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How Poole Alcock LLP Compares

Value for money

This firm - 94%
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 Poole Alcock LLP on ReviewSolicitors.

As part of our review questionnaire we ask reviewer questions about the value for money they felt they received by using Poole Alcock 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 5%
Overpriced 0%
About Right 94%

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Would recommend to
friends and family

This firm - 97%
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ReviewSolicitors uses our community data to show you how many clients used Poole Alcock 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 Poole Alcock 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 97%
No 3%

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Satisfied with
outcome of matter

This firm - 97%
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ReviewSolicitors uses our community data to show you how many clients used Poole Alcock 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 Poole Alcock 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 97%
No 3%

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Rankings by area of expertise

The rankings below show the areas of expertise that Poole Alcock 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

    2255
  • Very Good

    154
  • Average

    18
  • Poor

    10
  • Awful

    61

Overall experience

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

Anonymous

February 15, 2024

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Helpful and straightforward

I recently instructed Poole Alcock for the sale of a property. From my first enquiry through to setting up my account to commence the sale process the communication from Eve has been outstanding. We are yet to exchange and complete, so I'm unable to comment on that process, however my first impressions are excellent.

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Mrs Greenwood

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Matter Type:

Settlement Agreements

Mrs Greenwood

February 15, 2024

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Employment Matter

Outstanding experience with Poole Alcock LLP from start to finish, a very professional and personable team. Highly recommend them.

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Ken

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Matter Type:

Wills

Ken

February 15, 2024

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Excellent service

Excellent service and attention to detail.

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Lee

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Matter Type:

Pre and Post Nuptial Agreements

Lee

February 13, 2024

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Grace wood

My mind was put somewhat at ease. Very professional.

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Anonymous

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Matter Type:

Settlement Agreements

Anonymous

December 10, 2023

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Efficient and clean

Poole Alcock helped me with legal matters related to my redundancy. They were very professional and experienced which meant I did not have to spend more time on the matter than was necessary. They were very clear on clarifying any aspects I did not fully understand.

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David

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Matter Type:

Divorce

David

November 30, 2023

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Stopped my head from spinning

I had recently split up with my Wife and contacted Poole Alcock to start gathering information on the process of petitioning for a divorce.

Within minutes I was speaking to Richard directly, he listened to my concerns and alade my concerns quickly.

It was an absolute pleasure to be dealt with professionally and in a way that also made me feel like I was chatting to an old friend at the same time.

I had no hesitation with instructing Richard and his team to proceed with my case.

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JP

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Matter Type:

Litigation Law

JP

November 23, 2023

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Difficult house sale and separation

Sarah Jane helped me out with a very difficult situation involving a house sale and the proceeds to be split between myself and my ex. It wasn't cheap...but in this day and age you get what you pay for. I got a more than satisfactory outcome and closure. These guys are experts and can run rings round most other firms. I'd highly recommend. Thank you.

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Deborah

Matter Type:

Purchase and Sale Of Commercial Property

Deborah

November 23, 2023

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Mr & Mrs Bell

We were recommended to Pool Alcock by our Morgage advisor, We were so glad we were , From start to finish the service has been second to none, Always there to answer any questions, and very efficient, it has given us peace and mind knowing the whole process of has been done correctly with the expertise Nicola has , her advice and service has been in our best interest as she advised us throughout the process things we wouldn’t have even thought about , If you need a solicitor that gives you peace of mind and know that your affairs are going to be done correctly then I highly recommend Nicola

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Matt

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Matter Type:

Residential Conveyancing

Matt

November 21, 2023

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SUPER SERVICE

great communication with fast response, perfect so far.

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Anonymous

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Wills

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November 21, 2023

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Lasting power of attorney

I did my Will with Poole Alcock recently and have now done a lasting power of attorney and I am equally as impressed. would definitely recommend the company.

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Aliseo

Matter Type:

Residential Conveyancing

Aliseo

February 28, 2023

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Aliseo

I highly recommend Emily and her team.
Very prepared, fast and one thing very important to me they are very polite.

