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Shoosmiths LLP

Apex Plaza, Forbury Road, Reading, Berkshire, RG1 1SH

03700863000

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Apex Plaza, Forbury Road, Reading, Berkshire, RG1 1SH

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Communication 1.8/5
Initial Impressions 2.4/5
Approachability 2.1/5
Documentation Accuracy 2.6/5
Legal Knowledge 2.7/5
Value for money 2.1/5
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Rankings by area of expertise

Housing & Property 2 / 3
Clinical Negligence 2 / 2
Commercial Property 4 / 6
Professional Negligence 1 / 4
Administrative Law 1 / 3
Agriculture 2 / 2
Asset Management 1 / 2
Banking 2 / 3
Banking and Financial Law 1 / 1
Biotechnology and Pharmaceuticals Law 1 / 4
Brexit Law 1 / 1
Bribery and Corruption Law 1 / 2
Charities 1 / 1
Commercial and Business Law 1 / 1
Company & Commercial 3 / 7
Company Law 1 / 3
Compliance Law 1 / 3
Construction 1 / 3
Consumer 3 / 3
Contract Law 1 / 2
Copyright Law 1 / 2
Corporate Law 2 / 2
Court of Protection and Deputyship 1 / 4
Crime/ Criminal Defence 2 / 4
Criminal Law 1 / 2
Cybersecurity and Data Protection Law 1 / 2
Debt and Tax Law 1 / 1
Digital Law 1 / 2
Discrimination Law 1 / 2
Dispute Resolution 3 / 6
Economic Law 1 / 2
Education 1 / 1
Employment 3 / 9
Energy & Transport 1 / 2
Enforcement Law 1 / 4
Engineering Law 1 / 2
Entertainment and Media Law 1 / 2
Environmental Law 1 / 3
Equality Law 1 / 2
Equity Law 1 / 2
Family Law 5 / 5
Franchise Law 1 / 2
Gambling Law 1 / 2
Governance Law 1 / 1
Government Contracts Law 1 / 2
Government Investigations 1 / 4
Health and Safety Law 1 / 2
Healthcare Law 1 / 1
Human rights 1 / 2
IT & Intellectual Property 1 / 4
IT and Technology Law 1 / 1
Immigration 2 / 3
Immigration Law 1 / 2
Information Law 1 / 1
Injunctions Law 1 / 2
Insurance Law 1 / 2
Intellectual Property Law 1 / 2
International Arbitration Law 1 / 1
Land Law 2 / 2
Licensing Law 1 / 2
Litigation 2 / 3
Manufacturing Law 1 / 2
Mergers and Acquisitions Law 1 / 1
Money & Tax 2 / 3
Notary 1 / 1
Nuisance Law 1 / 2
Patent Law 1 / 9
Pensions Law 1 / 2
Personal Injury 2 / 3
Pharmaceutical Law 1 / 1
Planning Law 2 / 4
Privacy Law 1 / 1
Regulations 2 / 5
Road Traffic Law 1 / 2
Social Law 1 / 2
Sports Law 1 / 1
Welfare & Benefits 1 / 1
Wills, Trusts & Probate 4 / 4
Local 4 / 8
Housing & Property 1458 / 4,773
Clinical Negligence 687 / 1,248
Commercial Property 1507 / 3,669
Professional Negligence 406 / 1,299
Administrative Law 67 / 214
Agriculture 595 / 823
Asset Management 244 / 397
Banking 282 / 1,033
Banking and Financial Law 144 / 218
Biotechnology and Pharmaceuticals Law 16 / 97
Brexit Law 68 / 147
Bribery and Corruption Law 163 / 413
Charities 324 / 768
Commercial and Business Law 236 / 361
Company & Commercial 1103 / 4,181
Company Law 521 / 973
Compliance Law 80 / 450
Construction 253 / 854
Consumer 2016 / 4,418
Contract Law 652 / 1,431
Copyright Law 201 / 523
Corporate Law 616 / 848
Court of Protection and Deputyship 346 / 581
Crime/ Criminal Defence 667 / 2,153
Criminal Law 377 / 1,011
Cybersecurity and Data Protection Law 378 / 893
Debt and Tax Law 539 / 790
Digital Law 126 / 296
Discrimination Law 212 / 501
Dispute Resolution 995 / 1,805
Economic Law 57 / 223
Education 164 / 423
Employment 1031 / 3,624
Energy & Transport 197 / 511
Enforcement Law 214 / 576
Engineering Law 52 / 126
Entertainment and Media Law 29 / 57
Environmental Law 94 / 395
Equality Law 396 / 1,098
Equity Law 359 / 569
Family Law 3182 / 4,224
Franchise Law 58 / 121
Gambling Law 48 / 75
Governance Law 144 / 272
Government Contracts Law 71 / 133
Government Investigations 140 / 417
Health and Safety Law 285 / 577
Healthcare Law 188 / 357
Human rights 262 / 963
IT & Intellectual Property 277 / 1,113
IT and Technology Law 92 / 134
Immigration 874 / 2,288
Immigration Law 650 / 1,164
Information Law 242 / 340
Injunctions Law 231 / 933
Insurance Law 274 / 660
Intellectual Property Law 200 / 626
International Arbitration Law 72 / 129
Land Law 1011 / 1,326
Licensing Law 229 / 503
Litigation 466 / 900
Manufacturing Law 51 / 83
Mergers and Acquisitions Law 167 / 434
Money & Tax 1218 / 1,953
Notary 439 / 852
Nuisance Law 181 / 235
Patent Law 12 / 93
Pensions Law 159 / 489
Personal Injury 1762 / 2,652
Pharmaceutical Law 38 / 95
Planning Law 417 / 585
Privacy Law 176 / 514
Regulations 393 / 2,412
Road Traffic Law 198 / 251
Social Law 98 / 225
Sports Law 179 / 304
Welfare & Benefits 330 / 1,052
Wills, Trusts & Probate 2183 / 3,799
National 3185 / 11,168

