Bes Legal Limited

I had a simple sale last year that fell through due to the poor quality of my solicitors. This firm, recommended by my estate agency, were impossible to conact by phone or in person after my money was paid. They lied to me on a number of occasions (in writing!) about what they had managed to achieve during the sale process, always blaming the other solicitor for any delays, and they charged me for sales packs that they never even requested from the relevant parties. Upon discovery of their poor level of service, they refused to reimburse me any money at all for the packs that they never issued or paid for. The solicitor assigned to me was unprofessional and lacked integrity. I would never use this firm again, even if their services were provided to me free of charge

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I employed BES Legal to undertake the conveyancing of my property. I found them to be extremely hard to communicate with and had emails unanswered for long periods of time. Upon transferring funds for the redemption of my old mortgage It became apparent, approximately one week after moving, the mortgage was still active and it hadn't been cleared in full. I had to inform BES Legal they had underpaid the mortgage, they didn’t even realise their error, when they did, they didn’t explain what had happened in a way I could understand and then tried to get a CCJ against me and my wife, this added immeasurably to our stress on what is an already stressful time. I was left with no alternative than to seek help through the Legal Ombudsman, who after investigation awarded compensation for their poor service we received. I regret I cannot recommend them at all.

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Very helpful, friendly and courteous, they were Competent in handling my case.

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AVOID! AVOID! AVOID!
We made a deal on the property April 2021. BES legal submitted application to HM Land registry (status is still pending) only last year after our numerous emails where I had to mention that all that looked like a fraud - taking people's money and not providing services. Kristina Howell and Nikki Babooram couldn't even be bothered to reply. Zero communication! We received a service charge invoice for the period we didn't even own the property. All our emails and phone call were always ignored. It was solicitor's job to make sure that all accounts were cleared but instead we got the property with the debts we had to deal with. Two years later nothing was done and we had to pay 1.5k to management agency. The management agency tried to contact them and end up being ignored as well. If you've got spare money, time and energy you are ready to lose - go for it! I would definitely call them THE BIGGEST SCAMMERS of West Sussex

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This company is not reliable. They are not responding to emails, they found any excuses to delay your service. The working system is the same as in 1970s .

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I have no positive things to say about this solicitor practice at all. It’s been 5 months and the conveyancing has still not been completed - a sale that has no chain. The staff have been no help at all and I’m frustrated and annoyed. I wouldn’t want anyone else to go through this, so I would suggest you choose an alternative practice.
In 5 months I have had 2 emails. That’s it! Appalling and unprofessional.