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Cook Taylor Woodhouse Limited

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2.3/5
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Cook Taylor Woodhouse Limited

How Cook Taylor Woodhouse Limited Compares

Value for money

This firm - 51%
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Overpriced 55%
About Right 44%

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friends and family

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outcome of matter

This firm - 39%
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Yes 39%
No 61%

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Rankings by area of expertise

The rankings below show the areas of expertise that Cook Taylor Woodhouse 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
1st / 5
895th / 4644
Company & Commercial
1st / 5
889th / 4409
Housing & Property
1st / 5
1297th / 4270
Family Law
1st / 4
1242nd / 3860
Wills, Trusts & Probate
1st / 4
999th / 3528
Commercial Property
1st / 2
835th / 3340
Employment
1st / 3
807th / 3125
Regulations
1st / 3
439th / 2598
Immigration
1st / 5
533rd / 2013
Welfare & Benefits
1st / 3
178th / 819

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  • Very Good

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  • Average

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  • Poor

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  • Awful

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Tim
Commercial Property

Matter Type:

Commercial mortgages

Tim

December 02, 2024

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Horrific. Don't deal with them. Please, just avoid them.

Part 1: Delays. Dealing with CTW solicitors has been full of delays. Even now, despite them saying they would complete on the 25th October, they still have not completed over 1 month later. I've requested a meeting with a director 3x and they won't even respond to my requests. I've been dealing with Farhat Ahmed which has been a complete utter absolute horrible nightmare. It's been such a painful experience that I'm just gobsmacked and exhausted with him. Even my mortgage company is complaining. I've been a longstanding client of CTW Solicitors and its just got so much worse there over the last 12 months. The delays don't just negatively affect one side, they affect both parties, and the seller has become increasingly and thoroughly annoyed with CTW solicitors too. There is no way I could recommend them based on how I have been treated, which is really badly. Just avoid. Please, just avoid.

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luke
Housing & Property

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Residential Conveyancing

luke

November 25, 2024

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Poor communication and overall bad experience

I put 2 stars because ultimately the conveyancing was completed but it was a slow and painful process.

We had many questions from our emails ignored and had to wait long periods of time to get a responses which often did not answer anything for us.

Our concerns were raised several times but they were never acknowledged until the final day we had to agree to an exchange where there was little choice for us to proceed and hope for the best or have the sale fall through.

I really hoped they would prove our concerns wrong on many occasions but not once did i feel like a client who was paying for a service.

I have issued a complaint and may change my review depending on how it is dealt with as i would much rather leave a positive review than negative.

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Jamie

Jamie

November 20, 2024

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Incompetent

Solicitors were unable to handle even the mildest of complexities in a house purchase. They lack expertise and are not able to change their opinions even when presented with clear evidence that contradicts their initial view. They seem more concerned with forcing us to pay them for unnecessary extra services than actually delivering for us as clients. As solicitors, they failed to provide competent and reliable legal support for a house purchase and tried to outsource a lot of the complexities to me as the client. I ended up having to sack them mid-transaction and move to another solicitor who was much more efficient.

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andrew

andrew

July 16, 2024

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Hopeless at replying to messages. Hopeless at doing what they say

Completed sale on property October 2023. They wrongly apportioned service charge for which i have provided evidence as requested.
When i pointed out (after the event) i was told by one lawyer would sort. She did nothing and stopped replying to my emails. Then a Sadie said would get file and sort. Then did nothing and stopped replying to my emails. After gap a few months an Ellis Thake said would sort. Keeps saying will get my file. Then ignores my emails. Been with him since 28 June - still saying will get file!
NO-ONE THERE TAKES RESPONSIBILITY. Maybe all waiting to leave and dump on somebody else!

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Steven
Housing & Property

Matter Type:

Residential Conveyancing

Steven

May 20, 2024

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Shambolic and expensive

A truly 'unsatisfactory' experience. Used CTW for a house purchase by recommendation, what a mistake! They were incredibly difficult to work with, uncommunicative, obstinate, and 'inept' at project management. To get through this nine-month ordeal for a chain-free purchase I felt like I had to follow up on everything to avoid my case being forgotten about - if I left things for more than a week and followed up most times nothing had been done or they didn't know what the case was. They would very rarely respond to actions or emails... to top it off I received a hefty bill well over the original quote, I guess I had to pay for all the time they wasted to! .....RUNNNNN!

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Sophie

Sophie

April 24, 2024

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Brilliant service

Andrew and Brook at Cook Taylor Woodhouse couldn’t have provided a better service! We just completed on our first home and they were brilliant from start to finish, very informative, professional, helpful and fast! Would highly recommend to anyone looking for a solicitor, especially for first time buyers.

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lynne

lynne

April 18, 2024

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A Perfect Service

We have just purchased a property and used Cook Taylor Woodhouse as our solicitors. We had used them some 9 yrs ago for a property sale, and had no hesitation in going to them again.
We are delighted to say, that we received excellent first class service from Andrew Prater and Brook Illing. Everything was done very promptly. We were kept fully updated and informed at all times. The whole experience went very smoothly and we would not hesitate to recommend them.

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Katy

Katy

December 20, 2023

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Awful. AVOID

Sent to wrong department (new homes dept, but wasn’t a new home). Took days to answer emails, (if at all). Massively delayed completion due to needing mortgage lender confirmation we didn’t need to pay ERC. They then made me pay it (almost 7k) and told me to contact Halifax for refund. Contacted Halifax week later and they had already refunded to solicitors! No one contacted me, I had to chase it. Had to pay moving company twice agreed price due to 4 hour delay due to CTW incompetence.
Got asked same questions repeatedly by solicitor, they didn’t know our case.
Just one giant mess. Please don’t use, especially the Dartford branch.
I’ve made a complaint, but been fobbed off. Will be going to ombudsman.

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Alan

Alan

November 02, 2023

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Sale of house

I used Cook Taylor Woodhouse for the sale of a property. Zara who dealt with me was amazing and made the sale easy.
Would recommend Cook Taylor Woodhouse and I would use again.

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PES
Housing & Property

Matter Type:

Residential Conveyancing

PES

May 12, 2023

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Poor conveyancing services

Very poor services . Couple of errors and mistakes . Did not respond well to my queries . The person I dealt with was not kind or caring. Wont use them again and I do not recommend.

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  • Consumer
    • 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
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  • Commercial Property
    • Commercial Leases
    • Commercial mortgages
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    • Development plot sales
    • Environmental policy law
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