This review is for a different branch.
The below is a brief touch of the extremely unpleasant experience I have had with ABV, multiple times I have had to pay for second opinions from other law firms to get ABV to even respond. In fact I was not even shown my own evidence until a week before my trial by another law firm.
Quotes from two other law firms;
“ we should not be the ones showing you this for the first time”
“We are sorry you backed the wrong horse”
I leave below my original review which I was forced to read remove by Aneeta Borwick who threatened to remove my PAID representation a couple days before my final hearing. She forced me to write an email under duress stating otherwise, of an already known vulnerable client. The below is not intended for no purposes other than stating my experience of the firm and are not meant for defamation purposes
I could write a lot more but below are the lowlights of my experience with this firm.
I am a private paying client, and unfortunately my experience with ABV solicitors has been a very unpleasant one.
From my first consultation with Aneeta Borwick, who was quite hostile and threatened to charge me for phone call when I was trying to find out the level of service I would be provided for my money, to being constantly ignored and having to chase this firm at every stage and step of my legal proceedings.
I was given a solicitor who had leave scheduled for a week before my trial, I did not speak to my solicitor until 7pm on the night before my trial, at which point I was pressured into a guilty plea.
Of course I was charged with a full trial preparation, although I very much doubt any trial preparation took place.
Up to this day, I have still not spoke to any solicitor during working hours. I have been last on this list of priorities of this firm, which has been very strange as one would expect as a private paying client one would expect a service proportional to the level of fees payed.
I am a vulnerable client and this firm has done all they can to cause me further distress, it has honestly felt like talking to the prosecution. I have now been made aware by an out of office email my solicitor has gone on leave 3 days before my sentencing. No one has informed me of this before and I have now been left in the dark. The firm of course has requested further fees for this, I would recommend no one touch this firm unless you are getting legal aid.
It has been the worst experience of my life and the dealings with this firm honestly exacerbated my situation and mental health extremely
I am currently in the midst of a formal complaint against this firm and would advise any paying clients to rethink you decision
