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7a Magdalen Street, Colchester, Essex, CO1 2JT

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7a Magdalen Street, Colchester, Essex, CO1 2JT

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HS Legal Solicitors Ltd Review Scores & Client Satisfaction Overview

4.6
Excellent
94%
Value for
Money
92%
Success
Rate
92%
Would
Recommend
Communication 4.7/5
Initial Impressions 4.8/5
Approachability 4.7/5
Documentation Accuracy 4.6/5
Legal Knowledge 4.7/5
Value for money 4.7/5

Accreditations

HS Legal Solicitors Ltd are accredited by

Immigration and Asylum accreditation awarded to HS Legal Solicitors Ltd
The Law Society accreditation awarded to HS Legal Solicitors Ltd
Conveyancing Quality Scheme accreditation awarded to HS Legal Solicitors Ltd
Trading names:
HS Legal Solicitors

Description

HS Legal Solicitors first opened its doors in 2004 and since then we have provided quality legal services in the Essex area. We combine our legal expertise with our astute commercial awareness to protect the best interests of our clients, whether those clients are businesses or private individuals.

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HS Legal Solicitors Ltd Review Scores & Client Satisfaction Overview

4.4
Excellent
89%
Value for
Money
6% above
national average
88%
Success
Rate
6% above
national average
88%
Would
Recommend
7% above
national average
Communication 4.5/5
Initial Impressions 4.5/5
Approachability 4.5/5
Documentation Accuracy 4.5/5
Legal Knowledge 4.5/5
Value for money 4.5/5

Accreditations

HS Legal Solicitors Ltd are accredited by

Immigration and Asylum accreditation awarded to HS Legal Solicitors Ltd
The Law Society accreditation awarded to HS Legal Solicitors Ltd
Conveyancing Quality Scheme accreditation awarded to HS Legal Solicitors Ltd
Trading names:
HS Legal Solicitors

Description

HS Legal Solicitors first opened its doors in 2004 and since then we have provided quality legal services in the Essex area. We combine our legal expertise with our astute commercial awareness to protect the best interests of our clients, whether those clients are businesses or private individuals.

Rankings by area of expertise

The rankings below show the areas of expertise that HS Legal Solicitors Ltd offers to clients. You can see how good the service offered is in comparison to all other law firms nationally / locally.

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Opening hours

Monday 09:00–17:00
Tuesday 09:00–17:00 (Open)
Wednesday 09:00–17:00
Thursday 09:00–17:00
Friday 09:00–17:00
Saturday (Closed)
Sunday (Closed)

7a Magdalen Street, Colchester, Essex, CO1 2JT

Reviews

4.6 /5 59 Reviews
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What clients say about HS Legal Solicitors Ltd

Clients praise the firm’s conveyancing and residential property expertise, highlighting efficient handling of purchases, sales, transfers and land transactions at competitive prices. Reviewers value clear, timely communication, responsiveness (often same‑day replies), persistence chasing other solicitors, organisation and attention to detail. The team is described as professional, helpful, approachable and empathetic, making stressful transactions smoother; clients appreciate transparency, good value, a useful online progress portal and a proactive, client‑focused approach.

responsive communication
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professional team
efficient service
good value
kept updated
timely responses
well organised
easy online
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Bobby

Housing & Property

Downright abysmal - poor quality and lack of professionalism

They provided the cheapest quote for a auction process purchase for a flat via a limited company. It became apparent that the individuals in charge had no experience or clue of dealing with auction processes. They tried to justify this by claiming that the process was 'complicated', but it was not. They simply did not know what they were doing. Amongst other things: - Missed fundamental information in the reports, e.g., did not pick up on, nor provide commentary on the Special Conditions of Sale -something that is standard in auction processes - Did not acknowledge their mistakes - When such mistakes cost up money, we ended up having to 'negotiate' for them to cover some of the additional costs - which they only reluctantly agreed to, without accepting responsibility for the errors. - Documentation that should have been forwarded on, was not - Did not provide accurate completion statements that had been provided by the seller's solicitors, despite having received an updated completion statement prior to completion - Did not care to inform us that we had overpaid the amount due at completion, albeit by a paltry £30. Whether knowingly, or unintentionally, this simply should never happen with solicitors - they should hold themselves to a higher bar of integrity. - Had to be chased repeatedly and on multiple occasions - Whilst acknowledged 'deficiencies' and 'errors' had been made, at no point offered a sincere apology, nor compensation. - Final completion statement prices differed from initial quotation and this had to be pointed out to them. - Overall, too much stress, too much time taken checking everything they were sending across. Complete lack of trust in them.

