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Bell Lamb & Joynson

03444 124348
4.9/5
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Welcome to Bell Lamb & Joynson, an award-winning law firm established in 1821. With a history of over two centuries, we combine deep-rooted expertise with modern legal practice from our offices in Liverpool, Runcorn, Maghull, Warrington & Ashton-in-Makerfield. We specialise in Conveyancing, Criminal Law, Family Law, Motor and Road Traffic Law, Powers of Attorney, Wills & Probate and Contentious Probate & Disputes. Trust our legacy and expertise to guide you through your legal matters and contact Bell Lamb & Joynson today. Read more...

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Bell Lamb & Joynson
Bell Lamb & Joynson

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Bell Lamb & Joynson
have 4 other locations

Mill Bank House
Runcorn
WA7 2SX

84 Sankey Street
Warrington
WA1 1SG

7 Central Square
Liverpool
L31 0AE

Suite 8
Wigan
WN4 0AR

Mill Bank House
Runcorn
WA7 2SX

84 Sankey Street
Warrington
WA1 1SG

7 Central Square
Liverpool
L31 0AE

Suite 8
Wigan
WN4 0AR

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Available lawyers at Bell Lamb & Joynson

Rachael McClean

4.9 out of 5
(299)
Solicitor

Sam Austin

4.9 out of 5
(166)
Conveyancer (non-solicitor)

Chris Courtenay

4.9 out of 5
(65)
Conveyancer

Gemma Scholes

4.9 out of 5
(58)
Chartered Legal Executive

Talitha Shandley

5.0 out of 5
(39)
Solicitor (non-solicitor)

Emma Coathup

5.0 out of 5
(37)
Conveyancing Paralegal (non-solicitor)

Darren Jones

5.0 out of 5
(36)
Solicitor

James Lawrence Smith

5.0 out of 5
(27)
Solicitor

Marcela Salter

4.9 out of 5
(23)
Solicitor

Jessica Flaherty

4.9 out of 5
(17)
Solicitor

Samantha Lack

5.0 out of 5
(17)
Criminal Paralegal

Laura Williams

4.9 out of 5
(16)
Solicitor

Ellie Jones

4.9 out of 5
(13)
Conveyancing Paralegal

Jenny Price

5.0 out of 5
(12)
Police Station Representative

Jeremy Rawson

4.9 out of 5
(12)
Solicitor

Gemma Stenson

5.0 out of 5
(7)
Senior Paralegal (non-solicitor)

Julie Grimes

4.8 out of 5
(7)
Paralegal

Michael Leeman

5.0 out of 5
(7)
Solicitor

Lauren Whittaker

5.0 out of 5
(4)
Foreign Qualified Lawyer

Max Hancox

5.0 out of 5
(3)
Paralegal

Rachael Webster

5.0 out of 5
(2)
Solicitor

Libby McLoughlin

5.0 out of 5
(1)
Paralegal

Millie Broadbent

5.0 out of 5
(1)
Trainee Solicitor

Jessica O'Toole

0.0 out of 5
(0)
Paralegal

Stephen Ferns

0.0 out of 5
(0)
Solicitor

Suzanne Daley

0.0 out of 5
(0)
Solicitor

How Bell Lamb & Joynson Compares

Value for money

This firm - 96%
National Average
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Excellent does not necessarily mean ‘cheap’. It means that clients thought that the level of service received was Excellent for what they paid.

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  • 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 2%
Overpriced 2%
About Right 94%

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Would recommend to
friends and family

This firm - 98%
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You can use this data to see how Bell Lamb & Joynson 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 98%
No 2%

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Satisfied with
outcome of matter

This firm - 98%
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ReviewSolicitors uses our community data to show you how many clients used Bell Lamb & Joynson 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 Bell Lamb & Joynson 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 98%
No 2%

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Rankings by area of expertise

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

Locally

Nationally

Consumer
6th / 108
58th / 4463
Housing & Property
7th / 87
193rd / 4199
Family Law
5th / 69
128th / 3788
Wills, Trusts & Probate
2nd / 80
31st / 3448
Commercial Property
5th / 65
111th / 3254
Crime/ Criminal Defence
3rd / 56
12th / 2072
Dispute Resolution
4th / 43
42nd / 1030
Driving offences
4th / 13
27th / 391

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

4.9/5

Reviews summary

  • Excellent

    1863

  • Very Good

    111

  • Average

    26

  • Poor

    13

  • Awful

    6

Overall experience

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

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Callum

September 02, 2025

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Jim Brown and Julie Grimes - Excellent

After a poor experience with other solicitors, both Julie Grimes and Jim Brown were excellent. Always available, helpful, and kept me in the loop. I certainly felt that I was in safe hands. They were both very professional but it also felt like they genuinely cared about me too. I would wholeheartedly recommend them both.

