Blacks Solicitors LLP

0113 207 0000

Blacks Solicitors provide a wide range of legal advice to commercial and private clients across Yorkshire and throughout the UK. We continue to go from strength to strength with 24 partners and over 200 staff operating across two offices based in Leeds. At Blacks we like to do things differently, taking time to understand our clients’ needs and the sectors they work in, whilst giving clear and sensible advice at realistic prices. Read more...

Also known as - Blacks, Blacks Direct, Blacks Connect

Address
City Point
29 King Street
Leeds
West Yorkshire
LS1 2HL
0113 207 0000
www.lawblacks.com

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David Ryan Ward

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How Blacks Solicitors LLP 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 Blacks Solicitors LLP on ReviewSolicitors.

As part of our review questionnaire we ask reviewer questions about the value for money they felt they received by using Blacks Solicitors LLP. 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 2%

Overpriced 12%

About Right 84%

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Satisfied with
outcome of matter

This firm - 94%

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ReviewSolicitors uses our community data to show you how many clients used Blacks Solicitors LLP 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 Blacks Solicitors LLP 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 94%

No 6%

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Rankings by area of expertise

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

Consumer

4th / 82

80th / 4549

Company & Commercial

5th / 69

72nd / 4334

Housing & Property

2nd / 63

19th / 4225

Family Law

11th / 65

249th / 3834

Wills, Trusts & Probate

9th / 51

316th / 3484

Commercial Property

2nd / 164

48th / 3293

Employment

7th / 63

119th / 3083

Regulations

4th / 59

21st / 2536

Personal Injury

6th / 55

118th / 2355

Immigration

8th / 33

79th / 2003

Money & Tax

5th / 46

35th / 1837

Professional Negligence

3rd / 47

24th / 1187

IT & Intellectual Property

3rd / 34

16th / 1049

Dispute Resolution

4th / 47

49th / 1035

Clinical Negligence

6th / 39

56th / 940

Notary

2nd / 62

14th / 710

Banking

2nd / 58

8th / 699

Charities

1st / 36

14th / 563

Energy & Transport

1st / 41

7th / 514

Education

2nd / 30

13th / 264

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

4.7/5

Reviews summary

Excellent

2491
Very Good

104
Average

18
Poor

21
Awful

148

Overall experience

Value For Money
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Initial Impressions
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Housing & Property

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Residential Conveyancing

Raj Alreja

April 29, 2025

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Excellent Service – Highly Recommend

We recently used Blacks to help us with our house purchase and were extremely impressed with the service throughout. Helen and Amy were a pleasure to deal with—professional, efficient, and always approachable. They provided very clear instructions on all the paperwork, which made the process much less stressful.

Communication was a real strong point: we were always kept up to date on the progress and they responded quickly to both phone calls and emails.

We couldn’t be happier with the service and would highly recommend them to anyone buying a property.

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April 23, 2025

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Exceptional Service provided by Samantha Simpson and Anne Clarkson

Both Samantha and Anne were incredibly prompt in addressing any queries I had, ensuring that I was always kept informed and that the process moved forward smoothly. They provided a lovely service, demonstrating a high level of professionalism and a genuine commitment to achieving the best possible outcome.

I would wholeheartedly recommend Samantha and Anne to anyone seeking solicitors for any property sale. Their expertise, combined with their excellent communication skills, made a potentially stressful process much more manageable.

I will definitely be working with them again in the future.

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Samantha Simpson

Samantha Simpson

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J&W Investment Group Ltd

April 17, 2025

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Wonderful Services

Sam and Lauren provided a great service from start to finish - we cant thank them enough, we will definitely be using them for all of our business moving forwards - Thank you from J&W Investment Group Ltd

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Kerwin Doctrove

April 16, 2025

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Selling of House and Probate.

They quoted the cost before the engagement and they charged exactly the amount. They were professional and kept their word and their standard and communication was excellent.

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Housing & Property

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Residential Conveyancing

Perminder

April 12, 2025

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Excellent Service

2nd time we’ve used Blacks Solicitors LLP for a re-‘mortgage. Bilal and his team (inc Debra) were efficient, responsive and approachable.

Will be instructing very soon on a 3rd matter.

