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How Farnfields LLP Compares

Value for money

This firm - 98%
National Average
Poor Competitive Excellent

Excellent does not necessarily mean ‘cheap’. It means that clients thought that the level of service received was Excellent for what they paid.

This score has been calculated using up to the last 300 reviews left by clients of Farnfields LLP on ReviewSolicitors.

As part of our review questionnaire we ask reviewer questions about the value for money they felt they received by using Farnfields LLP. These questions include:

  • 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.

Underpriced 0%
Overpriced 1%
About Right 98%

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Would recommend to
friends and family

This firm - 99%
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ReviewSolicitors uses our community data to show you how many clients used Farnfields LLP and have had a satisfactory experience where they have indicated that they would recommend the services of the law firm to their friends and family.

You can use this data to see how Farnfields 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 99%
No 1%

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Satisfied with
outcome of matter

This firm - 99%
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ReviewSolicitors uses our community data to show you how many clients used Farnfields LLP and were satisfied with the outcome of their matter. Being satisfied with the outcome of your matter is an important consideration to have in mind.

You can use this data to see how Farnfields LLP compares to the national average of clients being satisfied with the outcome of their matter after instructing a solicitor.

As part of our review questionnaire we ask the question:

"Were you satisfied with the outcome of your case?"

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 99%
No 1%

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Rankings by area of expertise

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

Data shown above is based on the reviews and client feedback collected by ReviewSolicitors over the last 12 months.

Review Sources

Client Reviews

4.9/5

Reviews summary

  • Excellent

    1133
  • Very Good

    26
  • Average

    1
  • Poor

    5
  • Awful

    12

Overall experience

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

Matter Type:

Residential Conveyancing

Sarah

August 01, 2025

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Excellent Solicitors

My recommendation would be Helen Phillips. Helen has been very friendly and helpful in the sale of our property and you couldn't ask for a more professional firm for your conveyancing needs.

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July 28, 2025

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LPOA's & Wills

My wife and I had the pleasure of working with Ann (LPOA) and Tamasine (Wills). We found them both to be extremely friendly and knowledgeable explaining the finer details of the process and implications to a level we could understand. Any queries or issues arising during the process were promptly dealt with and much patience shown. We also received guidance with Expression of Wishes to accompany our LPOA and Wills which was a great help to us. Cannot praise them enough for the help and guidance they gave us. Highly recommend them both.

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karen

Matter Type:

Residential Conveyancing

karen

June 30, 2025

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Excellent conveyancing experience.

We used Helen Phillips as our conveyancer when recently selling our flat. She was extremely helpful, responsive & efficient throughout the process and I really cannot recommend her highly enough, a really excellent experience, thank you Helen!

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Sam

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Residential Conveyancing

Sam

June 06, 2025

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Seamless house sale

Leah was highly professional and made the sale of my property a stress free expirience!

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Katy

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Purchase and Sale

Katy

June 02, 2025

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Amazing

I could not fault Helen Phillips at all throughout our entire journey! She was honest and clear from the outset, kept us fully informed at each stage, was always contactable to answer questions & queries and was a pleasure to deal with. I would highly recommend Helen due to her first class service, knowledge and professionalism. She really put us at ease and made what could have been a stressful experience very easy!

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Anonymous

Matter Type:

Probate

Anonymous

April 28, 2025

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Probate patience

Our family used Farnfields Shaftesbury to help us navigate Probate for my Mother in Law's Estate. This was so helpful because we needed to ask the executors (The Bank) to step down and also set up a Deed of Variation which was all handled so professionally and smoothly by Farnfields. They set up an Executors bank account and advised us of the sensible route to disburse the money within the family. We couldn't have done this without Farnfields. Patience, face to face meetings and email made the whole process manageable.

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Paddy

Matter Type:

Purchase and Sale

Paddy

March 05, 2025

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Good Firm of Family Solicitors

We have used Farnfields as our solicitors for over 20 years. Chris Pleasants and Clare Cross from their Gillingham office recently handled, professionally and efficiently, the completion of our new house and I can highly recommend this family solicitors firm to anybody looking for legal services in the area.

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Precious

Matter Type:

Purchase and Sale

Precious

January 28, 2025

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Excellent Service for Both Buying and Selling!

I have had an excellent experience working with Ella-Rose Sitch and Lucy Liney, both for the purchase of my first flat and now its sale. They were incredibly efficient, and approachable throughout both processes. Their communication was clear, timely, and always reassuring, which made the whole experience much less stressful. I very much appreciated their attention to detail and the care they took to ensure everything ran smoothly. I highly recommend their services and would not hesitate to work with them again in the future!

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Robert

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Residential Conveyancing

Robert

December 17, 2024

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Highly recommended

I used Farnfields as my conveyancer to buy a property. Both Ella-Rose and Lucy were brilliant from start to finish, very helpful and responsive, and patient during my 'wobble' periods too. I wouldn't hesitate to recommend them.

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Sam

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New home purchases and sales

Sam

November 25, 2024

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Would recommend to anyone!

I couldn't be more positive about working with Helen at Farnfields if I tried. It was a fantastic experience from beginning to end. Helen was exceptional at her work and a pleasure to deal with. Would recommend her and the company to anyone!

