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How Scott Bailey LLP Compares

Value for money

This firm - 99%
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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 Scott Bailey LLP on ReviewSolicitors.

As part of our review questionnaire we ask reviewer questions about the value for money they felt they received by using Scott Bailey 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 7%
Overpriced 23%
About Right 69%

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Would recommend to
friends and family

This firm - 99%
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ReviewSolicitors uses our community data to show you how many clients used Scott Bailey 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 Scott Bailey 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 99%
No 1%

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Satisfied with
outcome of matter

This firm - 99%
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ReviewSolicitors uses our community data to show you how many clients used Scott Bailey 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 Scott Bailey 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 99%
No 1%

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Rankings by area of expertise

The rankings below show the areas of expertise that Scott Bailey 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

5.0/5

Reviews summary

  • Excellent

    173
  • Very Good

    1
  • Average

    1
  • Poor

    0
  • Awful

    1

Overall experience

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  • Initial Impressions
  • Approachability
  • Documentation Accuracy
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August 28, 2024

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Thank you James

Please pass our thanks on the James and all those in your conveyancing team who were involved for doing a very professional job in ensuring that the sale went through as smoothly as possible.

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August 24, 2024

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Efficient process

Thank you for your very efficient processing of our purchase.

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August 22, 2024

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Can't recommend enough

Thank you so very much Daniel ! I’m so grateful for all your help and I am recommending you and your team to anyone who asks! My daughter is very happy in her flat

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August 15, 2024

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Victoria

Thank you and your team, especially Victoria who was great while you were on holiday It is so pleasant to deal with a firm who answers the phone , responds and does what it says.

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August 15, 2024

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Thank you

Thank you so much for all your assistance and guidance through this process. Please pass on our thanks also to everyone else involved.

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August 10, 2024

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Attention to detail

Very many thanks for all your care and attention to detail in this difficult transaction

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August 05, 2024

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Extremely grateful

You are in danger of collecting a fan club! We are extremely grateful for what you have done for us, even the agent commented that it was probably the fastest exchage of contracts he has ever known.

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August 02, 2024

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Huge thank you

I just wanted to say a huge thank you to you for all your efforts with our recent sale and purchase. I know we�re not the easiest clients (well, Tracy isn�t!) so thank you for your patience and for always being lovely.

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August 02, 2024

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Friendly and excellent

Thank you and all at Scott Bailey for the friendly, excellent service.

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June 29, 2024

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Safe hands

just wanted to say a huge thank you to you, Molly and the team for everything you have done for us with moving house - you�ve all worked so hard and extremely fast for us and we�re eternally grateful. This has been such a big move for us, especially while being heavily pregnant! We felt very much in safe hands with you, so thank you so much.

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October 07, 2024

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James Burford and team have just completed on my sale and purchase and they have all been outstanding throughout the whole process. Choosing a good solicitor is key and I can’t recommend Scott Bailey enough. They are proactive and keep you fully up to speed throughout with emails and calls. You can always get hold of someone from the team and if no one is available you get a call back very promptly. 100% satisfied with their service.

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July 02, 2024

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Amy

A brilliant team making house-buying less stressful. A professional, organised team who communicate clearly and patiently. I was regularly kept updated about the process and completed within 11 weeks thanks to Victoria chasing documents independently when the seller's solicitor did not provide them. The team of paralegals (including Molly) deserve special recognition too as they are quick to respond to emails and kept me informed throughout.

Having had a poor experience selling my property using another Lymington-based solicitor, Scott Bailey are the best solicitors in the area. Highly recommend.

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Residential Conveyancing

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May 16, 2024

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I had a smooth conveyancing process with both my sale and purchase and have nothing but positive comments about my solicitor. Customer service is great and the staff are very knowledgeable, responsive and reassuring. Would give them 10/10 if I could, 5 stars is not enough.

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james

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March 08, 2024

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james

As a first time buyer I was nervous and unsure of the process. Daniel at Scott Bailey took me through everything and explained everything in great detail which put my mind at rest. The whole experience was very slick and they were always contactable when I had questions. If I move house again I wouldn’t hesitate in using them again! Thank you Scott Bailey Solicitors!

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William

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Residential Conveyancing

William

February 06, 2024

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William

Conveyancing department at Scott Bailey were professionally outstanding, our main contact was James Burford.

Communication with the whole Team was seamless. We carried through three different property transactions over a period of 6 months (each stressful and needing to address many outside considerations/hurdles). Any queries or progress updates were answered within 24 hours, each of the team were able to continue the process even when James was on another call, dealing with other matters or away from the office. The team were proactive and confident to legally think ‘outside the box’ in order to reach a satisfactory solution and completion for all parties.

Fee structure and invoicing was clearly itemised and transparent.

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Description

Scott Bailey Solicitors is a well established law practice in Lymington providing a full range of legal services to private individuals and businesses. Our services for individuals include Residential Conveyancing, Divorce, Family, Wills Trusts & Probate, Litigation & Disputes. Our SME business legal services include Corporate, Commercial, Intellectual Property, Dispute Resolution, Landlord & Tenant, Insolvency and Employment Law. We are one of only a very few firms based in the New Forest providing these specialist services. Scott Bailey was founded in 1930 and has grown to become a leading firm in the New Forest. It was the first firm in the region to receive the Law Society's prestigious LEXCEL award for high standards of practice management and customer care. Scott Bailey promises top quality, professional help from a team of expert solicitors in Hampshire who will put your best interests at the heart of their work.

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Legal services

Personal areas of law

  • Consumer
    • Consumer Disputes
    • Dispute resolution - civil mediation
    • 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
  • Education
    • Education
  • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • Debt and Bankruptcy
    • HMRC Tax Investigations and Disputes
    • Inheritance Tax
    • Insolvency and bankruptcy
    • Property Holding Structures
    • Trusts
  • Notary
    • Notary
  • 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
  • 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
  • Banking
    • Banking
  • 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
    • 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 Contracts and Agreements
    • Commercial Law
    • Commercial Litigation Matters
    • Competition law
    • Contract law
    • Contractual Disputes
    • Corporate Law
    • Corporate finance
    • Credit Control
    • Data Protection
    • Debt Recovery
    • Franchising
    • Intellectual Property
    • Management buyouts
    • Merchandising and sponsorship
    • 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
    • Statutory Demands
    • Summary Judgment
    • Tax
    • 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
    • Crane oversailing and scaffolding licences
    • Development agreements
    • Development loan facilities
    • Due diligence audits for banks and other financial institutions
    • Engineering contracts
    • Facility maintenance agreements
    • Framework agreements
    • Guarantees and bonds
    • In-house training
    • Warranties, third party rights and reliance letters
  • Dispute Resolution
    • Mediation
  • Energy & Transport
    • Maritime and Shipping
  • IT & Intellectual Property
    • Advertising and Marketing Compliance
    • Anti-Counterfeiting and Anti-Piracy
    • Computer and IT Law
    • Confidential Information, Know-How and Trade Secrets
    • Copyright
    • Dealing with intellectual property infringements
    • Design rights and product designs
    • Domain Names
    • GDPR
    • Intellectual Property Litigation and Dispute Resolution
    • Patents
    • Personality and Image Rights
    • Trade Marks and Designs
  • Regulations
    • Health and Safety
    • Licensing
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