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What Firms do we Recommend?

We've written dozens of full-length, in-depth, and un-bias review articles on various UK law firms covering a wide range of case types and locations. They are all hosted on our main website where you will also find a solicitor search function to find someone local to help.

Trust Inheritance Ltd: We do ou checks just as much as you should before moving forward with a company. You can turn to the third party review forums. "Estate Planning" firms on the other hand do much more. The most common reason is the expectation of more expertise, more experience, and therefo...


Thorpe Wilson Solicitors: Obviously with the dozens of firms we review on this site, it's impossible for us to come up with dozens of legal matters to test them with as a consumer. Whilst the majority of scams at the moment https: www.thetimes.co.uk static connected-families conveyancing-email-scam...


The Injury Solicitor Ltd: If you're ever in doubt, the various Law Society databases are a great resource. For example, if a law firm has 5 solicitors each with 2 year's of experience - they will state something like 'over a decade of experience within the firm'. Unfortunately if you're researching a...


Taborns Legal Business: Hopefully after reading this it's a little clearer why we added this particular firm to our network despite the lack of the usual information we tend to rely on in order to make our decisions. These are not light-hearted pandering titles. For example, this could be a re...


Stenfield Solicitors: We have niche practices, specialist consultants, barristers, and even non-law-firm related solutions to some problems such as debt or will writing. Not to mention that Trustpilot's rating calculations mean that a firm with four 5 star reviews will end up with an average of 3...


Simons Rodkin Solicitors LLP: There are some things to read between the lines that are also very telling. the domains www.simonsrodkin.co.uk and the dot com versions were not owned by anyone. Your instruct, we act."< div> Hopefully this article has helped you with a few hints about researching...


Serious Law LLP: Nothing to do with our services at all. This claim of a high reputation amongst their peers is also backed up by a good number of quotes on third party sites: class="infoquote "Serious Law are right up there with the best in terms of calibre of lawyers, methods o...


The Search Bureau: So sadly there isn't a lot of independent comments floating around on the third party forums such as Google, Yelp, Yell, Trustpilot, etc. With just a few fake emails the scammers can seem to convince home owners to hand over tens of thousands of pounds to a completely di...


SBW Law Ltd: Typically it's https: www.theguardian.com money 2017 jan 14 lost-67000-conveyancing-scam-friday-afternoon-fraud-legal-sector-email-hacker" law firms who handle property matters< a> that are targeted because the scammers want to redirect deposits payments being made. There...


Robin Somerville Direct Access Barrister: Unlike purchasing a washing machine - a huge number of people do not feel comfortable discussing publicly how their divorce, bankruptcy, or criminal defence case went. class="infoquote "Most of Robin’s clients instruct him under the direct access or public access sche...


Richmond Legal Ltd: Whilst it's something we see alot of with Criminal Law firms, it's less noticeable for Immigration. This is especially true for Personal Injury and Immigration cases. It's pretty bleak though and only getting worse. A last word from the company's site: class="infoquo...


Reid Black Solicitors: It simply means that when we researched the firm at the time they came up as being a good firm, covering a good range, with little or no complaints registered on forums or with the relevant organisations. So by showing reviews from a third party site and linking to that site...


Redwood Collections Ltd: Some are setup to send threatening letters and to doorstep visits that are backed up with a legal department already in place. No disrepect meant to the many law firms that handle debt collection, but using a firm that is solely built to handle this single case type does gen...


RD Costings: (Yes, we have experience in this area. They are not the same thing. They don't promise you an ipad or a Sainsbury's voucher for making a claim with them. Getting the right professional legal advice and related help such as from experienced counsellors can make a hug...


Penn Chambers Solicitors: Don't underestimate the usefullness of such basic information either. 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. Not just for the legal industry either. Also, in ...


Penerley Lawyers: We've been trying to find some of these specialists to add to our network and seeking those that seem to have a better grip on what type of legal professional today's modern business-person is after. class="infoquote "Our lawyers are experienced in advising and repr...


Pacific Law: 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 visited dozens of legal professional websites today, you'll notice that a lot of them have a statement like this one. ...


OTS Solicitors Ltd: This designation is possible for such firms because whilst they do list several types of legal matter to be dealt with, the individual solicitors within the practice may only handle one case type and will therefore genuinely specialise in it. It could have been for 'best lo...


OJ Solicitors Ltd: It is certainly not the case that the standard high street law firm is the best option in every scenario. 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. Right ...


NV Legal Ltd: The official website we link to above is www.nvlegal.co.uk with www.nvlegal.com currently being owned by someone else. For example a highly experienced firm that gets you £4000 for your injury but takes a 25% cut, is still a better result than a less competent firm which g...


MTA Personal Injury Solicitors LLP: However, you may be asked to sign a Conditional Fee Arrangement (CFA) which allows the solicitor to take a cut of your compensation. Usually around 25%. class="infoquote "Local, friendly, experts. We take time to listen to you and provide honest transparent advice, alw...


