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: (However the B.A.R. But we're not a directory.
The Citizen's Advice Bureau may be free, but it is awful. with access to a nationwide network of solicitors and barristers, we can also refer your legal issue to the appropriate person should we be unable to do the work fo...
TSABI Ltd - The Solicitors Advocates & Barristers Inc in Southall, London & Slough: Again, something you might think everyone does, but they don't. TSABI Ltd aka The Solicitors Advocates & Barristers Inc first caught our eye as being a larger firm that still handled Legal Aid cases. This means that solicitors still choosing to work under Legal Aid typically...
Thorpe Wilson Ltd Solicitors in Rochdale: There is an injured party who needs to get compensation from a third party or a third party's insurer. We've seen hundreds of errors over the years with people posting negative reviews that are clearly about a completely different firm.
So what can we tell you about T...
Thompsons Solicitors in Scotland | Personal Injury Claims in Glasgow, Dundee, Edinburgh & Galashiels: There is a www.thompsons-solicitors.co.uk website but it is the home of a non-affiliated firm in NI. On it's own though, Scottish Thompsons is one of the largest specialist personal injury practices in the country with over 200 staff, including 11 partners and 10 solicitor a...
The Johnson Partnership Solicitors in Nottingham, Sheffield, Doncaster & Derby: When I worked in immigration, I was the guy that showed up at the immigration centre when the person's own solicitor couldn't make it. At the time of writing, they have 7 reviews on Google that are all 5☆. We check through the Legal Ombudsman's database, law society ...
Taylor Rose MW Ltd Solicitors in Manchester, Peterborough & London:
There are some individual online legal document creation sites such as the one I mentioned above and www.trl-online-wills.co.uk which is just for wills. Recently I was on the phone with a solicitor who genuinely said the words "Oh, that internet thing? No we don't do ...
Taborns Legal Business - Will Taborn Ltd in London: A warning about the growing concerns over the number of legal aid Barristers leaving the Bar. If you're a business person yourself , you've probably seen the numerous 'company furniture catalogues' that seems to list £200 chairs you know you can buy for £25 from your local ...
Serious Law LLP - Serious Injury Law Solicitors in Bolton: I felt that I was not only in top professional care, but that they cared and understood the emotional traumatic side of the ordeal I was facing."
"Everyone we have dealt with has treated us with respect, kindness and patience and guided us through a long case."
"It...
SBW Law Ltd - Solicitors in Liverpool:
We wouldn't recommend seeing such as a sticking point though. Whilst there shouldn't be such issues with the case range SBW Law handle, you should always be in the habit of knowing exactly which site you are on and never discuss payment arrangements via email.
. Bri...
RSR Law Ltd in Croydon: Specialist Solicitor." with statements on how each relates to contesting a will. Whilst we've linked to the official site at www.rsrlaw.co.uk above, there is a website at www.rsrlaw.com but it is for an American firm. getting a copy of a will), however this will be discussed...
Robson & Co Solicitors based in Hythe, Shepway, Kent: He is an accredited ADR Group workplace mediator and a member of the Employment Lawyers Association. So we were over the moon to get this firm on board in the lower east side of England, where there has been a gap for many months. Also, each person will be looking to feel un...
Redwood Collections Ltd - Debt Recovery Services based in Croydon: Naturally, many of them charge much more but if you can find one like Redwood Collections that offer pay-on-completion promises - then it's a no brainer . A final word from Redwoods site:
class="infoquote "Whatever your debt collection or credit management needs, we h...
Penn Chambers Ltd - Solicitors in London: neither www.pennsolicitors.co.uk or www.penngroup.com are currently owned by the firm) it'd be a good idea to bookmark the correct site once you're on it if you plan to return.. You could end up with a 40-year experienced solicitor at a 1-year-old law firm, or a 1-year-exp...
OJ Solicitors Ltd English & Romanian Solicitors in Glasgow:
A quick word on navigation, as obviously searching for variants of the firm's name such as 'oj lawyers' will bring up way too much of the wrong information. The more high quality firms will always take a cut of your compensation. 100% compensation promises mean that i...
NV Legal Ltd Personal Injury Solicitors in Watford: There are also Blog News style articles with a varying range of information such as 'Mental Capacity – Whose decision?'. Whilst it can be common for senior solicitors to have their more junior staff do large chunks of the grunt work - that is something you probably will neve...
Simons Rodkin Solicitors LLP in London, Finchley & Hatfield: Whilst many firms will use the Blog News Article section to just write extra sales pitches thinly disguised as help - Simons Rodkin have put together some really in-depth help pieces that can give you a decent head start in understanding your case and what's needed. This is ...
