Chartered Legal Executive at Birkett Long LLP
Daniel Clarke
Chartered Legal Executive
I’m a Chartered Legal Executive in the Commercial Real Estate team. I always try to provide clear, practical solutions to my clients and would be very happy to talk to you. You can reach me at our Colchester office for a free 15 minute chat on 01206 217807. Clients tell me they value the practical solutions I can offer but they equally appreciate the fact that I listen to their concerns and adopt a confident, friendly and approachable attitude. To make clients feel comfortable with me, and for them to trust my opinion, is incredibly important for me. After all, I’m usually their first point of contact for any legal problems, so even if they happen to have an issue outside of my field of legal expertise, I can point them in the right direction and introduce them to one of my colleagues. My expertise includes commercial sales and purchases, commercial leases and assignments licences to alterations, overage agreements, conditional contracts and option agreements, promotion agreements, deed of easements and residential lease extensions. I love the satisfaction that comes from helping others. When I meet someone with a legal problem that I have had the expertise to resolve, I find it very rewarding. Every day is different in this area of law, and the variety keeps me mentally engaged. In my spare time I like to travel and I enjoy photography, movies and socialising.
Faviell House, 1 Coval Wells, CM1 1WZ
Licensed for 1 years
Practice Areas
Commercial Property
- Commercial Property 100%
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About Daniel Clarke
I’m a Chartered Legal Executive in the Commercial Real Estate team. I always try to provide clear, practical solutions to my clients and would be very happy to talk to you. You can reach me at our Colchester office for a free 15 minute chat on 01206 217807. Clients tell me they value the practical solutions I can offer but they equally appreciate the fact that I listen to their concerns and adopt a confident, friendly and approachable attitude. To make clients feel comfortable with me, and for them to trust my opinion, is incredibly important for me. After all, I’m usually their first point of contact for any legal problems, so even if they happen to have an issue outside of my field of legal expertise, I can point them in the right direction and introduce them to one of my colleagues. My expertise includes commercial sales and purchases, commercial leases and assignments licences to alterations, overage agreements, conditional contracts and option agreements, promotion agreements, deed of easements and residential lease extensions. I love the satisfaction that comes from helping others. When I meet someone with a legal problem that I have had the expertise to resolve, I find it very rewarding. Every day is different in this area of law, and the variety keeps me mentally engaged. In my spare time I like to travel and I enjoy photography, movies and socialising.
Languages Spoken: English
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Chartered Legal Executive
Birkett Long LLP
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Don't give Birkett Long original documents: you'll never see them agai
In Feb 2022 I sent Daniel Clarke all my original documents for the purchase of an oyster laying on the bed of a river: he asked whether I wanted a drainage & water search! He clearly hadn't bothered to read the documents.
I asked him to proceed (without the search): in April 2022 after no progress (including no response to emails) I gave up & asked him to return my documents. He ignored that instruction & said he was still waiting for the seller. I repeated my instruction to stop work, which he ignored.
In March 2023, nearly a year after I told him to stop work, he said he hadn't heard from me for a while! I referred him to the previous emails & again requested return of my original documents. No response.
So after 14 months of no progress and 7 emails ignored, it looks as though there is no chance of getting my original documents back.
Another solicitor completed the sale in 2 months at less than half the cost.
Lawyer named in this review: Daniel Clarke
A representative from Birkett Long LLP responded to this review on 05 April, 2023
Alan, thank you for taking the time to leave a review. We strive to provide an excellent service and I am sorry that you don’t feel we have achieved that on this occasion. I have reviewed the file with Daniel and see that it was put on hold when you requested, and no invoices have ever been raised against your matter. Daniel has retrieved the documents and put them in tonight’s post. I hope this concludes the matter. Jennie
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