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Ward Gethin Archer Limited

01353 662203
4.9/5
3660 Client Reviews Leave a review

We offer a client-driven, personal service to an increasing number of businesses and private individuals. Our aim is to resolve your legal problem in a way which exceeds your expectations. Everyone needs a lawyer at some time in their lives. Often our assistance marks a major stage in your life; such as buying a home or making your will. We promise to provide you with the best possible legal services at a time when service and quality really matters. Read more...

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Ward Gethin Archer Limited
have 7 other locations

21 London Road
Downham Market
PE38 9AW

10 Tuesday Market Place
King's Lynn
PE30 1JT

3 Regis Place
King's Lynn
PE30 2JN

9 Park Street
Chatteris
PE16 6AB

16-18 High Street
Dereham
NR19 1DR

Chancery House
Heacham
PE31 7ER

Ventnor House
Swaffham
PE37 7BW

21 London Road
Downham Market
PE38 9AW

10 Tuesday Market Place
King's Lynn
PE30 1JT

3 Regis Place
King's Lynn
PE30 2JN

9 Park Street
Chatteris
PE16 6AB

16-18 High Street
Dereham
NR19 1DR

Chancery House
Heacham
PE31 7ER

Ventnor House
Swaffham
PE37 7BW

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Available lawyers at Ward Gethin Archer Limited

Jackie Murfitt

4.9 out of 5
(147)
Conveyancer

Adrian Long

5.0 out of 5
(88)
Solicitor

Alex Lawrence

4.9 out of 5
(72)
Legal Exec

Carolyn Hughes

4.8 out of 5
(67)
Legal Exec

Anna Hall

5.0 out of 5
(42)
Solicitor

Jack Thorogood

5.0 out of 5
(32)
Solicitor

Richard Welton

5.0 out of 5
(31)
Private Client Executive

Gemma Hughes

5.0 out of 5
(10)
Solicitor

Wendy Marles

5.0 out of 5
(8)
Solicitor

Joseph Henry

5.0 out of 5
(3)
Solicitor

Kimberley Walkley

5.0 out of 5
(3)
Paralegal

Alexandra Ronketti

4.0 out of 5
(1)
Trainee Solicitor

Bethan Garratt

5.0 out of 5
(1)
Paralegal

Geraldine Underwood

5.0 out of 5
(1)
Solicitor

Simin Hough

0.0 out of 5
(0)
Solicitor

How Ward Gethin Archer Limited Compares

Value for money

This firm - 96%
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  • 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 16%
About Right 83%

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Would recommend to
friends and family

This firm - 99%
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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 99%
No 1%

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Satisfied with
outcome of matter

This firm - 99%
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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 99%
No 1%

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Rankings by area of expertise

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

Locally

Nationally

Consumer
1st / 8
12th / 4632
Company & Commercial
1st / 8
31st / 4392
Housing & Property
1st / 6
6th / 4260
Family Law
1st / 4
9th / 3858
Wills, Trusts & Probate
1st / 6
5th / 3518
Commercial Property
1st / 6
18th / 3339
Employment
1st / 7
5th / 3116
Regulations
1st / 6
5th / 2587
Personal Injury
1st / 4
37th / 2387
Money & Tax
1st / 3
12th / 1848
Professional Negligence
1st / 4
10th / 1207
Dispute Resolution
1st / 3
24th / 1033
Clinical Negligence
1st / 3
39th / 945
Notary
1st / 3
6th / 718
Agriculture
1st / 3
16th / 596

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

Review Sources

Client Reviews

4.9/5

Reviews summary

  • Excellent

    3391

  • Very Good

    197

  • Average

    23

  • Poor

    8

  • Awful

    41

Overall experience

  • Value For Money
  • Communication
  • Initial Impressions
  • Approachability
  • Documentation Accuracy
  • Legal knowledge
Roger and Carole Foster
Housing & Property

Matter Type:

Purchase and Sale

Roger and Carole Foster

January 12, 2025

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Residential Property

Very professional, we could not have chosen a more helpful person as Carolyn ,and Lily was very helpful too.We would recommend Carolyn to anybody who was selling their Property.

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Jonathan
Housing & Property

Matter Type:

Purchase and Sale

Jonathan

January 11, 2025

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Residential Property

As a first time buyer, it can be daunting to go through the process, however Robin was always on hand to explain the process and sending the documents as they were received. I appreciated the regular updates and not waiting for the final report before I could review the documents for the house I was purchasing. I would recommend Robin to anyone looking to buy a house, either for the first time or more

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Sue Day
Housing & Property

Matter Type:

Purchase and Sale

Sue Day

January 10, 2025

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Residential Property

Very happy because we completed today and have been very happy with the service provided. It is probably irrational to want to have updates when no progress has been made, but we would have liked to have had more regular contact just with a ‘how goes it’. I felt exactly the same about the lack of regular updates from the Estate Agent. We had to keep calling ourselves.