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Olesja Mohammed Amin

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Olesja Mohammed Amin

September 02, 2025

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Feedback for Samanthas help

Samatha was very professional and advised me how to answer all the questions in right way due to English language is not my first language.I really appreciate Sams help and support and i wish her all the best in future and good luck in her career i know she will be successful.
Thank you.
Kind regards
Olesja

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Anne McCracken
Housing & Property

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Matter Type:

Residential Conveyancing

Anne McCracken

August 28, 2025

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House Sale

Rachael Webster is first class. She was on top of all tasks during our house sale. I would thoroughly recommend her to anyone selling a property.

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Ged
Wills, Trusts & Probate

Matter Type:

Probate

Ged

August 28, 2025

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Excellence personified

Talitha acted professionally throughout the process offering pertinent advice and in a timely manner

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Kevin
Crime/ Criminal Defence

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Criminal defence - All

Kevin

August 24, 2025

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Friendly, Professional Service

Great service from everyone at the company to help with my issues and achieve the best possible resolution; very satisfied with all their help.

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Sophie
Housing & Property

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Residential Conveyancing

Sophie

August 23, 2025

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House purchase

Gemma was absolutely brilliant! She explained everything perfectly and made sure everything went smoothly and on time. Could not recommend more!

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Colin
Crime/ Criminal Defence

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Assault

Colin

August 23, 2025

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Provision of professional service

Totally professional and always helpful which kept us at ease

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Gary T
Housing & Property

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Residential Conveyancing

Gary T

August 21, 2025

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Brilliant as a first time buyer

Gemma was absolutely outstanding from start to finish. She kept us fully informed and reassured at every stage, making the whole process seamless and stress-free. Her professionalism, communication, and care were second to none – we truly couldn’t have asked for anyone better to work with.

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Colin
Crime/ Criminal Defence

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Matter Type:

Assault

Colin

August 20, 2025

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Felt secure and in the safest of hands with Darren.

I have had the best and most experienced support I could have wished for recently. Darren filled me with confidence and guided me through a very difficult time with kindness professionalism and empathy. I value his support immensely.

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David
Crime/ Criminal Defence

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Matter Type:

Legal aid

David

August 20, 2025

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Extremely helpful through a difficult time.

Extremely helpful solicitors highly recommend them as I was really nervous and anxious with regards to my case. They put me at ease and were in constant contact with me and answered all my questions and gave me advice and supported me.

Thanks again Julie and Marcela for all your help really appreciate it.

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Gary
Crime/ Criminal Defence

Matter Type:

Criminal defence - All

Gary

June 11, 2025

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Gary

These have been extremely helpful and Peter has been a great support to me I honestly couldn’t fault in there advice and professionalism everyone I’ve spoke to have been lovely and are a credit to the company thank you.

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Gary
Crime/ Criminal Defence

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Criminal defence - All

Gary

June 02, 2025

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Gary

I’ve been using them recently and can’t fault them Peter has been brilliant for me with all the advice and support I don’t think I could have done without them thank you from the bottom of my heart.

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jack
Housing & Property

Matter Type:

Residential Conveyancing

jack

April 06, 2025

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jack

We had David M while buying our first home. He was professional, quick to respond and always available to contact. Made the process much less stressful and kept us updated all along. Next time we buy a house, we’ll use BLJ again

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sam
Housing & Property

Matter Type:

Residential Conveyancing

sam

March 18, 2025

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sam

BLJ were brilliant! I would highly recommend Gemma & Emma!

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Mark
Housing & Property

Matter Type:

Residential Conveyancing

Mark

March 02, 2025

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Mark

I found Bell Lamb & Joynson solicitors to be a really great firm of Solicitors to use from start to finish, doing everything they could to help and make sure it all ran smoothly from Andy Burke in the beginning to Claire Manning at the end ,replying to any questions I had ,no matter how silly they where ,with in that day. Also helping out with the liaising of information with solicitors in Scotland ,would highly recommend them ,and they will be my first port of call if ever in need of there services again, a big thank you Mark

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Trudi Townsend
Housing & Property

Matter Type:

Residential Conveyancing

Trudi Townsend

September 01, 2025

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Trudi Rosalind's experience...