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Monty

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Residential Conveyancing

Monty

November 02, 2022

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Monty

Needed a conveyancing solicitor to assist with my Help to Buy redemption. From the first contact enquiry to completion, I found Poole Alcock to be very efficient in dealing with my case and would not hesitate to recommend. Should I need conveyancing work in the future I will be straight onto Vicky and her team.

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stephen

Matter Type:

Divorce

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July 15, 2022

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stephen

Recently I had to go through a very protracted and complicated divorce, fortunately for me it was managed by Amie Pine who handled the whole case with passion and personal commitment. She was just brilliant, hard working and treated you like you were her only client. Her attention to detail was just on another level and demonstrated an incredible grasp of all the issues.

She is highly skilled in overcoming all obstacles and communicates in a very clear and concise manner, which is very helpful in understanding the process.

From start to finish of the whole process, Amie, was always on hand at a moments notice to explain any queries or questions that would put your mind at rest. Typically, she would always respond within the hour and never left you feeling that she was “busy” dealing with other clients.

She is very friendly and approachable and takes a personal interest in your case to ensure that the best possible outcome is achieved. She is driven and determined to succeed on your behalf and leaves no stone unturned in seeking alternative and innovative solutions to solve even the most difficult of complex financial situations.

She adopts a no nonsense approach by not just telling you what you want to hear, but gives you the facts, accompanied with a proposal to resolve any potential issues. She makes the whole process, simple, clear and uncomplicated.

My financial settlement was a very tough case, but at every stage it was hard fought by Amie, her tenacity, knowledge and her no nonsense approach along with fantastic court preparation work, secured me the outcome I needed to move forward. She professionally steered me away from making emotional decisions which, would have wasted my time and money.

A 5 star service on a totally different level than many other firms, Amie was a breath of fresh air and would most definitely recommend her to anyone who wants to achieve the best possible outcome, with the least amount of stress.

Thank you Amie.

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Alan

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Litigation Law

Alan

May 05, 2022

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Excellent courteous & friendly advice making decisions, in my case, on a civil matter easy. Thanks to Dan Brooks, Civil Litigation Partner, and team

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Kelly

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Family law

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January 28, 2022

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Thanks so much to Helen Stoller and Rosiemary Taylor for all your assistance in my family case.. I'm really pleased with the outcome... And would highly recommend to anyone who needs a family lawyer thanks again xxx

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Committed to Excellence We believe that our clients deserve to receive the highest possible standard of customer care and quality of legal advice. To achieve this, we ensure our lawyers and support team are highly skilled professionals with a passion for delivering excellent service which focusses on our clients’ individual needs and circumstances. We regularly ask our clients for feedback and how we could make our service even better, to make sure that we get it right every time. We leave nothing to chance and take nothing for granted. For these reasons we make an important commitment to all of our clients: The Committed to Excellence Promise. Why do we do this? We want our clients to stay with us. We also want to be your first port of call whenever you need legal assistance of any sort. In addition to this, we are proud of our firm and all of our people care deeply about the quality of the service which we provide. We really can look after you, whatever your legal need. We have a wide range of specialist teams and lawyers who can look after all of your legal needs. You will find that across all those teams and lawyers, and across all of our offices, everyone at Poole Alcock is working hard to deliver on our promise to provide a consistently excellent service.

