Poole Alcock LLP

01322476184

We believe that our clients deserve to receive the highest possible standard of customer care and quality of legal advice. To achieve this, we ensure our lawyers and support team are highly skilled professionals with a passion for delivering excellent service which focusses on our clients’ individual needs and circumstances. We regularly ask our clients for feedback and how we could make our service even better, to make sure that we get it right every time. We leave nothing to chance and take nothing for granted. For these reasons we make an important commitment to all of our clients: The Committed to Excellence Promise. Read more...

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Victory Way
Admirals Park
Crossways
Kent
DA2 6QD
01322476184
www.poolealcock.co.uk/?utm_source=Review+Solicitors

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Claire Ellis

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Chloe Heath

Amelia Johnson

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Chloe Burgis

Daniel Brooks

Chloe Podmore

Anna Kuckova

Darren Neighbour

Cheryl Cooper

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Daisy Mason

Alisha Kirkham

Solicitor - Real Estate

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How Poole Alcock LLP Compares

Value for money

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This firm - 95%

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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.

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Overpriced 0%

About Right 100%

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This firm - 98%

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You can use this data to see how Poole Alcock LLP compares to the national average of clients being satisfied with the outcome of their matter after instructing a solicitor.

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"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 98%

No 2%

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Rankings by area of expertise

The rankings below show the areas of expertise that Poole Alcock LLP offers to clients. You can see how good the service offered is in comparison to all other law firms nationally.

Consumer

1st / 43

116th / 4662

Company & Commercial

1st / 27

238th / 4424

Housing & Property

1st / 27

371st / 4270

Family Law

1st / 40

154th / 3864

Wills, Trusts & Probate

1st / 26

225th / 3533

Commercial Property

1st / 20

156th / 3351

Employment

1st / 23

96th / 3128

Regulations

1st / 17

116th / 2608

Personal Injury

1st / 5

540th / 2406

Crime/ Criminal Defence

1st / 10

308th / 2126

Money & Tax

1st / 14

165th / 1854

IT & Intellectual Property

1st / 5

217th / 1061

Dispute Resolution

1st / 4

321st / 1035

Welfare & Benefits

1st / 10

190th / 820

Agriculture

1st / 3

252nd / 597

Construction

1st / 7

75th / 581

Charities

1st / 9

69th / 571

Driving offences

1st / 3

209th / 353

Education

1st / 10

37th / 260

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

2140
Very Good

110
Average

2
Poor

8
Awful

34

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Family Law

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Children

Liam Caine

August 06, 2024

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Child care

I would like to thank Sarah miller for all the help and support she has given me over the past few months in helping me win my son Sarah was an absolute pleasure as a solicitor always kept me up to date with everything never let me down always there call/email couldn't of asked for a better brief from a top firm I highly recommend Sarah as her service was top form thanks again for everything you've done for me and my family

Lawyer named in this review:
Sarah Miller

Sarah Miller

A representative from Poole Alcock LLP responded to this review on 07 August, 2024:

HI Liam thank you so much for this lovely review we are thrilled to hear we helped with your Son, all the best to you and your family and we hope to work with you again in the future.

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Family Law

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Legal aid

Eliot

July 29, 2024

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Rose is knowledgeable and brilliant

Fantastic, Rose was tenacious and brilliant

Lawyer named in this review:
Rosemary Taylor

Rosemary Taylor

A representative from Poole Alcock LLP responded to this review on 29 July, 2024:

Hi Eliot thank you so much for this review, Rose will be thrilled with the lovely comments.

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Employment

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Settlement Agreements

Adam

July 23, 2024

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Exceptional service

I can not begin to describe how fantastic my experience was. From my first with Jackie then kellie and Jamie it was professional, courteous and clear information. No hidden agenda just honest clear advice and representation. I have no doubts in using this incredible firm or recommending them to anyone who needs help and advice especially my family and friends.
Thank you Poole and Alcock.

Lawyer named in this review:
Jamie Riseley

Jamie Riseley

A representative from Poole Alcock LLP responded to this review on 23 July, 2024:

Hi Adam thank you so much for this amazing review, we are so happy you had a great experience with Poole Alcock and we hope to work with you again in the future, all the best.

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Housing & Property

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Residential Conveyancing

James L

November 22, 2024

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Mortgage Legal Work

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Liz acted on a property refinance of recently and the whole experience was a pleasure. She acts with speed, efficiency and a clarity that is rare with many solicitors. I recommend her without reservation for any mortgage work.