MGBe Legal: Always be aware of what site you're on though and never discuss payments via email or if someone calls you up. It's not hard to imagine in the circumstances where, rather than seeking out the heavy resources of a huge general practice firm, people want someone who deals wi...


McEwan Fraser Legal: That's not uncommon when it comes to property firms as most people feel comfortable announcing if their house sale went good or bad. Two other property firms we recommend on our site and who we think do a great job have only 2-3 star ratings. It's probably a good idea to bo...


Mason Bullock Solicitors: One of the solicitors retired in 2018 and the firm had to be restarted. It's a difficult area of work , often futile, and not a massively well paying job to take on. However with Mason Bullock Solicitors we were actually very eager to get them on to the network from ...


Alexander JLO Solicitors: The age of the brand name really has no importance at all, other than a marketing gimmick. We're not fans of companies that fill their profiles with everyone's favourite foods, colours, hobbies and pet's names. That's not the same as being accredited. It currently lists over...


Linkilaw Solicitors: On this occasion the alternate www.linkilaw.co.uk does not link to the main site. Never discuss your bank details with someone that calls you up. The old address of www.linkilaw.com still has some independent pages you can visit but most have a popup suggesting that you clic...


Levins Solicitors: The experience of the staff is the most important thing and we'll cover that later. But the solicitor will always get the blame. To quote the LBC site: class="infoquote "... We always recommend to never judge a general practice firm by it's conveyancing reviews though....


Lawcomm Solicitors: My solicitor Sophie has been so helpful." "Very helpful, lawcomm always picked up phone calls straight away. Their official website that we've linked to above is www.lawcomm.co.uk and it's an https secure site. Neil Woolgar qualified back in 1982, David Roper in 1991, a...


Kudos Legal Ltd: 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. If you click on the names of each person you'll see more information such as their specialist ca...


Khan Law: The Scottish Law Society is much more of a basic directory. The same as for writing a will. Khan Law has the obligatory testimonials on their website. The majority have the same sort of sales language, the same images of people shaking hands happily, and the same boasts...

DV Solicitors: class="infoquote "always responds very promptly to any questions" "Kept us well informed every step of the way." "efficient, working tirelessly, answering all our questions constantly even late evenings"< div> Whenever checking out third party boards ...


Jarmans Solicitors Ltd: If a firm has only a couple of these, it might feel as though you don't know enough to decide. Jarmans Solicitors have everything we usually reference when detailing our review of a firm. No website came up for most we tried either. Along side them are newer people suc...


IWC Probate & Will Services: Someone usually has to lose in a case. However, we have seen comparison sites starting to pop up for legal services and don't recommend using those. In divorces, it wouldn't be uncommon for both sides to end up disappointed with their solicitor. So a firm actually encou...


Integral Law Ltd: We saw only two firms with similar names. These types of ancient establishment dates that are commonly touted on law firm websites are simply marketing ploys to instill a sense of history and experience. Criminal Law, Divorce, Estate Planning and Property matters are all are...


Ian Mallon Solicitors: The firm's website is https secure so you should be fine entering your details into the contact forms. For example, we saw a negative review of a Divorce specialist for refusing to take on someone's Personal Injury case. That snippet from Ian Mallon's site may sound goo...


R James Hutcheon Solicitors: If you find a firm with a full page of information regarding how they handle your case type, then that's a good sign. class="infoquote "We provide an extended range of legal services in niche areas of law that are often complex and specialist. There are dozens of thir...


Howe + Co Solicitors: A wide range of very seasoned, experienced practitioners alongside plenty of young blood to keep things fresh and moving forward. One of the few areas of law Howe & Co don't actually handle though is Conveyancing, which is the most common legal area facing fraudsters at th...


Hawkridge & Company: Ampersands can't be in domain names so certainly you can't go to something like www.hawkridge&co.co.uk but all the other variants we checked such as www.hawkridge.co.uk or www.hawkridgeandco.co.uk were also owned by other firms. As mentioned before though, make sure to read ...


Hampson Hughes Solicitors: class="infoquote "We can help secure access to expert rehabilitation services to ensure that you have the quickest recovery possible."< div> We wish more solicitors would take such a focus , especially in the areas where the trauma is not always physical. Luckily...


GloverPriest Solicitors: Typically when a firm gets quite large, they tend to hire a full time 'web guy' who then goes on to generate thousands of inner pages of a website targeting various topics, viral videos, celebrity-related law news and so on. These should consist of at least the professional'...


Frank Rogers Law Ltd: Note that many law firm's websites will make a statement such as "40 years of experience within the firm" or "20 years of combined experience". Frank Rogers is qualified to act within England & Wales. class="infoquote "Notices of Intended Prosecution can be defecti...


Fieldfisher LLP: They didn't provide any specifics other than to state something such as having been dealt with 'rudely'. class="infoquote "We are one of the UK's leading personal injury, medical negligence and asbestos compensation claims solicitors."< div> This statement amongst...


