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How Lyons Bowe Compares

Value for money

This firm - 93%
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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 Lyons Bowe on ReviewSolicitors.

As part of our review questionnaire we ask reviewer questions about the value for money they felt they received by using Lyons Bowe. 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 1%
Overpriced 10%
About Right 88%

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Would recommend to
friends and family

This firm - 90%
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ReviewSolicitors uses our community data to show you how many clients used Lyons Bowe and have had a satisfactory experience where they have indicated that they would recommend the services of the law firm to their friends and family.

You can use this data to see how Lyons Bowe performs against other law firms nationally. A score close to 100% indicates that this firm is highly valued by their clients.

As part of our review questionnaire we ask the question:

"Would you recommend this firm to somebody else?"

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 90%
No 10%

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Satisfied with
outcome of matter

This firm - 91%
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ReviewSolicitors uses our community data to show you how many clients used Lyons Bowe 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 Lyons Bowe 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 91%
No 9%

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Rankings by area of expertise

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

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

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Client Reviews

4.8/5

Reviews summary

  • Excellent

    3040
  • Very Good

    267
  • Average

    58
  • Poor

    57
  • Awful

    100

Overall experience

  • Value For Money
  • Communication
  • Initial Impressions
  • Approachability
  • Documentation Accuracy
  • Legal knowledge
Nathan Charlton Nils

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Residential Conveyancing

Nathan Charlton Nils

October 29, 2024

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Conveyancing of the sale of my home

Zoe and the team proved to be effective, efficient and expeditious on my side of the sales transaction! At the same time Zoe answered my calls or messages directly. When she was on leave, another in the team stood in.

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Christopher

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Residential Conveyancing

Christopher

October 24, 2024

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Not all the way through just yet but so far, very good.

Found the team to be helpful, enthusiastic and keen to make progress. Very efficient at keeping up momentum.
We are not all the way through at the moment but, so far, very good

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Billy

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Residential Conveyancing

Billy

October 22, 2024

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House Sale

Great team, responsive, friendly and professional.

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Mo

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Residential Conveyancing

Mo

October 17, 2024

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Diligent and patient

Really easy to contact solicitors with consistent communication. Worked hard for our conveyancing and took a lot of worried phone calls from us(!) Would recommend.

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James Bond

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Probate

James Bond

October 16, 2024

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So far, so good

So far, all very good and impressive. Having previous experience with a less recommendable Solicitors, LB have really impressed, very prompt to respond, they also push me to return the documents they need. Recruited initially for Second Grant Probate and estate adminstration, then also for property sell.
Also significantly cheaper than an alternative highly recommended solicitor I had been suggested.

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Anonymous

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Residential Conveyancing

Anonymous

October 15, 2024

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Review

Always very polite and courteous and very efficient.

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Joseph Christopher

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Residential Conveyancing

Joseph Christopher

October 15, 2024

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Great Company

Tietia went above and beyond to ensure our house sale went through as quickly as possible. Working all hours to respond to me and to provide updates. Thanks for everything. Joe & Abi

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Wendy Joy

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Wendy Joy

October 11, 2024

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Selling Property

This was the worst experience we have had selling a property. We have sold a few with other estate agents.
We were passed over to every department through the sell, which I do understand. It would have been nice to have one main contact. We were told that there would be continuity if any staff member was sick or holiday, this was not the case. The process stopped and was picked up when staff member back. They must have a lot of graduates coming through, which I do understand they need to learn, the issue was it seemed we had a fresh graduate at every stage so with there lack of experience this really slowed the process down.
We originally had a previous buyer for our property, which we eventually pulled out off, We presumed it was the buyer dragging his feet.
After going through the agonizing process again with next buyer, we soon realized it was the solicitors.
I honestly say it was a stressful experience and one I would not want anyone to go through, also with the drawn out process, we lost literally thousands of pounds and with 3 young kids, that’s not great. I am a person who always sees the good in people and situations. I am not pinpointing one person, it was there whole business setup and ethos, very disappointed. In this situation I would not recommend them at all. Stay well away.

