Our Complaints Policy

We are committed to providing a high-quality legal service to all our clients. When something goes wrong, we need you to tell us about it. This will help us improve our standards.

Our Complaints Procedure

If you have a complaint, please contact us with the details.

What will happen next?

  1. We will send you a letter acknowledging receipt of your complaint within seven days of receiving it, enclosing a copy of this procedure.
  2. We will then investigate your complaint. This will normally involve passing your complaint to our Complaints Officer, Lee Gabbie, who will review your matter and speak to the member of staff/fee earner who acted for you.
  3. Depending on the nature of the complaint Lee Gabbie may invite you to a meeting to discuss and hopefully resolve your complaint, if it is considered that such a meeting is in the best interests of both parties, and will facilitate a resolution. If appropriate he will invite you to attend a meeting within 14 days of sending you the acknowledgement letter.
  4. Should a meeting take place then within seven days of the meeting, Lee Gabbie will write to you to confirm what took place and any solutions he has agreed with you.
  5. If a meeting is not considered appropriate then we will explain why we do not believe a meeting is necessary. In these circumstances we will send you a detailed written reply to your complaint, including suggestions for resolving the matter, within 21 days of sending you the acknowledgement letter.
  6. At this stage, if you are still not satisfied, you should contact us again and we will arrange to review the decision. Someone unconnected with the matter at the firm will review the decision.
  7. We will write to you within 14 days of receiving your request for a review, confirming our final position on your complaint and explaining our reasons.
  8. If you are still not satisfied, you can then contact the Legal Ombudsman at PO Box 6806, Wolverhampton WV1 9WJ about your complaint. Generally, you can ask the Legal Ombudsman to look at a complaint within one year of the date of the act or omission about which you are concerned or one year of you realising there was a concern. You also need to bring your complaint to the Legal Ombudsman within six months of our final response to you. For further information you should contact The Legal Ombudsman on telephone number, 0300 555 0333 or at or www.legalombudsman.org.uk
  9. Should you wish to request the firm to consider alternative dispute resolution (ADR) as a method of resolving your complaint you may contact an ADR Approved Body. One such body is Promediate UK Limited, Brow Farm, Top Road, Frodsham, Cheshire, WA6 6SP, www.promediate.co.uk. Details of other ADR Approved bodies may be found on the Chartered Trading Standards Institute website. The firm does not have to agree to resolve a your complaint using ADR. We will advise you of whether we are willing to resolve your complaint using ADR when we write to you confirming our final position on your complaint.
  10. The Solicitors Regulation Authority can help if you are concerned about our behaviour. This could be for things like dishonesty, taking or losing your money or treating you unfairly because of your age, a disability or other characteristic. Visit their website to see how you can raise your concerns with the Solicitors Regulation Authority.

If we have to change any of the timescales above, we will let you know and explain why. You will not incur any fees for any time spent in dealing with your complaint.