Simpson Solicitors

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We dealt with Simpsons Solicitors (part of the Right Legal Group Limited) regarding the issue of a standard will. The experience up to the in-person meeting and payment for the service was professional however the experience beyond that has been time consuming, vacuous and completely unsatisfactory. It took 6 weeks of telephone calls and reminders between the in-person meeting and the issue of the first draft which contained errors including incorrect names and spellings. My initial complaint was acknowledged but Simpsons Solicitors missed their deadline to respond to my initial complaint. I have referred the matter to the Ombudsman. I wish I had read the earlier reviews regarding this sub-standard organisation. I would avoid using their services at all costs.

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Paid for a new will over 12 months ago and also for a change to title ownership status for two rental properties. Best part of a year later and when I contact them their person has left and no one was picking up the work. When someone did check the work, neither of two things had been completed. This itself is shocking but it gets worse.
May-24 I'm given a new person to work with and as I have not had any input/response for a while I tried to call them today (29-Aug-24) so they only had three whole months to pick up and resolve things. Firstly I couldn't contact them as they had been using the incorrect address and phone number in their email signature. Secondly, the person handling my affairs to resolve the outstanding has now also left. And yet again, no one has picked up the case file.

What sort of business cannot do basic customer service?
How can a firm of solicitors with their high rates get away with such non-existent customer service?

I have tried to reach someone senior in the business but there are no names. The main website doesn't even provide an email address or a form to submit.

Just went to look at Companies House to find names of actual Directors... and their company hasn't even filed their own Confirmation Statement in time. They are breaching HMRC Companies House rules of not having a valid Confirmation Statement.

Wish I had not come across them and can't believe others are not having similar experiences as from my experience its not about one person getting something slightly wrong or a basic typo, its just they have no systems and processes in place for these basic tasks to go through.

I will update if I'm able to when I hear back. I wonder if the Legal Ombudsman getting involved would cause them to wake up.

Richard Hall

This review is for a different branch.

We dealt with Simpsons Solicitors (part of the Right Legal Group Limited) and had a less than satisfactory experience when creating our new wills. The wills were simple with no special requirements. Between the spelling mistakes, incorrect names on each will, portions of their default template left in place inappropriately and the absolutely glacial pace of communication we were left wanting. All in it took Simpsons Solicitors 14 months to finally produce correct wills and deliver them to us for signing. On top of this, almost two years after initially paying for their services I am now being chased for additional, unwarranted payment. I would avoid this company at all costs.

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Do not use or recommend. They had stored my Mum's incorrectly and upon retrieval was incomplete and was missing a page. Lengthy delay to probate. Poor and unprofessional communication with lack of call backs during a difficult time. Tried charging extra fees on top. Complaint referred to Ombudsman

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The service is shockingly poor. From start to finish it was clear that documents are not checked and there is no qualified solicitor checking the work. The individual looking after our account sent out a letter with their own name spelled wrong. Multiple loops of corrections for basic errors and errors which already asked to correct. Finally thought we were at the end of the process when we received our wills but yet again sent the wrong versions. When I emailed and rang up to complain no one returned the call.