Risdons Solicitors

01398 322100

We are a traditional High Street practice with offices in: Bridgwater, Dulverton, Taunton, Minehead, Wellington and Williton. We have been helping local people and business for more than 200 years. No other law firm has comparable experience within West Somerset and Exmoor. Our trained lawyers and support staff are consistently up to date with the changes in law. Read more...

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Bank Chambers
10 Bank Square
Somerset
TA22 9BU
01398 322100
www.risdons.co.uk

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Available lawyers at Risdons Solicitors

Emma Rybaruk

John Hugh Balchin

Julie Hemming

Conveyancing Executive (non-solicitor)

Anri Oosthuizen

4.8 out of 5

(24)

Chartered Legal Executive (non-solicitor)

Edward Judge

Shaun Newis

Chartered Legal Executive

Bart Obszynski

Jonathan Lawton

Senior Conveyancing Executive (non-solicitor)

Amanda Shaw

Charlotte Read

Sophie Rowcliffe

Chartered Legal Executive

Kim Stoneman

5.0 out of 5

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Conveyancing Executive

Anna Kelly

0.0 out of 5

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Conveyancing Executive MCILEx

Ella Heaume

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Conveyancing Executive

Harriet Day

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How Risdons Solicitors Compares

Value for money

This firm - 93%

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.

This score has been calculated using up to the last 300 reviews left by clients of Risdons Solicitors on ReviewSolicitors.

As part of our review questionnaire we ask reviewer questions about the value for money they felt they received by using Risdons Solicitors. 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 0%

Overpriced 5%

About Right 95%

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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 Risdons Solicitors 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 Risdons Solicitors 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%

If you would like to read more about how we work with our review data please see our Transparency section.

Rankings by area of expertise

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

Consumer

1st / 1

30th / 4548

Company & Commercial

1st / 1

100th / 4333

Housing & Property

1st / 1

321st / 4228

Family Law

1st / 1

105th / 3834

Wills, Trusts & Probate

1st / 1

129th / 3483

Commercial Property

1st / 1

51st / 3294

Employment

1st / 1

161st / 3083

Regulations

1st / 2

18th / 2535

Personal Injury

1st / 1

117th / 2354

Crime/ Criminal Defence

1st / 1

81st / 2097

Money & Tax

1st / 1

20th / 1837

Dispute Resolution

1st / 1

46th / 1035

Welfare & Benefits

1st / 1

15th / 817

Agriculture

1st / 1

12th / 611

Data shown above is based on the reviews and client feedback collected by ReviewSolicitors over the last 12 months.

Review Sources

Client Reviews

4.8/5

Reviews summary

Excellent

1415
Very Good

120
Average

17
Poor

11
Awful

29

Overall experience

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Housing & Property

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Purchase and Sale

Kevin

April 29, 2025

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Happy Clients

We have found all our dealings with Risdons Solicitors to be prompt and exactly the level of service we had hoped for and in addition to the following Solicitors and Chartered Legal Executives mentioned below we would like to highlight and say thank you to Catherine Blundell the assistant at the Dulverton office for her help over the years.

Lawyers named in this review:
Shaun Newis Sophie Rowcliffe Kim Stoneman

Shaun Newis

Sophie Rowcliffe

Kim Stoneman

A representative from Risdons Solicitors responded to this review on 29 April, 2025:

Dear Kevin, thank you for leaving a review. We are delighted to hear that you were pleased with the service you received from our professional team.

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Housing & Property

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Purchase and Sale

Noel

November 15, 2024

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Dealt with the sale of my house very professionally

Sophie and her assistant Catherine have been great with the sale of my house. They’ve been easy to chat to and reassuring throughout the process.

Lawyer named in this review:
Sophie Rowcliffe

Sophie Rowcliffe

A representative from Risdons Solicitors responded to this review on 29 November, 2024:

Dear Noel, thank you for leaving a review. Lovely to hear that your house sale was dealt with professionally by our dedicated team.

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Wills, Trusts & Probate

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Trusts

Jamie

August 14, 2024

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Dulverton Office very good

Our own experience of setting up our wills with Shaun was very straight forward and the communication was first rate.

Lawyer named in this review:
Shaun Newis

Shaun Newis

A representative from Risdons Solicitors responded to this review on 29 August, 2024:

Dear Jamie, thank you for your review. Great to hear that you were happy with the service you received from Shaun and the team.

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Housing & Property

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Purchase and Sale

Anonymous

August 02, 2024

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Conveyancing.

Teresa Kingman is excellent. But I did think it a bit of a on charging extra for the stamp duty return, as this is a requirement for registration and therefore a key component of the transaction.

A representative from Risdons Solicitors responded to this review on 29 August, 2024:

Thank you for your review. We appreciate the feedback you have given us, due to the complexity of the stamp duty return charging is common throughout the industry.

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Housing & Property

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Matrimonial transfers

Karen

July 30, 2024

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Property transfer

This is the second time I have used Terese and I have no worries in recommending her. Unfortunately the matter for which I engaged her on this occasion did not come a conclusion. If I ever need conveyancing in the future I will definitely contact her.

A representative from Risdons Solicitors responded to this review on 05 August, 2024:

Dear Karen, thank you for your review. We appreciate the positive feedback you have given us.

