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: Providing Accessible and Affordable Legal Services to All. Plus with the huge cuts in Legal Aid every year, we certainly hope that more setups like the one Philip Nam has created start appearing across the country to help mitigate the increasing shortfall in legal assistance...
TSABI Ltd - The Solicitors Advocates & Barristers Inc in Southall, London & Slough: Luckily though, with law firms there are sometimes independent ways to check up on such things. There are plenty of testimonials on the firm's website, but our poll a few years back indicated that people tend not to trust the testimonials printed on company sites. We also re...
Thorpe Wilson Ltd Solicitors in Rochdale: when there is only one actual qualified solicitor at that firm to handle them all. So how can you tell which might be more likely to deliver on those promises? One good resource is your area's Law Society website. This is usually through a Conditional Fee Arrangement (CFA)...
Thompsons Solicitors in Scotland | Personal Injury Claims in Glasgow, Dundee, Edinburgh & Galashiels: and I think we'll leave it there. Far from the multi-million dollar US lawsuits for spilling coffee on yourself, the UK is still very reserved (I prefer 'sensible') when it comes to compensation payouts. The bad reviews however were the reverse - i.e. Not just two weeks off ...
The Johnson Partnership Solicitors in Nottingham, Sheffield, Doncaster & Derby:
class="infoquote "We have experienced teams of criminal defence solicitors in all of our offices based in Nottingham, Sheffield, Derby, Mansfield, Chesterfield, Doncaster, Scunthorpe, Barnsley, Grimsby and Lincoln. The Johnsons Partnership only does criminal law and t...
Taylor Rose MW Ltd Solicitors in Manchester, Peterborough & London:
This means there are lots of different names and websites connected with the firm. They have partnered with KJ Commons in Workington to create an office and presence there. The largest conveyancer in the UK is Countrywide Conveyancing who are currently rated 2.2 5 on...
Simons Rodkin Solicitors LLP in London, Finchley & Hatfield: Simons Rodkin Solicitors clearly are a firm we recommend. Has it transferred into happy clients?
class="infoquote "It was a very difficult time for me and I felt that they fought tooth and nail"
"warmest thanks to Simon Aaron who got me through a successful media...
DFA Law LLP Solicitors in Northampton: amazed how responsive and reliable Amy was throughout every step of the process"
"Our estate agent expressed their astonishment when everything was handed in so quickly compared to other solicitors ..."< div>
We flicked through the usual forums such as Google, Yelp...
Serious Law LLP - Serious Injury Law Solicitors in Bolton: We manage their affairs to provide them with a future that is financially secure."< div>
Naturally with such generic terms in the company name we did some digging about navigation. The last article we put out detailed a firm that had mountains of positive peer reviews, ...
SBW Law Ltd - Solicitors in Liverpool:
What should matter more is the experience of the actual solicitors within the firm itself. Typically people tend to check out only the public reviews of service providers when researching them. But with legal professionals there are often other resources available. N...
RSR Law Ltd in Croydon: Whilst their desire to write is commendable and their knowledge of the industry clearly apparent - they have skipped the spell checker on occasions. There are also websites at www.rsrltd.co.uk and www.rsrltd.com but those are different firms as well. We would still recommend...
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. Be sure you remember it right if you decide to search later. then rinse and repeat several times until one of you gives up a...
Redwood Collections Ltd - Debt Recovery Services based in Croydon: Redwood Collections was created in 2009 and states it has helped over 17,000 clients so far. Unfortunately there are companies out there that will charge you a fee for doing the threat letters but then simply hand the case back to you if those letters fail.
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Penn Chambers Ltd - Solicitors in London: If you look up the page for Penn Chambers on https: solicitors.lawsociety.org.uk office 547667 penn-chambers-limited" The Law Society website< a> you'll see that the principle solicitor (Shak Inayat) has been practising law since 1995 . That may sound odd, however solici...
OJ Solicitors Ltd English & Romanian Solicitors in Glasgow: We ran a poll last year and a whopping 81% of you said you didn't trust testimonials on company websites.
class="infoquote "At OJ Solicitors, we are here to represent mainly, but not exclusively, clients presenting personal injury claims"< div>
Because this is s...
NV Legal Ltd Personal Injury Solicitors in Watford: The first simply means that if your case loses, there will be no fees. Something we've been trying to encourage firms to focus more on is the concept of rehabilitation rather than the 'money fixes everything' attitude you can sometimes see. Whilst it can be common for senio...
Murray Hay Solicitors for Putney & Wandsworth: The client reviews on their site reflect that sort of setup. Luckily, the website is the firm's name, the name is simple, and it's a regular tld with the .co.uk - however the www.murrayhay.com address does not seem to belong to them and was displaying some weird stuff when w...