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Joanne
Housing & Property

Matter Type:

Purchase and Sale

Joanne

January 08, 2025

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Residential Property

I have used Ward Gethin Archer in the past and as previously their support during my property purchase was very professional and responsive, I would not hesitate to use them again.

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Peter H
Housing & Property

Matter Type:

Purchase and Sale

Peter H

January 06, 2025

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Residential Property

I used WGA , specifically Robin Barwell for the conveyancing for a house purchase.
I can't fault Robin on the service he provided and it was done in a satisfactory time frame.

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Rachel Trendell
Housing & Property

Matter Type:

Purchase and Sale

Rachel Trendell

January 06, 2025

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Residential Property

Jackie was fabulous from start to finish. Nothing was ever too much trouble. Nothing was a stupid question. I would recommend Jackie to everyone and I will definitely use her again if we ever too.

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Michael Hamilton
Housing & Property

Matter Type:

Purchase and Sale

Michael Hamilton

January 06, 2025

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Residential Property

Wendy and the WGA have been great all the way along. This has not been the simplistic purchase at things but we got there. Wendy was brilliant ar representing us and our interests. Also, as first time buyers, she set expectations at every stage and guided us through our purchase superbly

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Sarah Bromfield
Housing & Property

Matter Type:

Purchase and Sale

Sarah Bromfield

December 29, 2024

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Residential Property

Wendy was extremely helpful. She went above and beyond to ensure I was comfortable with my purchase and gave regular updates.

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Anonymous
Wills, Trusts & Probate

Matter Type:

Wills

Anonymous

December 28, 2024

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Wills, Trusts and Probate

Excellent service - Richard understood our requirements completely and everything was dealt with very quickly and efficiently.

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Anonymous
Housing & Property

Matter Type:

Purchase and Sale

Anonymous

December 22, 2024

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Residential Property

Reassuringly, the WGA conveyancer kept us abreast of progress during our house sale and provided reasons for any delays.

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Dominic

Dominic

December 11, 2024

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Dominic

Antiquated, outdated and unorganized.. a simple house conveyancing matter feels like its happening despite of them not because of them.
Very little advice or work being done, they essentially just seem to pass documents back and forth. Its also extremely frustrating they they prefer to avoid modern systems everyone else is using, my last two house purchases over the last 14 years have been completed using electronic document handling,
WGA send mixed signals in one email after being pushed they say they use virtual Signature, in another they outright refused to do anything electronically. outside factors apart a process that should have taken 2-3 weeks maximum is delayed with hard copies taking weeks to pass between all parties..
I'd say its time they embraced the future but its not even that, they seem stuck in 1993 whilst everyone else has been using electronic documents for 20 years...!!!
No real level of attention and when you raise an issue there is no apology or acknowledgement, its simply ignored and they carry on regardless.

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Calum

Calum

October 13, 2024

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Calum

Good

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Iain
Family Law

Matter Type:

Lasting power of attorney

Iain

August 08, 2024

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Iain

The firm completed lasting powers of attorney for us efficiently, to cost and within the anticipated time frame. Very happy with the work.

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Gillian
Housing & Property

Matter Type:

New home purchases and sales

Gillian

June 16, 2024

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Gillian

Robin Barwell looked after the sale of our property and was very professional and helpful, would definitely use again.

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Steve
Housing & Property

Matter Type:

Purchase and Sale

Steve

May 30, 2024

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Steve

My Partner and I have just purchased a Building Plot, Jackie Murfitt dealt with the conveyancing in the post professional way, she was so thorough with the detail and found many mistakes made by the vendor’s solicitors.
I would absolutely recommend Jackie at Ward Gethin Archer she has been brilliant ( Thank you Jackie ) .

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We are a long established East Anglian practice with eight offices serving West Norfolk & Cambridgeshire and one of the major firms in the area in terms of size and expertise. A full range of legal services is offered by highly qualified personnel: solicitors and legal executives with the support of other well trained and experienced staff. Although based in East Anglia, we offer a personal service to both our local clients and those who live away from the area. Ward Gethin Archer take the delivery of our services very seriously; wherever possible we adhere to recognised service requirements and quality standards. Wherever appropriate we also encourage our Partners and lawyers to join and participate in their specialist bodies and accreditation schemes. We are authorised and regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA Practice Number 566796) and their rules and principles governing solicitors' conduct apply to us. An on-line guide to these can be found at www.sra.org.uk/handbook.

