Spencer Shaw Solicitors Limited

0121 817 0520

Spencer Shaw Solicitors provide specialist employment law services and are recognised for quality, expertise and professionalism. Our goal is to advise you accurately and clearly in plain English so that you can make well-informed decisions with confidence. Employment law is a very emotive and complex field of law and we will support you throughout your matter, whether you are making a claim, defending one or looking for advice. We advise individuals, businesses of all sizes and HR departments. We won the Modern Law Client Care Award (firms of 1-25 employees) 2024, and Birmingham Law Society Law Firm of the Year (1-49 employees) 2025. We have also been shortlisted at the Lexis Nexis Awards and Legal Business Awards. We are located in Birmingham and deal with clients anywhere in England and Wales. Read more...

Address
St Mary's House
68 Harborne Park Road
Harborne
West Midlands
B17 0DH
0121 817 0520
www.spencershaw.co.uk

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Available lawyers at Spencer Shaw Solicitors Limited

Ian Jones

Nazia Khan

Tashoi Reid

Felicity Price

Sukhii Garcha

Senior Litigation Executive

How Spencer Shaw Solicitors Limited 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 Spencer Shaw Solicitors Limited on ReviewSolicitors.

As part of our review questionnaire we ask reviewer questions about the value for money they felt they received by using Spencer Shaw Solicitors Limited. 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 9%

About Right 85%

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Satisfied with
outcome of matter

This firm - 96%

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ReviewSolicitors uses our community data to show you how many clients used Spencer Shaw Solicitors Limited 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 Spencer Shaw Solicitors Limited 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 96%

No 4%

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Rankings by area of expertise

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

Consumer

1st / 4

213th / 4518

Company & Commercial

1st / 4

272nd / 4297

Employment

1st / 3

29th / 3064

Dispute Resolution

1st / 3

164th / 1030

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

207
Very Good

6
Average

3
Poor

2
Awful

5

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Paula,

June 12, 2025

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Very impressed with Spencer Shaw, the first company that came up on my internet search, everything was handled professionally and swiftly from start to finish. Excellent communication, always kept in touch. Cannot praise this company enough! The whole process was seamless. Would definitely recommend again, as already recommended to a colleague.

Lawyer named in this review:
Nazia Khan

Nazia Khan

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Employment Law

Amanda,

June 11, 2025

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Employment Agreement

Required to sign an agreement for a redundant type payment. Required independent legal advice and signature.

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Nazia Khan Tashoi Reid

Nazia Khan

Tashoi Reid

A representative from Spencer Shaw Solicitors Limited responded to this review on 12 June, 2025:

Thank you for the review Amanda! We're glad you were happy with the service, and wish you all the best in the future.

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Employment

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Settlement Agreements

Raja

June 04, 2025

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Settlement Agreement

Great open and honest communication with the administration and nominated legal support. Swift in responding to all queries. The requirements were closed out in very a timely manner.

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Nazia Khan Tashoi Reid

Nazia Khan

Tashoi Reid

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Employment

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Employment Law

Simon

May 29, 2025

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Excellent service

I guess like most people you only need a solicitor in times of potential trouble, and whilst mine was employment law related, the team at Spencer Shaw were exceptional in meeting my needs and extreme timelines for completing documents. I cannot recommend the team there enough.

Lawyers named in this review:
Ian Jones Tashoi Reid

Ian Jones

Tashoi Reid

A representative from Spencer Shaw Solicitors Limited responded to this review on 30 May, 2025:

Thank you for your review Simon. It was a pleasure to work with you, and we wish you all the best in the future.

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Employment

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Tammy edwards

May 22, 2025

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Tashoi is really friendly and was happy to spend time talking over my case. She gave me great advice. Excellent. Would really recommend these to anyone that needs advice.

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Nazia Khan Tashoi Reid

Nazia Khan

Tashoi Reid

A representative from Spencer Shaw Solicitors Limited responded to this review on 22 May, 2025:

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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Anonymous,

May 14, 2025

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‘Not an advisory service’

I spoke with Ian about my case initially and felt I had to keep repeating myself as he seemed to have ‘forgotten’ information I had relayed prior. He also cut me off on many occasions which became frustrating as I was explaining crucial information. I did not feel like he was on my side acting in my best interests. Despite charging me his extortionate hourly rate I felt he was delaying things to extort further money from me and expressed a few times that he was ‘not an advisory service’. My confusion arises as are all solicitors within their field of practice not advisors?!

Lawyer named in this review:
Ian Jones

Ian Jones

A representative from Spencer Shaw Solicitors Limited responded to this review on 15 May, 2025:

We are surprised to hear that you were dissatisfied, as you didn't raise any concerns or complaints with us during your matter or afterwards, either formally or informally. These are very strong allegations to make, which we believe are false and misrepresentative. We always represent our clients best interests, which sometimes means guiding the conversation to stay on topic and in budget. As a business we do charge for the work we do, but we have a bank of reliable, free charitable and government-run advisory services that we recommend to people looking for free advice. Given the strength of these allegations, we would expect that you would want us to hear and address your concerns. However, we have tried to contact you by phone and email but not had a response. Without using our proper complaints procedure, it is difficult to see how you would like us to resolve this.

