Sharman Law LLP

The solicitor in charge of a custody case brought about by my soon to be ex wife was totally out done by my ex wife and her solicitor. I went from having a great case for 50/50 custody to not seeing my children for a year now. The accusations against me were total BS and the solicitor seed to care more about me paying the next bill that totalled £15000. Fair to say I am not using Sharman law for my divorce proceedings or I will be leaving with only the shirt on my back.

IF you are thinking about getting a Will done, I hope this helps: Ok so I decided to do our wills at long last. I wanted a local firm as always try and support local business. Contacted Sharman as they have an office in Ampthill and we live in Maulden. I was concerned that our Wills (for me and my wife) would be a little to complicated to do a diy version or one of the online ones advertised for under £100 as we have a couple of properties and 4 children. I contacted their office and explained a brief outline of our situation re property and children etc and they advised that the rate for mirror wills for me and my wife would be £695 + vat. Now at the time I thought this might be money well spent as maybe it won’t be that simple to create our Wills. We had a zoom call with Helen Broom who was lovely on the call and really helpful. When the Wills turned up in the post, I was shocked to see the entire content only filled both sides of an A4 sheet of paper! Bear in mind half the text is, our name and address and names of our children and then the place to sign for us and witness. I have gone back to Helen and after some investigation with companies like CO-OP etc I found showing that we could have easily done our Wills for under £100. Also, can you believe every now and then they have what's called Free Will Month https://freewillsmonth.org.uk/ where you can get a Will completed for free by a solicitor in your area and if you wish to make a donation to one of the listed charities you can or not, totally up to you. This month (March) is a Free Will Month! I felt compelled to write this review as I approached Helen about my research to see if she could adjust the rate or recognise the Free Will Month and i could have donated something to NSPCC but she declined saying I could either send instruction to issue the Wills and pay the agreed £695 plus vat or pay her £500 plus vat for work done so far and not receive the Wills. Anyway, I have asked for the Wills to be completed and decided to share my experience with anyone else that's thinking of getting a Will done so you are aware there are some perfectly good ways of doing for less than £100 and for free during Free Will Month Shame Sharman Solicitors didn't advise us how simple our Will sounded from the first call and give a reduced rate or suggestions of other options. I realise they are in business, but word of mouth and good experiences surely count for more than overpriced work.

A friendly practice who were very professional, prompt and responsive in all my dealings with them

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Philip John Charles Elliott

Excellent service. Nastassia Khilkevich dealt with everything very efficiently and professionally.

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Nastassia Khilkevich

Nastassia Khilkevich delt with my dispute, very professionally and i would highly recommend.

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Nastassia Khilkevich

Farida provided exceptional support throughout what proved to be a more complex situation than originally anticipated. We were extremely grateful for all her advice and patience.

Fabulous service from Anna, kept us up to date with changing our wills, dates arranged promptly to come in and sign. All signed sealed and delivered with no fuss, exactly what we wanted.

We would like to sincerely thank Helen Williams and Sharmans for all of their hard work, professionalism, and support throughout our probate process over the past 14 months. From start to finish, Helen was patient, compassionate, and always kept us informed throughout what was at times a difficult and emotional process. Her guidance and reassurance gave us great confidence every step of the way. We are extremely grateful for the care and attention she showed throughout the entire matter and would highly recommend her services to anyone requiring probate or legal support.

My work was carried out very promptly and efficiently, just as I requrested. it was done with great sympzathy and understanding, and I fely completely satuisfied with how I had been dealt with.

Farida is a credit to the company. She handled a family situation with calm authority. She was respectful of the needs of the elderly members, and explained the process & legalities clearly for all to understand. We all felt we were in safe & very capable hands. To add, on a more personal level, Farida is a warm, gentle & basically very nice person.