Solicitor at Johns Gilbert & Frankton LLP

David Frederick Ratcliffe

Solicitor

SRA ID: 134112

David Frederick Ratcliffe is a Compliance Officer for Finance and Administration with Johns Gilbert & Frankton LLP. They have 38 years' experience in the areas of Wills, Trusts & Probate, Employment, Consumer, Company & Commercial, Personal Injury working as a solicitor.

3 Regent Place, CV21 2PJ

Licensed for 38 years

Practice Areas

Wills, Trusts & Probate, Employment, Consumer, Company & Commercial, Personal Injury

2.3/5 3 Client Reviews 3
3 Client Reviews

2.3/5

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Greg
Greg Added 1 year ago 1 found this helpful Report to admin
Collected whilst working at Johns Gilbert & Frankton LLP
September 12, 2023 20230912162232

Awful Solicitor - Avoid

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Dealing with them in relation to probate. Absolutly awful solicitor to deal with. Cost me ££££. Service appaling, letters we received were badly written and did not answer any questions. Did not respond even when repeatedly chased. If we phoned we were told they were out and failed to get back. Save your money go somehere else

Lawyer named in this review: David Frederick Ratcliffe

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Debbie
Debbie Added 2 years ago 1 found this helpful Report to admin
Collected whilst working at Johns Gilbert & Frankton LLP
November 24, 2021 20211124155003

Will's

5

Excellent service. We recently updated our wills and received proffesional, clear and concise advice. Fully recommend.

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David
David Added 3 years ago 3 found this helpful Report to admin
Collected whilst working at Johns Gilbert & Frankton LLP
December 08, 2020 20201208004822

Dishonesty, incompetence and negligence.

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Having been offered the services of one of the partners who considered his time to be worth £200.00 per hour I was expecting a professional service. Nothing could be further than the truth.
Failed to obtain valuations for all the assets of the estate. Invented several new versions of the law and only came close to getting the law right after I had paid another solicitor to explain it to them. Ignored my own instruction but was happy to accept instruction from someone who was neither a direct client nor had any legal right to be involved in the matter. Rather than distribute the estate in accordance with the will repeatedly offered less than my entitlement.
Chose to comment on the size of the estate having lost £20,000.00 form the value of it then refused to accept any responsibility for this loss. Took over a month to respond to correspondence. Sent countless unnecessary letters asking for explanations of basic English language or contradicting themselves. Transferred ownership of a property without written consent. Failed to respond to any complaints, but complained about their clients who they then expected to pay for their appalling service. Having taken over two years to complete something which should have taken four to six months it took them another month to post the final accounts when the post office is less than five minute walk from their office. Took payment for their service without checking whether I was happy with their work or the estate was actually settled to my satisfaction.

Lawyer named in this review: David Frederick Ratcliffe

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About David Frederick Ratcliffe

David Frederick Ratcliffe is a Compliance Officer for Finance and Administration with Johns Gilbert & Frankton LLP. They have 38 years' experience in the areas of Wills, Trusts & Probate, Employment, Consumer, Company & Commercial, Personal Injury working as a solicitor.

Languages Spoken: English

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Johns Gilbert & Frankton LLP

3 Regent Place

CV21 2PJ



Phone 01788576384

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