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How Poole Alcock LLP Compares

Value for money

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This firm - 95%
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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 Poole Alcock LLP on ReviewSolicitors.

As part of our review questionnaire we ask reviewer questions about the value for money they felt they received by using Poole Alcock 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.

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Would recommend to
friends and family

This firm - 97%
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ReviewSolicitors uses our community data to show you how many clients used Poole Alcock 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 Poole Alcock 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 97%
No 3%

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Satisfied with
outcome of matter

This firm - 97%
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ReviewSolicitors uses our community data to show you how many clients used Poole Alcock 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 Poole Alcock 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 97%
No 3%

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Rankings by area of expertise

The rankings below show the areas of expertise that Poole Alcock 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

4.9/5

Reviews summary

  • Excellent

    2576
  • Very Good

    168
  • Average

    18
  • Poor

    11
  • Awful

    70

Overall experience

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

Hamadi

September 10, 2024

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Exceptional Support and Guidance in My Family Court Case

I cannot begin to express my gratitude to Emma for her outstanding support and guidance throughout my family court case. From the outset, Emma meticulously orchestrated every aspect, ensuring that no detail was overlooked. Her expertise, attention to detail, and unwavering dedication to my case were nothing short of exceptional. Faced with horrendous and false allegations, Emma’s steadfast support gave me the confidence and reassurance I needed during this difficult time.

If you are dealing with false allegations and require someone to help you navigate the complexities of family court, I wholeheartedly recommend Emma. Her level of service, meticulous preparation, and ability to present a case with clarity and strength are unmatched. Thanks to her tireless efforts, I’ve already seen positive outcomes, and I’m confident that, with her continued guidance, the results will only get better.

I also want to extend my heartfelt thanks to Joshua Brindle, my barrister, who represented me in court. His professionalism, expertise, and commanding presence in the courtroom were invaluable. Joshua presented my case with skill, confidence, and precision, ensuring that Emma’s hard work was brought to life in the courtroom.

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Hamadi Barakale

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Matter Type:

Children Act proceedings

Hamadi Barakale

September 10, 2024

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Exceptional Support and Guidance in My Family Court Case

I cannot begin to express my gratitude to Emma for her outstanding support and guidance throughout my family court case. From the outset, Emma meticulously orchestrated every aspect, ensuring that no detail was overlooked. Her expertise, attention to detail, and unwavering dedication to my case were nothing short of exceptional. Faced with horrendous and false allegations, Emma’s steadfast support gave me the confidence and reassurance I needed during this difficult time.

If you are dealing with false allegations and require someone to help you navigate the complexities of family court, I wholeheartedly recommend Emma. Her level of service, meticulous preparation, and ability to present a case with clarity and strength are unmatched. Thanks to her tireless efforts, I’ve already seen positive outcomes, and I’m confident that, with her continued guidance, the results will only get better.

I also want to extend my heartfelt thanks to Joshua Brindle, my barrister, who represented me in court. His professionalism, expertise, and commanding presence in the courtroom were invaluable. Joshua presented my case with skill, confidence, and precision, ensuring that Emma’s hard work was brought to life in the courtroom.

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September 10, 2024

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Easy to talk to

Easy to talk to, knowledgeable and very helpful.

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September 10, 2024

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Clarity in a minefield

Richard brough clarity in a succinct and measured way to a minefield I knew nothing about before our call.

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September 10, 2024

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Reassuring advice

Thank you Richard. I feel reassured by your experience and warmth show during our call even though I am in such a horrible state.

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Kevin

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Matter Type:

Employment Law

Kevin

September 10, 2024

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Great service

Kellie & Jamie made the entire process smooth and stress-free. Their professionalism, clear communication and attention to detail were outstanding. Highly recommended for anyone seeking expert legal support!

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Karen

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Matter Type:

Wills

Karen

September 10, 2024

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Very Satisfied

Very satisfied

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Trevor Done

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Trevor Done

September 10, 2024

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Sale of land at Old Hall Farm

I would like to thank Melissa, Frances and the team for the smooth transaction of the sale of the land.

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Paul

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Matter Type:

Litigation - Breach of contract

Paul

September 09, 2024

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So helpful

I spoke with Sarah Jayne today on a matter of litigation. She called me at the appointed time and immediately impressed me with her understanding of what had been discussed with her colleague. Her advice was both considered and knowledgeable. I was also impressed by her logic and integrity in not simply racking up a large fee for costs that could not be later recovered. I won’t hesitate to consider using this firm going forward

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James

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Matter Type:

Settlement Agreements

James

September 09, 2024

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Settlement agreement

Elinor was extremely helpful and walked me through the entire process. The team at Poole Alcock were proactive in their communication and I cannot fault their service at all

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Livvy

Matter Type:

Residential Conveyancing

Livvy

September 07, 2024

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Livvy

James Williams and team were thorough, consistent, very approachable, friendly and managed to get my sale through within 6 weeks! Would highly recommend Poole Alcock to anyone. Their service and time management is unmatched. As a first time buyer, they made this sale stress free. Thank you!

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James

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Residential Conveyancing

James

September 03, 2024

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James

Thank you James Williams and Team for ensuring a swift and easy buying process. Always recommend.

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Richard

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Residential Conveyancing

Richard

August 20, 2024

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Richard

James and his team were extremely responsive and supportive throughout a difficult purchase. They really helped to push things along, and were more than happy to take the time to explain what was happening.

I really valued the thoroughness and transparency - fully recommend!

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Kim

July 31, 2024

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Kim

Fantastic service. Friendly, professional and always respond quickly.

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Sue

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Residential Conveyancing

Sue

July 27, 2024

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Sue

Kate and the team were really helpful and efficient in our recent house purchase. Would recommend.

