34 Reviews of Kew Law LLP rated 2.8/5 in Colchester

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This firm - 52%

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This firm - 41%

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Reviews summary

Excellent

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Very Good

1
Average

1
Poor

3
Awful

16

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July 18, 2023

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Poor experience

From the start I should have known something was wrong. But I waited too long in hopes that everything had been done behind the scenes. I was dealing with a trainee who said that they were doing things and checking documents but nearly a month on and they hadn't corrected an issue. They hadn't contacted the developer's solicitor for the document/s they required to correct this issue. They hadn't looked at at my documents properly to process them until after house searches came back, which took 3 weeks. Now I'm delayed moving into my property by possibly up to two weeks because they hadn't done any checks during the time the searches were happening.

Communication is poor and infrequent. They want to charge me for contacting them via email, even though they are not being transparent about what stage they are at. They are unapologetic for their delays.

Horrible service and too expensive for no work done.

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Commercial Property

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Commercial Leases

Paul

March 13, 2022

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appalling service - extortionate fees

Appalling service with my business dealings being passed from one person to another, all based in different offices! and mostly "trainee solicitiors" - most unhelpful - charged me to provide a report on my lease which when received was full of legal jargon (think it was a paste of copy job) so I could have just dealt with reading the lease myself and saving £834.00!!!, then charged me an extortionate fee to register the lease with land registry which didn't happen (due to an existing expired lease already being assigned to the property which they told me that I had to get sorted personally as it wasn't part of their agreed work to do for me!!!) this took them over a year to let me know and the extended deadline from Land Registry (due to Covid) has now expired so I now have to start the process all over again - but NOT with them but at an extra cost to me. They still hold £150.00 of my money which I am trying to get back. I would never recommend this firm to anyone.

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Housing & Property

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Residential Conveyancing

Anonymous

January 22, 2021

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Terrible communication & service

Disappointing experience from Kew Law in Colchester, would not recommend. I wasn't kept up-to-date on my case and it was almost near impossible to communicate with the solicitor dealing with my case. At some points, I wasn't even informed that someone else was taking on my case, which caused me to become confused quite easily on what was going on and what had been or had yet to be completed, and as a first-time buyer, that is very frustrating. A total of 4 solicitors dealt with my case, and all of them were just incapable in terms of communicating with me as their client.

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Housing & Property

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Purchase and Sale

Ben

June 13, 2018

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Don't bother

Consistently don;t return calls or acknowledge email correspondence
Arrogant, condescending attitude to clients
Cheap for a reason - they're rubbish

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Family Law

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Divorce

Jane

November 04, 2024

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Avoid

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Kew Law dealt with my divorce. I only wanted them to sort out one thing, which was a pension sharing agreement. They did not do this, and a year later I am still left chasing. When life is difficult you don't really don't need Kew Law helping you through.

Lawyer named in this review:
Rebecca Antoniou

Rebecca Antoniou

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Sally

October 01, 2024

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Incompetent

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My daughter and partner recently used this Company for the purchase of their first house. Their experience was utterly awful. Constant failure to respond to their emails and calls, errors made even up to the actual completion day itself - avoid using Kew Law.

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Linda

March 29, 2024

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Lost my property deeds

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Incompetent I gave them my property deeds for safekeeping and they have lost them and taking no responsibility for it

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Samuel Gower

February 23, 2024

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Adam & Fiona Were Brilliant

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Adam & Fiona at Kew law Maldon have been excellent. Timely responses, have always kept us updated on our house purchase progress. Cannot fault them, they have been excellent.

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Elizabeth

July 26, 2023

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Poor service

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From start to finish my father and myself had an unpleasant experience with kew law.
I am never usually a person to write a public bad review, however I would not recommend this solicitors.
I still have not received my paperwork months on.
But strangely I have received a letter from the solicitor in question very promptly within a day of asking for the email of the relevant person to make a complaint to.
Quite clearly I will not be conversing with said solicitor any longer so I'm unsure why she has sent a letter.
Moreover the letter was addressed to the wrong person, another example of the lack of care .

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Matthew

May 02, 2023

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Excellent service from the Sudbury office of Kew Law

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Many thanks to Christina and the team in the Sudbury office of Kew Law who provided an exceptional level of service to my family in a difficult time of bereavement. Very professional and courteous and I would highly recommend their services.

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- Anti-social Behaviour
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- Probate
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Commercial Property
- Commercial Leases
- Commercial mortgages
- Developer disputes
- Development plot sales
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- Investment purchases and Buy to Let
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- Purchase of development land
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- Agency agreements
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- Setting up a business
- Share option schemes
- Shareholder Agreements
- Shareholder and Partnership Disputes
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Overall experience

Poor experience

appalling service - extortionate fees

Terrible communication & service

Don't bother

Avoid

Incompetent

Lost my property deeds

Adam & Fiona Were Brilliant

Poor service

Excellent service from the Sudbury office of Kew Law

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Value for money

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Satisfied withoutcome of matter

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Excellent

Very Good

Average

Poor

Awful

Overall experience

Poor experience

appalling service - extortionate fees

Terrible communication & service

Don't bother

Avoid

Incompetent

Lost my property deeds

Adam & Fiona Were Brilliant

Poor service

Excellent service from the Sudbury office of Kew Law

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