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Sills & Betteridge LLP

01427 616816
4.8/5
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Welcome to Sills & Betteridge LLP. We are the leading firm of solicitors in Gainsborough, currently ranked No. 1 by clients using this platform. Located at Britannia House, Marshallā€™s Yard, the Gainsborough solicitorsā€™ office opened its doors in 2009 and became a lively addition to the local business and wider community, supporting many local charities and sports clubs. In September 2019 Sills & Betteridge merged with TrentSide Legal to become the largest provider of personal and commercial legal services in Gainsborough. Our Gainsborough office offers a wide range of legal services including Family Law, Wills, Trusts, Lasting Powers of Attorney and Probate, Residential Property, Personal Injury and Medical Negligence, Crime and Motoring Offences, Legal Disputes, Employment Law for Employers and Employees or any business related matters. Marshallā€™s Yard facilities include parking with a refund for 2 hour stays. We look forward to hearing from you soon! Read more...

Also known as - Sills & Betteridge, Acclaimed Family Law, Bridge Sanderson Munro, Campions Solicitors, Sills Mediation, Moving Forward Lincolnshire

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Sills & Betteridge LLP
have 15 other locations

76 Oswald Road
Scunthorpe
DN15 7PG

1 Ashby Road
Spilsby
PE23 5DT

5 Main Ridge West
Boston
PE21 6QQ

14-16 Fieldside
Thorne
DN8 4BQ

Aquis House
Lincoln
LN2 1JN

50 Algitha Road
Skegness
PE25 2AW

21 Brunel Parkway
Derby
DE24 8HR

94 Hailgate
Howden
DN14 7SZ

27-31 Northgate
Sleaford
NG34 7BW

4 George Street
Nottingham
NG1 3BE

55 Hallgate
Doncaster
DN1 3PD

Aquila House
Northampton
NN1 2BN

New Oxford House
Sheffield
S1 2HB

18a Dudley Street
Grimsby
DN31 2AB

42 High Street
Wath Upon Dearne
S63 7QE

76 Oswald Road
Scunthorpe
DN15 7PG

1 Ashby Road
Spilsby
PE23 5DT

5 Main Ridge West
Boston
PE21 6QQ

14-16 Fieldside
Thorne
DN8 4BQ

Aquis House
Lincoln
LN2 1JN

50 Algitha Road
Skegness
PE25 2AW

21 Brunel Parkway
Derby
DE24 8HR

94 Hailgate
Howden
DN14 7SZ

27-31 Northgate
Sleaford
NG34 7BW

4 George Street
Nottingham
NG1 3BE

55 Hallgate
Doncaster
DN1 3PD

Aquila House
Northampton
NN1 2BN

New Oxford House
Sheffield
S1 2HB

18a Dudley Street
Grimsby
DN31 2AB

42 High Street
Wath Upon Dearne
S63 7QE

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Available lawyers at Sills & Betteridge LLP

Alan Rousseau

4.9 out of 5
(61)
Associate Conveyancing Executive

Fiona McSmailes

4.9 out of 5
(24)
Solicitor

Amy Priest

4.8 out of 5
(22)
Solicitor

Alice Solomon

4.8 out of 5
(19)
Chartered Legal Executive

Allison Cargill

5.0 out of 5
(17)
Apprentice Solicitor

Alistair Thomson

4.9 out of 5
(15)
Associate Executive

Ailsa Tennant

4.8 out of 5
(5)
Solicitor

Amanda Needham

5.0 out of 5
(3)
Chartered Legal Executive (non-solicitor)

Emily Sneath

5.0 out of 5
(3)
Paralegal

Abbie Freeman

5.0 out of 5
(2)
Paralegal

Andrew Durkan

5.0 out of 5
(2)
Solicitor

Alice Butterworth

0.0 out of 5
(1)
Solicitor

Alison Hurton

0.0 out of 5
(0)
Solicitor

Sophie Whybrow

0.0 out of 5
(0)
Apprentice Solicitor

Wendy Martin

0.0 out of 5
(0)
Solicitor

How Sills & Betteridge LLP Compares

Value for money

This firm - 95%
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As part of our review questionnaire we ask reviewer questions about the value for money they felt they received by using Sills & Betteridge LLP. These questions include:

  • Value for money (a rating of 1-5)
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  • 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 ā€˜ReviewSolicitors scoreā€™ 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 0%
Overpriced 4%
About Right 95%

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Would recommend to
friends and family

This firm - 98%
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You can use this data to see how Sills & Betteridge LLP performs against other law firms nationally. A score close to 100% indicates that this firm is highly valued by their clients.

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"Would you recommend this firm to somebody else?"

The reviewer can select either ā€œYesā€ or ā€œNoā€.

The above score is a simple percentage representation of the total amount of clients who selected the ā€œYesā€ option:

Yes 98%
No 2%

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Satisfied with
outcome of matter

This firm - 97%
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You can use this data to see how Sills & Betteridge 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 ā€œYesā€ or ā€œNoā€.

The above score is a simple percentage representation of the total amount of clients who selected the ā€œYesā€ option:

Yes 97%
No 3%

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Rankings by area of expertise

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

Locally

Nationally

Consumer
1st / 17
47th / 4564
Company & Commercial
1st / 73
35th / 4349
Housing & Property
1st / 3
295th / 4234
Family Law
1st / 6
91st / 3838
Wills, Trusts & Probate
1st / 5
145th / 3493
Commercial Property
1st / 5
5th / 3302
Employment
1st / 5
62nd / 3089
Regulations
1st / 3
5th / 2554
Personal Injury
1st / 4
35th / 2360
Crime/ Criminal Defence
1st / 2
19th / 2099
Immigration
1st / 1
44th / 2003
Money & Tax
1st / 2
12th / 1838
Professional Negligence
1st / 2
11th / 1191
IT & Intellectual Property
1st / 1
5th / 1055
Dispute Resolution
1st / 12
29th / 1034
Clinical Negligence
1st / 1
17th / 938
Welfare & Benefits
1st / 4
8th / 819
Notary
1st / 1
4th / 713
Banking
1st / 1
1st / 699
Agriculture
1st / 5
24th / 601
Charities
1st / 2
5th / 563
Energy & Transport
1st / 1
1st / 516
Driving offences
1st / 2
13th / 369
Education
1st / 1
11th / 264

Data shown above is based on the reviews and client feedback collected by ReviewSolicitors over the last 12 months.

Review Sources

Client Reviews

4.8/5

Reviews summary

  • Excellent

    3801

  • Very Good

    238

  • Average

    45

  • Poor

    15

  • Awful

    92

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Housing & Property

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Residential Conveyancing

Anonymous

February 11, 2025

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Excellent service again!

We have used Sills and Betteridge on a number of occasions now and always found their service second to none!
Great communication and outstanding customer service from the whole team.
Great value for money too
Thankyou

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Melissa
Housing & Property

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New home purchases and sales

Melissa

January 23, 2025

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Buying and Selling

Sills and Betteridge dealt with the selling of my property and buying of another. Their service was brilliant from start to finish. All queries were answered in a timely manner and the whole process completed very quickly with no issues. Highly recommend šŸ‘ŒšŸ»

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Paul
Housing & Property

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Residential Conveyancing

Paul

January 14, 2025

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Exellent service

Absolutely superb from start to finish, faultless and easy

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Kathleen
Wills, Trusts & Probate

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Wills

Kathleen

December 14, 2024

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New will

Emily was brilliant explained every thing in plain English. It was a pleasure.