MTA Personal Injury Solicitors LLP in Bromley, Kent - Greater London: www.mtapersonalinjury.co.uk currently does not display anything but there is a www.mtasolicitors.com website. You may see the names MTA Solicitors LLP and MTA Personal injury Solicitors LLP when looking up this firm. A good firm will always make sure their fee structure is ...
Meresbrook Pollard Solicitors in Bradford: No photo opportunities of the staff feeding homeless people, no self-released 'news stories' with plenty of flattering descriptions of the firm. ;)
On navigation, the web address is quite long which isn't always great. We also had trouble with some bits on the site whic...
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". So once you know you're on the right site, it would probably be a good idea to bookmark it.. Again, the first firm in Northern Ireland to achieve such.
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MacLachlan Solicitors Ltd in Gillingham Sherborne & Shaftesbury, Dorset: As the firm deals with property and there are still stories going around about the bank details scams, make sure you are definitely on the official website we link to above whenever contacting the firm.
One thing you might not have considered as a positive point, or e...
Alexander JLO Solicitors - AJLO in London, Birmingham, Chelmsford, Norwich & Liverpool: If you check The Law Society's https: solicitors.lawsociety.org.uk office 435438 alexander-jlo" official entry for this firm< a>, you can click each solicitor's name to see their case focus and qualification date. But here's an example of one negative review:
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Linkilaw Solicitors Ltd: Just hang up and ring back on the phone number the solicitor originally gave you. They provide full pages on the firms and all the staff.
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 revi...
Leech & Co Solicitors Ltd in Manchester: For all we know they were reviewing the wrong firm or had a ridiculous reason for leaving such a poor rating. You could get a 1-year experienced solicitor from a 30-year-old firm and a 30-year experience solicitor from a 1-year-old firm. Our hope is that you join us on this ...
Law In Cornwall from Cubism Ltd, Truro: They cover a range of educational law and employment law matters. Plus, they can introduce you to lenders if they are not able to cover the costs under arrangements such as Conditional Fee Agreements.
Obviously with generic terms in the domain name we have to address na...
Lawcomm Solicitors Services in Fareham, Whiteley & London: It's not as though there are some 200-year experienced solicitors sitting behind any of the desks.
It's not surprising with all this high praise and focus on client care that Lawcomm Solicitors were named https: www.dailyecho.co.uk business 17624927.lawcomm-based-whit...
Lambertpugh LLP Nationwide Conveyancing Solicitors from Norwich: 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. well, genuine. Whether Sales, Purchases, Transfers of Equity, Remortgages, etc. You don't need to visit the off...
Kudos Legal Ltd Solicitors in Glasgow and Preston: We would hope that the firm's ethos carries across the company as a whole though:
class="infoquote "Our commitment to our clients is what truly sets us apart from other Solicitors."< div>
We did have some issues navigating the site whilst writing this. A 1-year-ol...
Kings View Chambers, London with Stephen McCaffrey & Catherine Stock:
Whilst the firm's two barristers, Stephen McCaffrey and Catherine Stock, have over 20 year's experience between them - there's very little history to cover when it comes to the title firm.
In fact we found Catherine and Stephen's names popping up on dozens of o...
Kings Court Trust Ltd Probate Services based in Bristol: We also would like to see some case examples. The applications are still mostly overseen by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) but the press have not been kind to the concept. But they're not. Any complaints that do exist are usually when a client feels that the case ...
Joanna Connolly Solicitors in Liverpool, Merseyside: Whilst many firms offer no win no fee and 100% compensation guarantees for things such as personal injury - the same is not always offered for other case types. For example, when we checked their site it stated that during their firm's history they had: won 78% of cases, los...
Jarmans Solicitors Ltd in Sittingbourne, Kent & Chancery Lane, London: However at that time everyone else involved such as insurers, healthcare professionals, letting agents, etc. She was completely professional and sensitive throughout the process, keeping me updated on progress regularly. However at least it's cliche-free . A 1 year old law ...
Jackson Lees Group Solicitors in Liverpool & Manchester (aka Jackson Canter): The addresses in Liverpool and Manchester are still the same. When firms sign up, they generally switch their logo, design, and general branding efforts. Lees Solicitors had offices in Birkenhead, Heswall and West Kirby and specialised in clinical negligence and Court of Pro...
IWC Estate Planning & Management Ltd - Probate & Will Services in Croydon, Bristol & Braintree: We'll be expanding on 'why' in a later article.
class="infoquote "Our Will writing and probate staff are fully qualified probate practitioners who hold the appropriate law degree qualifications for probate and estate administration."< div>
Hugely important.
