I instructed Arlingsworth to work on immigration matters for my fiancé. I paid £2000 in advance…read morewith the plan to pay the balance of £6500 asap. The day after I paid the £2000 they sent all the 'pro former' letters and standard documents that they just have to click and paste with my details on. after that I had a 19 minute phone call with them. some time later I paid the £6500. ONE week later my life got turned completely upside-down, things happened with my fiancé and her family and we lost any chance of being together. I contacted Arlingsworth and explained this. Baring in mind ONE week had passed and they had not done ANY WORK since the pro-former cut and paste letters and a 19 minute phone call, they refused to refund the £6500. they had £2000 for the work done, which is still a pretty good ROI! but they are outright refusing to return the UNEARNED £6500. They state they are a friendly and ethical company but they are using the small print in their terms and conditions for circumstances that do not apply. Now any time they get a negative review, they just lie and say they have no knowledge of this person as a client! Stay away!!!!

I've used Dean Wilson Laing for two transactions spanning over the last two years: A…read moreshare-of-freehold purchase and leasehold renewal on my flat, and a later a conveyancing service for a residential property purchase. Both were handled professionally and with relatively swift communication. They seem to respond well to email, and don't mind if you phone them. Fees in both cases were negotiated at a reasonable fixed price for the works. Considering the freehold purchase took many months due to an unresponsive sellers solicitor, this was very nice to know -- we were not charged any extra for all the back-and-forthing required. My only gripe would be that at the very end of the conveyancing, our solicitor took time off without informing us (as per the stereotype!) This created some unnecessary stress, but thankfully a partner at the firm took over the completion, so no delay was incurred.

DMH Stallard acted for both parties in a property deed of variation that was never completed here's…read morewhat they had to say. "From a regulatory point of view he should not have accepted this instruction as it placed the firm a position of conflict" "However, we are where we are" "We therefore have a somewhat complicated situation on our hands, and as much as we would like to resolve the situation...." DMH Stallard has left me a victim of a property nightmare from hell.