Murray Hay Solicitors for Putney & Wandsworth: He works with Landlords and Tenants, and can deal with property financing too.
Richard Rooney has also come to MurrayHay from his own practice in Wimbledon to help with the property work plus litigation matters. Really, the list is longer than this whole article. Colum ...
MTA Personal Injury Solicitors LLP in Bromley, Kent - Greater London: in the case of an Immigration firm), or are simply marked as being the best in their field . The website we link to above is www.mtapersonalinjury.com and it contains the most information about the firm and it's services. I never felt rushed or pressurised to make a decisio...
Meresbrook Pollard Solicitors in Bradford: Rather, appreciate the fact that such discounts were offered at all.
The language on the website is actually pretty standard. There's also a distinct lack of self-promoting material. employment family law), and Criminal Law (e.g. But whilst the two main solicitors of th...
McShanes Solicitors based in Newry, County Down, Northern Ireland: There are four at the time of writing this. Many firms we see during our day to day work, will devote large sections of their website to talking about a single £million settlement they achieved several years ago - when 99% of the time that is not a potential outcome. T...
McEwan Fraser Legal Property Conveyancing in Edinburgh, Aberdeen & Inverness: And that was only on a £260,000 house.
But considering they cover pratically everything else we really like a firm to do: transparency over claims such as awards, out of hours services, proper staff profiles, engaging with online forums, a range of contact methods, et...
Alexander JLO Solicitors - AJLO in London, Birmingham, Chelmsford, Norwich & Liverpool: There are a few bits we want to highlight in case you missed them though:
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Resolution is an organisation with thousands of legal professional members all dedicated to finding the best ways to ...
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.
The site is https so should be secure for entering your personal information into ...
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. Naturally the level of expertise and experienc...
Law In Cornwall from Cubism Ltd, Truro: But specific to the type of area Cornwall is - they also deal in Holiday Park Law. Based in Truro, they are near the Threemilestone Industrial Estate, with visitor parking nearby.
They offer free initial consultations in cases where legal aid would normally have been av...
Lawcomm Solicitors Services in Fareham, Whiteley & London: The same goes for www.lawcommsolicitors.co.uk or www.lawcommsolicitors.com or any of the hyphenated versions of each. It's simply that such a large amount of what we found related to their property side. (Article from the Southern Daily Echo) Of course the firm has the obl...
Lambertpugh LLP Nationwide Conveyancing Solicitors from Norwich: The site says that the quotes are 'free', but really, we've never seen a firm that charges to give you a quote.
They operate out of their Norwich office, but like the majority of conveyancers they can work anywhere in England and Wales. She replied to any messages promp...
Kudos Legal Ltd Solicitors in Glasgow and Preston:
Kudos Legal is the type of firm we've recently trying to get on to the network though as they are essentially an 'international' law firm - being able to represent clients in both Scotland and England Wales Northern Ireland . Hopefully that will be fixed soon. We alwa...
Kings View Chambers, London with Stephen McCaffrey & Catherine Stock:
I hope you'll agree now that my use of the word 'unique' to describe their case range was well founded.
We always run a firm's website through several devices and browsers to check.
Their focus is very much on defending people, but not just in criminal matt...
Kings Court Trust Ltd Probate Services based in Bristol: We know that people who are suddenly hit with death, wills, probate, and so on like to search for information. With a name like "Kings Court" and the fact this firm handles legal matters such as probate, you'd be forgiven for jumping to the conclusion that KCT are a chambers...
Joanna Connolly Solicitors in Liverpool, Merseyside: For example, a loan may prove to be unenforceable in the courts by a creditor if hidden commissions have been paid without your knowledge, payment protection insurance (PPI) has been mis-sold, or if the lender has breached the consumer credit act. When you visit their websit...
Jarmans Solicitors Ltd in Sittingbourne, Kent & Chancery Lane, London: all followed a similar schedule too.
Most of the 'new' law firms opening up post-24 7-mobile-phone-and-internet tend to offer out of hours weekend appointments as well as home hospital visits where needed. Jarmans do state Saturday morning appointments are possible for...
Jackson Lees Group Solicitors in Liverpool & Manchester (aka Jackson Canter): As before, the www.jacksonlees.com version also redirects to the UK address. When firms sign up, they generally switch their logo, design, and general branding efforts. There was then separate sites for www.broudiejacksoncanter.co.uk (which now redirects to www.jacksonlees.c...
IWC Estate Planning & Management Ltd - Probate & Will Services in Croydon, Bristol & Braintree: Of course, that's just when they registered as a "Ltd" company in Braintree. If you've done your homework a little more than the regular consumer, you'll have seen all the business info sites state they started in 2002. So, do we have any negative points to raise? Well, they...
