You usually get what you pay for in the legal profession.... like most other areas.
Someone really good will be much cheaper in the long run.
Too right there, old firm got swallowed up, then moved offices in to the town centre, no parking here, the old place could park a hundred cars.When a firm you have used for generations gets swallowed up by a bigger organisation and the most recent guy you have been dealing with for a number for sensitive issues over 10 years is "no longer with us" and you never received any notification of his leaving would you feel like looking elsewhere - I certainly do..
Every place is heading that way and progress they call it ?Too right there, old firm got swallowed up, then moved offices in to the town centre, no parking here, the old place could park a hundred cars.
Man I was dealing with, a partner, suddenly said he was leaving, nothing to do with the takeover he claimed, although he did just finish the job in hand.
Next both the receptionists left, they knew all the regulars as soon as they entered the place.
Needed to update wills, oh he's left as well, another partner.
Finally the head of conveyancing moved elsewhere, only found that out from the estate agent when selling dad's house, she was also a partner, she hinted that she left because they wanted her to go to another office 20 miles away to work from,and that she objected to paying for parking in town/city she is now with another smaller company again as a partner, and now working out of Holmfirth, where she can walk to work if she likes and not have to pay parking fees, or if she does it's only £2 for a day.
The world is changing fast, big offices are on the way out. My wife is now working with a "big firm", but everyone works at home. No internal politics as there is essentially no hierarchy. The company basically supplies backroom services to the solicitor and they take a cut of the bill. The lawyer keeps the rest.Every place is heading that way and progress they call it ?
Things have become somewhat difficult since my parents and grandparents have died, the last one in the spring. I very seriously need to get some legal advice to find out where I stand and what the options are for going forward if a dispute, which seemed so trivial at first, cannot be resolved quickly.
Does anyone have any recommendations for solicitors in the west country? Must have a lot of experiance with ag tenancies, partner disputes, sporting rights etc as well as land in trust.
Thanks!!
The person you need is Viv Williams Head of Michelmores Bristol Office
As above have used her and Rachel o,Connor at Michelmores very good advice,think hard before going down this route the pounds soon add up!
The wife has come up against her a couple of times, her verdict is "good and nice, very expensive". Given what she is charging I dread to think what expensive looks like!In my experience Viv is more than aware of her comparatively high cost to her farming clients. The secret is to make best use of her time by getting all your ducks in a row so that all the issues are clearly laid out which means that you do need to do your basic home work first. We have twice had the benefit of Viv's advice and what always came through was that Viv does not just bill her clients, she cares about them.
Wilsons in Salisbury - expensive but good
There are actually only a few reasons why solicitors are allowed to stop acting for a client so it's not always possible. If a client instructs us to act against our advice then more fool them, really, but if the outcome of disputes was obvious then we wouldn't need the courts.anyone ever had a solicitor take on a case where the claimant has been in the wrong but took on the work anyway? always makes me think do they say to the claimant clearly what they think the odds are or just have a crack?