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Personal areas of law

  • Clinical Negligence
    • Accident and Emergency Claims
    • Amputation Negligence Claims
    • Anaesthetic Awareness Claims
    • Birth Defect and Wrongful Birth Claims
    • Birth Injury Claims
    • Birth Injury To Mother Claims
    • Blood Transfusion Claims
    • Bowel Cancer Misdiagnosis Claims
    • Breast Cancer Misdiagnosis Claims
    • Breast Surgery Compensation Claims
    • C. Difficile Claims
    • Cancer Misdiagnosis Claims
    • Cauda Equina Syndrome Claims
    • Cerebral Palsy Claims
    • Cervical Cancer Misdiagnosis Claims
    • Clinical Negligence
    • Cochlear Implant Claims
    • Cosmetic Dentistry Claims
    • Cosmetic Surgery Claims
    • Defective Medical Device Claims
    • Dental Negligence
    • Dental Negligence Claims
    • Dermal Filler Compensation Claims
    • Diabetes Claims
    • Erb’s Palsy Compensation Claims
    • Eye Surgery Claims
    • Failed Sterilisation Claims
    • Fatal Medical Negligence Claims and Inquests
    • Faulty Defibrillator Claims
    • Fertility Negligence Claims
    • GP Negligence Claims
    • Group B Streptococcus Claims
    • Hospital Negligence Claims
    • Knee Replacement Claims
    • Laser Eye Surgery Claims
    • Laser Treatment Claims
    • Lung Cancer Misdiagnosis Claims
    • MRSA Claims
    • Medical Misdiagnosis Claims
    • Medical Negligence
    • Meningitis Misdiagnosis Claims
    • Metal-On-Metal Hip Replacement Claims
    • Misdiagnosed Miscarriage Claims
    • Nerve Damage Claims
    • Nerve Injury Claims
    • Ophthalmic Negligence Claims
    • Oral Cancer Claims
    • Orthopaedic Negligence Claims
    • Ovarian Cancer Misdiagnosis Claims
    • Pancreatic Cancer Misdiagnosis Claims
    • Periodontal Disease Claims
    • Pregnancy and Gynaecology Injury Claims
    • Pressure Sore Claims
    • Prostate Cancer Misdiagnosis Claims
    • Restorative Dentistry Claims
    • Sepsis Negligence Claims
    • Skin Cancer Misdiagnosis Claims
    • Sorin Stockert 3T Heater-Cooler Claims
    • Spinal Surgery Claims
    • Stillbirth Compensation Claims
    • Stroke Misdiagnosis Claims
    • Surgery Compensation Claims
    • Surgical and Transvaginal Mesh Claims
    • Testicular Cancer Misdiagnosis Claims
  • 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
    • Military
    • 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
    • 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
    • Neighbour Disputes
    • 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
  • Notary
    • Notary
  • Personal Injury
    • Accident Abroad
    • Accident At Work
    • Accidents At Sea And Cruise Injury
    • Accidents In Public Places
    • Against The Council
    • Amputation
    • Asbestos Compensation
    • Asbestos Lung Cancer
    • Asbestosis
    • Back Injury At Work
    • Benefits Available To Asbestos Victims
    • Broken Bone Or Fracture
    • Burns, Scars and Lacerations At Work
    • Bus and Coach Accident
    • Car Accident
    • Car Passenger
    • Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
    • Children's Accident
    • Children's Serious Injury
    • Chronic Pain
    • Cycling Accident
    • Defective Work Equipment
    • Diffuse Mesothelioma Payment Scheme
    • Dog Bite
    • Fall From Height
    • Fatal Accident
    • Fatal Asbestos
    • Gym Injury Compensation
    • Head Injury At Work
    • Head and Brain Injury
    • Holiday Accidents and Illness
    • Holiday Sickness and Illness Compensation
    • Horse Riding Injury
    • Industrial Disease Compensation
    • Manual Handling
    • Mesothelioma Compensation
    • Motor Insurance Policy
    • Motorbike Accident
    • No Win No Fee
    • Noise-Induced Hearing Loss
    • Occupational Asthma
    • Osteoarthritis
    • Pedestrian Accident
    • Personal Injury Law
    • Pleural Plaques (Scotland)
    • Pleural Thickening
    • Repetitive Strain Injury
    • Road Traffic Accident
    • Road Traffic Accident Abroad
    • Serious Injury
    • Skiing Injury
    • Slips, Trips and Falls
    • Spinal Injury Compensation
    • Sports Injury
    • Supermarket Accident
    • Terrorism Abroad
    • Tinnitus
    • Vibration White Finger
    • Welfare Issues After Serious Injury
    • Whiplash
    • Workplace Slip and Trip
  • Professional Negligence
    • Accountants
    • Architects
    • Barristers
    • Engineers
    • Financial advisors
    • IT professionals
    • Insurance brokers
    • Professional Negligence
    • Professional Negligence law
    • Professional trustees
    • Surveyors
    • Tax consultants
    • Valuers
  • Wills, Trusts & Probate
    • Probate
    • Trusts
    • Wills

Business areas of law

  • Agriculture
    • Agricultural land for sale or development
    • Buying and selling a farm
    • Commercial contracts for farming businesses
    • Employment of farm workers
    • Equestrian property
    • Farm partnerships and corporate structures
    • Farming disputes
    • Veterinary negligence
  • 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
    • Credit Control
    • Data Protection
    • Employment - business
    • Franchising
    • Insolvency and Bankruptcy
    • Intellectual Property
    • Management buyouts
    • Merchandising and sponsorship
    • Mergers and Acquisitions
    • 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
  • Regulations
    • Health and Safety
    • Licensing
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