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Ashton LakeSolicitors Park House, 25 Park Road, Loughborough, LE11 2ED Phone: 01509 262621 Phone: 01509 262621 Found in category: Leicestershire Solicitors |
Bird Wilford and SaleSolicitors 20 Church Gate, Loughborough, LE11 1UD Phone: 01509 232611 Phone: 01509 232611 Found in category: Leicestershire Solicitors |
Edward Hands & LewisSolicitors 3 Rectory Place, Loughborough, LE11 1UW Phone: 01509 216161 Phone: 01509 216161 Found in category: Leicestershire Solicitors |
Hawley & RodgersSolicitors 19-23 Granby St, LOUGHBOROUGH, LE11 3DY Phone: 01509 230333 Phone: 01509 230333 Found in category: Leicestershire Solicitors |
LathamsSolicitors charnwood House, 2 Forest Road, Loughborough, LE11 3NP Phone: 01509 238822 Phone: 01509 238822 Found in category: Leicestershire Solicitors |
MK Legal SolicitorsSolicitors 299 Beacon Road, Loughborough, LE11 2RA Phone: 01509230888 Phone: 01509230888 Found in category: Leicestershire Solicitors |
Moss SolicitorsSolicitors 80-81 WoodGate, Loughborough, LE11 2XE Phone: 01509 217770 Phone: 01509 217770 Found in category: Leicestershire Solicitors |
PamarsSolicitors 2 Woodgate, Loughborough, LE11 2TY Phone: 01509 261823 Phone: 01509 261823 Found in category: Leicestershire Solicitors |
Prusinksi SolicitorsSolicitors Unit 13, The Office Village, North Road, Loughborough, LE11 1QJ Phone: 01509 233622 Phone: 01509 233622 Found in category: Leicestershire Solicitors |
Straw and PearceSolicitors 18 Rectory Place, LOUGHBOROUGH, LE11 1UU Phone: 01509 268931 Phone: 01509 268931 Found in category: Leicestershire Solicitors |
Thomas Solicitors53 Church Gate, Loughborough, LE11 1UE Phone: 01509 611061 Phone: 01509 611061 Found in category: Leicestershire Solicitors |
Wemyss Hathaway SolicitorsSolicitor 63 Forest Road, Loughborough, LE11 3NW Phone: 01509 214216 Phone: 01509 214216 Found in category: Leicestershire Solicitors |
Further Information on Solicitors
I am a solicitor and I am often asked what solicitors do. Despite most towns in the UK having at least one firm of solicitors, a lot of people don't know why we're here and what we can offer.
Broadly stated, solicitors able able to give "legal advice" and offer "legal services". That's why we're known as lawyers (we're one of two types of lawyers, the other being of course barristers).
So what are "legal services"? These are remarkably wide-ranging. A legal service could be the conducting the sale of a house or flat (conveyancing), preparing Wills for husband and wife, drawing up a charter for a local Working Men's Club, helping an employee prepare an unfair dismissal claim, buying a house, drawing up contracts between companies, suing someone, preparing a Lasting Power of Attorney, offering "no win, no fee" personal injury claims, advising a person who has been arrested at a police station, assisting in corporate take-overs of multi-million pound businesses, and so on and so on.
No one solicitor is an expert on all these areas. I specialise in Wills, probate, Lasting Powers of Attorney and a few other things, but questions I have been asked include: "how does it feel to have to go to a police station at 3 a.m.?" and "I've made a CD, how do I copyright it?". Neither has any relation to my work. Like all solicitors, I am not an expert on all the law (it would be foolhardy to attempt it!), and instead I specialise so that I can offer the best possible service.
Also, no one firm of solicitors has experts on all areas of law (or if there is one, it's news to me!) although some large London firms in their glass faced office blocks may come close. Many law firms are "high street" firms, concentrating on the areas of law which affect many peoples' day-to-day lives, such as family matters, Wills, probate, conveyancing, employment and so on. Many law firms describe themselves as "commercial" firms, concentrating on services for businesses, such as contracts, take-overs, commercial property deals and so on. Other law firms concentrate, for example, on personal injury matters. Many firms, such as mine, sit in the middle of the road and offer a broad spectrum of services.
To find out if your local solicitor can help you, call them up and ask, or e-mail them via their website. You will be put through to a specialist who will tell you whether the firm can help and how much it should cost. Alternatively, seek assistance further afield. A few law firms have a progressive attitude to taking on clients at a distance, and will gladly receive calls from all over the country. One more option is to visit the Law Society website which lists all solicitors in England and Wales and gives details of their specialist areas.
Solicitors are more tightly regulated than most other professions in the UK. We are overseen by the Solicitors Regulation Authority, which is an independent body with the duel aims of safeguarding excellent service and satisfaction for clients. My impression is that solicitors are shaking off the old impression which is more akin to a Charles Dickens novel. These days, English commercial firms are at the centre of the legal world and provide cutting edge services indispensable to their huge corporate clients, while many "high street" practices are becoming more contemporary by modernising and becoming increasingly proactive.
Interestingly, no law firm in this country is a legal entity known as a limited company. That's why solicitors' businesses are called firms, practices or partnerships (all essentially describe the same thing).
These days, non-solicitors are allowed to offer some (but not all) legal services. For example, there are many people called "Will writers" who offer cut-price Wills, and the same goes for conveyancing. Often, these provide a good service, however this is not always the case. For something as important as buying a house (conveyancing) or making a Will, many people prefer to head for a firm of solicitors. With this comes the reassurance of professionals who have undergone a well structured and well regulated training over numerous years (and mandatory training on an ongoing basis -CPD or continuing professional development) and close regulation of the business by the Solicitors Regulation Authority. On top of this is friendly face-to-face service, which is my favourite part of the job.
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