Amazing service really helpful, literally saved me when my vendor started pulling out and supported me along a very stressful process. Thank you

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Grzegorz
Housing & Property

Matter Type:

Residential Conveyancing

Grzegorz

August 13, 2025

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Grzegorz's experience...

Thank you very much for outstanding service,huge thanks for Chris,all the best from Greg K.

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Chloe Louise
Housing & Property

Matter Type:

Residential Conveyancing

Chloe Louise

August 11, 2025

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Chloe Louise's experience...

Chris and Olivia were helpful from start to finish, always on hand and quick to respond to queries (being first-time buyers we had a lot of questions). Thank you for your hard work!

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Jennifer Maria
Housing & Property

Matter Type:

Residential Conveyancing

Jennifer Maria

August 08, 2025

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Jennifer Maria's experience...

Staff have been amazing from start to finish nothing has been to much.
Communication spot on.
Rachael, Victoria, Rhiann & Angie have been nothing short of amazing and are a credit to the company.
Would definitely recommend using yourselves. Thanks

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Emma Louise
Housing & Property

Matter Type:

Residential Conveyancing

Emma Louise

August 08, 2025

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Emma Louise's experience...

I was impressed with the firm’s staff for attentiveness in answering any queries I had and managing it all from the other side of the globe via the app and occasional emails. Very happy with how it all went.

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About this branch

Description

As a firm, we have a specialist 24-hour, 365 days a year criminal department with solicitors who are highly respected leaders in their field having been involved in some of the most prominent criminal trials in the North West of England and beyond. We are in the top 20% of criminal law providers by volume in England and Wales. A family department dealing with all aspects of public and private family law with vastly experienced solicitors on hand to assist you in the complexities of the issues surrounding your family. In so far as the firm’s private client departments you can rest assured that whether it’s the first time you are buying a house or you are moving onto your subsequent home, if it's making a will or lasting power of attorney or dealing with the probate of a loved one’s estate we at Bell Lamb & Joynson are here to help and support you across our office network in, Liverpool, Maghull, Runcorn, Warrington & Ashton-in-Makerfield.

Practice areas

Criminal Law, Conveyancing, Family Law, Motor & Road Traffic Law, Powers of Attorney, Wills & Probate, Contentious Probate & Disputes.

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Personal areas of law

  • Consumer
    • Consumer Disputes
    • 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
  • Crime/ Criminal Defence
    • Assault
    • Business Crime
    • Criminal Damage
    • Criminal defence - All
    • Domestic violence
    • Drugs offences
    • Fraud
    • Harassment
    • Juvenile
    • Legal aid
    • Murder and Manslaughter
    • Professional Conduct
    • Regulatory Defence
    • Sexual allegations including Rape and Sexual Assaults
    • Theft
  • Driving offences
    • Appeal driving conviction
    • Careless driving
    • Convicted in absence
    • Dangerous driving
    • Dangerous vehicle conditions
    • Death By Careless Driving
    • Death by dangerous driving
    • Discretionary disqualification
    • Disqualification removal
    • Drink driving
    • Driving Whilst Unfit
    • Driving Without Due Care
    • Driving whilst disqualified
    • Driving without a licence
    • Driving without insurance
    • Drunk in charge
    • Early return of driving licence
    • Exceptional Hardship
    • Failing to notify DVLA
    • Failure to furnish identification
    • Failure to provide a blood sample
    • Failure to provide a specimen
    • Goods vehicles - operators licence
    • Goods vehicles - tachograph offences
    • Mobile phone offences
    • New Driver Provisions
    • Notice of intended prosecution
    • Recognition of disqualification
    • Restoration of licence
    • Road rage incidents
    • Serious injury by dangerous driving
    • Signs and signal offences
    • Special Reasons
    • Speeding offences
    • Stopping and reporting
    • Taxi offences
    • Taxi offences - illegally plying for hire
    • Taxi offences - licensing investigations
    • Taxi offences - points and disqualification
    • Totting Up Driving Ban
  • Family Law
    • Adoption, Surrogacy, Care and Special Guardianship
    • Asset protection and tax mitigation
    • Child Arrangements Following Divorce
    • 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
    • Collaborative Law
    • Divorce After A Brain Or Other Serious Injury
    • Domestic Abuse
    • Family Mediation
    • Family law
    • Financial Matters
    • Grandparents' Rights
    • Inheritance Act claims
    • Injunctions
    • 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
    • Anti-social Behaviour
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
  • Wills, Trusts & Probate
    • Probate
    • Wills

Business areas of law

  • Dispute Resolution
    • Mediation
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