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Hadgkiss Hughes & Beale

0121 449 5050
1.7/5
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Hadgkiss Hughes & Beale

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No 82%

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No 82%

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

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Consumer
1st / 3
1889th / 4585
Company & Commercial
1st / 3
1716th / 4363
Housing & Property
1st / 2
1640th / 4238
Family Law
1st / 2
2075th / 3838
Wills, Trusts & Probate
1st / 1
1180th / 3498
Commercial Property
1st / 3
1605th / 3311
Employment
1st / 3
1422nd / 3101
Regulations
1st / 3
965th / 2565
Crime/ Criminal Defence
1st / 2
966th / 2105

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    9

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Katie

Katie

February 04, 2025

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Avoid Hadgkiss Hughes & Beale at all costs!

As a beneficiary of a will, I have endured 3.5 years (and counting) of frustration, delays, and complete lack of professionalism from this firm. Despite numerous complaints, nothing has been done to move the process forward. Communication is non-existent, and staff turnover is so frequent that any progress is lost due to poor (or no) handovers.

This firm has shown a total lack of respect for my late friend’s wishes, dragging out what should have been a straightforward matter. If you want efficiency, accountability, or even basic communication—look elsewhere.

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Housing & Property

Matter Type:

Residential Conveyancing

customer

December 22, 2022

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worse than awful

they do not return phone calls, messages, there is no feedback and no point chasing because you are ignored. They are rude and simple do not care. There is no consideration for your circumstances - you can plead even beg them you will be ignored. they are like untrustworthy, unreliable builders practising conveyancing. There is no good word about them in any shape or form. Completely unprofessional in every use of the word. From not providing paperwork right through to sending you an incorrect bill absolutely deplorable

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virdi005
Housing & Property

Matter Type:

Residential Conveyancing

virdi005

November 24, 2022

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I also say not even worthy of one star!

The service I received was nothing short of absolutely unacceptable.
The solicitor Sohale Sharif took forever to reply.
I was doing all the chasing up.
Emailed Colin Cattell (the MD) and got no satisfaction.
Only consolation was his secretary Karen did her best to help but was not
able due to information she needed from Sohale.
Found new solicitors that are 100% better and much cheaper as well.
Never again will I go to Hadgkiss Hughes & Beale or recommend them.
H Virdi

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David

David

July 18, 2018

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Not even worthy of one star!

Our company have been using these solicitors and they have proved themselves to be very poor in terms of response time or any action. They take months to respond to the simplest of things even when we've stressed urgency. Consistently being let down by this firm of solicitors has cost us time and effort and we are left to look incompetent to our own customers. Even when we've taken the advice offered we were then told by another solicitor that it was incorrect. Once when we complained one of the solicitors simply agreed that they were poor but then continued in the same vein. Whoever answers the phone doesn't always even answer with the business name. Just very unprofessional and not a pleasure to deal with. Would not recommend these solicitors at all.

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Tracie
Housing & Property

Matter Type:

Purchase and Sale

Tracie

February 22, 2017

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Held House sale up by 6 months!

Slow, did not respond, caused a sale of my house to take 6 months!

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Susan
Wills, Trusts & Probate

Matter Type:

Disputed Probate

Susan

May 16, 2024

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Disgraceful

This review is for a different branch.

They don't answer calls or emails. They have all my documents and have not replied to me in 2 months and have done nothing!!!
Quick to answer when I was appointing them though

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Larry

Larry

September 02, 2022

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Shocking

This review is for a different branch.

Person dealing with affairs for years, retired having not completed, case “passed on” to other staff, still no action. Get it done!

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Deborah

Deborah

September 14, 2021

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Total lack of urgency

This review is for a different branch.

The house sale of my late mother, who entrusted HHB with her deeds from 1953, has failed. The purchaser has withdrawn due to delays in completion.
We did not engage HHB for grant of probate, as the estate was trivial, two bank accounts and a house. They held the will, and therefore submitted the completed document which we completed, having been requested by another executor not to release the will to us (we had copies).
HHB were then asked on 21st July to transfer the house deeds to the solicitors handling the sale. After being chased by ourselves and the new solicitors, we have been told we can collect the deeds tomorrow 15th September, 8 weeks later. This is just not acceptable.

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Rumana
Housing & Property

Matter Type:

Investment and buy to let properties

Rumana

March 09, 2021

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Excellent service

This review is for a different branch.

Used Micheal eyre many time... always received a excellent.

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Personal areas of law

  • 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
    • Litigation Law
  • Crime/ Criminal Defence
    • Assault
    • Business Crime
    • Criminal Damage
    • Criminal defence - All
    • Drugs offences
    • Murder and Manslaughter
    • Professional Conduct
    • Regulatory Defence
    • Theft
  • Employment
    • Agency Staff / Temp Workers
    • Constructive/Unfair Dismissal
    • Disciplinary Hearings
    • Discrimination at Work
    • Employee Team Moves
    • Employment Contracts
    • Equal Pay Disputes
    • Family Leave
    • Flexible Working
    • Gardening Leave
    • Harassment/Bullying at Work
    • Holiday Pay Issues
    • Maternity and Paternity
    • Part Time Workers
    • 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
    • Asset protection and tax mitigation
    • Child Arrangements Following Divorce
    • Child Law
    • 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 After A Brain Or Other Serious Injury
    • Domestic Abuse
    • Family Mediation
    • Family law
    • Financial Matters
    • Grandparents' Rights
    • Inheritance Act claims
    • Injunctions
    • Matrimonial finance
    • Out Of Court Divorce
    • Parental responsibility, paternity disputes, surrogacy
    • Pension and property advice
    • Pre and Post Nuptial Agreements
    • Separation Agreement
    • Social Services
    • Unmarried Couples' Rights
  • Housing & Property
    • Anti-social Behaviour
    • 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
    • New home purchases and sales
    • Option agreements and conditional contracts
    • 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
    • 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
  • Wills, Trusts & Probate
    • Probate
    • Trusts
    • Wills

Business areas of law

  • Commercial Property
    • Commercial Leases
    • Commercial mortgages
    • Developer disputes
    • Development plot sales
    • Environmental policy law
    • Finance
    • Investment purchases and Buy to Let
    • Landlord and tenant
    • 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)
    • Asset Tracing
    • Business structures and joint ventures
    • Commercial Law
    • Commercial Litigation Matters
    • Competition law
    • Contractual Disputes
    • Corporate Law
    • Corporate finance
    • Data Protection
    • Employment - business
    • Franchising
    • Management buyouts
    • Merchandising and sponsorship
    • Mis-sold Interest Rate Swap Agreements
    • Partnership and LLP law
    • Sales and Purchases
    • Setting up a business
    • Share option schemes
    • Shareholder Agreements
    • Shareholder and Partnership Disputes
    • Statutory Demands
    • Summary Judgment
    • Unfair Loan Charges
  • Regulations
    • Health and Safety
    • Licensing