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Nick Turner

April 09, 2025

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Excellent service

As always Richard offers great service. Ultimate professional and speedy work. Would always use Richard, highly recommended.

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Cedarbricks realty Ltd

April 07, 2025

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Excellent Service

Eleanor and Sarah at Blacks Solicitors were fantastic during my property purchase.
The process became very frustrating due to delays and issues caused by both the lenders and the sellers, but Eleanor and Sarah handled everything with professionalism and expertise.
Their support made a difficult process much easier.
I highly recommend Blacks Solicitors!

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Family Law

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Molly

April 06, 2025

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Best solicitor around!

Josie was professional, but approachable. At a difficult and frustrating time, Josie made me feel at ease and I had the highest confidence that the issues would be resolved as quickly as possible. Cannot thank Josie enough for how the situation was dealt with! Definitely a solicitor to recommend!

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Josephine Rose Kirk

Josephine Rose Kirk

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Housing & Property

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Diane Ferry

April 04, 2025

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Professional

Friendly, helpful and very professional service from Abbie & Megan.
Always happy to assist and any queries dealt with promptly and efficiently making the whole process run smoothly. Would definitely recommend using Blacks.

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Sharon

April 01, 2025

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Property Purchase

Used Lauren Grey at Blacks Solicitors for a company property purchase and couldn’t be happier with the service provided. Lauren was professional, friendly and on the ball. Easily contactable and pushed purchase through promptly to miss stamp duty increase. Would definitely recommend.

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William

April 28, 2025

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William

Faye has been superb as always!

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Kevin

April 25, 2025

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Kevin

David Lawes in the conveyancing team recently acted for me on the sale of a two bed leasehold flat in North London at an auction sale. The sale process went very smoothly and was very fast. David provided an excellent service. I am happy to recommend. Kevin Jordan (solicitor)

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Nicholas

April 23, 2025

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Lauren with all the cases I have done has been fantastic throughout. She answers all of my questions, keeps me in the loop about progress and is a brilliant problem solver.

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Sandeep

April 18, 2025

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I had a very positive experience with Blacks LLP Solicitors. From start to finish, the service was excellent and came at a very reasonable price. Every question or concern I had was addressed promptly, often with just a quick phone call, which really helped put my mind at ease. The team was always responsive and easy to reach.

Paris Bentley, who handled my case, was absolutely fantastic—efficient, fast, and always professional. Everything was completed on time and to a very high standard. I also had the pleasure of dealing with Ruth, who was equally helpful and supportive throughout the process.

I’m really grateful for their hard work and would highly recommend them to anyone looking for reliable and effective legal support.

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Wayne

April 17, 2025

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Great service all the way through the process , very professional. Will definitely be giving these all my business moving forwards - thank you Sam and Lauren 👏👏 J&W Investment Group Ltd

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Description

We provide a wide range of legal services to commercial and private clients in Yorkshire, and across the UK, from our two offices based in Leeds. Our primary objective is the delivery of a first class service to all of our clients, whilst providing expert advice at realistic and competitive rates. To achieve this we take time to get to know and understand our clients, building long-term relationships to deliver the best results possible. We are also committed to our unique ‘Four Hour Call Back Promise’, which means that our clients get the support that they need when they need it.

Practice areas

Corporate Law Commercial Law Commercial Property Law Commercial / Civil Dispute Resolution Employment Law Business Immigration Insolvency & Recovery Debt Recovery Family Law Wills & Probate Residential Property / Conveyancing