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Committed to Excellence We believe that our clients deserve to receive the highest possible standard of customer care and quality of legal advice. To achieve this, we ensure our lawyers and support team are highly skilled professionals with a passion for delivering excellent service which focusses on our clients’ individual needs and circumstances. We regularly ask our clients for feedback and how we could make our service even better, to make sure that we get it right every time. We leave nothing to chance and take nothing for granted. For these reasons we make an important commitment to all of our clients: The Committed to Excellence Promise. Why do we do this? We want our clients to stay with us. We also want to be your first port of call whenever you need legal assistance of any sort. In addition to this, we are proud of our firm and all of our people care deeply about the quality of the service which we provide. We really can look after you, whatever your legal need. We have a wide range of specialist teams and lawyers who can look after all of your legal needs. You will find that across all those teams and lawyers, and across all of our offices, everyone at Poole Alcock is working hard to deliver on our promise to provide a consistently excellent service.

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Personal areas of law

  • Consumer
    • Collective Actions
    • Consumer Credit
    • Consumer Disputes
    • Consumer Rights
    • Dispute resolution - civil mediation
    • Libel and Defamation
    • 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
    • Malicious falsehood
  • Education
    • Education
  • Employment
    • Agency Staff / Temp Workers
    • Constructive/Unfair Dismissal
    • Disciplinary Hearings
    • Discrimination at Work
    • Employee Team Moves
    • Employment Contracts
    • Employment Law
    • Equal Pay Disputes
    • Family Leave
    • Flexible Working
    • Gardening Leave
    • Harassment/Bullying at Work
    • Holiday Pay Issues
    • Maternity and Paternity
    • Part Time Workers
    • Pay Issue
    • 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
    • Annulment
    • Asset protection and tax mitigation
    • Change of name
    • Child Abduction
    • Child Access
    • Child Arrangements Following Divorce
    • Child Custody
    • Child Law
    • Child Maintenance
    • 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
    • Divorce After A Brain Or Other Serious Injury
    • Divorce Mediation
    • Domestic Abuse
    • Domestic Violence
    • Elderly care
    • Elderly care home fees
    • Family Mediation
    • Family law
    • Financial Matters
    • Fixed Fee Divorce
    • Grandparents' Rights
    • High Net Worth Divorce
    • Inheritance Act claims
    • Injunctions
    • International Divorce
    • Lasting power of attorney
    • Legal aid
    • Marriage and civil partnerships
    • 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
    • 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
    • Planning
    • 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
    • Second charges
    • 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
    • Debt and Bankruptcy
    • HMRC Tax Investigations and Disputes
    • Inheritance Tax
    • Insolvency and bankruptcy
    • Property Holding Structures
    • Tax
    • Trusts
  • Personal Injury
    • Accident At Work
    • Accidents In Public Places
    • Against The Council
    • Amputation
    • Back Injury At Work
    • 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
    • Dog Bite
    • Fall From Height
    • Fatal Accident
    • Gym Injury Compensation
    • Head Injury At Work
    • Head and Brain Injury
    • Holiday Accidents and Illness
    • Horse Riding Injury
    • Industrial Disease Compensation
    • Manual Handling
    • Motor Insurance Policy
    • Motorbike Accident
    • No Win No Fee
    • Noise-Induced Hearing Loss
    • Non Freezing Cold Injury
    • Occupational Asthma
    • Osteoarthritis
    • Pedestrian Accident
    • Personal Injury Law
    • Repetitive Strain Injury
    • Road Traffic Accident
    • Serious Injury
    • Skiing Injury
    • Slips, Trips and Falls
    • Spinal Injury Compensation
    • Sports Injury
    • Supermarket Accident
    • Tinnitus
    • Vibration White Finger
    • Welfare Issues After Serious Injury
    • Workplace Slip and Trip
  • Wills, Trusts & Probate
    • Disputed Probate
    • Disputed Trusts
    • Disputed Wills
    • International
    • 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
  • Charities
    • Charities
  • Commercial Property
    • Commercial Leases
    • Commercial mortgages
    • Developer disputes
    • Development plot sales
    • Environmental policy law
    • Finance
    • Investment purchases and Buy to Let
    • Landlord and tenant
    • Planning law
    • 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)
    • Business structures and joint ventures
    • Commercial Contracts and Agreements
    • Commercial Law
    • Commercial Litigation Matters
    • Competition law
    • Contract law
    • Contractual Disputes
    • Corporate Law
    • Corporate finance
    • Credit Control
    • Data Protection
    • Debt Recovery
    • Employment - business
    • Franchising
    • Insolvency and Bankruptcy
    • Litigation for Holiday and Residential Parks
    • Management buyouts
    • Mergers and Acquisitions
    • Mis-sold Interest Rate Swap Agreements
    • Outsourcing agreements
    • Partnership and LLP law
    • Sales and Purchases
    • Setting up a business
    • Share option schemes
    • Shareholder Agreements
    • Shareholder and Partnership Disputes
    • Slander
    • Small businesses
    • Statutory Demands
    • Summary Judgment
    • Unfair Loan Charges
  • Construction
    • Building contracts and professional appointments
    • Construction
    • Construction and engineering dispute resolution
    • Contracts for the supply, installation and maintenance of specialist mechanical and electrical plant
    • Development agreements
    • Development loan facilities
    • Engineering contracts
    • Facility maintenance agreements
    • Framework agreements
    • Warranties, third party rights and reliance letters
  • Dispute Resolution
    • Mediation
  • IT & Intellectual Property
    • Copyright
    • Domain Names
    • GDPR
    • Patents
    • Personality and Image Rights
  • Regulations
    • Alcohol Licensing
    • Environment
    • Health and Safety
    • Licensing
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