Judge And Priestley Llp

02082900333

Established in 1889, we’re a firm that has come a long way. Our business is now about servicing modern-day legal needs. With teams specialising in the major areas of business law, from corporate and commercial to property and employment, we have a loyal client base of sole traders, companies and partnerships who rely on us for our forward-thinking approach to their situation. We may be a different firm now, but we retain the values that built our success: personal service, strong relationships, expertise and professionalism. Ours is a service that respects and values clients. It’s one that makes your experience of using lawyers that much better. Read more...

Also known as - J&P, Judge & Priestley

Address
1 Spencer Yard
London
SE3 0DE
02082900333
www.judge-priestley.co.uk

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Available lawyers at Judge And Priestley Llp

Kavitha Rajah

Louise Hyland

Nimalee Bastian-Carter

Timothy Goodwin

Brian Tan

Peter Taylor

David Chandra

How Judge And Priestley Llp Compares

Value for money

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This firm - 94%

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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 Judge And Priestley Llp on ReviewSolicitors.

As part of our review questionnaire we ask reviewer questions about the value for money they felt they received by using Judge And Priestley Llp. These questions include:

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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.

Underpriced 0%

Overpriced 0%

About Right 100%

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outcome of matter

This firm - 96%

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ReviewSolicitors uses our community data to show you how many clients used Judge And Priestley 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 Judge And Priestley 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 96%

No 4%

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Rankings by area of expertise

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

Consumer

1st / 3

290th / 4585

Company & Commercial

1st / 3

324th / 4363

Housing & Property

1st / 4

204th / 4238

Family Law

1st / 4

439th / 3838

Wills, Trusts & Probate

1st / 4

285th / 3498

Commercial Property

1st / 2

305th / 3311

Employment

1st / 3

350th / 3101

Regulations

1st / 2

141st / 2565

Personal Injury

1st / 10

249th / 2369

Dispute Resolution

1st / 2

193rd / 1031

Construction

1st / 1

90th / 581

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

314
Very Good

10
Average

2
Poor

2
Awful

10

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Housing & Property

Matter Type:

Residential Conveyancing

Rebecca

April 23, 2024

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In good hands

We had an immensely turbulent & stressful journey selling our flat & buying our house. It took 2.5 years, 2 buyers pulling out (one extremely last-minute & after school places were secured) then with the third and final buyer, we had a very tight deadline to meet (thanks to 'Buyer 2' and their last minute withdrawal). It was terribly stressful but Mike at J&P pulled out all the stops so thankfully we met the deadline successfully and are now moved and settled. We felt totally supported and listened to by Mike along the way, but also his amazing legal assistant Chris went above and beyond for us.

A representative from Judge And Priestley Llp responded to this review on 23 April, 2024:

Dear Rebecca, Thank you for leaving your 5* review for Mike and Chris. We are delighted that you have been satisfied with the level of service that you have received and we look forward to working with you again in the near future.

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Wills, Trusts & Probate

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Probate

Della

July 14, 2023

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Excellent service

Very professional service and speedy response to all my queries in the respect of probate

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David Chandra

David Chandra

A representative from Judge And Priestley Llp responded to this review on 21 July, 2023:

Dear Della, Thank you for leaving your 5*review and comments. We are delighted that you have been satisfied with the level of service that you have received and we look forward to working with you again. Thank you

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Kristina

December 23, 2020

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Incredible service - makes buying a house as painless as possible

We are so grateful to Kavitha and her team! They worked around the clock to help us meet our completion deadline, always with outstanding commitment and professionalism. The purchase was not without it's complications and without them we are aware that we would probably have missed our deadline and the whole process would have a been a lot more stressful. Thank you to the whole team!

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nirmal

February 20, 2025

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James RAY - J & P

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As we started searching for houses, I asked around for a good covenyance solicitor. Mr James Ray was recommended by one of colleagues who I trust very well. James was very professional and amicable. He took actions based on our request promptly. My wife and I thouroughly enjoyed working with him. Please be assured when you go through this house buying journey, James will take care of it. I highly recommend him to anyone.

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February 19, 2025

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Solicitor - Michael Cornwall

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Michael was brilliant. He handled my case from beginning to end. The sale of my purchase was not as smooth as one would have hoped, but with the guidance, Michael's diligence and his expertise, I obtained my first home this year. Although I have taken a risk in purchasing, I've not gone into it with my eyes closed, and when things became challenging, Michael was there to guide me, to challenge my thoughts, break all things down, looked at all the risks involved and considered all my options before I signed on the dotted line. What really amazed me, was Michael remained calm and collective throughout the process whilst the sellers solicitor became too emotional. This I really appreciated and respected. The communication and turn around time for responses between myself and Michael was excellent. Thank you so much Michael for everything.

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Housing & Property

Matter Type:

Residential Conveyancing

Sophia

February 13, 2025

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Very efficient conveyancing without delays

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This is the second time I've used this company. I feel I can rely on them to be quick to respond and very helpful if I have any queries.