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Employment Law

Mohamed Mohamed

May 13, 2025

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Recently used Spencer Shaw for a service after they were recommended and they were fantastic in all aspects, credit to Tashoi, Nazia and Laura.

Thank you again

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Nazia Khan

Tashoi Reid

A representative from Spencer Shaw Solicitors Limited responded to this review on 13 May, 2025:

Thank you for your review. We appreciate the positive feedback, and wish you all the best for the future!

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Employment

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Settlement Agreements

Michael,

May 09, 2025

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Easier than I expected

I recently needed legal assistance for a settlement agreement with my former employer. I found Spencer Shaw on Google, as I was looking for a local firm. I contacted them and everything went smoothly from the very first phone call. The matter was concluded within the required deadline, and I was regularly updated throughout.

Lawyers named in this review:
Nazia Khan Tashoi Reid

Nazia Khan

Tashoi Reid

A representative from Spencer Shaw Solicitors Limited responded to this review on 09 May, 2025:

Thank you for your review Michael! We were happy to help.

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Employment

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Employment Law

Sam

April 15, 2025

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Very knowledgeable and helpful resolved my issue quickly

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Nazia Khan

Nazia Khan

A representative from Spencer Shaw Solicitors Limited responded to this review on 17 April, 2025:

Thank you for your review Sam, and best wishes for the future.

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Employment Law

Paula

April 15, 2025

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Very impressed with service - from the moment I sent a message online the end to end process was incredibly swift, professional and with ease. Greeted with a phone call from the lovely Tashoi (Legal Assistant) who proceeded to keep me updated at each stage. Thank you to Nazia (Senior Solicitor) for the in-depth review and expert knowledge. Already recommended.

Lawyers named in this review:
Nazia Khan Tashoi Reid

Nazia Khan

Tashoi Reid

A representative from Spencer Shaw Solicitors Limited responded to this review on 15 April, 2025:

Thank you for your lovely review Paula. It has been a pleasure to work with you.

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Dan

June 12, 2025

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I recently engaged with the team at Spencer Shaw and following my great experience, I have nothing but praise for them. I can't thank them enough for their service and wouldn't hesitate to recommend them to anyone.

A representative from Spencer Shaw Solicitors Limited responded to this review on 13 June, 2025:

Thank you Dan. It was a pleasure!

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Stephanie

June 05, 2025

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Stephanie

Waste of time. Called me at a time I’d specifically told them I wasn’t available, then were dismissive, patronising and unhelpful. Asked me what I wanted out of the call - legal advice, obviously? But instead I was told to go away, gather more information (but no directions as to what information they specifically needed me to gather) and to call back once I’d done that. No, I will be calling a different solicitors instead, one who actually acts like they want my business.

A representative from Spencer Shaw Solicitors Limited responded to this review on 09 June, 2025:

Hi Stephanie, As our solicitor was unavailable at the time you requested, she chose to call you earlier than requested rather than leave you waiting longer. Although our solicitor did check it was a convenient time, we’re sorry to hear now that it was not. I understand that you wanted definitive answers, but we aren’t able to give legal advice on the free initial call. To provide advice, we would need to assess the relevant information and understand the context. As you did not have any formal information from your employer, and hearsay is not enough to base a claim on, we could only recommend that you request more information about the decision. How you go about this would depend upon your employer’s policies and response, and so our solicitor could not give you an exact process to follow. We are sorry that we did not meet your expectations, but it would be wrong to give definitive advice without being fully informed. We wish you well in resolving the matter.

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Nusrath

March 16, 2025

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Nusrath

A professional and courteous service overall from the team at Spencer Shaw Solicitors. They dealt with my case with utmost care and detail. Special thanks goes to Ian Jones and Tashoi Reid.

A representative from Spencer Shaw Solicitors Limited responded to this review on 17 March, 2025:

Thank you for your review Nusrath. We will pass on your thanks to Ian and Tashoi.

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Matthew

January 28, 2025

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Matthew

I had a concern about a employment contract I am presented with taking that is very different to how my working pattern is and therefore looks like it doesn't fit, it is a very confusing situation for me so I requested the professional advice of SSS Ltd.
After an initial discussion there was an issue which the Principle Solicitor understood and handled effectively and efficiently.
I was then given the time and attention to fully express my concerns and these were taken piece by piece so that I was clear on the issues relevant to my situation.
Many thanks to Ian for this clarity and taking the time to resolve this.

A representative from Spencer Shaw Solicitors Limited responded to this review on 28 January, 2025:

Hi Matthew, We're really sorry to hear this. Our Principal Solicitor has taken a look at your matter and would like to speak to you to resolve the problem. He will be in touch later today. Best wishes, Laura

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Employment

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Employment Law

Lisa

August 28, 2024

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Lisa

Extremely professional, Nazia guided me through a very traumatic time, the constant support and advice when needed was invaluable. Calls and paperwork received promptly and when expected, a truly professional team that I will definitely recommend to family and friends

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Nazia Khan

Nazia Khan

A representative from Spencer Shaw Solicitors Limited responded to this review on 28 August, 2024:

Thank you for your review Lisa. We're happy we could help. We'll pass your message on to Nazia and the team.

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Andrew James

August 10, 2019

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If you have employment law issues this is the go to firm of solicitors

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