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Burt Brill & Cardens Limited

01273 604123
4.9/5
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Founded in the heart of Brighton, we have been providing bespoke legal advice to individuals, families, and businesses for over 125 years. Our legal services range in specialisms including property, family and divorce, dispute resolution, and personal affairs. Whatever your legal issue, we will take the time to understand your situation and tailor our service to meet your needs. Read more...

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Daisy Tester

5.0 out of 5
(33)
Head of Contentious Probate and Estates

Stephanie Batts

5.0 out of 5
(32)
Solicitor

Madeleine Harvey

4.9 out of 5
(29)
Head of Residential Property

Emily Shearing

5.0 out of 5
(23)
Solicitor

Jessica Titchener Doyle

5.0 out of 5
(22)
Solicitor

Elise Rix

5.0 out of 5
(7)
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Jayne Lucinda

5.0 out of 5
(5)
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Patrick Rusk

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Rosie Smith

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David Edwards

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How Burt Brill & Cardens Limited Compares

Value for money

This firm - 97%
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  • 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 8%
About Right 91%

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Would recommend to
friends and family

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You can use this data to see how Burt Brill & Cardens Limited performs against other law firms nationally. A score close to 100% indicates that this firm is highly valued by their clients.

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"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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outcome of matter

This firm - 98%
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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 98%
No 2%

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Rankings by area of expertise

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

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Nationally

Consumer
3rd / 20
222nd / 4638
Company & Commercial
4th / 18
405th / 4402
Housing & Property
3rd / 18
435th / 4266
Family Law
7th / 19
523rd / 3861
Wills, Trusts & Probate
2nd / 14
217th / 3521
Commercial Property
5th / 16
441st / 3342
Employment
3rd / 14
368th / 3122
Money & Tax
3rd / 14
270th / 1851
Professional Negligence
3rd / 14
200th / 1209
Dispute Resolution
2nd / 8
135th / 1035
Charities
2nd / 7
106th / 570

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

    239

  • Very Good

    4

  • Average

    1

  • Poor

    2

  • Awful

    5

Overall experience

  • Value For Money
  • Communication
  • Initial Impressions
  • Approachability
  • Documentation Accuracy
  • Legal knowledge
Emma W
Housing & Property

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Matter Type:

Purchase and Sale

Emma W

January 13, 2025

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Excellent service - house purchase

I used Burt, Brill and Cardens for the purchase of my new home in Hove. From the off the service I received was professional, friendly and excellent. I felt that my solicitor Jess was available to me and easy to approach with questions - often quite silly - which I had when navigating what to me is a rather confusing process. All questions answered promptly and clearly and with patience.

Jess was tenacious in her drive to ensure that I, as the the buyer, got the best deal and that any risks were explained to me including options for resolution so that I felt in control of what was happening.

Would absolutely recommend and would use again!

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Benita Murphy

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Benita Murphy

December 19, 2024

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Another Fantastic Experience

This is our second time working with Burt Brill & Cardens and we could not recommend them more. They are great communicators and get the job done in the quickest and most efficient way. Jess has been brilliant with the purchase of our new home. We will return to these guys for any future endeavours!

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Anonymous
Housing & Property

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Matter Type:

Residential Conveyancing

Anonymous

December 18, 2024

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Highly recommended conveyancing

What a stress-free, efficient and professional experience we’ve had with Burt Brill & Cardens (and Jess Titchener Doyle specifically). They made the whole process so straightforward. I found them to be extremely knowledgeable and helpful at every stage of the process. I can’t recommend them highly enough.

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Sam F
Housing & Property

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Residential Conveyancing

Sam F

December 07, 2024

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A great outcome under challenging circumstances

Jess helped me with the sale of my flat in 2024. The transaction took much longer than it had any right to because the online conveyancer representing the buyer was beyond appalling (discourteous, lots of unforced errors, ignored messages from other professionals in the chain). Despite this Jess persevered to get a good outcome. She was always courteous and maintained bulletproof professional etiquette throughout - even when I was getting frustrated. Her communication style is concise and clear and I always got same day responses on email. I really appreciated that I could pick up the phone to speak with the team, and pop into the Brighton office to put faces to names. Can't fault BBC, and have decided to re-engage them to help with a (hopefully much more straightforward) house purchase. Highly recommended.

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Claire
Wills, Trusts & Probate

Matter Type:

Probate

Claire

December 07, 2024

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Outstanding Probate and Trust management.

Stephanie has been fantastic every step of the way. She responds extremely quickly to any queries and explains everything clearly. We cannot thank Stephanie enough for her invaluable support and advice. It's always a difficult time losing a member of the family but having top quality legal support is really helpful and reassuring. We feel so fortunate that we found Stephanie.