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Kavitha Rajah

Kavitha Rajah

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Housing & Property

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Residential Conveyancing

Sarah

February 07, 2025

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Our advice is to avoid these solicitors when selling property

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From start to finish the level of service, attention to detail, & communication in relation to our house sale was abysmal, with our solicitor finding ways to blame others and gaslight us for her lack of engagement, errors, and general poor service.
At each step of the sale of our property we had to chase for engagement, with emails and phone calls going unanswered. We got to the point where we had to escalate to senior partners in the firm to get any engagement and focus from our solicitor.
There was an abundance of errors and issues with contracts and documentation, from the first set of forms we received, to the contracts containing errors, the TF1 forms needing to be returned for correction (which our solicitor had signed off as correct), and the completion statement containing basic errors.
There were delays and oversights in the enquiry process that we believe delayed our exchange, and errors with the bank transfer form when we were asked to review it.
Our recommendation is to avoid - we will not be returning customers.

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Housing & Property

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Residential Conveyancing

Mohammad

February 06, 2025

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Fantastic and human service

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Kavitha and team are exemplars in legal property conveyancing. Having had a poor experience in a prior transaction, I found Kavitha, James (our designated solicitor) and the various paralegals and staff to be a breath of fresh air. They had great expertise and experience, proactively analysing any tricky subjects, responsive to emails (never had to chase and always had a response 1-2 times working days), available for a phone call if easier to chat, and overall a human service. I think I’m a pretty reasonable customer though I do drive pace and found Kavitha and team toe to toe. Price-wise, I found them to be competitive. Not the cheapest but far from most expensive.

My only even better if is that I would have preferred a digital solution for e-sign, document management and query tracking. It was a bit paper and email based. It wouldn’t put me off from using them again however I’d have happily paid for a platform license during the transaction.

Overall a great team and have recommended to others already

Lawyer named in this review:
Kavitha Rajah

Kavitha Rajah

A representative from Judge And Priestley Llp responded to this review on 06 February, 2025:

Dear Mohammad, Thank you for your fantastic review! We’re so pleased to hear that Kavitha, James, and the team provided a responsive, proactive, and human service throughout your transaction. Your feedback on a digital solution is greatly appreciated, and we’ll certainly take it on board. It means a lot that you’ve already recommended us, and we’d be delighted to assist you again in the future"

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Housing & Property

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Residential Conveyancing

Deborah

February 05, 2025

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Excellent service!

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We bought our bungalow through Brooke at Judge and Priestley. She offered a very professional service for what was a very tricky sale - always kept in touch, followed everything through and made sure the sale completed as smoothly as possible. Both herself and her assistant Hyaah were always contactable and we never had trouble with getting hold of someone. Excellent service!

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Housing & Property

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Residential Conveyancing

Richard

February 03, 2025

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Sale and purchase of properties.

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The purchase of our new property was a very difficult and long drawn out process but with Kavitha Rajah and her amazing team behind us we finally managed to get there.
I cannot recommend Kavitha highly enough. We contacted her to do our conveyancing because we had the pleasure of her professionalism in the past when she had her own office in 2013 and we knew that the process would be handled extremely professionally.
Kavitha is backed up by an amazing team of people who are not only also very professional but also extremely helpful and always pleasant.
I cannot recommend Kavitha highly enough and from personal experience I can honestly say that you will not find a better person to handle your conveyancing.

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Kavitha Rajah

Kavitha Rajah

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Nita

April 27, 2022

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Nita

We recently used Judge & Priestley's conveyancing services. Elizabeth Besufekad provided a 5* service assisting with the sale of our flat. She was quick to respond to any queries and very personable and friendly.

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John

April 06, 2022

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John

Dealings with Peter and Hannah, very professional and straight forward

A representative from Judge And Priestley Llp responded to this review on 06 April, 2022:

Dear John, thank you for your 5* review and comments we really appreciate it. We are glad that you were happy with the standard of service that you received and look forward to working with you again

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Don

March 21, 2022

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Don

Having been recommended by a friend I am extremely satisfied with the service I received from Judge and Priestley.
My will was dealt with in a very professional , courteous and friendly manner by Hannah Kirkpatrick and exceeded my expectations.
Above all it’s the peace of mind I feel.
More than happy to recommend to others.

A representative from Judge And Priestley Llp responded to this review on 22 March, 2022:

Dear Don, thank you for your 5* review and detailed comments we really appreciate it. We are glad that you were happy with the standard of service that you received and look forward to working with you again.

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Mike

March 04, 2022

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Mike

My family appointed Judge and Priestley to deal with the administration of my late mother’s estate. Our case was dealt with specifically by solicitor Hannah Kirkpatrick and was first-rate in every sense. Every query was dealt with promptly and with compassion – and we could not have wished for better advice and service. Highly recommended.

A representative from Judge And Priestley Llp responded to this review on 07 March, 2022:

Dear Mike, thank you for your 5* review and detailed comments we really appreciate it. We are glad that you were happy with the standard of service that you received.

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Valya

March 03, 2022

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Valya

Excellent service. I exchanged several emails with this business, and everyone I contacted were patient and courteous. The short meeting I had was also courteous and efficient. I would recommend this business to anyone.

A representative from Judge And Priestley Llp responded to this review on 03 March, 2022:

Dear Valya, Thank you for your 5* review we are delighted that you have been satisfied with the service you have received. Thank you too for your kind comments.

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