Steve
Property purchase
Have made a complaint to the legal ombudsman regarding services provided by Michele Hosey, consultant conveyancer @ Photiades
Photiades Solicitors Ltd
Longmire House, 36-38 London Road, St Albans, Hertfordshire, AL1 1NG
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Longmire House, 36-38 London Road, St Albans, Hertfordshire, AL1 1NG
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35%
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52%
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When a firm has a large number of reviews, individual case differences tend to balance out over time. This makes the national average a useful benchmark for understanding how often clients feel the result achieved was fair and appropriate for their situation. Even small differences from the average can therefore reflect a meaningful difference in the overall standard of legal service provided.
52% below
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61%
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61% below
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Communication
1.9/5
Initial Impressions
3.7/5
Approachability
2.5/5
Documentation Accuracy
2.2/5
Legal Knowledge
2.6/5
Value for money
2.4/5
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Rankings by area of expertise
The rankings below show the areas of expertise that Photiades Solicitors Ltd offers to clients. You can see how good the service offered is in comparison to all other law firms nationally / locally.
Housing & Property
12 / 17
Company & Commercial
9 / 20
Debt and Tax Law
7 / 8
Agriculture
4 / 4
Asset Management
7 / 8
Auction Law
3 / 4
Banking
7 / 7
Business Law
5 / 5
Care Law
7 / 7
Charities
4 / 5
Child Law
11 / 12
Commercial Property
10 / 12
Company Law
5 / 7
Construction
4 / 5
Consumer
11 / 18
Contract Law
8 / 10
Copyright Law
2 / 2
Corporate Law
6 / 6
Court of Protection and Deputyship
5 / 5
Cybersecurity and Data Protection Law
4 / 9
Defamation Law
4 / 4
Disability Law
4 / 4
Dispute Resolution
10 / 13
Drug Law
5 / 5
Elder Law
3 / 3
Employment
11 / 16
Equality Law
6 / 7
Equity Law
3 / 3
Family Law
14 / 19
Insurance Law
4 / 5
Intellectual Property Law
3 / 3
Land Law
10 / 11
Licensing Law
2 / 2
Money & Tax
5 / 7
Pensions Law
6 / 6
Personal Injury
7 / 9
Planning Law
5 / 5
Regulations
7 / 11
Wills, Trusts & Probate
12 / 20
Local
19 / 38
Housing & Property
1065 / 4,769
Company & Commercial
760 / 4,185
Debt and Tax Law
374 / 785
Agriculture
571 / 819
Asset Management
245 / 392
Auction Law
206 / 286
Banking
526 / 1,031
Business Law
253 / 459
Care Law
296 / 532
Charities
400 / 770
Child Law
886 / 1,638
Commercial Property
1400 / 3,667
Company Law
432 / 969
Construction
535 / 856
Consumer
1300 / 4,416
Contract Law
600 / 1,427
Copyright Law
309 / 522
Corporate Law
416 / 842
Court of Protection and Deputyship
512 / 575
Cybersecurity and Data Protection Law
325 / 894
Defamation Law
181 / 261
Disability Law
292 / 602
Dispute Resolution
1074 / 1,801
Drug Law
145 / 264
Elder Law
205 / 314
Employment
1398 / 3,621
Equality Law
448 / 1,097
Equity Law
382 / 570
Family Law
1831 / 4,221
Insurance Law
340 / 663
Intellectual Property Law
379 / 623
Land Law
629 / 1,321
Licensing Law
281 / 500
Money & Tax
757 / 1,951
Pensions Law
282 / 486
Personal Injury
1553 / 2,653
Planning Law
281 / 585
Regulations
699 / 2,413
Wills, Trusts & Probate
1567 / 3,760
National
3492 / 11,165
Contact & Locations - Photiades Solicitors Ltd
Longmire House, 36-38 London Road, St Albans, Hertfordshire, AL1 1NG
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Judith
Very Slow communication
I haven't finished the process, but I haven't heard from my solicitor for 6 weeks. I made a complaint to the Senior Partner last week but still haven't even had an acknowledgement of my email. I am seriously considering changing firms as it feels this would be a faster way to get things done despite having to pretty much start from scratch. Initially response times were excellent, however, I don't think any contact was made with the other party for several weeks. Since then, communication has been minimal. We have had one meeting and barely had a word since and it's been more than 6 weeks with me emailing twice a week and calling once a week. The only time she picked up the phone was when she was on annual leave and the office was accidentally forwarded to her mobile. She works remotely and apparently no-one else can help me or touch her cases. So frustrating. The chain is at risk of collapse. AVOID
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K
I would not recommend
Terrible from start to end. Simon lacked experience with little expertise in family law. Left feeling very Mislead
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Joe
Housing & Property
House purchase
Terrible. Slow,slow,slow. Poor communication, unwilling or unable to help. Blamed everyone else. Thought she knew everything but apparently didn’t. Save yourself a heap of stress - avoid.
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Akthar
If you have serious property issues I recommend stuart @ photades
Have been using stuart at photades for last 15 years as I'm a seasonal auction buyer. I never left reviews although I have very good experience with the company and stuart in particular. Last auction property I bought was very complex as it was unregistered property however stuart as usual has been very good at dealing with all problems. Very experienced conyencer will recommend people to use him specially if you brought property's at auction and difficult property dealing.
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