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Personal areas of law

Clinical Negligence
- Clinical Negligence
Consumer
- Consumer Disputes
- Consumer Rights
- Dispute resolution - civil mediation
- Libel and Defamation
- 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
- Malicious falsehood
- Pre-publication advice
- Travel rights
Education
- Education
Employment
- Agency Staff / Temp Workers
- Constructive/Unfair Dismissal
- Disciplinary Hearings
- Discrimination at Work
- Employee Team Moves
- Employment Contracts
- Employment Law
- Equal Pay Disputes
- Family Leave
- Flexible Working
- Gardening Leave
- Harassment/Bullying at Work
- Holiday Pay Issues
- Maternity and Paternity
- Media and Sports
- Part Time Workers
- Pay Issue
- Pension Law
- Privacy and Data Protection
- Professional Discipline
- Redundancy
- Restrictive Covenants
- Senior Executives
- Settlement Agreements
- Stress at Work
- TUPE
- Tribunal Claims
- UK Employment Laws
- Unfair Dismissal Claims
- Whistleblower Protection
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
- Boundary Disputes
- 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
- 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
Immigration
- Administrative reviews, appeals and judicial reviews
- Ancestry visas
- Applications for British citizenship
- Applications for discretionary leave
- Applications to extend leave to remain or for settlement
- Citizenship
- Family Based Visas
- Family Visit Visa Applications /Appeals
- Further leave to remain applications
- General Visit Visa Applications / Appeals
- Immigration Law
- Indefinite leave to remain applications
- Nationality, Citizenship, Registration application
- Partner and family visas
- Settlement Applications and indefinite leave to remain appeals
- Tier 1 (investors, entrepreneurs and exceptional talent)
- Tier 2 (sponsored skilled workers)
- Tier 4 (students)
- Tier 5 (temporary workers)
- UK ancestry
- Visas
Money & Tax
- Debt and Bankruptcy
- HMRC Tax Investigations and Disputes
- Inheritance Tax
- Insolvency and bankruptcy
- Trusts
Notary
- Notary
Personal Injury
- Personal Injury Law
Professional Negligence
- Accountants
- Architects
- Engineers
- Financial advisors
- Insurance brokers
- Professional Negligence
- Professional trustees
- Surveyors
- Valuers
Wills, Trusts & Probate
- Disputed Probate
- Disputed Trusts
- Disputed Wills
- Probate
- Trusts
- Wills

Business areas of law

Banking
- Banking
Charities
- Charities
Commercial Property
- Commercial Leases
- Commercial mortgages
- Developer disputes
- Development plot sales
- Environmental policy law
- Finance
- Investment purchases and Buy to Let
- Landlord and tenant
- Planning law
- Purchase and Sale Of Commercial Property
- Purchase of development land
- Rights of way issues
- Sales or purchases of shops, factories, warehouses, offices and licensed premises
Company & Commercial
- Agency agreements
- Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)
- Business structures and joint ventures
- Commercial Contracts and Agreements
- Commercial Law
- Commercial Litigation Matters
- Competition law
- Contract law
- Contractual Disputes
- Corporate Law
- Corporate finance
- Data Protection
- Employment - business
- Franchising
- Insolvency and Bankruptcy
- Intellectual Property
- Management buyouts
- Merchandising and sponsorship
- Mergers and Acquisitions
- Partnership and LLP law
- Sales and Purchases
- Setting up a business
- Share option schemes
- Shareholder Agreements
- Shareholder and Partnership Disputes
- Slander
- Statutory Demands
Dispute Resolution
- Mediation
Energy & Transport
- Energy
IT & Intellectual Property
- Advertising and Marketing Compliance
- Anti-Counterfeiting and Anti-Piracy
- Confidential Information, Know-How and Trade Secrets
- Copyright
- Dealing with intellectual property infringements
- Design rights and product designs
- Domain Names
- Intellectual Property Litigation and Dispute Resolution
- Patents
- Personality and Image Rights
- Trade Marks and Designs
Regulations
- Health and Safety
- Licensing

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Blacks Solicitors LLP

Accreditations

Available lawyers at Blacks Solicitors LLP

How Blacks Solicitors LLP Compares

Value for money

Would recommend tofriends and family

Satisfied withoutcome of matter

Rankings by area of expertise

Review Sources

Reviews summary

Excellent

Very Good

Average

Poor

Awful

Overall experience

Excellent Service – Highly Recommend

Exceptional Service provided by Samantha Simpson and Anne Clarkson

Wonderful Services

Selling of House and Probate.

Excellent Service

Excellent service

Excellent Service

Best solicitor around!

Professional

Property Purchase

Reviews collected from

William

Kevin

Nicholas

Sandeep

Wayne

Blacks Solicitors LLP are accredited by

About this branch

Description

Practice areas

Regulated by

Legal services

Personal areas of law

Business areas of law

Would recommend to
friends and family

Satisfied with
outcome of matter