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Hart Reade LLP

01323841481
4.7/5
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Hart Reade LLP is a long established yet modern solicitors practice with a track record for providing helpful and reliable legal advice to clients for over 110 years. We are pleased to serve the communities of Eastbourne, Meads, Polegate and Hailsham, as well as the rest of East Sussex and beyond. Read more...

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Hart Reade LLP
Hart Reade LLP
Hart Reade LLP

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Hart Reade LLP
have 2 other locations

104 South Street
Eastbourne
BN21 4LW

55 High Street
Polegate
BN26 6AL

104 South Street
Eastbourne
BN21 4LW

55 High Street
Polegate
BN26 6AL

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Available lawyers at Hart Reade LLP

Helen Hatcher

5.0 out of 5
(15)
Conveyancing Assistant

Coral Burr

5.0 out of 5
(12)
Conveyancing Executive

Kate Lacey

4.8 out of 5
(6)
Solicitor

Charlotte Clarke

5.0 out of 5
(4)
Solicitor

Laura Mitchell

5.0 out of 5
(4)
Solicitor

Andrew Pluck

5.0 out of 5
(2)
Solicitor

Connor Earl

5.0 out of 5
(2)
Conveyancing Executive, MCILEx

Greg Saunders

5.0 out of 5
(2)
Partner, FCILEx

Jan Hollands

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(2)
Chartered Legal Executive, FCILEx

Faye Smith

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Heather Smith

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Alexandra Funnell

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Danielle Archer

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Chartered Legal Executive, FCILEx

Guy Brown

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Jacqueline Penfold

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How Hart Reade LLP Compares

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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 94%
No 6%

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This firm - 94%
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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 94%
No 6%

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Rankings by area of expertise

The rankings below show the areas of expertise that Hart Reade LLP 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

Company & Commercial
1st / 1
455th / 4271
Housing & Property
1st / 3
364th / 4211
Family Law
1st / 3
487th / 3805
Wills, Trusts & Probate
1st / 2
429th / 3459
Commercial Property
1st / 1
505th / 3268
Employment
1st / 2
384th / 3049

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

4.7/5

Reviews summary

  • Excellent

    106

  • Very Good

    3

  • Average

    0

  • Poor

    0

  • Awful

    7

Overall experience

  • Value For Money
  • Communication
  • Initial Impressions
  • Approachability
  • Documentation Accuracy
  • Legal knowledge
Becky
Family Law

Matter Type:

Divorce

Becky

April 27, 2025

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I cannot thank Greg enough!

Greg Saunders represented me in a sensitive and complicated divorce. His advice was spot-on. Incredibly professional and thorough. He and his team responded promptly to all my enquires, and I cannot fault the compassion and sensitivity they met me with. Thank you.

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Sue
Housing & Property

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Matter Type:

Residential Conveyancing

Sue

April 12, 2024

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A pleasant experience!

I had such a pleasant experience!
Connor is a caring and kind person, who made a process that can often be stressful, very reassuring and easy .

Would highly recommend if you want someone not only efficient but who provided the human touch too!

Many thanks Connor and Vicki !

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Violet O’Connor
Housing & Property

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Matter Type:

Buying at auction

Violet O’Connor

July 26, 2025

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Very happy with the service i received.

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Very happy with the service i received.

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Charlotte

Charlotte

July 18, 2025

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Sebastian Hale-Smith

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Thank you for your help and support. You were able to explain everything we needed to know.

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Anonymous

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Anonymous

July 17, 2025

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Excellent personal and professional service

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Helen Hatcher dealt with the sale of the house we'd inherited in a very efficient and professional way. She provided a personal service and was always friendly and quick to understand our needs. The whole transaction went through smoothly, thanks to the advice that we received. Thank you

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pippa Ailion
Housing & Property

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Matter Type:

Residential Conveyancing

pippa Ailion

July 11, 2025

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conveyancing

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Very easy journey with Helen. informative and professional.

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Diana Meredith

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Diana Meredith

June 03, 2025

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A Very Positive Experience!