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Omer

Swift service and excellent communication.

Highly recommend Mhmed. Very knowledgeable and hard working. Kept me informed throughout the process and constantly chased the other solicitors to ensure that completion done in time.

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Nada

Poor conveyancing experience

Multiple mistakes in the course of conveyancing, starting with putting the wrong buyer name on the contract, marking the purchase as "limited company" instead of normal personal purchase of a 1st time house, and lastly by accepting a 5% less deposit on the contract signed by the seller compared to the higher figure transferred to their account and stated on my, the buyer's contract. which I discovered after sale completion when i asked for a copy of the signed contract. Poor integrity: claiming that "it is a legal rule to put 10% only on the contract but to transfer any amount" No communication whatsoever with a qualified solicitor from a start to finish. No communication with the paralegal who are not experienced at conveyancing and have made repeated serious mistakes in the sale papers and wasting time and causing more stress to an already stressful process. They don't advise you on the process at all. they don't check documents received from the seller's solicitor and after I reviewed a couple of docs i discovered multiple discrepancies/errors that made me realize i had to fact check every document myself; to discover more issues! They did not stick to the initially agreed time frame although all parties were ready to complete by a specific date and the searches' outcome came back in reasonable time- until i advised i am using a different solicitor to complete, which has prompted them to complete the conveyancing within a week! Totally monetary driven- They explicitly and shamelessly work against their client's best interest. Only gross negligence and poor integrity can describe their way of working.

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Amy

Housing & Property

Unreachable, avoid this solicitor

You cannot get hold of this solicitor he is always out of office and never returns calls or responds to email queries. Sent wrong documentation for another case. Withheld funds after completion for over 5 days. Do not be blind sighted by their initial responses and the ease of their app. This company is atrocious! They will ignore emails and be out of office everytime you ring. If you want a Solicitors advice on anything don't expect to get through to anyone or have any response back. Their emails are all robotic and will likely be irrelevant to your initial emails. We constantly had our buyer and vendor on our cases within the chain as they'd had no communication for days even on day of completion they had an issue with releasing keys due to not being able to have the solicitor confirm everything had gone through. Then, if and when you do eventually complete, these solicitor will hold onto your money for as long as possible and show no intention of sending funds across. They wont even acknowledge or respond to queries of why it hasn't been sent or when it will be. Considering they have a legal obligation to get the money to you as quickly as possible they do not adhere to this.

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Alison

Haider met my very tight deadline! It was a huge relief!

I bought at auction and had to meet a 28 day deadline which Jawad’s team did for me and I’m very grateful thank you all ! Xx

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Tom Kambouris

Tom

Jawad and his team were very professional, thorough, and timely with their communication and conveyance of my 85 year old mom's purchase of a flat. The seller was a company and was very passive and less motivated to push the sale through to it's conclusion. Repeatedly, Jawad and team chased and chased the seller's solicitor to advance the process. I have no reservations in using HS Legal again and recommending others to do the same.

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June Hill

June

I found the firm to be friendly helpful and above all responsive to all my correspondence. There were a few messages from my buyer saying they had not received a response, but to be fair these all seemed to have been expecting an immediate response and when I contacted HS Legal, they were already on it and dealt with things straight away. Everything went through smoothly with the sale. I wouldn't hesitate to recommend them.

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M Irshad

A client

Highly recommended. Very active in conveyincing process and quick response .Good value for money.I would definitely use their services in future also.

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Junyu Li

Junyu

The Jawad Team was highly professional and enabled me to complete my real estate transaction with satisfaction. Throughout the process, they consistently prioritized the client’s interests. In particular, their pricing was very fair.

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Jon

Appalling. I had to sack them. They had eight weeks on my case and did not even request searches. The solicitor would never accept or return my calls and did not do one thing in this period despite constant chasing from me. In their infrequent communications - They asked the same questions over and over again and never took any note of the answers. For some reason they thought I was based in Japan (even though my file / ID /Address clearly showed I was in UK) and they made basic mistakes (asking for residential elements on a commerical transaction). They had no idea what was going on. AVOID AVOID AVOID

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Clients praise the firm’s conveyancing and residential property expertise, highlighting efficient handling of purchases, sales, transfers and land transactions at competitive prices. Reviewers value clear, timely communication, responsiveness (often same‑day replies), persistence chasing other solicitors, organisation and attention to detail. The team is described as professional, helpful, approachable and empathetic, making stressful transactions smoother; clients appreciate transparency, good value, a useful online progress portal and a proactive, client‑focused approach.