Ian Mallon Solicitors Ltd in Newry and Dublin: The website also provides several case studies which have been surprisingly popular reading for many people - e.g. The idea is to find a handful of different types of law office in each area so not only can you have a local firm if you want, but also be more aware of what's ...
R James Hutcheon Solicitors - Law Firm in Liverpool:
class="infoquote "very friendly and professional from the start and kept me regularly updated throughout the case"
"Communication was good throughout always keeping me informed of developments regarding the claim."
"Personally my experience was good with this company...
Huneewoth Solicitors based in Croydon, South London: These languages are also mentioned on the official Law Society records discussed earlier. First order of business is to find an About Us section. Huneewoth does not have a custom built website. Because many solicitors don't update their websites very often, so whilst they m...
HJA.net - Hodge Jones & Allen LLP Solicitors in London: I will point out that altruism is often more easily afforded by well established firms with a solid income. They still work with Legal where possible, but every year it seems that government cuts strip away access to justice. The reason for the .net ending is probably becaus...
Helix Law Ltd - Solicitors in Brighton & Eastbourne:
What are other people saying about the firm? Most people would agree that the testimonials which companies display on their websites are usually quite different from the comments you'd see posted on third party review sites. Again, this is rarer than you would think an...
HH Law Ltd - Hampson Hughes Solicitors in Liverpool: So for security's sake it's probably a good idea to bookmark the correct site once you're on it . We tried a few on Google and the majority of the time the correct firm showed up but none of the domain varients we tried did.
As you'll have seen on the Law Society page ...
GloverPriest Solicitors Ltd in Birmingham (Great Barr), Stourbridge, Wellingborough & Tamworth: Overall though, each office has positive reviews:
class="infoquote • "... Thankfully, GloverPriest have not done that. Glover&Priest with the ampersand in the middle is not possible as a web address but www.gloverandpriest.com is. Paying for a solicitor that is...
Frank Rogers Law Ltd - Motoring Offence Solicitor in Birkenhead: Make sure to find out first if you qualify before really getting in to things with that firm if Legal Aid is your only real option.
class="infoquote "Notices of Intended Prosecution can be defective and if you do not understand how to deal with them, you can end up wi...
Fieldfisher LLP Personal Injury Solicitors in Manchester & London: However these are sufficiently in the past to avoid anyone still mixing them up. For others, they like to see newspaper snippets about the firm helping in the local community or being asked their opinion for an article. There are various such organisations but this one has t...
FamLegal.co.uk Family Legal Solicitors in Middlewich, Cheshire: The firm's owner and Principal Solicitor Julia Brown is a member of resolution, and have achieved accredited specialist status with them in relation to both cohabitee disputes and financial matters on divorce. Their ethos is that as a family solicitor they are there not only...
Edward Hands & Lewis Solicitors in Lewisham, Loughborough & Leicester: It's unique. In 2012 they received the Business of the Year Award for Loughborough. Obviously, using the 'and' in the name would make for a long web address, and you can't have '&' characters in domain names. That means the only other alternative is www.edwardhandslewis.co.u...
Hammond Trotter Solicitors Ltd | Motor Offence Lawyers in Manchester & London: The more you know the easier it will be to understand your options and choose the right person to help you. It's a sad but true statement, and naturally results in many people pleading guilty just to save time and money. Oddly there are only a handful of reviews on Google a...
Driscoll Kingston Solicitors in Liverpool: The main website address www.driscollkingston.co.uk is linked to above and we didn't see any other similarly named firms popping up in the search engine results. At the time of writing this we've been working with Driscoll Kingston for a little under a year. You can't get '&...
DFA Law LLP Solicitors in Northampton: DFA Law are with The Law Society of England & Wales and if you https: solicitors.lawsociety.org.uk office 466115 dfa-law-llp" check the page about them< a> on the organisation's website - you'll be provided with quite a bit of information. Sometimes when researching a com...
Davey Law Solicitors in Cirencester and Gloucester: Individually they can handle negligence, disputes, injuries, litigation, property, wills, and more. If we asked people to imagine a typical, modern solicitor's firm - Davey Law is exactly what would spring to most people's minds.
So lacking any unusual features to comm...
CSL Law Ltd Solicitors in Croydon: Certainly we get repeat visitors coming back to search for their contact details. Surely that is like giving Burger King a negative review for not selling pizzas?
The firm's website is concise, lacking the common chunks of sales pitches and flowery language we've seen...
CFG Law Personal Injury Solicitors in Cheadle, Greater Manchester: To date, everyone seems very impressed with CFG on their own merits and have not requested further opinions from us. If you've tripped on a paving slab and scraped your knee, or if you only had a sore neck for a couple of days after a car accident - they are unlikely to dump...
