that you can resolve your problem or dispute as swiftly and effectively as possible.
They provide legal services in contract disputes such as online contracts, construction disputes, d...
Lawcomm Solicitors Services in Fareham, Whiteley & London: As we mentioned in the opening paragraphs of this article, that's pretty amazing for a firm that handles property . We've seen a firm stating a 150 year history yet their staff list contained no solicitor with more than a decade's worth of experience. Some of the largest an...
Lambertpugh LLP Nationwide Conveyancing Solicitors from Norwich: Their testimonials also seem genuine. Thank you."
Which is nice. I have said I never want to move again but if I do I will definitely come back to Lambert Pugh and will be recommending them to anyone else I know wanting to move. The site says that the quotes are 'free...
Kudos Legal Ltd Solicitors in Glasgow and Preston: However we tend to focus on third party independent review boards when doing our research which (according to our poll last year) is what most of you do as well with any company. For the Glasgow office you can check The Law Society of Scotland. For all we know, Glasgow are g...
Kings View Chambers, London with Stephen McCaffrey & Catherine Stock: If you are a nurse or midwife being brought before the Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC) as the result of a complaint or allegations of wrong-doing. Prior to practice at the Bar he worked in a criminal defence firm covering difficult cases. A barrister has to be qualified to...
Kings Court Trust Ltd Probate Services based in Bristol: But they also highlight their online case tracking service - Insight. But they're not. Also even though the web address www.kingscourttrust.co.uk currently redirects to the main one, www.kingscourttrust.com does not. Usually late at night on their tablet. We had to crawl the...
Joanna Connolly Solicitors in Liverpool, Merseyside: That last one is quite important. No conflicts - which is nice. Joanna Connolly Solicitors is a sole practitioner law firm striving to provide a high level of service for consumer credit, contentious probate, and insolvency matters. For consumer credit disputes, they also li...
Jarmans Solicitors Ltd in Sittingbourne, Kent & Chancery Lane, London: I never once had to chase her for information ..."
• "... Whilst phrases such as "totally recommend", "great firm", and "exceeded expectations" are all things solicitors want to hear about themselves - none of them help a potential client understand why. If a fir...
Jackson Lees Group Solicitors in Liverpool & Manchester (aka Jackson Canter): For commercial clients, they cover asset sales and purchases, buying or selling a business, construction law, insolvency, intellectual property and more.
Certainly the firm tries to stamp its individuality by using phrases such as color="green "common sense legal solu...
IWC Estate Planning & Management Ltd - Probate & Will Services in Croydon, Bristol & Braintree: This is great for the consumer and will help a lot when you're trying to compare one firm with another. As we provide services for overseas clients enquiries are often answered outside of normal office hours."< div>
IWC are based in Croydon but have satellite offices ...
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. Over the past 20+ years of working with law firms we've seen so many negative reviews for firms that were clearly unwarranted or simply ...
R James Hutcheon Solicitors - Law Firm in Liverpool: Last year we ran a poll and it turned out that only 21% of people actually trusted testimonials on company websites.
One thing we're not very fond of are compensation calculators. So when they make this claim on their website:
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Huneewoth Solicitors based in Croydon, South London: A general 'feel' of a firm can be gained during all this research. This week I was asked why all the reviews I write are mostly positive. We usually check the previous 4 years of complaints. Legal Ombudsman, Law Society, SRA, website check, etc. Their information is hosted o...
HJA.net - Hodge Jones & Allen LLP Solicitors in London:
This 'big-ness' doesn't just apply to their online presence or things that could be considered mere PR branding efforts. and their awards page was too long for us to even read thoroughly. Their local university even https: www.westminster.ac.uk news-and-events new...
Helix Law Ltd - Solicitors in Brighton & Eastbourne: This inevitably results in those articles being thin on content, but packed with extra sales pitches about the firm.
Helix Law's article section on the other hand does seem to have a large number of articles aimed at the general consumer. Please note, the spelling and...