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www.shoosmiths.co.uk

Apex Plaza, Forbury Road, Reading, Berkshire, RG1 1SH

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      anonymous

      Clinical Negligence

      Withheld settlement funds following failure to obtain minors’ approval (CPR 21.10)

      Shoosmiths LLP. A serious conflict of interest was raised but not properly dealt with. They also failed to carry out the required minors' approval under CPR 21.10. Because of this, funds relating to a deceased minors are still being held by the defendant many years after settlement. They also had us pay persons not entitled to funds out of the estates compensation award incorrectly, and refused to refund it.This reflects serious failings in handling a sensitive matter. The matter has been raised with SRA over two years however the miniors now adults are still without there compensation for medical negligence resulting in the death there farther and a continued miss-handling of their funds.

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      Jackie

      House sale

      Had a very good experience with Swiitch they were very helpful from beginning to end. Would recommend especially Nicole Edwards and all the members of her team nothing was too much trouble.

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      Namielus-Saile

      Housing & Property

      Sale and Purchase of Property

      When our estate agents recommended Shoosmiths (Northampton branch) we thought ok why not seemed reasonably priced and our buyers were also with Shoosmiths, so it would be a quick process. From the start in Sept 2022 it took Shoosmiths 3-4 weeks to make contact with us, only after we got fed up waiting and we informed our Estate Agents and the seller's Estate Agents we were switching to another solicitor as we haven't heard anything from Shoosmiths. The sellers agents intervened on our behalf to get them to call us and send the legal documents. From then on all was going well until it wasn't - all our documents were uploaded to there website, we have a mortgage in place which is due to expire in the next couple of months. All of the legal searches and paperwork between by our seller's and buyers solicitors have been completed. Still the contracts have not been exchanged or given a completion date. I emailed our solicitors yesterday to see how long do we have to wait before they exchange contracts and give us a completion date - there response "where is our source of funds coming from" quite clearly I was furious to say the least and lost my temper with them - I have literally given up. I can't see us moving anytime soon if ever.

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      K

      Housing & Property

      Frustrating and no customer service

      We recently used Shoosmiths for purchasing our property. We were not impressed. Everything seemed to take an age, they’d sit on responses for weeks before looking at them and only actually made any progress when we continually chased. It became a full-time job calling them daily to make them look at our file. They missed things, forgot things, and we were made to feel like an inconvenience for asking them to do the work we were paying for. It was extremely difficult to get a response by email and often those who answered the phone couldn’t help. We were passed from person to person, no one seemed to be responsible for our case. The whole transaction took a lot longer than it should (nearly 5 months) despite there being no chain, wholly down to Shoosmiths lack of engagement.

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      Alice

      Housing & Property

      Just plain awful - never go with them, you will regret it.

      I sold my property subject to contract in June, it’s now end of October and still nowhere near completion. First of all, anyone at Shoosmiths is almost impossible to get ahold of. Emails often went ignored - when calling I wouldn’t be able to get through so it would send me to a switchboard which would often just hang up on me. When I did get through, the person would try to put me through to my solicitor and they were never available and the call just ends. Second, I went months without any contact with them and had no idea what was happening despite chasing. I asked for a completion date of August 16th 2022, it was never acknowledged and I was never told it wasn’t possible. After I complained, they told me the completion date average is 18 to 22 weeks but they did not tell me that at the beginning of the sale and so I had arranged everything needed for the August date. I moved into my new property in August and had been relying on the sale to help me with costs etc of the move plus costs of living - I am now in financial destitution due to the many months it has taken to move even a step forward in this sale. Had I known the sale would take this long, I would not have moved or quit my job, which would have saved me money in these last few months. I am scared the buyer will pull out due to the length of time, leaving me in an even more difficult situation. On top of this, I was told that they were waiting on one piece of paperwork and the sale could go through. I provided the paperwork only to be told I needed to provide two more things PLUS they were waiting on another piece which they had requested TWO MONTHS ago and simply never bothered to chase up. The only reason they seem to be doing things now is because I am literally badgering them every single day for an update. I’ve even done some of their job for them and called the places the paperwork needs to come from! I honestly regret choosing Shoosmiths and the amount of stress and anxiety they are putting me through. So please, do yourself a favour and do NOT choose them to be your solicitor when trying to sell a property.

      A representative from Shoosmiths LLP responded to this review

      We're sorry that you have been unhappy with the service received. Customer satisfaction is very important to us and we try to learn from any instances where we have not met expectations. We are investigating what has happened in this case.

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