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Barbara

Matter Type:

Purchase and Sale

Barbara

July 20, 2025

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Barbara

This is the third time I've used Farnfields for the sale and purchase of property. They are absolutely brilliant. I would thoroughly recommend.

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Kate

Matter Type:

Equestrian property

Kate

July 16, 2025

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Kate

Alaina Hopgood (Senior Solicitor) and Leanne Brock (Legal Secretary) assisted us with the sale of equestrian land and the purchase of a new home. We received excellent service on both transactions. Documents were turned around very promptly and Alaina's knowledge and experience of land and equestrian transactions meant that everything went smoothly. Between them, there was always someone to answer our questions and help us with the two very different transactions. We were involved in a chain and nailing down an exchange and completion was challenging but Alaina and Leanne were always accommodating with what was required. It was by far the best experience we have ever had buying and selling property and we are very happy to recommend Alaina Hopgood and Leanne Brock whose expertise made it as painless as it could be. Thanks to them both for their efficiency and help.

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Jackie

Matter Type:

Purchase and Sale

Jackie

July 07, 2025

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Jackie

Our experience of the conveyancing services at Farnfields Solicitors has been a very positive one. Helen Phillips dealt with the whole process in an efficient and friendly manner involving excellent attention to detail answering any questions/problems promptly. A very reassuring service which we would highly recommend.

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Karen

Matter Type:

Purchase and Sale

Karen

June 30, 2025

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Karen

Helen Phillips provided an excellent service when selling our flat, very responsive, helpful & efficient, highly recommended!

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John

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Purchase and Sale

John

June 18, 2025

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John

Excellent service, thoughtful, proactive and going the extra mile to complete our house sale on time.

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About this branch

Description

Farnfields at a glance: • Farnfields Solicitors is a well-established law firm in Dorset, Wiltshire, Somerset and further afield providing a comprehensive range of services for business and individual clients • Our specialist legal advisors provide help to both individuals and businesses across a wide range of legal services • Farnfields is LEXCEL and CQS accredited and several of our solicitors are members of STEP and Association of Lifetime Lawyers. • Farnfields has three offices in Shaftesbury, Gillingham and Warminster. • We have been in existence for over 80 years and have a team of over a 100 people, including twelve partners • We strongly believe in supporting the communities in which we work including; sponsorship of North Dorset Rugby Club based in Gillingham, TLW Dance in Shaftesbury, The Exchange in Sturminster Newton and Shaftesbury Youth Cricket Club

Practice areas

Residential and commercial property. Family, mediation and collaborative law. Probate, wills and powers of attorney. Civil litigation and employment. Corporate and commercial agricultural.

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Solicitors Regulation Authority

Legal services

Personal areas of law

  • Family Law
    • Adoption, Surrogacy, Care and Special Guardianship
    • Annulment
    • Asset protection and tax mitigation
    • Child Access
    • Child Arrangements Following Divorce
    • Child Custody
    • 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
    • Divorce
    • Divorce After A Brain Or Other Serious Injury
    • Divorce Mediation
    • Domestic Violence
    • Elderly care
    • Family Mediation
    • Family law
    • Financial Matters
    • Fixed Fee Divorce
    • Grandparents' Rights
    • High Net Worth Divorce
    • Injunctions
    • International Divorce
    • Lasting power of attorney
    • Legal aid
    • Marriage and civil partnerships
    • 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
    • Boundary Disputes
    • Buying at auction
    • Declarations of trusts
    • Deeds of easements, variation, deeds of rectifications
    • 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
    • Option agreements and conditional contracts
    • Planning
    • Possession and repossession proceedings
    • 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
    • Second charges
    • 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
    • Inheritance Tax
    • Insolvency and bankruptcy
    • Property Holding Structures
    • Tax
    • Tax Compliance Services
    • Trusts
  • Notary
    • Notary
  • Wills, Trusts & Probate
    • Disputed Trusts
    • Disputed Wills
    • International
    • Probate
    • Trusts
    • Wills

Business areas of law

  • Agriculture
    • Agricultural land for sale or development
    • Buying and selling a farm
    • Commercial contracts for farming businesses
    • Employment of farm workers
    • Equestrian property
    • Farming disputes
  • Commercial Property
    • Commercial mortgages
    • Developer disputes
    • Development plot sales
    • Finance
    • 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
  • Company & Commercial
    • Agency agreements
    • Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)
    • Asset Tracing
    • Business structures and joint ventures
    • Commercial Contracts and Agreements
    • Commercial Litigation Matters
    • Competition law
    • Contract law
    • Contractual Disputes
    • Corporate Law
    • Corporate finance
    • Credit Control
    • Data Protection
    • Employment - business
    • Franchising
    • Insolvency and Bankruptcy
    • Intellectual Property
    • Management buyouts
    • Merchandising and sponsorship
    • Outsourcing agreements
    • Partnership and LLP law
    • Sales and Purchases
    • Setting up a business
    • Shareholder Agreements
    • Shareholder and Partnership Disputes
    • Small businesses
    • Statutory Demands
    • Tax
  • Dispute Resolution
    • Mediation