Lawyer named in this review:
Liz Mayer

Liz Mayer

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Anonymous HD

November 22, 2024

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Very efficient very professional

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Called atleast 25 conveyancers today and finally fell upon your firm and the kind and helpful Eve picked up and answered what we were looking for, all previous agents had a mellow tone and didn’t seem interested , were either too slow or too busy giving us no potential estimates with confidence.

Lawyer named in this review:
Eve Bright

Eve Bright

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Marek

November 22, 2024

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Extremely friendly, and knowledgeable

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Following a couple of calls with Eve, she was able to answer all the questions I had immediately. In both conversations she was very friendly and warm, explained the processes that needed to be followed clearly and offered a great experience

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Eve Bright

Eve Bright

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JOHN CHILD

November 21, 2024

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SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT

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SIMPLE EASY PROCESS TO ARRANGE APPOINTMENT AND THE FEEDBACK AND SUPPORT WAS EXCELLENT.

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Daniel Brooks

Daniel Brooks

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Family Law

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Family law

Alan

November 21, 2024

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Financial Settlement Advice

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I made an initial email inquiry at 1030am and by 315pm I was chatting with Tim.
He had a wealth of knowledge of this specialist area and offered really great in-depth advice.

Lawyer named in this review:
Tim Edgeley

Tim Edgeley

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Family Law

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Children

Anonymous

November 20, 2024

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Very helpful, very efficient

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Very helpful, vey efficient, all on the same day which was very helpful.

Lawyer named in this review:
Hannah Williams

Hannah Williams

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Employment

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Employment Law

Lennox williams

November 20, 2024

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Professional Service

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Very good and helpful service professional firm

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Elinor Hind

Elinor Hind

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Housing & Property

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Residential Conveyancing

Fiona

September 25, 2024

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Fiona

Professional. Very Happy with the service PAlcock provided for a very lengthy complicated sale

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Housing & Property

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Residential Conveyancing

Rob

September 25, 2024

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Rob

Faultless from start to finish. Unbelievable patience and customer service. Couldn’t recommend higher. Particular thanks to Emily and Ellie.

Lawyer named in this review:
Emily Brown

Emily Brown

A representative from Poole Alcock LLP responded to this review on 27 September, 2024:

Hello Rob thank you for your great review we are thrilled you would recommend us in the future.

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Housing & Property

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Residential Conveyancing

Livvy

September 07, 2024

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Livvy

James Williams and team were thorough, consistent, very approachable, friendly and managed to get my sale through within 6 weeks! Would highly recommend Poole Alcock to anyone. Their service and time management is unmatched. As a first time buyer, they made this sale stress free. Thank you!

Lawyer named in this review:
James Williams

James Williams

A representative from Poole Alcock LLP responded to this review on 10 September, 2024:

Hi Livvy thankyou so much for this lovely review we are thrilled we could get you in you 1st home within 6 weeks!!! all the best for the future.

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Housing & Property

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Residential Conveyancing

James

September 03, 2024

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James

Thank you James Williams and Team for ensuring a swift and easy buying process. Always recommend.

Lawyer named in this review:
James Williams

James Williams

A representative from Poole Alcock LLP responded to this review on 04 September, 2024:

Hi thank you for the lovely review and its great to hear you would recommend us in the future, all the best.

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Housing & Property

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Residential Conveyancing

Richard

August 20, 2024

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Richard

James and his team were extremely responsive and supportive throughout a difficult purchase. They really helped to push things along, and were more than happy to take the time to explain what was happening.

I really valued the thoroughness and transparency - fully recommend!

Lawyer named in this review:
James Williams

James Williams

A representative from Poole Alcock LLP responded to this review on 21 August, 2024:

Hello Richard thank you so much for your lovely review we really are grateful for this great feedback about James and the team. we hope to work with you again in the future.

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Committed to Excellence We believe that our clients deserve to receive the highest possible standard of customer care and quality of legal advice. To achieve this, we ensure our lawyers and support team are highly skilled professionals with a passion for delivering excellent service which focusses on our clients’ individual needs and circumstances. We regularly ask our clients for feedback and how we could make our service even better, to make sure that we get it right every time. We leave nothing to chance and take nothing for granted. For these reasons we make an important commitment to all of our clients: The Committed to Excellence Promise. Why do we do this? We want our clients to stay with us. We also want to be your first port of call whenever you need legal assistance of any sort. In addition to this, we are proud of our firm and all of our people care deeply about the quality of the service which we provide. We really can look after you, whatever your legal need. We have a wide range of specialist teams and lawyers who can look after all of your legal needs. You will find that across all those teams and lawyers, and across all of our offices, everyone at Poole Alcock is working hard to deliver on our promise to provide a consistently excellent service.

