Used Abbey solicitors to defend me. All they want to do is rake in as much legal aid as possiable. They will not do any case work which may help in your defence. You will need to do this yourself. In one situation I was bailed to appear at a police station (un-named) in Manchester. Which I duely attended. On the SAME DAY I had to appear for an seperate matter at the magistrate's court - I was (supposed) to be represented by the same firm Abbey Solicitors - I had forgotton as two apperances on the same day at different venues I did not think was possiable. I spent at least 2 hours in the company of the solicitor from Abbey in which time he made no referance to my apperance at the Magistrates court. On my return to work a collegue questioned the fact should I had attended court as well - on then questioning Abbey Solicitors on the phone they got back to me told me to go to the local police station to the Court, the following morning which when I attended I was arrested for failing to appear at court. I was locked in a cell - then transported to court in a prison van handcuffed. Followed by being locked in the court cells - then ushered in front of the Magistrates - then the Solicitor stood up and explained my reasons - I was fined £400. I accept responsability but should my legal representation also have the at least reminded me of court dates - especially if I was with them on the said date? Last point worth reading - On the day before my trial in conferance with Abbey and the appointed barrister I am advised to plead guilty due to the fact this would only lead to a possiable 3 years in custody and a proceeds of crime to the tune of £350,000. This they described to me as "damage limitation" On hearing this bad news I broke this to my to parents and my wifes parents. We all decided it would be better to cut ranks with Abbey. The next day in court the Judge heard our plea and allowed us new representation - Barry Cuttle was our choice. The new defense took a while to reach trial - however the hard work was put in and one of my charges were dropped, a futher charge I was found not guilty, two other charges I was found guilty. My punishment - was non custodial and the proceeds of crime was nothing like £350,000. Abbey solicitors are a joke. The solicitors they employ are a bigger JOKE. The guy who is the ringmaster - I cannot put into words. read more

We too have had a very bad experience with Abbey Solicitors, and it continues currently with no response from them since January. Keeping it brief, advised to plead guilty for shorter sentence - given maximum sentence possible. Misadvised of POCA hearing date, time and venue no less than 3 times, NO paperwork submitted to the Court, or the the Barrister who was also unaware when the hearing would take place until the same day and was therefore compeltely unprepared. This firm takes on legal aid cases with no intention of representing the client's interests beyond a couple of meetings and letters whcih are purely to justify their fee. Their representative was not in Court for the trial or sentencing or POCA hearing and has not communicated even once let alone made a prison visit. I have had excuses such as 'your e mails somehow went in my spam folder', 'I havent been in the office this week', 'my voicemail is full' and this from the actual 'criminal expert' solicitor herself. Can Abbey be called a reputable firm of professionals ? No. read more

I truthfully cannot express enough in words just how unprofessional this company is. They are nothing but sales people. When I went to them I spoke with Nadeem , who filled me with confidence and said everything that I wanted to hear. I felt so good when I left the meeting. The first thing that they wanted me to do was fill out the legal aid form so that they could get paid. From that moment onwards it was a nightmare. No one answered my calls or responded to my emails except to say that they had received my email. When my case finally got to court , my barrister turned up and said that he hadn't seen the papers yet and he was waiting for Abbey solicitors to bring them to court. I couldn't believe what I was hearing. My case was about to be heard and my legal representative didn't even know what he was there for. The judge became extremely angry with my barrister and of course I lost the case. Please please please, do not use Abbey Solicitors. I hope that my experience if nothing else will warn others about this firm read more

Abbey solicitors Wilmslow Road Fallowfield manchester. M14 5JQ. Partially sighted family member is attacked in bus station. He defends himself. Family member is charged with GBH. Family member appoints abbey solicitors and is advised NOT to plead guilty at magistrates court as it was self defence. He is advised to stand trial at crown court. Family member asks what his punishment is likely to be if found guilty at crown court. He is told by abbey solicitor at the worst it would be a community service order.Family member stands trial at crown court, no mention of his eye disease to the jury by broken english speaking old barrister. Trainee solicitor who prepared the case very nervous looking throughout the whole trial. Conclusion. Family member found guilty and held on remand in prison since the end of november. Still awaiting sentencing. You can draw your own conclusion!!!!!!! read more

This company is a scam. They are not Solicitors but nothing more than money grabbers. They should be locked up for the way that they tell lies. Nadeem Ullah will tell you everything that you want to hear and he will sound like he knows exactly what he is talking about, but the truth is that he just wants your money. Once he has your money, he just moves on to the next customer and does not even answer your calls or emails. I so wished that I had not used this firm of scam merchants. Now I am paying the price for falling for his sales patter. I feel so stupid. Don't use this company if your matter is serious read more

Lazy, lazy firm solicitors. Absolutely everything was too much trouble for them. Whenever I asked them to do something, they gave me an excuse as to why they couldn't do it. It got to the stage that even before I asked them to do something I knew that they would just say, 'oh, but you don't need to do that'. Needless to say, I lost my case and now I have to pay all the expenses. read more

I am in the middle of a case and I am using Abbey Solicitors and I am experiencing the exact same difficulties as others have on here. They promise that someone will get back to you, but no one ever does. They don't respond to emails, yet they were so prompt at replying before I signed the legal aid application. I am so annoyed with myself for not reading these reviews first. read more

Abbey solicitors represented my husband & from the first phone call they were remarkable . Janis came to our house & took statements , talked us through the procedures & brought the barristor John Broadlley to our house also , they was always available at any time we needed them . The barristor was brilliant in the court room & got the best result for us " NOT GUILTY " read more

After reading all of these reviews, I decided to ask around people that I know on the legal profession about Abbey Solicitors Ltd. and no one has heard of them. I suppose that's enough said. Everyone has heard of Ronaldo but not so many people know the name of the Halifax football team captain. read more

Jokers. I am disgusted that this kind of firm is even allowed to continue to operate in the legal field. Something should be done to stop these kinds of firms from scamming people in this way. read more

The debt team at abbeys was very helpful, always had the time to answer my questions, always polite and professional. Couldn't recommend more. read more

Same experience as everyone else on here. They don't want to know you once they have been paid.

Great service , very professional. Would defintely recommend them