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Dariusz
Family Law

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Matter Type:

International Divorce

Dariusz

November 19, 2024

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Divorce

Very thankful for all hard work has been done for me. My lawyer Angie was very helpful even with my poor English everything was understandable. Iā€™m very happy and relieved. Very very very thanks to Angie and her team.šŸ˜Šā˜ŗļø

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Emrys
Wills, Trusts & Probate

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Matter Type:

Probate

Emrys

November 09, 2024

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Excellent service

Did a great job sorting out a grant of probate for us. Many thanks

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Anonymous
Housing & Property

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Right to Manage

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November 05, 2024

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Purchase of house; This is the third time we have used Sills & Betteridge and have always had excellent service from the team. We would recommend them and will certainly be using them in the future.

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Sonia
Housing & Property

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Residential Conveyancing

Sonia

October 17, 2024

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House move

Very nice people who work there friendly,helpful in every way polite could ask for anyone else brilliant service

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Tracey
Wills, Trusts & Probate

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Wills

Tracey

September 24, 2024

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Making a will

Good friendly service. Made understandable as the will was more complex.
Cost was reasonable compared to some.
I was able to phone with any queries anytime and received a prompt response.
Mrs Smailes was lovely.

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Chris
Housing & Property

Matter Type:

Residential Conveyancing

Chris

August 31, 2024

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Chris

Alan and his team at Sills & Betteridge Gainsborough were patient, informative and diligent with a particularly difficult sale and purchase. Despite various challenges that nearly derailed the process, they consistently worked hard and were communicative the entire time to get us over the finish line.

Above and beyond service, will use again in the future.

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Michelle
Family Law

Matter Type:

Divorce

Michelle

July 09, 2024

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Michelle

I was in a bad place last year with my life but sam really helped me and wasn't pushy fees were reasonable and I av now since sorted myself out again and was always there to speak to and explain everything to me and was really understanding with me too thank you so much for your help sam

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Ellie
Housing & Property

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Residential Conveyancing

Ellie

January 02, 2024

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Ellie

Alan and his team are great, responsive and helpful. Would recommend to anyone buying a house!

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Lewis
Family Law

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Family law

Lewis

August 24, 2023

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Lewis

I would highly recommend Sills & Betteridge. I went to see Sarah Rowe to deal with a family mater and I would highly recommend Sarah. Sarah listened and put my mind at ease and help me with what I needed to do.

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July 27, 2022

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I would like to rate sills & betteridge 4 stars, they have been very helpful throughout my case. If anyone ever needs help regarding family law or with children's services, I highly recommend chrystal theofanus & Sarah Rowe & their whole team. They are fantastic at what they do. Also, a piece of advice to anybody who gets told that nothing will change, do not let that stop you. The juice was worth the squeeze. Thank you to all of you I deeply appreciate your work, time and efforts.

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Sills & Betteridge are proud to have been offering a wide range of legal services to both private individuals and business clients since 1759. In addition to our Gainsborough office, we have a further 16 offices across Lincolnshire, Yorkshire and the East Midlands. Please visit our website to learn more about the firm by clicking the button above.