HH Law Ltd - Hampson Hughes Solicitors in Liverpool: We've done our share of claimant interviews, and it's not uncommon to have someone try to tell you they've been emotionally-scarred-for-life by a two week whiplash injury. (Pause to raise an eyebrow.) We didn't see any of such fishy goings-on for Hampson Hughes though.
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GloverPriest Solicitors Ltd in Birmingham (Great Barr), Stourbridge, Wellingborough & Tamworth: on the ball the entire time, no stone left unturned. No, we're not exaggerating and no, we're not a fan when they do this. So make sure you've entered the name of the firm and it's office town when searching to make sure you're reading about the right place. our lawyers have...
Frank Rogers Law Ltd - Motoring Offence Solicitor in Birkenhead: That's very different from your own solicitor have 20-40 years' of knowledge behind them. Please note that whilst some firms may say they work with Legal Aid, the restrictions on who actually merits that help are unbelievably tight. Of course if you see a very small law prac...
Fieldfisher LLP Personal Injury Solicitors in Manchester & London: However these are sufficiently in the past to avoid anyone still mixing them up. Even more odd was the comment about them having 'very understanding traffic wardens'. As there are no extra generic terms such as 'fieldfisher law' or 'fieldfisher legal' to cause confusion, and...
FamLegal.co.uk Family Legal Solicitors in Middlewich, Cheshire: I had the freedom to voice my own fears and concerns safe in the knowledge that Julia would provide sound advice. Choosing the right solicitor is crucial. She was thorough and methodical in her approach and was very supportive throughout the court process. They can also advi...
Edward Hands & Lewis Solicitors in Lewisham, Loughborough & Leicester: It's not just banks fraudsters try to imitate.. However, Edward Hands and Lewis is a very large firm and therefore probably have a dedicated web-person. Therefore, if a firm is strongly pushing clients towards their social media profiles on the actual website - we can only w...
Hammond Trotter Solicitors Ltd | Motor Offence Lawyers in Manchester & London: You can search this firm's name on a news search and there's no fantastical articles about them getting the rich and famous off the hook for something they likely deserved to be punished for. So they certainly could have the experience to be the country's leading motoring fi...
Driscoll Kingston Solicitors in Liverpool: Three of them seem to be about the exact same case just with different names used, and one is a contact request filled with the person's case details. Things you probably don't care about as a consumer looking to make a basic whiplash claim. It actually reads like a review...
DFA Law LLP Solicitors in Northampton: A really good mix of old, wiser heads running a firm that still has some young-blood eager to prove themselves. So do the independent review boards match up?
class="infoquote "Professional, efficient and easy to deal with."
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Whenever we discuss a firm th...
Davey Law Solicitors in Cirencester and Gloucester:
Mark Tawn became a solicitor in 1994 and for the past 20 years has specialised in personal injury litigation. The kind that most of the people coming through our network probably expect to be referred to.
Is there something wrong with being normal?
Davey La...
CSL Law Ltd Solicitors in Croydon: Usually we only strongly advise people to bookmark a solicitor's site when fraud is a possibility such as scammers preying on property transactions. Certainly there are plenty of places for such people to air their grievances. But apparently not to read or write reviews. We ...
CFG Law Personal Injury Solicitors in Cheadle, Greater Manchester: Whilst taking out what is essentially a 'loan' at the start of your case might sound daunting, it is something we believe is a good idea. Actually, a great idea. Obviously we've linked to the main site www.cfglaw.co.uk but www.cfglaw.com goes no-where, which usually ends up ...
Briffa Legal Ltd Intellectual Property (IP) Solicitors in London: With Briffa though, there's bucket loads. We love case studies in the same way teenagers love YouTube.
Joshua Schuermann is from Paris and was a professional musician and production assistant before becoming a solicitor, moving to London, and studying Media and Enterta...