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Tidball

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Residential Conveyancing

Tidball

October 11, 2024

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Great overall experience

Rhea is great fast communicator and always makes me feel at ease when dealing with any queries I may have.

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Sophie Claire

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Residential Conveyancing

Sophie Claire

October 09, 2024

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Great Service

I really enjoyed working with Sian and Tietia. They were professional, responsive and answered all of my queries.

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Yee

March 23, 2024

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Yee

Spoke to a lady regarding personal guarantee, took my details and never heard from them again. It's been 2 weeks and never will use again.

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January 02, 2023

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RyGo

Helped us with the purchase of our new home, and we're amazing! Very quick and gave constant updates.

We even had an app that told us each step of the way and what was completed. Would highly recommend these!

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Gabriella

Gabriella

April 14, 2022

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Gabriella

We have been dealing with Emma Leighton-Carey for the purchase of our new property, and I cannot sing her praises enough. It only took her SIX weeks for the entire process, and we exchanged without a single issue. So unbelievably quick and efficient. Constant contact and email updates, nothing was too much trouble. Emma dealt with my worries and concerns as a first time buyer, and instilled full confidence in me that everything was going to be OK. We had responses to every question asked within a couple of hours, all the paperwork sent across with clear instructions on what to do and confirmation of payments received without having to chase it up. Emma's knowledge is first class, she is polite, professional and friendly. I highly recommend her and her services to anyone looking to move, she honestly made it so stress free and easy! :)

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Simon

Simon

January 21, 2022

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Simon

Awful experience with the solicitors. Rude, took an age to reply and didn't seem to appreciate the urgency on several matters. Couldn't comment on certain procedures as they wouldn't know the outcome and was always being fobbed off with an assistant. The 1 star is for the new instructions team - particularly Elle Box and Jasmine Lyford, who were brilliant.

The progress tracker app is great in theory to keep you in the loop but ends up acting as a means to question why something hasn't been done. I'd suggest binning it off as it's often best not to know - it also wasn't updated as often as it should of been.

If I was to pay almost £2000 for this 'service' in any other industry I'd be wanting a refund.

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Adrian

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December 11, 2021

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Adrian

So far everything has been very efficiently handled by the New Instruction team. As we are only part way through the process I am not able to add anything more...

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Holly Abigail

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Residential Conveyancing

Holly Abigail

July 07, 2022

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Holly's experience...

Very frustrated with the service we received- you are not allocated 1 solicitor but instead passed across 3 different teams and get someone different replying to you every time. They have been very slow to respond to emails- even on the week of exchange which has made the whole process of buying our first property quite stressful.

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Emily

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Residential Conveyancing

Emily

July 04, 2022

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Emily's experience...

Our experience with initially Elle and then Emma were a pleasure, they were both extremely helpful at all times. We were constantly impressed by their professionalism and attention to detail. We felt confident throughout the whole process and would recommend to friends and family.

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Ellen

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Residential Conveyancing

Ellen

June 24, 2022

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Ellen's experience...

A very disappointing service, with a few exceptions such as Lauren.

Some shocking mistakes made by both a solicitor and legal assistant(s).

More solicitor contact, with continuity, would be one improvement.

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Callum

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Residential Conveyancing

Callum

June 22, 2022

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Callum's experience...

Lauren in completions was excellent and is an asset to your team.

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Description

When we set up Lyons Bowe in 2014, we were driven by a mix of frustration and desire. Frustration at the number of firms that didn’t share the values that we felt were most important and our desire to give clients the kind of service that you told us you wanted. Our core values underpin our entire service and lie at the heart of everything we offer. As a modern law firm, we pride ourselves on representing these core values – both in what we do and how we do it.

Practice areas

Conveyancing, Commercial, Commercial Property, Wills Probate & Trusts, Family, Employment, Education

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Personal areas of law

  • Wills, Trusts & Probate
    • Disputed Probate
    • Disputed Trusts
    • Disputed Wills
    • Probate
    • Trusts
    • Wills
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