responsive communication
chased others
professional team
efficient service
good value
kept updated
timely responses
well organised
easy online
attention to detail

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anonymous

Lair solicitors

not recommended for anyone he is a lying solicitor who only cares about money he can’t do his job properly

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Hazem

was abig mistake I used them

Do not trust this office They are very nice to you till you pay them money soon they get payment from you completely change they stop🛑 answering your phone ☎️ when you keep trying to call the office tills you liar after liar with my experience with them it was abig mistake I used them that’s why I’m leaving this review for everyone else to be very careful going to them I don’t recommend this bad service to any one ☝️

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anonymous

Avoid this soliciter jawad mahmood

Very bad never agan with this company I lost 3 buyer due to delay they are very liars i cant bleieve they are a solicitors Please avoid hs legal solicitors

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anonymous

Very very very bad service please avoid this company

I would strongly advise anyone not to use this firm based on my experience. What should have been a straightforward transfer of equity turned into a 6–7 month ordeal due entirely to their lack of care, organisation, and urgency. This process should have taken 1–4 weeks. There were no negotiations required, no legal advice needed, and all documentation was already in order. Despite this, progress was painfully slow and communication was consistently poor. From the outset, I made it clear that my situation was urgent and sensitive. I was buying the property from my ex-partner, and delays were putting me at genuine risk due to an ongoing history of intimidation and abusive behaviour from her and her family. I explained this several times, yet the firm showed no urgency, no empathy, and no effort to prioritise the matter. Their delays had serious financial consequences. My mortgage term expired during their period of inaction, causing my repayments to double overnight. My ex refused to contribute, leaving me to pay nine months of double mortgage payments entirely on my own. Throughout this time, the firm failed to make any meaningful progress. They also misplaced my paperwork, denied it, and created unnecessary stress, financial loss, and emotional hardship. It became clear they were not capable of handling even a basic transfer of equity. I eventually left the firm and appointed a new solicitor, who completed the entire transfer in 7 days — clearly demonstrating how avoidable these delays were. Despite delivering an incomplete and unacceptable service, the firm still demanded payment. I ultimately paid around 90% of their fees, not because they had earned it, but because after two exhausting years dealing with the property situation, the loss of my father, and nearly losing my mother, I simply had no strength left to challenge them further. In my opinion, this firm fell far below the standards expected of a competent legal practice. If you value your time, money, or mental wellbeing, I would strongly recommend avoiding this firm. Please avoid mr Jawad Mahmood

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Martin Dobson

Not recommended

Cash Sale purchase that took almost 3 months,should have been a lot quicker, had to chase HS Legal every step of the way.The whole industry wants a remake,council searches still done manually in 2026 is a absolute joke.No survery cash sale both ways so should have taken 4-5 weeks maximum.

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Courtney Lendon

Courtney

At first we were sceptical to use HS legal but we have to admit it has been excellent. Jawad and the team have been incredibly responsive to our messages, often replying to us the same day! They have been great at chasing other solicitors in the chain and dealing with us when things unexpectedly changed. We would highly recommend them.

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Catherine Eckley

Catherine

Hi thank you for your ongoing support throughout the process. Thank you Catherine

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Hazem Hamam

Hazem

Do not trust this office They are very nice to you till you pay them money soon they get payment from you completely change they stop🛑 answering your phone ☎️ when you keep trying to call the office tills you liar after liar with my experience with them it was abig mistake I used them that’s why I’m leaving this review for everyone else to be very careful going to them I don’t recommend this bad service to any one ☝️

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Bashir Ahmed

Bashir

Warning ‼️ Warning ‼️ Warning ‼️ I’m very disappointed I don’t recommend dealing with this office as they lack both Legal expert and very basics customer service skills they provide terrible service.My sound warning ‼️ every one thinking of using they services you will find yourself wasting your time and your money very poor customer service-it’s completely futile

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Amanda Safgd

Amanda

AVOID, AVOID, AVOID Our buyer used HS LEGAL and they held up the sale for over 3 weeks due to no replies which cost us thousands. They do not respond to calls and when they do they were quite abrupt, take over two weeks to reply to basic email queries before asking the same queries excepting adding one more query in. I have been through the buying process many times before but this was by far the most painful. please dont make the same mistake and avoid to use this company

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