Brearleys Solicitors in Batley, Birstall, Cleckheaton and Brighouse: looks like an attempt at a modern mobile phone design. color="green "My family use your Brighouse branch regularly ..." < font> sounds like a ringing endorsement as well. when we looked, it didn't appear to be quite finished though. However, quite uniquely, Brearleys bring...
Barrister-Direct Ltd: Using Barristers for Personal Injury Claims: You will not be passed on to a third party.
Barrister-Direct have years of experience dealing with Personal Injury cases in Court and negotiating the best possible settlement for their clients. They in turn will then often approach Barristers for advice and representati...
Balfour + Manson Solicitors & Property Sales in Aberdeen, Glasgow & Edinburgh: Ian's father, Francis, joined as a partner in 1922. Okay, with this review we have a lot to get through. However, it does this without looking stuffy or ten years out of date. So please don't bear a grudge if some bits and pieces don't get the full run-down that you've come ...
AWH Legal Ltd - AWH Solicitors in Manchester & Blackburn:
When researching this firm yourself around the web, you may see names such as Carter Law, Roebucks Solicitors, and Roberts Jackson Solicitors. For example, their staff profile pages are heavy on the personal information such as the solicitor's hobbies - but lacking in p...
Avery & Walters Ltd - Solicitors in Leeds & Harrogate: Laura successfully navigated me through the process with the minimum of fuss,"
"found them to be very helpful and kept me updated regularly"
"They helped me so much with a dispute I had with my employer. The Harrogate office has it's own website at www.powell-eddis...
Auto Logistic Solutions Ltd - Vehicle Accident Management: Most people already know that severe damage is recorded in the car's history and even the most basic searches will tell a buyer when and what level. With everything so computerised these days and information being shared across all platforms and industries however, it may be...
Atkinson Rose Employment Law Firm based in London: Atkinson Rose deal with Employment issues and are one of the many specialist firms we've sought out for the 1to1Legal network. Eventually our client settled for more than 3 times the amount that the other employee settled the claim for despite the circumstances surrounding...
Ashworth Motoring Law | Driving Offence Solicitors in Rossendale, Lancashire: Driving with an alcohol or drug level over the specified limit can result in automatic bans for years. Wherever you are in England or Wales, their motoring law solicitors are on hand 24 7 and believe that almost every motor prosecution can be successfully defended. They have...
APS Legal & Associates Ltd - Will Advisors and Assured Probate Services:
class="infoquote "In this unregulated environment, we have aligned ourselves with the Institute of Professional Will Writers (IPW)."< div>
. Unlike a single fixed firm with maybe a dozen employees, it's much harder to use testimonials or independent reviews when judgi...
Apprise Legal Services - Wills, Trusts, Probate & Estate Planning in Sutton Coldfield:
Apprise Legal Services are obviously specialists. But you never know what might happen next so it's always best to try and stay as safe as possible. We try to locate large firms, small firms, specialists and different types of legal professional for each area. he offer...
Aina Khan Law Ltd - Family Law Solicitors in Broxbourne, London:
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Allsop Durn Solicitors in Ruislip:
class="infoquote "Made every process very easy and was always keeping my partner updated"
"A formal but personal service.
class="infoquote "We try to listen and achieve everything we reasonably can for you. You're able to look up case ranges, any other off...
ACS Accident Claims Scotland - Road Traffic & Workplace Personal Injury Solicitors: There is a core group of case description pages and answer pages such as the FAQs page which covers things such as "Do I need any money to claim through ACS?" or "How long do I have to make a claim?" or "How long will it take?"
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5 Essex Court Chambers & Partners - Barristers in London: We've linked to the official www.5essexcourt.co.uk above but www.5essexcourt.com is currently a chinese lottery site. You would take your case to a solicitor, they would run it, and they would hire a barrister to represent you. However with 5 Essex Court there seems to be a...
33 Legal Ltd | Claim Services in Preston & Manchester: Again, whilst this is not an uncommon practice for law firms to create several marketing brands for online use - it can be confusing. No really!)
The majority of the text on any law firm's website is going to sound similar to the next. It's basically people doing bland ...