McKeag & Co Solicitors LLP

0191 2131010

McKeag & Co are a long-established legal practice located in Newcastle upon Tyne in the North East of England. The practice was initially founded by Mr William McKeag almost 100 years ago and his son Mr Donald Clive McKeag. Clive still practices as our senior consultant. We are proud of our strong local client base here in Newcastle, but the practice has grown over the years. We have developed a national reputation and receive instructions from both private and commercial clients all across England and Wales. We are recommended annually in the “Legal 500” the directory of top legal firms in the country. Read more...

Address
1-3 Lansdowne Terrace
Gosforth
Tyne & Wear
Tyne and Wear
NE3 1HN
0191 2131010
www.mckeagandco.com

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Available lawyers at McKeag & Co Solicitors LLP

Chris Thomson

Megan Swinney

Conveyancing Assistant

Kris English

Janet Foster

Chartered Legal Executive

Jen Blair

5.0 out of 5

(15)

Head of Costs/PI Department

Amy Mill

Lisa Barton

Sarah Kerr

Sarah Stanley

Conveyancing Assistant (non-solicitor)

Molly Williamson

5.0 out of 5

(6)

Wills, Trusts & Probate

Diana Margine

Raj Singh

Shannon Stuart

Clarice Newberry

Faye Tyler

Rachael McManus

How McKeag & Co Solicitors LLP Compares

Value for money

This firm - 94%

National Average

Poor Competitive Excellent

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 McKeag & Co Solicitors LLP on ReviewSolicitors.

As part of our review questionnaire we ask reviewer questions about the value for money they felt they received by using McKeag & Co Solicitors LLP. These questions include:

Value for money (a rating of 1-5)
How much were you initially quoted or how much did you expect to pay?
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 ‘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 2%

Overpriced 4%

About Right 92%

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Satisfied with
outcome of matter

This firm - 97%

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ReviewSolicitors uses our community data to show you how many clients used McKeag & Co Solicitors 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 McKeag & Co Solicitors 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 “Yes” or “No”.

The above score is a simple percentage representation of the total amount of clients who selected the “Yes” option:

Yes 97%

No 3%

If you would like to read more about how we work with our review data please see our Transparency section.

Rankings by area of expertise

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

Consumer

2nd / 4

256th / 4585

Company & Commercial

2nd / 5

288th / 4363

Housing & Property

1st / 7

147th / 4238

Family Law

2nd / 5

450th / 3838

Wills, Trusts & Probate

2nd / 6

392nd / 3498

Employment

2nd / 5

324th / 3101

Regulations

1st / 3

119th / 2565

Personal Injury

1st / 3

103rd / 2369

Crime/ Criminal Defence

1st / 3

162nd / 2105

Professional Negligence

1st / 1

126th / 1197

IT & Intellectual Property

1st / 2

95th / 1054

Dispute Resolution

2nd / 2

176th / 1031

Clinical Negligence

1st / 1

115th / 941

Human rights

1st / 1

40th / 748

Banking

1st / 1

48th / 701

Agriculture

1st / 3

141st / 595

Construction

1st / 1

81st / 581

Charities

2nd / 4

70th / 564

Energy & Transport

1st / 1

39th / 520

Driving offences

1st / 2

94th / 364

Actions against the police

1st / 1

30th / 80

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

308
Very Good

23
Average

4
Poor

2
Awful

9

Overall experience

Value For Money
Communication
Initial Impressions
Approachability
Documentation Accuracy
Legal knowledge

Heidi

February 20, 2025

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Help re sale of my flat

McKeag & Co. did a good job on all aspects. My only slight problem at the beginning was that it took them nearly 3 weeks to 'process my information' at the beginning which meant a little bit of a delay. This could have been due to staffing problems I really don't know. Otherwise Sarah Stanley and all at McKeag did a great job for me and finalised everything promptly during the process of enquiries etc. I have no hesitation whatsoever in recommending them to anyone who needs conveyancing work done.

Lawyers named in this review:
Kris English Chris Thomson Sarah Stanley

Kris English

Chris Thomson

Sarah Stanley

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Sheelagh

February 06, 2025

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Great solicitors

Everyone I dealt with was lovely.
They were empathetic and never wavered in their kind treatment towards me. I would particularly like to thank both Caroline and Jen.

Lawyer named in this review:
Caroline Billis

Caroline Billis

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Lynda

February 06, 2025

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Excellent Service

I would highly recommend this firm, reasonably priced, value for money, Sarah was very friendly, helpful advice, easy to understand guidance and support was given throughout the process.

Lawyer named in this review:
Sarah Stanley

Sarah Stanley

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Michael

February 02, 2025

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Conveyancing

Apartment sale, efficient service. Would have no hesitation in recommending McKeag &Co

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Margaret,

January 26, 2025

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Great service throughout the process of buying our cottage.

Very experienced group, very professional and gave good guidance throughout.

Lawyer named in this review:
Chris Thomson

Chris Thomson

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Personal Injury

Matter Type:

Accident At Work

leyson

January 16, 2025

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Pleased with the outcome

Professional warm patient and always gives the correct information..

Thank you.

Lawyer named in this review:
Caroline Billis

Caroline Billis

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Richard

January 16, 2025

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Administration of an Estate

My wife and I have been clients of McKeag & Co since we bought our first house back in 1973 and have used your firm subsequently for all other house sales and purchases, and for formulating our Wills and Powers of Attorney over the years.
Accepting that I have never before been through the loss of a wife, and hopefully never again, and that I have no other company with which to compare, I have nothing but praise and heartfelt thanks for the service that was provided at this most sensitive and difficult of times. The relief at having a professional expertly handle all the necessary paperwork to do with my late wife's estate and not having to deal personally with contacting appropriate organisations and completing complicated forms is immeasurable. Thank you.