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Ian Mallon Solicitors Ltd in Newry and Dublin:
A quick note on navigation. Unfortunately today https: solicitors.lawsociety.org.uk office 591362 ian-mallon-solicitors" the page for this firm< a> on The English Welsh Law Society's website wasn't working properly.
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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. Unfortunately, the bits and pieces that we think are really important are often a couple of pages in, only hinted at, or sometimes not even mentioned at all. ...
Huneewoth Solicitors based in Croydon, South London: Whilst using 'necessary expertise' to describe their abilities for crime and probate. This may seem like a mere trick of semantics - but having scoured through hundreds of solicitor websites over the years, seeing someone compelled to be honest in their description (even if...
HJA.net - Hodge Jones & Allen LLP Solicitors in London: The downsides of constantly changing staff and leadership can be easily seen in how our government is run. At the time of writing there were 162 on TrustPilot, 81 on Reviews, 60 on Google, and so on. However, the type and scope of work HJA gets involved with seems to have re...
Helix Law Ltd - Solicitors in Brighton & Eastbourne: A quality, carefully presented FAQs section for example is sadly a rarity. It's not a foolproof system and there are other ways to spot fake reviews which we'll be covering in a more in depth articled to be rolled out shortly.
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HH Law Ltd - Hampson Hughes Solicitors in Liverpool: Luckily there is a huge range of third party review boards to check as well:
class="infoquote "very happy with the service and payout. (Pause to raise an eyebrow.) We didn't see any of such fishy goings-on for Hampson Hughes though. AND from start to finish (which onl...
GloverPriest Solicitors Ltd in Birmingham (Great Barr), Stourbridge, Wellingborough & Tamworth: Overall though, each office has positive reviews:
class="infoquote • "... We have offices that span the midlands region, so we can offer the support of a large group, all from a local office."< div>. We've gone in depth on this issue in other articles (site sear...
Frank Rogers Law Ltd - Motoring Offence Solicitor in Birkenhead: This should be stated clearly on their website. He was fair and to the point"< div>
Thankfully the comments are mostly informative with helpful details about what they liked about the service and the outcome. There is a Law Society website for each area. There are s...
Fieldfisher LLP Personal Injury Solicitors in Manchester & London:
class="infoquote "For more than 30 years, we have helped thousands of people recover compensation for their injuries and illnesses."< div>
This is something you'll see on most firm's sites.
class="infoquote "At Fieldfisher we cater for clients with complex,...
FamLegal.co.uk Family Legal Solicitors in Middlewich, Cheshire:
Wealth preservation is an area of family law which is increasing in demand, and they are frequently instructed by clients in the preparation of premarital and cohabitation agreements. Family Legal are specialist divorce, family and private client solicitors established...
Edward Hands & Lewis Solicitors in Lewisham, Loughborough & Leicester: Then in 2014 the firm's Managing Director was crowned Boss of the Year for Leicestershire.
At the time of writing this, there are currently 15 EHL offices across England : Beeston, Bulwell, Buxton, Carlton, CityGate, Hinckley, Hucknall, Leicester, Lewisham, Loughboroug...
Hammond Trotter Solicitors Ltd | Motor Offence Lawyers in Manchester & London: There are 5 stars for one location but only 3 stars for the other. This is a shame and hopefully more people will search further for a wider range of comments:
class="infoquote "I was looking at a long term driving ban but with Hammond and Trotters expert and professio...
Driscoll Kingston Solicitors in Liverpool: DK cover compensation claims and Wills Probate. As always, we recommend actually reading the reviews. If you #sbwlaw read the article< a> previous to this one, you'll see a great example of why we regularly dislike testimonial pages. "No win, no fee" only means that if you...
Davey Law Solicitors in Cirencester and Gloucester: They have the usual spread of social media profiles for you to interact with too.
Mark Tawn became a solicitor in 1994 and for the past 20 years has specialised in personal injury litigation. For example, as you'll no doubt have noticed - the individual serious injury ...
CSL Law Ltd Solicitors in Croydon: If we see a lot of people using our internal search to seek a review article on a particular firm - we write one.
Yet despite CSL Law having been on our network since 2014, no-one has asked. Hopefully this should also point out the folly of thinking that a firm stating ...
CFG Law Personal Injury Solicitors in Cheadle, Greater Manchester: However, don't get too excited on this occasion. We support the NHS."< div>
Maybe I'm reading it wrong, but if I am - I won't be the only one. Actually, a great idea. Whilst the section is labelled Case Studies, it's not like any other case study section we've encounte...
