Top 10 of 2,123 law firms for Sentence Reduction, Crime/ Criminal Defence

My husband and I cannot recommend or thank Mr Jandoo and his legal colleague Miss Lamballe enough. They guided us through what was an extremely difficult and stressful legal issue, with confidence and care and secured the outcome we had hoped for. Many many thanks, Mr and Mrs Lamb

Jo Gregory was professional throughout and assisted me in the best way possible. She made it very easy to understand the case with her professional ability.

Phillip was very accommodating and reassuring at a very hard time for myself, although the other side caused many delays mr porter was very efficient in communicating

At extremely short notice, Forrest Williams jumped into action , They was open honest as to possible outcome of the trail , assigned my self legal representation , all documentation that I would not been aware of was taken care of. During the trail , my defence team was outstanding and help show the court Clarity and balance. To be able to do this all in a matter of days was very impressive. I highly recommend this solicitors firm. Will C.

Denise displayed great knowledge and service. My case dropped before standing trial upon taking her advice. I’d highly recommend her as she is attentive and forward thinking.

My experience overall with BRGP has been amazing from starting enquiry to case closed. Both Olivia and Ellis gave timely responses to all emails and were understanding. My assigned solicitor Stefan Simms was incredibly knowledgeable and very reassuring from my first meeting with him right through to the finished court case. Stefan took onboard everything and explored every option to enable effective mitigation including previous case law for my particular case. Stefan made sure that all options available to me were explained and understood clearly so that when the time came he could represent my case efficiently and effectively to secure the best possible outcome - which he did. Stefan made the entire physical process of seeing a solicitor for the first time and being in court with one very comforting, pleasurable and reassuring even when it comes to mental health. 11/10

I had a very complex case against me where I was facing 4 criminal charges ranging from assaulting a police officer to obstruction and section 4 public order offences. Sonia Weaver and Joanna Curtis expertly guided me through the legal process and gave very frank, honest advice, with likely outcomes. Eventually the legal advice boiled down to two options. Firstly that, I did have a reasonable chance to plead not guilty and I would have a good chance at trial to completely clear my name. Or secondly plead guilty and use the same evidence to act as mitigation, with a prospect that I could get a judgement and sentence in one day, rather than continuing to trial and thus making my case far more expensive. Sonia understood my financial position and took a long time to explain every detail very clearly with the eventual advice being; “look the case is very complex and not black and white and would hinge entirely on a court’s interpretation of certain facts.” She also understood that I was more minded to get everything over and done with as quickly as possible as had multiple other bigger fish to fry. In the end I decided to plead guilty following further excellent work from Joanna Curtis on the day at court. Joanna expertly managed to convince the prosecution, that 1 of the charges had no reasonable prospect and managed to get that dropped entirely, she then further managed to get the prosecution to accept that the public order offence shouldn’t be a separate offence in its own right, rather an aggravating factor in any assault. Therefore, I was only charged with 2 offences rather than four. Joanna, then went on to convince the court that there were substantial mitigations, that should be seriously considered, as these would have potentially amounted to enough evidence to plead not guilty anyway. The court’s starting position was an undisclosed fine and 200hrs of unpaid work or a potential custodial sentence. Joanna’s diligence meant that my sentence was only 75hrs of unpaid work and a paltry fine of £199. The court also rejected the prosecution’s claim for compensation and didn’t award any. Although, if I’d had the time and money I feel like I would have pleaded not guilty and taken it to trial, it was my decision to get it over and done with and accept that I’d become another victim of the UK courts “guilty tax” I therefore can’t thank both Sonia and Joanna enough for ensuring a palatable outcome. I would like to wish Joanna all the best in her future career as a barrister, as she really did go the extra mile in my case and is obviously going to be a great addition to the the criminal justice system. I’d like to thank Sonia for her expert professionalism, frank honesty and sound legal advice, she really is a credit to your organisation.