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We would highly recommend
Helen Hatcher services. Everything from start to finish was a very positive experience.
Helen was very thorough and efficient, a pleasure to deal with. We had no hold ups and were able to complete our house purchase all within our time frame.
Helen actually made our house purchase a pleasant experience.

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Stephanie

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Stephanie

June 03, 2025

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Probate

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At a sad time the solicitor was empathetic and clear, easing my anxieties and giving me confidence that probate would be a very straightforward process. Heather was able to explain the role of the executor and gave me reassurance to consider decisions re my late mother's estate. She was always very prompt and helpful in her communications. I greatly appreciated her support at such a difficult period of my life.

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KMcC

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KMcC

May 28, 2025

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Fantastic, efficient, professional and superb communication

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Helen was exceptional. A professional through and through.
She is an excellent communicator, while also being highly experienced and very efficient at progressing the work. I would highly recommend the services of Helen (and Andrew Pluck) at Hart Reade.



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Susan

Susan

May 26, 2025

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Highly recommended Solicitor

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Solicitor was much younger than I was expecting but he knew his job well. Had a very nice way of putting things & this got a result which prevented Court.

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Natalie

Natalie

June 23, 2025

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Natalie

Very good service, personable, friendly, reassuring during a stressful time and got the work done. Many thanks to all the staff.

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Jennifer

Jennifer

May 10, 2025

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Jennifer

After several poor experiences with other Solicitors, we were delighted to find a very satisfactory service provided by Hart Reade. They handled the re-writing of joint Wills for us, and we found them to be very accessible, very professional, pleasant and helpful to deal with. Their offices in Hailsham are excellent and there is easy parking nearby.

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Holly

April 02, 2025

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Holly

We used Hart Reade to buy our first property and we cannot fault them! Connor and Victoria were both amazing and our emails were always replied to within hours of them being sent!
The whole process took just over 6 weeks!
Thank you Hart Reade we will definitely be using you again!

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David

David

January 08, 2025

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Tina
Thank you
For your guidance support and help .During thr last several years of uncertainty and pain .
Because of divorce and financial hurdles.
I am now able to rebuild my life .
Thank you
God bless
Dave Farrer

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Sarah

Sarah

January 24, 2024

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Sarah

Great service, great communication leading to a smooth conveyance, thank you. Will be recommending you.

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Founded in 1910, Hart Reade proudly provides a high quality legal service for individuals and businesses across East Sussex, and beyond. We have a friendly, professional team of qualified lawyers and dedicated support staff committed to helping you with your personal and business affairs. We are a Lexcel accredited practice, fully insured, and authorised and regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority. You can trust us to protect your interests.

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Personal areas of law

  • Employment
    • Agency Staff / Temp Workers
    • Constructive/Unfair Dismissal
    • Discrimination at Work
    • Employee Team Moves
    • Employment Contracts
    • Employment Law
    • Equal Pay Disputes
    • Family Leave
    • Flexible Working
    • Gardening Leave
    • Harassment/Bullying at Work
    • Holiday Pay Issues
    • Maternity and Paternity
    • Part Time Workers
    • Pay Issue
    • Redundancy
    • Restrictive Covenants
    • Senior Executives
    • Settlement Agreements
    • Stress at Work
    • TUPE
    • Tribunal Claims
    • UK Employment Laws
    • Unfair Dismissal Claims
    • Whistleblower Protection
  • Housing & Property
    • Boundary Disputes
    • Buying at auction
    • Declarations of trusts
    • Deeds of Gifts
    • Deeds of easements, variation, deeds of rectifications
    • Extending your Lease
    • 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
    • Planning
    • Property Disputes
    • Purchase and Sale
    • Remortgaging
    • Renting and Tenancy Agreements
    • Repossessions
    • Residential Conveyancing
    • Restrictive Covenants, Easements and Wayleaves
    • Right of Way and Rights to Light
    • Transfer of title
    • Transfers of equity
    • Transfers of parts of land

Business areas of law

  • Commercial Property
    • Commercial Leases
    • Commercial mortgages
    • Developer disputes
    • Development plot sales
    • Investment purchases and Buy to Let
    • Landlord and tenant
    • Planning law
    • 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
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