Briffa Legal Ltd Intellectual Property (IP) Solicitors in London: However, no firm gets to dictate what we write in their review or make changes unless we've made a factual error. We're always looking to get specialists on board, but finding specialists that aren't intensely arrogant about the fact they are specialists is more difficult th...
Brearleys Solicitors in Batley, Birstall, Cleckheaton and Brighouse: However, staff profile pages can also give you an idea of how strongly a firm focuses on certain case types. they must surely have been reasonably successful to have grown to that point.)
Established locally in 1833, their current partners have apparently worked togeth...
Barrister-Direct Ltd: Using Barristers for Personal Injury Claims: Then, should your claim actually go to Court, you will continue to be represented by the same people you've already been working with. They handle all the usual types of accident claims such as road traffic accidents, public liability claims, slips and falls, accidents at wo...
Balfour + Manson Solicitors & Property Sales in Aberdeen, Glasgow & Edinburgh: Insurance companies, supermarkets, even plumbers can just overhaul their company and websites to be modern with modern language.
For individuals and families they handle family law, employment law, professional negligence, home buying and selling, personal injury, medi...
AWH Legal Ltd - AWH Solicitors in Manchester & Blackburn: www.roebuckslaw.co.uk or www.carterlaw.co.uk), we would definitely recommend bookmarking the firm's website once you're on it just in case. Again though, this will not count for many case types such as injuries and medical negligence which you won't have to pay anything up f...
Avery & Walters Ltd - Solicitors in Leeds & Harrogate: In this case, Avery Walters definitely has well-experienced staff and a well-established firm .
class="infoquote "... Laura successfully navigated me through the process with the minimum of fuss,"
"found them to be very helpful and kept me updated regularly"
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Auto Logistic Solutions Ltd - Vehicle Accident Management:
If you haven't read any of our other review articles before this one, please do. This saved footage is sent along with an emergency alert to expert advisors who ... We will always ensure that your rights and needs are upheld and you receive the structure and response ...
Atkinson Rose Employment Law Firm based in London: His bio on the firm's website explains the experience he's gained in various large and small law firms during the 10+ years since qualifying as a solicitor. To me, this shows the firm's genuine interest in not just following the industry changes, but also mulling over any po...
Ashworth Motoring Law | Driving Offence Solicitors in Rossendale, Lancashire: The whole system seems rigged and the police can badger you as much as they want, safe in the knowledge that courts are likely to convict even without proof.
Motoring law is all Ashworth Motoring Law do. but we'll get to that ...
Ashworth Motoring Law are a Nationa...
APS Legal & Associates Ltd - Will Advisors and Assured Probate Services: As far as we're aware their aren't a lot of scams going where people try to get you to write a will leaving everything to a nigerian prince.
class="infoquote "APS Legal & Associates and Assured Probate Services are subsidiaries of The SimplyBiz Group."< div>
The f...
Apprise Legal Services - Wills, Trusts, Probate & Estate Planning in Sutton Coldfield:
The term 'Estate Planning' is only just starting to gain ground here in the UK. Whilst 'Apprise Legal' with and without the 'Services' on the end will still bring up the correct firm in the top organic results of search engines - we saw a lot of ads surrounding it. This...
Allsop Durn Solicitors in Ruislip: Us included. As the firm has decided to use two surnames for their firm title - you're unlikely to get it mixed up with others.
For example, Allsop Durn have a good chunk of a page talking about their fees. Flick through enough solicitors' sites and you'll start to thin...
Aina Khan Law Ltd - Family Law Solicitors in Broxbourne, London: Aina Khan Law Ltd for example are signed up with The Law Society for England & Wales. 25+ years’ expertise.
We always like to have a range of specialists on our network for you to choose from.
Sadly there weren't many independent reviews across the usual third part...
Taborns Legal Business - Will Taborn Ltd in London: We have several firms on the network that are brand new startups, consultants, or sole practitioners. Please note that W Taborn & Co is not the same company, they are some sort of luggage manufacturer in London.
So what caught our eye about Taborns?
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ACS Accident Claims Scotland - Road Traffic & Workplace Personal Injury Solicitors: You won't find hundreds of pages about everything and anything. The correct web address is www.accidentclaimsscotland.co.uk, but www.accidentclaimsscotland.com shows exactly the same website. So it might be an idea to bookmark the correct site once you know you are on it fo...
5 Essex Court Chambers & Partners - Barristers in London:
With barristers you'll also find they tend to specialise much more niche-ly than solicitors. Until recently, the public didn't have any say in this.
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33 Legal Ltd | Claim Services in Preston & Manchester: However, the website states they have 20 years of experience in various personal injury matters. The one we link to above is www.33legal.uk but if you use a search engine to find the firm you'll probably see www.my33legal.com appear at the top of the results. But we've als...
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