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Personal areas of law

Consumer
- Collective Actions
- Consumer Credit
- Consumer Disputes
- Consumer Rights
- Dispute resolution - civil mediation
- Libel and Defamation
- 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
- Malicious falsehood
Education
- Education
Employment
- Agency Staff / Temp Workers
- Constructive/Unfair Dismissal
- Disciplinary Hearings
- Discrimination at Work
- Employee Team Moves
- Employment Contracts
- Employment Law
- Equal Pay Disputes
- Family Leave
- Flexible Working
- Gardening Leave
- Harassment/Bullying at Work
- Holiday Pay Issues
- Maternity and Paternity
- Part Time Workers
- Pay Issue
- 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
- Annulment
- Asset protection and tax mitigation
- Change of name
- Child Abduction
- Child Access
- Child Arrangements Following Divorce
- Child Custody
- Child Law
- Child Maintenance
- 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
- Divorce After A Brain Or Other Serious Injury
- Divorce Mediation
- Domestic Abuse
- Domestic Violence
- Elderly care
- Elderly care home fees
- Family Mediation
- Family law
- Financial Matters
- Fixed Fee Divorce
- Grandparents' Rights
- High Net Worth Divorce
- Inheritance Act claims
- Injunctions
- International Divorce
- Lasting power of attorney
- Legal aid
- Marriage and civil partnerships
- Matrimonial finance
- Out Of Court Divorce
- Parental responsibility, paternity disputes, surrogacy
- Pension and property advice
- Pre and Post Nuptial Agreements
- Separation
- Separation Agreement
- Social Services
- Unmarried Couples' Rights
Housing & Property
- 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
- Planning
- 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
- Second charges
- 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
- Tax
- Trusts
Personal Injury
- Accident At Work
- Accidents In Public Places
- Against The Council
- Amputation
- Back Injury At Work
- Broken Bone Or Fracture
- Burns, Scars and Lacerations At Work
- Bus and Coach Accident
- Car Accident
- Car Passenger
- Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
- Children's Accident
- Children's Serious Injury
- Chronic Pain
- Cycling Accident
- Defective Work Equipment
- Dog Bite
- Fall From Height
- Fatal Accident
- Gym Injury Compensation
- Head Injury At Work
- Head and Brain Injury
- Holiday Accidents and Illness
- Horse Riding Injury
- Industrial Disease Compensation
- Manual Handling
- Motor Insurance Policy
- Motorbike Accident
- No Win No Fee
- Noise-Induced Hearing Loss
- Non Freezing Cold Injury
- Occupational Asthma
- Osteoarthritis
- Pedestrian Accident
- Personal Injury Law
- Repetitive Strain Injury
- Road Traffic Accident
- Serious Injury
- Skiing Injury
- Slips, Trips and Falls
- Spinal Injury Compensation
- Sports Injury
- Supermarket Accident
- Tinnitus
- Vibration White Finger
- Welfare Issues After Serious Injury
- Workplace Slip and Trip
Wills, Trusts & Probate
- Disputed Probate
- Disputed Trusts
- Disputed Wills
- International
- 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
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
- Planning law
- 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)
- 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
- Employment - business
- Franchising
- Insolvency and Bankruptcy
- Litigation for Holiday and Residential Parks
- Management buyouts
- Mergers and Acquisitions
- 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
- Slander
- Small businesses
- Statutory Demands
- Summary Judgment
- 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
- Development agreements
- Development loan facilities
- Engineering contracts
- Facility maintenance agreements
- Framework agreements
- Warranties, third party rights and reliance letters
Dispute Resolution
- Mediation
IT & Intellectual Property
- Copyright
- Domain Names
- GDPR
- Patents
- Personality and Image Rights
Regulations
- Alcohol Licensing
- Environment
- Health and Safety
- Licensing

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Poole Alcock LLP

Accreditations

Other locations

Available lawyers at Poole Alcock LLP

How Poole Alcock LLP Compares

Value for money

Would recommend tofriends and family

Satisfied withoutcome of matter

Rankings by area of expertise

Review Sources

Reviews summary

Excellent

Very Good

Average

Poor

Awful

Overall experience

Child care

Rose is knowledgeable and brilliant

Exceptional service

Mortgage Legal Work

Very efficient very professional

Extremely friendly, and knowledgeable

SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT

Financial Settlement Advice

Very helpful, very efficient

Professional Service

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Fiona

Rob

Livvy

James

Richard

Poole Alcock LLP are accredited by

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Personal areas of law

Business areas of law

Would recommend to
friends and family

Satisfied with
outcome of matter