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How Pictons Solicitors LLP Compares

Value for money

This firm - 96%
National Average
Poor Competitive Excellent

Excellent does not necessarily mean ‘cheap’. It means that clients thought that the level of service received was Excellent for what they paid.

This score has been calculated using up to the last 300 reviews left by clients of Pictons Solicitors LLP on ReviewSolicitors.

As part of our review questionnaire we ask reviewer questions about the value for money they felt they received by using Pictons Solicitors LLP. These questions include:

  • Value for money (a rating of 1-5)
  • How much were you initially quoted or how much did you expect to pay?
  • Approximately how much did you end up spending for the legal services provided (ignoring disbursements and court fees)
  • Did you think this was underpriced, overpriced or about right?
  • Overall experience

We use data science to amalgamate the answers to these questions and create a ‘ReviewSolicitors score’ out of 100. The above chart representation score is a simple percentage representation of the averaged score across those who have reviewed this law firm.

Underpriced 0%
Overpriced 80%
About Right 20%

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Would recommend to
friends and family

This firm - 95%
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ReviewSolicitors uses our community data to show you how many clients used Pictons Solicitors LLP and have had a satisfactory experience where they have indicated that they would recommend the services of the law firm to their friends and family.

You can use this data to see how Pictons Solicitors LLP performs against other law firms nationally. A score close to 100% indicates that this firm is highly valued by their clients.

As part of our review questionnaire we ask the question:

"Would you recommend this firm to somebody else?"

The reviewer can select either “Yes” or “No”.

The above score is a simple percentage representation of the total amount of clients who selected the “Yes” option:

Yes 95%
No 5%

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Satisfied with
outcome of matter

This firm - 95%
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ReviewSolicitors uses our community data to show you how many clients used Pictons Solicitors LLP and were satisfied with the outcome of their matter. Being satisfied with the outcome of your matter is an important consideration to have in mind.

You can use this data to see how Pictons Solicitors LLP compares to the national average of clients being satisfied with the outcome of their matter after instructing a solicitor.

As part of our review questionnaire we ask the question:

"Were you satisfied with the outcome of your case?"

The reviewer can select either “Yes” or “No”.

The above score is a simple percentage representation of the total amount of clients who selected the “Yes” option:

Yes 95%
No 5%

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Rankings by area of expertise

The rankings below show the areas of expertise that Pictons Solicitors LLP offers to clients. You can see how good the service offered is in comparison to all other law firms nationally.

Data shown above is based on the reviews and client feedback collected by ReviewSolicitors over the last 12 months.

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Client Reviews

4.8/5

Reviews summary

  • Excellent

    56
  • Very Good

    0
  • Average

    0
  • Poor

    0
  • Awful

    3

Overall experience

  • Value For Money
  • Communication
  • Initial Impressions
  • Approachability
  • Documentation Accuracy
  • Legal knowledge
Anonymous

Matter Type:

Purchase and Sale

Anonymous

January 15, 2025

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A long relationship

We would like to thank you, Nick and your team for your excellent help and advice throughout the sale of our property. The standard we experience with Pictons has not changed since we first appointed you in 1978. So a long relationship.

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Anonymouus

Matter Type:

Divorce

Anonymouus

December 03, 2024

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Thank you

Vaishali was polite, confident and amazing at communication and genuinely tried her best to resolve my case. Vaishali acted calmly but was strong when she needed to be. Out of the 3 solicitors she was by far the most positive hence why I chose pictons.

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MrsA

Matter Type:

Purchase and Sale

MrsA

November 20, 2024

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Thank you

I cannot begin to say how appreciative I am of all the work Vanessa has taken on my behalf. At the beginning of this conveyancing I had very poor health issues. Together with Geraldine, they took on a lot of form filing on my behalf to which I will always be so grateful and appreciative.

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Mike

Mike

January 02, 2024

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Steer clear.