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Personal Injury

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Accident At Work

Matthew

December 17, 2024

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Excellent service

An absolute pleasure to work with on my personal injury case. I only expected to receive lost earnings after an injury at work. Through the hard work of the team at McKeag and co I was given a settlement significantly higher than I was expecting.
The whole process was very easy and stress free with good communication throughout.

Lawyer named in this review:
Clarice Newberry

Clarice Newberry

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Housing & Property

Matter Type:

Residential Conveyancing

Samantha

December 17, 2024

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Highly Recommended

Recently used McKeag & Co for the conveyancing of our property. Great service, everything went through without any problems. Competitive pricing and a pleasure to deal with. Thank you to the team for processing everything so quickly!

Lawyer named in this review:
Chris Thomson

Chris Thomson

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Peter

December 15, 2024

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Moving house

Used this firm by way of our estate agent, Jan Forster and the Conveyancing Hub and found them at all times to be to be thoroughly professional and helpful. We had quite a time with the process of moving due to the seller regrettably dying from a fall and probate being involved but were guided by the team at all times to a successful completion. Very pleased with McKeag’s, in particular with Chris Thomson.

Lawyer named in this review:
Chris Thomson

Chris Thomson

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Reviews collected from

Geordie

March 08, 2022

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Geordie

Friendly and informed reception staff very helpful

A representative from McKeag & Co Solicitors LLP responded to this review on 15 March, 2022:

Hi Geordie, Thank you for your review. We are happy to be of service and hope to see you again in the future should you need the use of a solicitor. Regards McKeag & Co

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Housing & Property

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Residential Conveyancing

Kim

February 24, 2022

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Kim

Very happy that we chose McKeag's conveyancing service for our property purchase as recommended by our friends. Kris English worked very hard for us, and we appreciate his timely advice during the stressful negotiations. Thank you, Kris!

Lawyer named in this review:
Kris English

Kris English

A representative from McKeag & Co Solicitors LLP responded to this review on 25 February, 2022:

Kim, many thanks for your wonderful feedback. We understand that purchasing a property can be one of the most stressful events in life and do our best to try and make this as easy a journey as possible. Kris always does his best to go above and beyond. We look forward to helping you again in the future should you need any of our services. Thank you McKeag & Co

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Housing & Property

Matter Type:

Residential Conveyancing

Lorrie

February 21, 2022

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Lorrie

Chris and his team at McKeag and Co. dealt with the selling and buying for our recent move. We anticipated things might take a bit longer due to Covid, but the conveyancing team were proactive and quick with both their work on our behalf and their replies to our questions throughout. For competence, approachability, sensible advice and price we couldn't fault them. A five star team!

Lawyer named in this review:
Chris Thomson

Chris Thomson

A representative from McKeag & Co Solicitors LLP responded to this review on 25 February, 2022:

Lorrie, many thanks for the excellent review. We value all feedback from our clients. The Covid pandemic has been a trying time for all, us included, but we have managed to maintain the excellent level of service expected by our clients. Chris and his team welcome you back in the future should you need their services. Thank you. McKeag & Co.

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Housing & Property

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Residential Conveyancing

catherine

January 01, 2022

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catherine

I write this review as a director of an estate agency and I can safely say we have a lot of experience with solicitor firms. Selling the property is the easy bit - sales progression is another matter and you need a trusted and quality firm in your corner. It's not about referral fees for us. We pride our own business in offering the very best service and in order to do that our 'go to' solicitor firm is Mckeags. Chris Thomson is highly knowledgeable and knows his stuff in all aspects of the field. We are based in Great Park and it has its fair share of conveyancing difficulties due to the nature of how things are set up when the estate was built plus being an ongoing development - when we sell a property here - we tell our clients you need Mckeags on the job (road adoption indemnities, sections agreement requests, management company info, deeds of variation, ancient rent charges - it all gets sorted out and when you use Chris for your sale your paperwork is rock solid). Solicitors do get very busy and there will be times when they are working through files however we can safely say that when needs must - we get answers and solutions very quickly. They have worked consistently through the covid pandemic where others have fallen apart. Sometimes getting a sale to go through can take longer than you hope however there are many influencing factors. We've never found Mckeags to be anything other than a necessity. Choose local and the fees are very reasonable.

Lawyer named in this review:
Chris Thomson

Chris Thomson

A representative from McKeag & Co Solicitors LLP responded to this review on 20 April, 2022:

Catherine, many thanks for the glowing review. We too take pride in offering the best service we can and are thrilled we can help your business do the same. Chris and his team always go above and beyond to provide an outstanding service to all of their clients and we are proud of the service levels they sustained during the Covid lockdowns. We welcome your business and are extremely grateful of the recommendations you provide and the new clients you send our way. We look forward to hearing from you again. Kind regards McKeag & Co

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Personal Injury

Matter Type:

Accidents In Public Places

Mathew

November 26, 2021

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Mathew

Good solicitor's especially Janet Foster, but some things are just out of their hands like the insurance companies taking their time to pay out!, especially when you're in pain and struggling....

Lawyer named in this review:
Janet Foster

Janet Foster

A representative from McKeag & Co Solicitors LLP responded to this review on 28 November, 2021:

Thank you Mathew for your review. We appreciate the positive feedback you have given us and look forward to working with you in the future. McKeag & Co

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