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Dylan Nair Solicitors Ltd: class="infoquote "We understand you place a great deal of faith in solicitors; this is why we only use experts."< div> It's a growing trend (that we absolutely encourage) for legal offices around the UK to provide staff profiles on their website. It may be a sad...


Mckie Legal: We like to see firm's bragging about being a stalwart local fixture. We cover the reasons why solicitors do this in our article Jacobs Law Solicitors: That way when you see statements about a firm having decades of experience - you can make sure that's not just one person at the firm hogging it all. A really good resource we constantly advocate is your local Law Society. So for Jacobs to be unafraid in posting such a...


Argue & Co Legal: In this instance you're left to rely on the firm's own about us page: class="infoquote "Allan previously worked for one of Scotland's leading personal injury and employment law specialists, and thereafter moved to one of the U.K's largest personal injury firms; wh...


Springle & Co Solicitors: The first port of call we usually recommend to help start telling them apart is The Law Society in your area. But as more and more people switch from high street companies to seeking specialists services for practically everything these days - we've followed suit and started...

BLZ Solicitors: So unfortunately, this phrase has become quite meaningless in relation to indicating what the firm does differently. If someone seems genuinely interested in your case it seems to really, really count. One solicitor has experience with the immigration process whilst the othe...


Hawkridge & Company: Frankly many issues are totally outside your solicitor's control such as land searches, mortgage applications and so on. So what should you look out for? One thing that often bugs us is when a firm says they are 'award-winning'. It's definitely something to keep in m...


Pacific Law: Some are chargable, some aren't, some are really expensive. In our opinion both sides are just marketing language. class="infoquote "Pacific Law was founded with a vision of being a 21st century firm in a 20th century industry."< div> ​If you've already vis...


ABS Lawyers Ltd: Whilst this can fall into the same trap of the branding not always reflecting the experience of the actual lawyer assigned to your case - it is far more geniune a way to describe the firm's experience. Lastly there are firms that write statements such as the one from ...


Stenfield Solicitors: 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. Lucki...


Khan Law: But most tend not to be as picky about things like personal injury, wills, landlord disputes, employment law, and so on. Some review forums had zero negative comments . That's because we've seen law firms with five star reviews for their dog-friendly restaurant and others b...


DV Solicitors: The Law Society of England & Wales is a simply excellent resources for background research . People have https: www.thetimes.co.uk static connected-families conveyancing-email-scam-hackers-steal-house-deposit " handed over millions to fraudsters< a> sometimes on the...


Richmond Legal Ltd: So a public display (it's actually capitalised on the Richmond Legal website but we shrunk it to avoid distraction) of a number clearly meant as a potential 24 7 means of contact is rarer than you might think. Don't expect this to change very quickly though. The main o...

Trust Inheritance Ltd: Trust Inheritance does have some testimonials on their site: class="infoquote "Couldn’t have wished for a more friendly and helpful person for the advice needed" "spoke to me with such care and kindness" "manner was very professional and empathetic"< div> ...


Bilkus & Boyle: it almost makes them meaningless. If you've already been through a dozen law firms' websites today searching for one to take your case, you'll probably have noticed the majority use the same types of sales language, images, and so on. The number of scams relating to conveyan...


Catteralls Solicitors: But the reason we point out how easy it is to get mixed up is because this firm deal with Property Conveyancing matters https: www.lawgazette.co.uk news police-warn-solicitors-about-phishing-scam 5106839.article" which have been the increasing target of scammers for years...


Penerley Lawyers: But at the moment, Google is listing their hours as closed all weekend. 'Less-stuffy' is a phrase we're seeing pop up more and more in newer firm's sales pitches about their services. The Law Society of England & Wales has a great user-side display of information and the m...


The Search Bureau: We think it's fair to say though that after 12+ years of them being in business, with the relationships they have with other renown service providers, and the single-product-focus they clearly have - it stands to reason they are good at what they do . Whilst the majorit...


Education Law Service Ltd: Whilst ELS do display a few testimonials on their website e.g: class="infoquote "highly professional, advice was thorough and fully informative" "thank you for being very straightforward"< div> We found only one on the public boards. However for Special Needs Ed...


Pump Court Chambers: But there are far more comments that we noticed, probably more so than most consumers would. Pump Court Chambers don't handle property matters, but you never know what scammers will come up with next. So choosing one is just as much a point of discernment as any other law fi...


Mason Bullock Solicitors: The reason we were so keen though, was simply from one opening line on their website: class="infoquote "When you want fast, convenient and savvy advice on employment law or setting aside a CCJ, think Mason Bullock Solicitors."< div> This may look like an ordinary ...


Lindsays Solicitors: You can usually look up details about any firm with their local law society. After reading through the comments we saw three one star messages all regarding the same thing - with comments such as "Don't sell 20 stanley Road!" Apparently some of the local people wanted th...


Aspire Licensing: In fact, an experienced accountant could cost much less yet be far more effective . Certainly we can't think of one that's more niche off-hand, but we've been doing this for over twenty years now. a close relationship with all our local responsible authorities ensures any i...


OTS Solicitors Ltd: These are on the national, county or often city level if the population is big enough. Common errors we would expect such as dropping the extra 's' (i.e. For example, many do not state which awards have been won. 'otsolicitors' variants) don't seem to occur much in our searc...


