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Darby & Darby

01803 313656
4.8/5
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Our team of Lawyers and support staff cover a wide range of legal services. Our areas of expertise include Residential Conveyancing; Commercial Conveyancing; Criminal Defence; Wills & Inheritance Tax planning; Probate & Trusts; Divorce and Separation. Please browse through the pages of our site to view our services and staff in more detail. Read more...

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Darby & Darby
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4-5 Hauley Road
Dartmouth
TQ6 9AA

51 Fore Street
Brixham
TQ5 8AG

4-5 Hauley Road
Dartmouth
TQ6 9AA

51 Fore Street
Brixham
TQ5 8AG

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Benjamin John Darby

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How Darby & Darby Compares

Value for money

This firm - 94%
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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 5%
About Right 92%

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Would recommend to
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The reviewer can select either “Yes” or “No”.

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Yes 95%
No 5%

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Rankings by area of expertise

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

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Nationally

Consumer
1st / 3
497th / 4500
Housing & Property
1st / 1
746th / 4215
Family Law
1st / 1
759th / 3815
Wills, Trusts & Probate
1st / 4
587th / 3468
Commercial Property
1st / 1
558th / 3275
Employment
1st / 3
497th / 3056
Regulations
1st / 1
253rd / 2501
Crime/ Criminal Defence
1st / 4
279th / 2080
Agriculture
1st / 1
235th / 613

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

    139

  • Very Good

    8

  • Average

    1

  • Poor

    1

  • Awful

    5

Overall experience

  • Value For Money
  • Communication
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Helen B

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Helen B

July 01, 2025

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Separation Advice

Advice was sought regarding financial matters following a relationship breakdown within my family.
The clarification of the facts was extremely helpful and even though the news wasn't all good it was delivered in a very considerate and sensitive manner.
Ultimately the advice has enabled us to go forward with the matter and hopefully we move on with our lives one day.

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A.A.Davidson

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A.A.Davidson

May 14, 2025

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my divorce

I sadly got divorced after 43yrs, it was a difficult time for me and David Charles was very helpful and understanding , guiding me through the process, he responded and acted quickly to my instruction , as opposed to my ex partners solicitor , who seemed to take everything at a snails pace.
I would recommend Darby&Darby for anyone needing legal services , I've used them on several times over the last 20+ years and have recommended them to several friends , all have rated them very highly.

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Brian
Housing & Property

Matter Type:

Residential Conveyancing

Brian

January 27, 2025

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A breath of fresh air.

I knew selling my 90 year old parents bungalow would be a difficult experience, but I was wrong, thanks to the professional, friendly and compassionate manner from everybody I dealt with at Darby & Darby.

It was so refreshing to use a local firm that meant that we could have face to face meetings, rather than use the web based dashboard system that we experienced with our previous national chain Law firm.

From offer to completion only took 10 days, I have to say I was astounded.

I couldn’t recommend Darby & Darby enough, and will certainly use them for our future legal work.

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John Wakefield

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John Wakefield

September 25, 2024

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LPA process

I was recently diagnosed with Early Onset Alzheimers so I was advised to set up a lasting power of attorney and will which I have done with Darby and Darby.
Anthea Wilson who dealt with me all the way through the process was very patient and professional with me, explaining the processes in detail as I can get very confused with paperwork now.
Darby and Darby kept me up to date with what was happening throughout and made the appointments around my availability very easy.

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Anonymous

September 24, 2024

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Divorce

Consistent, patient and exemplary advice given in the face of considerable, and offensive professional hostility shown by the opposing client and solicitors.

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Stephen
Wills, Trusts & Probate

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Wills

Stephen

September 20, 2024

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Brilliant Professional Service

On moving to Devon in 2016 we decided to amend our wills and in 2018 employed darby&darby solicitors after looking at the previous reviews. We saw Ben Darby and his attention to detail and excellent customer service was superb. We have recently amended our wills (2024) to reflect some changes in our children's circumstances and once again the service, this time being Andrew Carman, was once again courteous, professional and comfortable. We have no hesitation recommending this firm of solicitors. Stephen & Kasia

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Ian and Marion

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Ian and Marion

September 11, 2024

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Conveyencing

Friendly service helpful advice would recommend them

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Anonymous

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August 12, 2024

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Will

My will needed updating. Anthea Wilson understood my instructions perfectly, rewrote the will and arranged for signature and safe storage. I was delighted with the service received

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August 08, 2024

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Excellent

Different solicitors for different topics.

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Keith & Lorraine Taylor

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Keith & Lorraine Taylor

August 07, 2024

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Very welcoming as new clients. Nice main office and staff very polite. Pleasant to of been bade goodbye by staff when leaving. Not so good was the amount of time sending legal papers to family members for signature FOUR weeks after matter dealt with. With it presently taking some 20 weeks for Power of Attorney to be registered, this delay has only added to this time and is quite disapointing.

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Iain

January 25, 2022

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sorted our purchase quickly and professionally

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July 27, 2021

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The next time I sell a house in the UK I'll choose someone else

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June 20, 2021

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Darby & Darby provided great service in our dealings, responding quickly to any queries I had and present a warm, friendly atmosphere. I would recommend for anyone looking for a good firm!

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April 22, 2021

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Ruth

Excellent conveyancing service. Highly responsive, thorough and good value.
I would definitely use again and recommend.

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Keith

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April 03, 2021

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Keith

Dealt with my query in a very professional manner and were very polite and helpful, would recommend this company of Lawyers..

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Personal areas of law

  • Consumer
    • 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
    • Fraud
    • Murder and Manslaughter
    • Professional Conduct
    • Regulatory Defence
    • Theft
  • Employment
    • Media and Sports
  • Family Law
    • Adoption, Surrogacy, Care and Special Guardianship
    • Asset protection and tax mitigation
    • Children
    • 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
    • Matrimonial finance
    • Out Of Court Divorce
    • Parental responsibility, paternity disputes, surrogacy
    • Pension and property advice
    • Pre and Post Nuptial Agreements
    • Separation
    • 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
    • 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
  • Wills, Trusts & Probate
    • Probate
    • Trusts
    • Wills

Business areas of law

  • Commercial Property
    • Commercial Leases
    • Commercial mortgages
    • Developer disputes
    • Development plot sales
    • Environmental policy law
    • Finance
    • Investment purchases and Buy to Let
    • Landlord and tenant
    • Purchase and Sale Of Commercial Property
    • Purchase of development land
    • Rights of way issues
    • Sales or purchases of shops, factories, warehouses, offices and licensed premises
  • Regulations
    • Licensing
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