Briffa Legal Ltd Intellectual Property (IP) Solicitors in London: We love case studies in the same way teenagers love YouTube. It's as if they knew exactly what we look for in a firm, and did it.
Any negatives? I don't like their logo. Roughly it's about half and half right now.
Joshua Schuermann is from Paris and was a professi...
Brearleys Solicitors in Batley, Birstall, Cleckheaton and Brighouse: they must surely have been reasonably successful to have grown to that point.)
Established locally in 1833, their current partners have apparently worked together for many years in West Yorkshire, providing legal services and helping clients throughout the area with bu...
Barrister-Direct Ltd: Using Barristers for Personal Injury Claims: They handle all the usual types of accident claims such as road traffic accidents, public liability claims, slips and falls, accidents at work, and more.
They pride themselves on providing a friendly and approachable service. They in turn will then often approach Barris...
Balfour + Manson Solicitors & Property Sales in Aberdeen, Glasgow & Edinburgh: They have expanded their Aberdeen operations in 2016 by merging with the 25-year-old law firm http: www.duthieward.co.uk" Duthie Ward< a> solicitors. So please don't bear a grudge if some bits and pieces don't get the full run-down that you've come to expect from our law ...
AWH Legal Ltd - AWH Solicitors in Manchester & Blackburn: They can also be independently verified with each organisation. If you click on each person's name you can also see their qualification date and specialist areas. The official company name is AHW Legal Ltd which is what shows on the Companies House records and The Law Soci...
Avery & Walters Ltd - Solicitors in Leeds & Harrogate: Certainly there is no 200+ year old solicitor working behind any of the desks. For example, a firm with five solicitors each with only a couple of years' experience may state on their front page 'over a decade of experience in X law!' . Obviously there are going to be commo...
Auto Logistic Solutions Ltd - Vehicle Accident Management:
If you haven't read any of our other review articles before this one, please do. Until our social manager David bumped into someone from Auto Logistic Solutions online, it wasn't something we'd really put much thought in to.
Auto Logistic Solutions is simply som...
Atkinson Rose Employment Law Firm based in London: The Atkinson Rose news page currently has real< u> editorial pieces about actual< u> Employment Law matters. To me, this shows the firm's genuine interest in not just following the industry changes, but also mulling over any possible future implications.
They obviousl...
Ashworth Motoring Law | Driving Offence Solicitors in Rossendale, Lancashire: (Defendant has to prove they are innocent?!? Police don't need to prove you were even driving the vehicle?!?) Anyway ... Just be sure and drive responsibly from then on, as you may not get the same bit of luck twice!
The founder of the firm, Alison Ashworth, feels the s...
APS Legal & Associates Ltd - Will Advisors and Assured Probate Services: So how as a front end website browsing consumer can you tell which claims are potentially true?
If the will writing service you're looking at is run by or at least backed by a law firm, then they will absolutely state this.
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Apprise Legal Services - Wills, Trusts, Probate & Estate Planning in Sutton Coldfield:
You'll also find that most specialists in this area of law are more likely to visit you at home for appointments and be able to advise you on related matters such as insurance, tax schemes, and even funeral plans . If you've already read a few of these review articles ...
Aina Khan Law Ltd - Family Law Solicitors in Broxbourne, London: 25+ years’ expertise. If you click the name of a staff member you will be shown further information about them. However when we clicked it directed us to the main site. You can therefore do this with most firms you're researching if they are making large claims without provi...
Allsop Durn Solicitors in Ruislip: We've had someone rant about 'capitalist law firms!' on our reviews and seen someone give a 1 star rating to a Divorce specialist for refusing to take on their Personal Injury case. However after so many years of flicking through such sites, we've noticed quite a few distin...
ACS Accident Claims Scotland - Road Traffic & Workplace Personal Injury Solicitors: As with most firms that have names using general terms (i.e. It is a specialised area and too important to trust to your local 'jack of all trades' who may have helped with your divorce or your last house purchase."< div>
It's a fair point to make about specialists. www...
5 Essex Court Chambers & Partners - Barristers in London: Hopefully as more and more people get wind of the option, we'll start seeing more publicly available feedback about the various barristers chambers as well. Usually when we review a firm we have to use a lot of our experience such as knowledge of the relevant agencies the fi...
33 Legal Ltd | Claim Services in Preston & Manchester: We've seen law firms sharing Strictly Come Dancing memes, swearing, or just posting endless adverts followed by the phrase "Like Us!" which just looks out of place.
We've often said that it's better to get a 20-year experienced lawyer in a 1-year old firm than to end u...
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