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Clare Nias

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Clare Nias

November 19, 2024

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Making my new Will

I found Rosie very easy to work with and also patient when I was finding certain points (particularly Inheritance Tax) hard to make sense of. I appreciated that she had clearly gone through various details of the information I wanted to include and needed to clarify. I would recommend your company, in fact have already, to anyone I know who hasn't made their Will yet.

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November 15, 2024

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Much appreciated

Thank you Jess for helping us through this process which you have done with real clarity and professionalism.�We have very much appreciated your involvement.� Here�s hoping everything goes smoothly on 18th July

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November 10, 2024

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Thank you!

I would like to thank you for your hard work on this. I have been awkward to ask so many questions but you answered queries clearly and have been an absolute star. I also appreciate your attention to detail and protecting my interests at all times.

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Liz

Liz

November 05, 2024

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Daisy is an excellent solicitor

I approached Burt, Brill and Cardens with a complex matter having found them very good in the past with other matters. Daisy (Tester) has been absolutely brilliant from start to finish. She has a confident, calm professionalism about her that took all of the stress out of a stressful situation for me. Daisy really listens and finds solutions to problems quickly and efficiently. I was very impressed how she kept me in the loop along the way with clear and informative emails - professionally written, but without any unnecessary legalise.

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January 06, 2025

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Sam

Jess Titchener Doyle was brilliant in our house our purchase in 2024, consistently providing speedy and reliable comms and meeting the vendors incredibly punchy deadlines. The entire transaction only took 9 weeks end to end. This is the second time we've worked with Jess and the team and we wouldn't hesitate to do so again

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November 05, 2024

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Ryan

Great service, very thorough in handling our commercial lease requirements. Highly recommend.

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Harriet

Harriet

August 29, 2024

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Harriet

Jess T-D was an absolute star and handled our house sale as solicitor with urgency and professionalism. I would highly recommend her.

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David
Wills, Trusts & Probate

Matter Type:

International

David

August 07, 2024

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David

I live in Japan but needed a Will for the UK. Burt, Brill and Cardens Solicitors were first-class throughout. I had the good fortune to be advised and guided by Stephanie Batts who was wonderfully efficient and so helpful in completing the process from the other side of the world to me.

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Milly
Dispute Resolution

Matter Type:

Mediation

Milly

July 26, 2024

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Milly

Burt Brill & Cardens were really helpful & I am grateful for their support with my case. It can be a daunting process, making a claim, but they made it easy.

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Founded in the heart of Brighton in 1893 by Sir Herbert Carden, Burt Brill & Cardens has been serving clients in Sussex and beyond for over 125 years. Our expert solicitors provide bespoke legal advice to individuals, families, and businesses in a range of specialisms including property, family and divorce, dispute resolution, and personal affairs. Whenever you consult us we will always aim to remain independent and objective in identifying and achieve the best results for you. We respond quickly and are available when you need us with our approachable, understanding and courteous style.

Practice areas

Wills, Trust & Probate Family Law Property Dispute Resolution

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Legal services

Personal areas of law

  • Consumer
    • Dispute resolution - civil mediation
    • Litigation - Breach of contract
    • Litigation - Property litigation claims
    • Litigation - Trust and pension issues
    • Litigation Law
  • Family Law
    • Inheritance Act claims
    • Lasting power of attorney
  • Housing & Property
    • Buying at auction
    • Declarations of trusts
    • Deeds of Gifts
    • Deeds of easements, variation, deeds of rectifications
    • Extending your Lease
    • Freehold Enfranchisement
    • Investment and buy to let properties
    • Landlord and Tenant
    • Lease Extensions
    • Leasehold properties
    • Matrimonial transfers
    • New home purchases and sales
    • Property Disputes
    • Purchase and Sale
    • Remortgaging
    • 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
    • Transfer of title
    • Transfers of equity
    • Transfers of parts of land
    • Unpaid Rent, Service or Ground Charges
  • Money & Tax
    • Inheritance Tax
    • Tax
    • Tax Compliance Services
    • Trusts
  • Professional Negligence
    • Accountants
    • Architects
    • Barristers
    • Financial advisors
    • IT professionals
    • Insurance brokers
    • Professional Negligence
    • Professional Negligence law
    • Professional trustees
    • Surveyors
    • Tax consultants
    • Valuers
  • Wills, Trusts & Probate
    • Disputed Probate
    • Disputed Trusts
    • Disputed Wills
    • International
    • Probate
    • Trusts
    • Wills

Business areas of law

  • Charities
    • Charities
  • Commercial Property
    • Commercial Leases
    • Commercial mortgages
    • 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
    • Contractual Disputes
    • Summary Judgment
  • Dispute Resolution
    • Mediation
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