Steer clear. We hired Pictons for conveyancing. Very slow to draft the contract, only gave us updates when we pushed them, the documents had mistakes and they became evasive when questioned. We were eager to complete the sale just to get rid of them.

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MrsE

Matter Type:

Sales and Purchases

MrsE

August 11, 2023

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Helpful and patient

Vanessa was fantastic. Very kind, helpful and patient. Will definitly recommend your company due to her

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Bryn

Bryn

March 16, 2023

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Obtuse, Slow, Entirely Unsatisfactory

We hired Pictons to process the sale of my late grandmother's house to a cash buyer. The experience was nothing short of painful. Although the legal procedure was a relatively simple one, they had to be constantly prodded to get on with the paperwork, and we were forever having to chase them for updates. More often than not, the employee assigned to our case was simply unavailable. It's a wonder the conveyancing was ever completed. For the rate we were paying, one would at least expect a decent service, if not an excellent one. To add insult to injury, once the sale finally went through, Pictons charged us an additional fee to transmit the funds to our nominated account immediately, despite being told explicitly that we did not want this option. When we complained and tried to get the money charged on this additional fee back, they simply ignored us. Outrageously poor service, and very little value for our money.

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MrsS

Matter Type:

Purchase and Sale

MrsS

March 17, 2022

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Supportive and helpful

Vanessa Haynes has been particulary supportive and helpful during a difficult process

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MrA

Matter Type:

Purchase and Sale

MrA

March 14, 2022

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Prompt responses

The service we had from Vanessa and Nick was very good. If we sent an email or phoned we received an answer very quickly

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MrsB

Matter Type:

Purchase and Sale

MrsB

May 19, 2021

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Excellent

The sale of our late mothers property went very smoothly, with no problems. The service provided by Pictons was excellent

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Description

We’ve had a lot of changes in fifty years and now we are seen as a dynamic and more progressive law firm. We’ve got some of the most experienced, qualified and dedicated legal practitioners in the region, all of whom are committed to getting you the best results. We also think it’s important to give something back and make a contribution to the communities in which we are based. This ethos runs throughout the company and virtually every week someone is doing something for a local charity, while several of our staff are charity Trustees, giving their time expertise to support a wide range of worthwhile causes and organisations.

