Judge & Priestley

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Richard

1.00/5.00

"Bunch of Turkeys"

Bunch of Turkeys , seems they trying to jump on the utility crisis bandwagon and make themselves some money.

Chasing me for money that I do not owe, but very unresponsive so you have no idea what's going on.

Call themselves solicitors , but glorified debt collectors if you ask me

10/01/2023

Simon

1.00/5.00

"We use this company to chase debts for…"

We use this company to chase debts for us. They are slow and unresponsive. They received settlement for one of our claims over two weeks ago and are stalling on making payment. Avoid!

09/11/2022

Iron

1.00/5.00

"I received a bogus debt collection from this company"

I received a bogus debt collection letter from this company requesting me to pay a debt of £27,535.46 in relation to the EDF electricity bill used in 2018 for a building in Hays UB3 5EY for my dormant company. My dormant company never traded or had an office unit. I have never rented a unit on the building they’re referring to, in fact, never visited this building in Hays.
I just sent them an email to stop this joke or will report it to the police.

20/11/2021

Richard Ward

1.00/5.00

"avoid at all costs"

Having decided to buy a house we made the unfortunate decision to use the legal firm recomended by our estate agent who unfortunatly partnered us with Judge Priestly and their senior conveyancer Caroline.

To start with we believed everything was going according to plan as the payment was taken and we were told that the searches were being requested however as time passed we began to wonder what was happening and thats when the problems came to light. Getting Caroline on the phone was virtually impossible as she hardly every answered it an when you left her a voicemail she never responded to it so i took to e-mailing alongside phone calls so I could have a written history of corrospondance attempts which at 1 point reached up to 4 per day without any response. Eventually after e-mailing warning them that if I did not get a response by coB then I would file a complaint with the legal ombudsman, contacting Carolines superior Madelaine and the estage agent calling several times a day that I got a response and we were able to arrange the exchange.

Following exchange I was keen to avoid any additional surprises so chased for the final statement so we could ensure there were no issues with completion and was advised that I would receive this at least 10 days before completion. No surprise this came and went and I returned to calling Caroline, her team and Madelaine to try and get and update and once again had to e-mail warning them that if we did not get this within 24 hours then I would file my complaint with the legal ombudsman and if their inaction caused me any financial losses then I would be taking legal action against judge priestly directly that I received this statement and was able to close off the last of my tasks in the process.

Overall I would say that if you want a legal firm that will make buying a house as easy as possible then I would be happy to recommend anyone other than judge preistley and if you are unfortunate enough to have already started working with them then do some reaserch into the legal ombudsman as it seemed the only way to get them to take an interest.

08/11/2021

Paula McKee

1.00/5.00

"Used for conveyancing had no choice as…"

Used for conveyancing had no choice as they are in partnership with recommended 3rd party through estate agents.
Would not recommend at all communication always done through assistant, poor girl didn't seem to really know anything and attention to detail was very, very poor.
No communication with solicitor whatsoever throughout the entire process.
3 months to discover they hadn't photocopied an essential document correctly !!
Would not recommend Bromley Branch.

25/08/2021

Margaret Tully

1.00/5.00

"I cannot recommend this company"

I cannot recommend this company. I have not had a good experience.

20/08/2021

Doug Parry

1.00/5.00

"Knowingly sent a CCJ to an address they…"

Knowingly sent a CCJ to an address they or their client knew categorically that I didn’t live at so they could get an undefended judgement. Is this illegal? Their client knew as I had signed a notary document 250 miles away in Truro previously for the sale of a property. Now have a copy of the judgement which is a pack of orchestrated rubbish. Can you trust them?

27/05/2021

Karen

1.00/5.00

"Absolutely awful"

Absolutely awful, this company was appointed executors by our parents, so we had no choice in the matter of using them. Its been 41 months since father died, and they have dragged their feet all the way, we have had to chase for updates, every few months in-spite of including the boss in the emails they haven’t had the courtesy to reply, they have been paid in full, so obviously no rush to finalise the estate. Father would be very upset if he knew the way his estate has been handled and the way we have been constantly ignored. Use them at your peril.

20/05/2021

Anne Cooper

5.00/5.00

"An amazing firm of Solicitors"

I have nothing but praise for this firm of Solicitors.
They have just wound up my sister in law's estate and they have been absolutely amazing from start to finish.
They were both efficient and professional and kept me up to date at all times.
I cannot fault them, so much so
that I have now made them joint Executors of my Will.
I dreaded dealing with solicitors but they made the whole process simple and worry free.
I definitely highly recommend this firm.

10/04/2021

G “GRG” G

1.00/5.00

"Just had the displeasure of dealing…"

Just had the displeasure of dealing with this unprofessional company. On my part I was late with a payment for the grand total of £13.46 yes that is the amount, late due to the standing order not paying because it was below the amount set to pay, so I received a letter from these people DEMANDING payment. The payment was 5 days late when they sent the letter and I got it on March 1st threatening legal action for a debt of less than £14. Considering the urgency stated in the letter it took me all day to get through to them and when I did I got the voicemail of a rather sad sounding former employee. I then had a rather unpleasant conversation with a receptionist who really needs to go on a people handling course as her phone manner was disrespectful. Still at least I paid the massive all consuming fee to this bunch of sharks. If you feel the need to ever use these or get a letter from them about a debt go back to your creditor and try to deal with them instead do not use these people

02/03/2021
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