Solicitor at John Hodge Solicitors
David Michael Starkey
Solicitor
SRA ID: 298617
David Michael Starkey is a Associate with John Hodge Solicitors. They have 22 years' experience in the areas of Family Law working as a solicitor.
Saville Court, 10-11 Saville Place, Clifton, BS8 4EJ
Licensed for 22 years
Practice Areas
Family Law
4 Client Reviews
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About David Michael Starkey
David Michael Starkey is a Associate with John Hodge Solicitors. They have 22 years' experience in the areas of Family Law working as a solicitor.
Languages Spoken: English
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John Hodge Solicitors
Saville Court
10-11 Saville Place
Clifton
BS8 4EJ
Phone 01179 335533
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Family courts
David was my solicitor for family courts,He made the whole experience less stressful, David kept me up to date throughout the whole process and really fought for the outcome we wanted. I cannot thank David and his assistant Jamie enough , would 100% recommend and if I ever need a solicitor in the future David would be the first call I make
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Awful
I completely agree with the previous review regarding David Starkey. You meet him and he seems nice and promises to help. Once they have your money he is extremely unprofessional and believes every lie that the expensive other legal firm says about you and is no help whatsoever! You complain to the firm and even though you have a witness and errors have been made mysteriously the errors are ignored as can't be found in the files and your statement and witness statements ignored. You then complain to the legal ombusndman and they lie to try and get out of that! Avoid at all costs!
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Avoid for any child access issues
Avoid this solicitors for Child Access cases - had to change solicitors AWAY from these due to what I can only describe as incompetence and showing absolutely no backbone or desire to win a case.
In my personal experience with this company they are happy to nod their heads at all the other (bigger) companies in the area and sit, stay and roll over on demand, at these companies request - but happy to take your money, make countless communication errors and not show any accountability for their own (proven) mistakes.
If you actually have a case and want them to listen to you rather than just assume "its just like all the rest" then once again, AVOID this company, my personal experience shows they do not listen nor read all communication.
You wont be able to get hold of your solicitor directly, in my case I dealt with someone on the telephone or email, who I honestly thought was on some kind of work experience placement, not someone with any legal degree.
When you ask "management" to then intervene to look at the proven issues - they, of course, stand by their own, and refuse to take ANY accountability for the actions and lack of effort made by "one of their own".
It saddens me to write this as I truly had hope from this company as our initial consultation was promising, turns out it was just hype.
Heed this advice, avoid at all cost if you wish to use this company for any child access matter - my new solicitors are brilliant.
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David Starkey has been consistently brilliant in his handling of my case
It does help you as a client do the majority of the legwork, draft responses to court etc., to keep costs down.
David is always understanding and efficient and has never made me feel like a number.
My case is still on-going and should conclude early next year
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