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Legal services

Personal areas of law

  • Consumer
    • Consumer Disputes
    • Litigation - Breach of contract
    • Litigation - Insurance disputes
    • Litigation - M&A and warranty disputes
    • Litigation - Product liability claims
    • Litigation - Property litigation claims
    • Litigation - Trust and pension issues
    • Litigation Law
  • Employment
    • Agency Staff / Temp Workers
    • Constructive/Unfair Dismissal
    • Disciplinary Hearings
    • Discrimination at Work
    • Employee Team Moves
    • Employment Contracts
    • Equal Pay Disputes
    • Family Leave
    • Flexible Working
    • Gardening Leave
    • Harassment/Bullying at Work
    • Holiday Pay Issues
    • Maternity and Paternity
    • Media and Sports
    • Part Time Workers
    • Pension Law
    • Privacy and Data Protection
    • Professional Discipline
    • Redundancy
    • Restrictive Covenants
    • Senior Executives
    • Settlement Agreements
    • Stress at Work
    • TUPE
    • Tribunal Claims
    • UK Employment Laws
    • Unfair Dismissal Claims
    • Whistleblower Protection
  • Family Law
    • Adoption, Surrogacy, Care and Special Guardianship
    • Asset protection and tax mitigation
    • Child Arrangements Following Divorce
    • Child Law
    • Child Relocation After Divorce
    • Child contact
    • Children
    • Children Act proceedings
    • Civil Partnership Dissolution
    • Civil partnerships
    • Cohabitation agreements and disputes
    • Cohabitation and Unmarried Relationships
    • Collaborative Law
    • Divorce After A Brain Or Other Serious Injury
    • Domestic Abuse
    • Family Mediation
    • Family law
    • Financial Matters
    • Grandparents' Rights
    • Inheritance Act claims
    • Injunctions
    • Matrimonial finance
    • Out Of Court Divorce
    • Parental responsibility, paternity disputes, surrogacy
    • Pension and property advice
    • Pre and Post Nuptial Agreements
    • Separation Agreement
    • Social Services
    • Unmarried Couples' Rights
  • Housing & Property
    • Anti-social Behaviour
    • Boundary Disputes
    • Buying at auction
    • Declarations of trusts
    • Deeds of Gifts
    • Deeds of easements, variation, deeds of rectifications
    • Dilapidation Claims
    • Evicting Squatters and Trespassers
    • Exclusivity and lock-out agreements
    • Extending your Lease
    • Freehold Enfranchisement
    • Housing Associations
    • Housing Management
    • Housing disputes
    • Injunctions
    • Investment and buy to let properties
    • Landlord and Tenant
    • Lease Extensions
    • Leasehold properties
    • Matrimonial transfers
    • New home purchases and sales
    • Option agreements and conditional contracts
    • Possession and repossession proceedings
    • Property Disputes
    • Purchase and Sale
    • Remortgaging
    • Renting and Tenancy Agreements
    • Repossessions
    • Residential Conveyancing
    • Restrictive Covenants, Easements and Wayleaves
    • Right of First Refusal
    • Right of Way and Rights to Light
    • Right to Manage
    • Service Charge Disputes
    • Service Charge Recovery
    • Tenancy Breaches, Injunctions and Forfeiture Claims
    • Tenant Eviction
    • Transfer of title
    • Transfers of equity
    • Transfers of parts of land
    • Unpaid Rent, Service or Ground Charges
  • Money & Tax
    • HMRC Tax Investigations and Disputes
    • Inheritance Tax
    • Insolvency and bankruptcy
    • Property Holding Structures
    • Tax
    • Tax Advisory Services
    • Tax Compliance Services
    • Trusts
  • Personal Injury
    • Against The Council
    • Benefits Available To Asbestos Victims
    • Diffuse Mesothelioma Payment Scheme
    • Gym Injury Compensation
    • Personal Injury Law
    • Welfare Issues After Serious Injury
  • Wills, Trusts & Probate
    • Probate
    • Trusts
    • Wills

Business areas of law

  • Commercial Property
    • Commercial Leases
    • Commercial mortgages
    • Developer disputes
    • Development plot sales
    • Environmental policy law
    • Finance
    • Investment purchases and Buy to Let
    • Landlord and tenant
    • Purchase and Sale Of Commercial Property
    • Purchase of development land
    • Rights of way issues
    • Sales or purchases of shops, factories, warehouses, offices and licensed premises
  • Company & Commercial
    • Agency agreements
    • Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)
    • Asset Tracing
    • Business structures and joint ventures
    • Commercial Law
    • Commercial Litigation Matters
    • Competition law
    • Contractual Disputes
    • Corporate Law
    • Corporate finance
    • Data Protection
    • Employment - business
    • Franchising
    • Insolvency and Bankruptcy
    • Intellectual Property
    • Management buyouts
    • Merchandising and sponsorship
    • Mis-sold Interest Rate Swap Agreements
    • Partnership and LLP law
    • Sales and Purchases
    • Setting up a business
    • Share option schemes
    • Shareholder Agreements
    • Shareholder and Partnership Disputes
    • Statutory Demands
    • Summary Judgment
    • Tax
    • Unfair Loan Charges
  • Dispute Resolution
    • Mediation
  • IT & Intellectual Property
    • Advertising and Marketing Compliance
    • Anti-Counterfeiting and Anti-Piracy
    • Confidential Information, Know-How and Trade Secrets
    • Copyright
    • Dealing with intellectual property infringements
    • Design rights and product designs
    • Domain Names
    • Intellectual Property Litigation and Dispute Resolution
    • Patents
    • Personality and Image Rights
    • Trade Marks and Designs
  • Regulations
    • Health and Safety
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