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How Meikles Solicitors LLP Compares

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This firm - 70%
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This score has been calculated using up to the last 300 reviews left by clients of Meikles Solicitors LLP on ReviewSolicitors.

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  • 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.

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Overpriced 100%
About Right 0%

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Would recommend to
friends and family

This firm - 58%
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You can use this data to see how Meikles Solicitors LLP 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 58%
No 42%

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Satisfied with
outcome of matter

This firm - 67%
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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 67%
No 33%

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3.4/5

Reviews summary

  • Excellent

    7
  • Very Good

    0
  • Average

    0
  • Poor

    1
  • Awful

    4

Overall experience

  • Value For Money
  • Communication
  • Initial Impressions
  • Approachability
  • Documentation Accuracy
  • Legal knowledge
John

Matter Type:

Criminal Damage

John

May 18, 2022

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A ROGUE FIRM .... BUT SOLICITORS THEY ARE NOT !

Durham Police ( a VERY sloppy investigation ) accused me of A crime that I didn't commit and this was eventually proved in Court.
Meikles were in court on the first Court date and " took over " my representative for solicitor as they were duty solicitor at the time. They were extremely pushy. This was the last that I heard of them as they failed to return my calls around 15 times but I know they applied for 3 separate fundings from legal aid because they send me out notices in the post to say so!
Every time I rang them to find out what was going on, they said that they would get the assigned solicitor to call me - on FIFTEEN occasions, the call never came!

STEALING FROM THE PUBLIC PURSE IS A CRIMINAL OFFENCE and this disgraceful firm seems to specialise in it.
STEER CLEAR OF THE COMPLETELY UNSCRUPULOUS, WASTE OF SPACE, THIEVING FIRM AS THEY WILL DO NOTHING FOR YOU apart from steal both time & money from you.

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Paula

Paula

March 01, 2024

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Bad customer service

I used this firm when purchasing a property the customer service was appalling and could never get to speak to the solicitor by telephone or in person also when sending emails taking weeks to get a response it took 8 months to finally complete and ended up costing me a lot more than they originally quoted 5 months later I have now been informed that some of my legal documentation has not been transferred over when contacting them they didn’t seem bothered and said they would be in touch if your looking for a solicitor to represent you and good customer service then I advise you not to use this firm

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Robbie

Matter Type:

Assault

Robbie

July 26, 2023

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Stephen hamil

Brilliant !!!
Not a word iv ever used about the legal profession having worked in the past with young offenders and alternative to custody projects .
But , stephen did a great job, calm , concise, informative, professional the list goes on.
The prosecution floundered while stephen ticked the boxes .family, friends and employer supplied the data which stephen was able to prepare his presentation from.
Can not recommend him enough.
My young son is at home because of him.
Thank you stephen

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Lee

Matter Type:

Purchase and Sale Of Commercial Property

Lee

June 21, 2023

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Professional and diligent

I have recently completed on a property purchase and feel it necessary to share my positive experience using Meikles Solicitors LLP. This is the second time I used Meikles and will use them again, from regular updates from Lorraine and Jake to ensuring everything was completed and chased from the sellers solicitors in a timely manner. If you are looking for a professional, well priced and easy to deal with solicitors, look no further than Meikles. Thank you again.

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trevor

trevor

June 19, 2023

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Absolutely great

Stephen helped me with my case and he guided me every step of the way. Absolutely great. And we got the result we wanted.

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Alison

Alison

May 30, 2023

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Driving offence

Thank you to the whole team for guiding us through the difficult
time following a dangerous driving conviction. Although a charge was inevitable the team helped us understand each step, and reaching a minimal sentence.

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Wendy

Matter Type:

Employment Contracts

Wendy

November 24, 2022

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Absolutely brilliant

Iv had to contact a barrister for help.im so pleased I contacted meikles.
Stephen hamill has been amazing honestly amazing.
Advising you in small chunks of information that you can understand and works with you on what the best plan of action is best .
I went into his office historical and came out calm sorted and smiling .
That a brilliant law firm to me .
Don't hesitate like I did just ring them

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Peter

Peter

August 01, 2022

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Absolute disgrace

This firm is an absolute disgrace. They singlemindedly failed to defend me from conviction despite having reams of evidence to prove my innocence. They took one month to make further contact, then immediately, and very, very rudely refused to fix their mistake or continue in any way with my very serious problem. They ought to have apologised for their extremely harmful, shoddy service and sought to overturn the conviction in order for me to seek compensation from the complainant and associated authorities. Absolutely appalling.

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Catherine

Matter Type:

New home purchases and sales

Catherine

September 20, 2021

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Ok if you want to do everything yourself!

On having an offer accepted on my first home, I contacted Meikles and other Solicitors for a quote. They seemed to be the most reasonably priced so I agreed to allow them to act on my behalf...how I wish I hadn't!

The amount of mistakes that were made were shameful. A letter I received stated I was borrowing £10 more than I was and that I was paying £500 less than I actually was for my home. The Land Transaction Return I was sent to sign was filled with mistakes, the most concerning being that they had registered me already living in the property I was in the process of buying.