Reid Black Solicitors: So by showing reviews from a third party site and linking to that site so people can check the comments are by real people (e.g. they've posted general reviews elsewhere as well) - it provides a good dollop of veracity to the whole thing. A quick note on navigation though. ...


Howe + Co Solicitors: For a start, when we entered Howe & Co Solicitors into a search there were three other firms with similar names that popped up as well. One thing you rarely see in relation to UK law firms is an entire Wikipedia page dedicated to them. Howe & Co seem to have solicitors...


Robin Somerville Direct Access Barrister: For example, an accountant to help with tax matters. Some are not Direct Access qualified and whilst they will talk to you about your case - they will then tell you of local solicitors you need to hire first in order for them to then hire that barrister to deal with your cas...


Levins Solicitors: There is a https: www.todaysconveyancer.co.uk partner-news 2-5m-client-money-lost-early-2020-good-policies-procedures-essential-say-regulators " huge number of people falling for conveyancing scams< a> right now with millions being sent to fraudsters. The branding logo of...


Aconveyancing Ltd: You may very well get a one year qualified solicitor taking your case at a 200 year old firm. In law industry terms, that might sound quite young with so many companies boasting ancient foundings such as 'established in 1881'. You may very well get a forty year qualified s...


The Injury Solicitor Ltd: The Law Society of England & Wales have the most informative and useful user-side display we've seen though. As mentioned in the news article, the main solicitor Elena Manukyan: class="infoquote "trained, qualified and became one of the youngest partners at prev...


RD Costings: It's not something most place high priority on getting. class="infoquote "RD Costings ... However, whilst we would normally issue warnings and recommend various ways to protect yourself online - there really isn't much of an issue on this occasion . No win, no ...


MGBe Legal: However whilst you may see hundreds of reviews about conveyancing firms - many specialist firms have very few. If you check out https: solicitors.lawsociety.org.uk person 47870 maria-gabriella-bettiga" the page for< a> the firm's main immigration solicitor, Gabriella...


McEwan Fraser Legal: You would think these days that even 'stuffy', 'living-in-the-past', 'antiquated' (three words we've seen used numerous times by reviewers on the matter) people like solicitors could get their heads around the idea that even one extra Saturday morning open every second week ...


Fieldfisher LLP: Normally when a firm gets that big, they move into practically every area of law and push out smaller clients in favour of big corporate clients. It's pretty much a universal given at this point. They didn't provide any specifics other than to state something such as h...


APS Legal & Associates: At the moment both www.apslegal.com and www.apslegal.co.uk don't seem to be owned by the firm. It is followed in each instance by a bullet point list of what makes their advisors better than others out there. For example, the APS Legal & Associates main website does ...


Linkilaw Solicitors: The old address of www.linkilaw.com still has some independent pages you can visit but most have a popup suggesting that you click to go through to the new site. You never know where the next scam might come from though so pay attention to the web address you are on a...


NV Legal Ltd: The NV Legal website has wide range of help articles on it's site including https: www.nvlegal.co.uk moped-pothole-accident-six-figure-settlement " examples of previous cases< a> which can be interesting with some of them detailing how even though a case may seem to ...


Simons Rodkin Solicitors LLP: The Law Society of England & Wales has a very helpful website , much more so than it's counterparts in other areas of the UK from what we've seen. In somewhere like London there are is a simply overwhelming number of firms to choose from . But why? class="infoquote ...


DFA Law LLP: The www.dfalaw.com site is for a completely different law firm and several other possible variants people might accidentally try like www.dfasolicitors.co.uk were not owned by anyone. (Despite some that may look it.) The main thing to watch out for is if a law firm use ...


Ian Mallon Solicitors: Newry has a Polish Families Community Association with bustling Facebook page and all. this one about https: www.ianmallon.com 2016 09 06 mesothelioma-settlement " a mesothelioma settlement< a>. Ian Mallon are signed up with both the Northern Ireland Law Society and The L...


The Solicitors Advocates & Barristers Inc: The branding has the longer name but you will find most things such as regulatory bodies mentioned above and review pages use the acronym version. Again, something you might think everyone does, but they don't. available to all, just slower) over the past couple of decades t...


Thorpe Wilson Solicitors: The official website is www.thorpewilson.co.uk which we link to above. Having worked with law firms for over 20 years now, our team know the best resources to help you research a firm and can spot things between the lines which most people might not be aware of. Ther...


Allsop Durn Solicitors: As this firm also handles property, always make sure to keep an eye on the email address you're being emailed from and the web address you land on as it's not always transparent.
That's certainly the case for Allsop Durn as we'd worked with one of the titular staf...


MTA Personal Injury Solicitors LLP: For example if all five of your local solicitor's offices have great reviews and well worded sales pitches on their website - you can check the background of the solicitors within each practice to see who may have the most experience. Even in these modern, internet-based, no...


Apprise Legal Services: Very satisfied with the outcome."< div> The advice we always give regarding review boards though is to absolutely read through the comments . This seems to be be completely different company though. So how can you tell the difference? Once source we often quote is th...


Aina Khan Law Ltd: You turned the case round completely"< div>. class="infoquote "It is amazing that you were able to advise on my complex Surrogacy case while I was working abroad" "My husband thought he could dismiss me with nothing after our divorce. However when we clicked it di...


Taborns Legal Business: They will also generally have different appeal. Depending on your particular need one may be far more suited than the other. A last word from Taborns: class="infoquote "Taborns is a legal business with over 25 years experience in legal and business services. So w...


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