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Personal areas of law

  • Clinical Negligence
    • Accident and Emergency Claims
    • Amputation Negligence Claims
    • Anaesthetic Awareness Claims
    • Birth Defect and Wrongful Birth Claims
    • Birth Injury Claims
    • Birth Injury To Mother Claims
    • Bowel Cancer Misdiagnosis Claims
    • Breast Cancer Misdiagnosis Claims
    • C. Difficile Claims
    • Cancer Misdiagnosis Claims
    • Cauda Equina Syndrome Claims
    • Cerebral Palsy Claims
    • Cervical Cancer Misdiagnosis Claims
    • Clinical Negligence
    • Erbā€™s Palsy Compensation Claims
    • Fatal Medical Negligence Claims and Inquests
    • GP Negligence Claims
    • Hospital Negligence Claims
    • Knee Replacement Claims
    • Lung Cancer Misdiagnosis Claims
    • MRSA Claims
    • Medical Misdiagnosis Claims
    • Medical Negligence
    • Nerve Injury Claims
    • Pregnancy and Gynaecology Injury Claims
    • Sepsis Negligence Claims
    • Spinal Surgery Claims
  • Crime/ Criminal Defence
    • Assault
    • Business Crime
    • Criminal Damage
    • Criminal defence - All
    • Drugs offences
    • Fraud
    • Harassment
    • Juvenile
    • Legal aid
    • Murder and Manslaughter
    • Professional Conduct
    • Regulatory Defence
    • Sexual allegations including Rape and Sexual Assaults
    • Theft
  • Driving offences
    • Appeal driving conviction
    • Careless driving
    • Dangerous driving
    • Dangerous vehicle conditions
    • Death By Careless Driving
    • Death by dangerous driving
    • Discretionary disqualification
    • Disqualification removal
    • Drink driving
    • Driving Whilst Unfit
    • Driving Without Due Care
    • Driving whilst disqualified
    • Driving without a licence
    • Driving without insurance
    • Drug driving
    • Drunk in charge
    • Exceptional Hardship
    • Failing to notify DVLA
    • Failure to furnish identification
    • Failure to provide a blood sample
    • Failure to provide a specimen
    • Goods vehicles - operators licence
    • Goods vehicles - tachograph offences
    • Mobile phone offences
    • Notice of intended prosecution
    • Recognition of disqualification
    • Restoration of licence
    • Road rage incidents
    • Serious injury by dangerous driving
    • Signs and signal offences
    • Special Reasons
    • Speeding offences
    • Stopping and reporting
    • Taxi offences
    • Totting Up Driving Ban
  • Education
    • Education
    • Special Educational Needs
  • Employment
    • Agency Staff / Temp Workers
    • Constructive/Unfair Dismissal
    • Disciplinary Hearings
    • Discrimination at Work
    • Employment Contracts
    • Employment Law
    • Equal Pay Disputes
    • Family Leave
    • Flexible Working
    • Gardening Leave
    • Harassment/Bullying at Work
    • Holiday Pay Issues
    • Maternity and Paternity
    • Media and Sports
    • Part Time Workers
    • Pay Issue
    • 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
    • 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
    • Extending your Lease
    • Freehold Enfranchisement
    • Investment and buy to let properties
    • Landlord and Tenant
    • Lease Extensions
    • Leasehold properties
    • Matrimonial transfers
    • New home purchases and sales
    • Option agreements and conditional contracts
    • Planning
    • Purchase and Sale
    • Remortgaging
    • Residential Conveyancing
    • Restrictive Covenants, Easements and Wayleaves
    • Transfer of title
    • Transfers of equity
    • Transfers of parts of land
  • Money & Tax
    • 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
    • Car Accident
    • Children's Serious Injury
    • Chronic Pain
    • Defective Work Equipment
    • Fall From Height
    • Fatal Accident
    • Head Injury At Work
    • Head and Brain Injury
    • Manual Handling
    • No Win No Fee
    • Road Traffic Accident
    • Serious Injury
    • Slips, Trips and Falls
    • Supermarket Accident
    • Whiplash
    • Workplace Slip and Trip
  • Professional Negligence
    • Professional Negligence
  • 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
  • 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
    • 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
    • Contract law
    • Contractual Disputes
    • Corporate Law
    • Corporate finance
    • Data Protection
    • Debt Recovery
    • Employment - business
    • Entrepreneurs
    • Founders
    • Franchising
    • Insolvency and Bankruptcy
    • Intellectual Property
    • Litigation for Holiday and Residential Parks
    • Management buyouts
    • Merchandising and sponsorship
    • Mergers and Acquisitions
    • Partnership and LLP law
    • Sales and Purchases
    • Setting up a business
    • Share option schemes
    • Shareholder Agreements
    • Shareholder and Partnership Disputes
    • Small businesses
    • Start-ups
    • Tax
  • Dispute Resolution
    • Mediation
  • Energy & Transport
    • Aviation
    • Energy
  • 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
    • Alcohol Licensing
    • Environment
    • Health and Safety
    • Licensing
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