The firm refused to contact the Bank when I had a querying, stating that they had always had problems with Barclays and were unwilling to ring them. I had then had to spend time chasing up queries on both parts.

I was never given any regular updates on my case and I was always having to chase for answers. I also found the tone of some of the staff to be quite rude and I was sometimes made to feel . I explained on several occasions that I was a first time buyer and would possibly have questions which others wouldn't.

On several occasions I was referred to as Mrs, despite me never being married and never showing them any evidence of this. And then the last letter I received had a completely new spelling of my name!

As a Solicitors firm, I was shocked at the amount of mistakes that were made and their lack of customer service. I would not recommend this firm to anyone in the same situation as me.

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About this branch

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Solicitors Regulation Authority

Legal services

Personal areas of law

  • Consumer
    • Consumer Disputes
    • Litigation - Breach of contract
    • Litigation - Insurance disputes
    • Litigation - M&A and warranty disputes
    • Litigation - Product liability claims
    • Litigation - Property litigation claims
    • Litigation - Trust and pension issues
    • Litigation Law
  • Crime/ Criminal Defence
    • Assault
    • Business Crime
    • Criminal Damage
    • Criminal defence - All
    • Drugs offences
    • Murder and Manslaughter
    • Professional Conduct
    • Regulatory Defence
    • Theft
  • Employment
    • Agency Staff / Temp Workers
    • Constructive/Unfair Dismissal
    • Disciplinary Hearings
    • Discrimination at Work
    • Employee Team Moves
    • Employment Contracts
    • Equal Pay Disputes
    • Family Leave
    • Flexible Working
    • Gardening Leave
    • Harassment/Bullying at Work
    • Holiday Pay Issues
    • Maternity and Paternity
    • Part Time Workers
    • Pension Law
    • Privacy and Data Protection
    • Professional Discipline
    • Redundancy
    • Restrictive Covenants
    • Senior Executives
    • Settlement Agreements
    • Stress at Work
    • TUPE
    • Tribunal Claims
    • UK Employment Laws
    • Unfair Dismissal Claims
    • Whistleblower Protection
  • Family Law
    • Adoption, Surrogacy, Care and Special Guardianship
    • Asset protection and tax mitigation
    • Child Arrangements Following Divorce
    • Child Law
    • Child Relocation After Divorce
    • Child contact
    • Children
    • Children Act proceedings
    • Civil Partnership Dissolution
    • Civil partnerships
    • Cohabitation agreements and disputes
    • Cohabitation and Unmarried Relationships
    • Collaborative Law
    • Divorce After A Brain Or Other Serious Injury
    • Domestic Abuse
    • Family Mediation
    • Family law
    • Financial Matters
    • Grandparents' Rights
    • Inheritance Act claims
    • Injunctions
    • Lasting power of attorney
    • Matrimonial finance
    • Out Of Court Divorce
    • Parental responsibility, paternity disputes, surrogacy
    • Pension and property advice
    • Pre and Post Nuptial Agreements
    • Separation Agreement
    • Social Services
    • Unmarried Couples' Rights
  • Housing & Property
    • Anti-social Behaviour
    • Boundary Disputes
    • Buying at auction
    • Declarations of trusts
    • Deeds of Gifts
    • Deeds of easements, variation, deeds of rectifications
    • Dilapidation Claims
    • Evicting Squatters and Trespassers
    • Exclusivity and lock-out agreements
    • Extending your Lease
    • Freehold Enfranchisement
    • Housing Associations
    • Housing Management
    • Housing disputes
    • Injunctions
    • Investment and buy to let properties
    • Landlord and Tenant
    • Lease Extensions
    • Leasehold properties
    • Matrimonial transfers
    • Neighbour Disputes
    • New home purchases and sales
    • Option agreements and conditional contracts
    • Possession and repossession proceedings
    • Property Disputes
    • Purchase and Sale
    • Remortgaging
    • Renting and Tenancy Agreements
    • Repossessions
    • Residential Conveyancing
    • Restrictive Covenants, Easements and Wayleaves
    • Right of First Refusal
    • Right of Way and Rights to Light
    • Right to Manage
    • Service Charge Disputes
    • Service Charge Recovery
    • Tenancy Breaches, Injunctions and Forfeiture Claims
    • Tenant Eviction
    • Transfer of title
    • Transfers of equity
    • Transfers of parts of land
    • Unpaid Rent, Service or Ground Charges
  • Money & Tax
    • Debt and Bankruptcy
  • Personal Injury
    • Against The Council
    • Benefits Available To Asbestos Victims
    • Diffuse Mesothelioma Payment Scheme
    • Gym Injury Compensation
    • Personal Injury Law
    • Welfare Issues After Serious Injury
  • Welfare & Benefits
    • Mental Health
  • Wills, Trusts & Probate
    • Probate
    • Wills

Business areas of law

  • Company & Commercial
    • Credit Control
    • Debt Recovery
    • Employment - business