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 - 94%

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 85%

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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

5th / 79

83rd / 4518

Company & Commercial

5th / 66

73rd / 4297

Housing & Property

2nd / 62

18th / 4221

Family Law

11th / 64

244th / 3824

Wills, Trusts & Probate

10th / 51

324th / 3470

Commercial Property

2nd / 56

55th / 3280

Employment

7th / 62

121st / 3064

Regulations

4th / 59

20th / 2512

Personal Injury

6th / 56

112th / 2347

Immigration

8th / 33

78th / 1994

Money & Tax

5th / 46

32nd / 1833

Professional Negligence

3rd / 46

23rd / 1179

IT & Intellectual Property

3rd / 34

16th / 1039

Dispute Resolution

4th / 46

50th / 1030

Clinical Negligence

6th / 39

55th / 936

Notary

2nd / 62

15th / 710

Banking

2nd / 58

8th / 693

Charities

1st / 20

14th / 561

Energy & Transport

1st / 41

7th / 510

Education

2nd / 17

13th / 266

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

2571
Very Good

105
Average

18
Poor

22
Awful

148

Overall experience

Value For Money
Communication
Initial Impressions
Approachability
Documentation Accuracy
Legal knowledge

Family Law

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Separation

T Hammonds

June 11, 2025

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Outstanding Legal Guidance Throughout My Separation

I cannot recommend Josie Kirk highly enough. She handled my separation with exceptional efficiency, professionalism, and sensitivity throughout the entire process. From our first meeting, Josie demonstrated a deep understanding of both the legal and emotional complexities involved. Her calm and compassionate approach made a difficult time much more manageable, and her clear communication ensured I always felt informed and supported.

Josie’s attention to detail and dedication to achieving a fair outcome were truly impressive. She was always responsive, respectful, and thoughtful in her guidance. I’m incredibly grateful for her support and expertise, and I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend her to anyone in need of legal assistance during a separation.

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Josephine Rose Kirk

Josephine Rose Kirk

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Annabela L

June 07, 2025

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Excellent and responsive solicitors

Lauren Grey was really helpful and responsive during the whole process of purchase of my buy to let property. My first property somehow fell through but Lauren was very helpful and provided regular updates. Best is you can reach her or the conveyance assistants very easily. Hence I went with Lauren again for the next property. Blacks are not the cheapest but I think they are transparent and professional.

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GSPM LTD

June 07, 2025

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Blacks Great Law firm

Fantastic first class service streamlined from start to end very easy to understand each stage of the process. Would highly recommend Blacks Solicitors!!!

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GSPM LTD

June 07, 2025

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streamlined conveyancing

Great service from start to end !! was kept fully aware at all stages of the process.

Would highly recommend Blacks Solicitors.

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Matthew Hamza

June 07, 2025

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Very pleased

I am pleased with the service received in the completion of our company’s purchase. Hannah was supportive and professional all through until completion. I would be recommending Blacks solicitors to friends and relatives.

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Housing & Property

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Residential Conveyancing

Janette Jones

June 04, 2025

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Good communication and efficient

We have used Blacks for a few years now. We had the pleasure of working with Liam and Maariyah for our recent conveyance, and we couldn’t be happier with their service.
From start to finish, they were incredibly friendly and approachable, making what can often be a stressful process feel smooth and manageable.
Their efficiency was outstanding, they handled all the paperwork and communication promptly, keeping us informed every step of the way.
Thanks to their professionalism and warm support, our conveyance was completed quickly and without any issues.
We highly recommend Liam and Mariah to anyone seeking reliable and personable legal assistance.

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Housing & Property

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Residential Conveyancing

Kumaran S

June 04, 2025

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5 Stars – Highly Recommended

We recently completed the purchase of our new home, and we couldn't be more grateful for the outstanding service provided by our solicitor, Rebecca at Black Solicitors LLP From start to finish, she made the entire process smooth, efficient, and as stress-free as possible.

Rebecca was consistently professional, responsive, and thorough in her work. She kept us informed every step of the way and was always happy to explain things clearly when needed. Her attention to detail and commitment to meeting deadlines gave us complete confidence throughout the transaction.

Thanks to Rebecca’s expertise and proactive approach, everything was completed on time without any unexpected issues. We truly appreciated her calm, reassuring manner and the way she handled everything so seamlessly.

Thank you, Rebecca and the team at Black Solicitors LLP, for helping us through such an important milestone. We wholeheartedly recommend your services to anyone looking for a reliable and excellent solicitor!

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Ron Garcia

June 02, 2025

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Mortgage

We have used the service for refinance our HMO and the experience was amazing they are very professional and efficient to deal with.

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Ranjit Soor

June 02, 2025

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Blacks Solicitors

This was the first time I bought a property and Hannah Parkinson from Blacks was so good, patience and talked me through every thing. I must have rung her 20 times asking the same questions and she guided me through this purchase. I would recommend these Solicitors for any conveyancing matters. Thank you Hannah !

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Housing & Property

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Investment and buy to let properties

Horacio Santaella

May 31, 2025

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Easy process to buy a property with Blacks Solicitors

We had a great experience for the conveyancing of a property purchase for our limited company with Blacks Solicitors. Ian Ainscough was very accurate and always available to answer the phone and respond our emails for any of our enquiries during the process. We'll definitely hire them again. Highly recommended solicitors in the UK.

Excellent service, communication was great and I was always kept up to date with proceedings, would highly recommend.

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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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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

Outstanding Legal Guidance Throughout My Separation

Excellent and responsive solicitors

Blacks Great Law firm

streamlined conveyancing

Very pleased

Good communication and efficient

5 Stars – Highly Recommended

Mortgage

Blacks Solicitors

Easy process to buy a property with Blacks Solicitors

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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