Education Law Service Ltd: You never know what scam will be next though so always make sure you're on the correct site and never discuss payments or bank details via email . Just a couple of fake emails and house buyers sellers end up handing over £millions every year to the fraudsters. No...

Pump Court Chambers: However to be qualified to handle such, the barrister you speak to should absolutely be capable of informing you quite early on if your case can be handled under such before you part with a single penny. Not the very nice helpful receptionist at the start of your enquiry. Th...


Hammond Trotter Solicitors: In all honestly, I don't think there is another firm anywhere on our network with this many reviews listed on third party forums. So if the website you're on talks (or even brags) about such situations as their main selling point - then in our experience that usually indica...


Driscoll Kingston: Just flicking through titles such as "Fundamental Dishonesty – A case Analysis", "Jacob Corstorphine V Liverpool City Council", or "Portal Mistakes and Consequences" and you get the sense that these people really love their work. But as we plan on recommending them to other ...


DFA Law LLP: Obviously we were impressed enough with this firm to add them to our network: class="infoquote "We pride ourselves on our levels of service, independence and value. So do the independent review boards match up? class="infoquote "Professional, efficient and easy...


Catteralls Solicitors: Whilst getting on with your solicitor and feeling like they genuinely care about you will often be the ultimate final deal breaker, there is a lot of research you can perform to narrow down the number of firms you end up calling to begin with. class="infoquote ...


Briffa Legal Ltd: Why am I bringing this up? Because I'm about to write a very glowing review of this particular firm and I don't want people to think for one second that it's because I've been paid to do so or that my pro-stance is typical. The difference with Briffa's team is that ...


Bilkus & Boyle: Another line on their site that probably sticks out to us more than to regular consumers would be: class="infoquote "Our firm provides Legal Aid for a number of services."< div> Since the cuts and changes to Legal Aid over the past couple of decades, the number of...


AWH Solicitors: We hope it's clear by now why we decided to add this firm to the 1to1Legal network and recommend them to people. But you'll never a find a firm that has everything. Peter King qualified in 1982, Samantha Harris in 1999, Fatima Musa in 2016, right up to Cathryn Davies ...


Avery Walters Solicitors: This is done for founding dates too to make firms sound far more established than they are. class="infoquote "Our expert team of Residential Conveyancers have over 50 years experience of buying and selling residential property all over the UK."< div> This is often...


Aspire Licensing: Whilst we often discuss the pros and cons of using specialists, we usually are talking about firms that handle Business Law compared to a firm that tries to handle absolutely everything from Divorce to Litigation to Motor Offenses and more. The same is sometimes true of debt...


Asghar & Co Ltd: Asghar & Co Solicitors are signed up with The Law Society of England & Wales which is one of the better ones. https: www.thetimes.co.uk static connected-families conveyancing-email-scam-hackers-steal-house-deposit " Mostly it involves property matters< a> as they natura...


APS Legal & Associates: class="infoquote "APS Legal & Associates and Assured Probate Services are subsidiaries of The SimplyBiz Group."< div> The firms other arm, Assured Probate Services, has an individual website at www.assured-aic.co.uk, again none of the other variants such as www.as...


Apprise Legal Services: The term 'Estate Planning' is only just starting to gain ground here in the UK. Thankfully these days there are a large number of indepedent review boards such as Google, Trustpilot, Yell.com, Yelp and so on. There aren't nearly as many security concerns with a Wills & ...


Allsop Durn Solicitors: class="infoquote "With Close Communication And Attention To Detail, We Ensure That Our Legal Guidance Reassures And Protects You And Your Family."< div> You've probably noticed that the majority of law firms have almost identical sales pitch text on their websites...


Aina Khan Law Ltd: If a firm does not clarify their expertise and experience on their website, there is a way to find out yourself . If you check https: solicitors.lawsociety.org.uk office 611389 aina-khan-law-limited" the page relating to them< a> you will see links to information a...


Aconveyancing Ltd: Things moving slower than they'd want, or the client's feeling that their chosen firm could have done more to prevent a certain situation. As we're dealing with property matters is it absolutely vital that you check and triple check the websites you go to and the emails yo...


ABS Lawyers Ltd: However you should notice the 'translated' note next to those. If not, try searching for a more local law society such as at the county or city level. We try to provide a good selection of potential service providers to people coming through our site looking for legal help. ...


5 Essex Court: class="infoquote "One phrase crops up repeatedly when describing the work at civil law chambers 5 Essex Court ― 'high-profile'."< div> That's the opener of a review by https: www.legalcheek.com chamber 5-essex-court " Legal Cheek< a> which goes on to deta...


33Legal Ltd: Unfortunately when it comes to legal matters, people are not as motivated to leave reviews compared to their local Chinese Take-Away or the online Trampolines-R-Us type firms. Just that we often wrap that information up in too many surrounding words. The 2017 date on...