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Personal areas of law

  • Consumer
    • Collective Actions
    • Consumer Credit
    • Consumer Disputes
    • Consumer Rights
    • Dispute resolution - civil mediation
    • Libel and Defamation
    • 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
    • Malicious falsehood
  • Education
    • Education
  • Employment
    • Agency Staff / Temp Workers
    • Constructive/Unfair Dismissal
    • Disciplinary Hearings
    • 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
    • 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
    • Annulment
    • Asset protection and tax mitigation
    • Change of name
    • Child Abduction
    • Child Access
    • Child Arrangements Following Divorce
    • Child Custody
    • Child Law
    • Child Maintenance
    • 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
    • Divorce After A Brain Or Other Serious Injury
    • Divorce Mediation
    • Domestic Abuse
    • Domestic Violence
    • Elderly care
    • Elderly care home fees
    • Family Mediation
    • Family law
    • Financial Matters
    • Fixed Fee Divorce
    • Grandparents' Rights
    • High Net Worth Divorce
    • Inheritance Act claims
    • 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
    • Separation Agreement
    • Social Services
    • Unmarried Couples' Rights
  • Housing & Property
    • 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
    • Planning
    • 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
    • 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
    • HMRC Tax Investigations and Disputes
    • Inheritance Tax
    • Insolvency and bankruptcy
    • Property Holding Structures
    • Tax
    • Trusts
  • Personal Injury
    • Accident At Work
    • Accidents In Public Places
    • Against The Council
    • Amputation
    • Back Injury At Work
    • Broken Bone Or Fracture
    • Burns, Scars and Lacerations At Work
    • Bus and Coach Accident
    • Car Accident
    • Car Passenger
    • Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
    • Children's Accident
    • Children's Serious Injury
    • Chronic Pain
    • Cycling Accident
    • Defective Work Equipment
    • Dog Bite
    • Fall From Height
    • Fatal Accident
    • Gym Injury Compensation
    • Head Injury At Work
    • Head and Brain Injury
    • Holiday Accidents and Illness
    • Horse Riding Injury
    • Industrial Disease Compensation
    • Manual Handling
    • Motor Insurance Policy
    • Motorbike Accident
    • No Win No Fee
    • Noise-Induced Hearing Loss
    • Non Freezing Cold Injury
    • Occupational Asthma
    • Osteoarthritis
    • Pedestrian Accident
    • Personal Injury Law
    • Repetitive Strain Injury
    • Road Traffic Accident
    • Serious Injury
    • Skiing Injury
    • Slips, Trips and Falls
    • Spinal Injury Compensation
    • Sports Injury
    • Supermarket Accident
    • Tinnitus
    • Vibration White Finger
    • Welfare Issues After Serious Injury
    • Workplace Slip and Trip
  • Wills, Trusts & Probate
    • Disputed 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
    • Farm partnerships and corporate structures
    • Farming disputes
  • Charities
    • Charities
  • Commercial Property
    • Commercial Leases
    • Commercial mortgages
    • Developer disputes
    • Development plot sales
    • Environmental policy law
    • Finance
    • 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
  • Company & Commercial
    • Agency agreements
    • Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)
    • Business structures and joint ventures
    • Commercial Contracts and Agreements
    • Commercial Law
    • Commercial Litigation Matters
    • Competition law
    • Contract law
    • Contractual Disputes
    • Corporate Law
    • Corporate finance
    • Credit Control
    • Data Protection
    • Debt Recovery
    • Employment - business
    • Franchising
    • Insolvency and Bankruptcy
    • Litigation for Holiday and Residential Parks
    • Management buyouts
    • Mergers and Acquisitions
    • Mis-sold Interest Rate Swap Agreements
    • Outsourcing agreements
    • Partnership and LLP law
    • Sales and Purchases
    • Setting up a business
    • Share option schemes
    • Shareholder Agreements
    • Shareholder and Partnership Disputes
    • Slander
    • Small businesses
    • Statutory Demands
    • Summary Judgment
    • Unfair Loan Charges
  • Construction
    • Building contracts and professional appointments
    • Construction
    • Construction and engineering dispute resolution
    • Contracts for the supply, installation and maintenance of specialist mechanical and electrical plant
    • Development agreements
    • Development loan facilities
    • Engineering contracts
    • Facility maintenance agreements
    • Framework agreements
    • Guarantees and bonds
    • Warranties, third party rights and reliance letters
  • Dispute Resolution
    • Mediation
  • IT & Intellectual Property
    • Copyright
    • Domain Names
    • GDPR
    • Patents
    • Personality and Image Rights
  • Regulations
    • Alcohol Licensing
    • Environment
    • Health and Safety
    • Licensing
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