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Wills, Trusts & Probate

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Wills

David

July 18, 2024

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Making a will

We were creating new wills and knew what we wanted to achieve. The process was explained clearly as were the details of the draft wills.
All in all a stress free and efficient process.

Lawyer named in this review:
Shaun Newis

Shaun Newis

A representative from Risdons Solicitors responded to this review on 19 July, 2024:

Dear David, thank you for your review. Good to read that your experience was stress free and efficient using our team

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Housing & Property

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Purchase and Sale

Philip

April 25, 2024

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House purchase

After 30 plus years since we first purchased a house, Risdones were able help and guide us through the process very professionally ,and patiently very quickly.

Lawyer named in this review:
Terese Kingman

Terese Kingman

A representative from Risdons Solicitors responded to this review on 15 May, 2024:

Dear Philip, thank you for leaving a review. We are pleased that the process was completed professionally and quickly for you.

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Housing & Property

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Purchase and Sale

Graham

April 23, 2024

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good to deal with

very straight forward, very helpful and good to deal with

Lawyer named in this review:
Caroline Facey

Caroline Facey

A representative from Risdons Solicitors responded to this review on 15 May, 2024:

Dear Graham, thank you for leaving a review. Good to hear that you found our team straight forward, helpful and good to deal with.

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Housing & Property

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Purchase and Sale

Janet

March 27, 2024

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An excellent Conveyancing Service

Joanne Green and her Assistant were both excellent in communicating with us and dealing efficiently with our Conveyancing.

Lawyer named in this review:
Joanne Green

Joanne Green

A representative from Risdons Solicitors responded to this review on 15 May, 2024:

Dear Janet, thank you for your review. We are pleased to read that your case was efficiently dealt with.

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Housing & Property

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Purchase and Sale

Peter

February 27, 2024

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Two property sales and one purchase.

The transactions in total took more than 2 years to conclude.And throughout the whole process we were kept up to date on progress.Thank you Terese and Catherine for all your advice and assistance .Would highly recommend .

Lawyer named in this review:
Terese Kingman

Terese Kingman

A representative from Risdons Solicitors responded to this review on 28 February, 2024:

Dear Peter, thank you for your review. We are pleased that you were kept up to date throughout the process. We appreciate the positive feedback you have given us.

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Housing & Property

Matter Type:

Purchase and Sale

Frank

August 08, 2023

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Frank

Went with Risdon Minehead branch to buy my first home. The whole process was much faster than expected and within eight weeks I had the keys to the house!

Caz and Kate were very helpful and always able to answer any questions throughout the process. They went the extra mile to make sure I had everything I required legally which included creating extra documents at my request which wouldn't usually be required for buying a property, just purely for my benefit and personal circumstances.

Overall I can't fault them. Really helpful and would definitely go with Risdon Minehead branch again.

Lawyer named in this review:
Caroline Facey

Caroline Facey

A representative from Risdons Solicitors responded to this review on 16 August, 2023:

Thank you for your review. We appreciate the positive feedback you have given us and look forward to working with you in the future.

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Colin

August 02, 2023

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Colin

Very helpful and friendly

A representative from Risdons Solicitors responded to this review on 30 August, 2023:

Dear Colin, great to hear that you had a very helpful and friendly experience. Thank you for your review.

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hayley

July 29, 2023

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hayley

We are very happy with our experience of using Risdon Hosegood. They dealt with everything that was required in a highly efficient manner. We found the person dealing with our conveyancing, Megan, to be very helpful and friendly. She was quick to answer all of our questions and dealt with matters in a timely and professional way. Very grateful, she made what could have been a very stressful time much easier.

A representative from Risdons Solicitors responded to this review on 30 August, 2023:

Dear Hayley, thank you for your review. Lovely to hear that you received a highly efficient and professional service from us.

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Housing & Property

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Purchase and Sale

Anonymous

July 26, 2023

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Anonymous

Difficult flat sale due to probate and unusual questions from the buyers solicitors however Caz in the Minehead office handled it well.

A representative from Risdons Solicitors responded to this review on 16 August, 2023:

Thank you for your review. We appreciate the positive feedback you have given us and look forward to working with you in the future.

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Christopher

July 26, 2023

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Christopher

Professional & prompt response & action...

A representative from Risdons Solicitors responded to this review on 30 August, 2023:

Dear Christopher, thank you for your review. We appreciate the positive feedback you have given us.

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Zoe Rose Furse

January 26, 2019

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Zoe Rose Furse

When buying our first house at the end of last year we chose Risdon, thank god we did! The team at Minehead were so helpful. Catherine and Andrew were brilliant and efficient and our experience was seamless. Thank you for making our experience a pleasant one.

A representative from Risdons Solicitors responded to this review on 22 February, 2021:

Thank you for your review. We appreciate the positive feedback you have given us and look forward to working with you in the future.

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Katrina Compton

January 18, 2019

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Katrina Compton

Paula from Risdon Hosegood in Taunton acted for our sale and purchase in Yeovil. We were delighted with the service and found everyone friendly and extremely helpful. Even when we thought we had hit a brick wall with a legal issue it was sorted out quickly effectively and efficiently and we were given great communication. We would highly recommend the company and use them again in the future.

A representative from Risdons Solicitors responded to this review on 22 February, 2021:

Dear Katrina, we appreciate the positive feedback you have given. We are very pleased to have your observations and that we are highly recommended by you.

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