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Section 3 - Companies to put you in touch with a solicitor (referral and marketing panels)

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Last updated August 12th.
Note that some property-based marketing and referral sites are on a separate page here.

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  • Accident Advice Helpline was established in 2000 to provide access to justice for victims of accidents following the withdrawal of legal aid for personal injury cases. Since 2000 Accident Advice Helpline has helped thousands of victims injured in all types of accidents. TV adverts feature Esther Ransome.

  • Accident Compensation is a non referral fee service, enabling firms to be found from an accident-related site. There is a lot of useful accident related information for members of the public who find the site. Subscription is by complete postcode district on an exclusive basis and visitors are directed to contact their local firm by online enquiry form. The site is one of the series of sites run by Interactive Law (see below). (The phrase non referral refers to the fact that the company passes details of people contacting the site to the nearest panel member but does not charge referral fees. They charge solicitors an annual subscription fee to be on the site.)

  • Accident Compensation UK is an independent accident claims service and the solicitors are all members of The Law Society panel of personal injury experts. They are able to deal with a wide range of accident claims including car accident compensation, pedestrian accidents, cycle accidents, slips and falls, accidents at work and industrial illness.

  • The Accident Compensation People is an accident management company specialising in compensation for whiplash injuries, accidents at work, slips and trips etc. They provide a no win no fee service but without using insurance cover; if the solicitors involved think the case is winnable, they will take it on.

  • Accident Line was founded in 1994 by the Law Society of England and Wales to encourage claimants to contact an experienced solicitor to get the best advice. It provides a free phone service which puts individuals seeking to make a personal injury compensation claim in contact with a specialist personal injury (PI) solicitor in their locality who will be able to offer a free consultation to determine the viability of the claim. The solicitor will also be able to discuss the various payment options available to the claimant, including conditional fee agreements. The Law Society works with legal services and insurance specialist Abbey Legal Protection to run the insurance supporting the scheme.

  • Accidents Direct claim to be the leading personal injury specialists in the UK but do not really explain how they justify this. They say that they guarantee that all of their clients keep 100% compensation and that they process claims under their completely free 'no win no fee' policy.

  • AvMA (Action against Medical Accidents) is an independent charity which promotes better patient safety and justice for people who have been affected by a medical accident. The site includes a directory of firms of solicitors they have assessed and approved.

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  • bid4fees is a new website which aims "to simplify and modernise how lawyers acquire new instructions and increase their fee income, whilst also providing clients with more choice and undoubtedly significant cost savings." Solicitors and Licensed Conveyancers can register with the site and are then able to see the descriptions of the legal problems provided by individuals. They can ask the person questions and then, if they wish, put in a bid for the work. Apparently, the identities of the individuals and the solicitors are protected during the initial stages of the process. Lawyers gaining work through this site pay 10% of their fees to the company.

  • Bidlegal is a legal comparison site aiming to allow businesses and individuals to have more control over how they choose a lawyer. Solicitors who are registered with Bidlegal quote for the work and the user contacts the ones they like the sound of.

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  • Cerebral Palsy Information Service is an independent network of medical negligence solicitor. They review the cliams and are able to recommend an experienced solicitor who is a birth injury specialists and a member of The Law Society panel of medical negligence experts.

  • Clear Answers is a a company providing marketing services for firms of solicitors involved in personal injury claims. The company receives its income from the firms for carrying out the preparatory work in assessing the circumstances of the injured person's accident and for providing them with a detailed report on the findings. There are commendations from several firms of solicitors on the site.

  • Click Divorce is a DIY divorce web site, providing free information booklets about DIY divorce and also (for straight forward divorces) a package (£29.99) service with all relevant forms and free help and advice by email.

  • Clicknmove is designed to allow people needing a solicitor for a house move, a will or a probate to put details of their requirement on the site and for solicitors to quote for the work - essentially a system of bidding as low as possible to get the work. From the solicitors' point of view, it enables a firm to be informed as soon as a new requirement is registered on the site and to quote a price for the work. Firms pay a fee to be one of the registered firms.

  • CMS Legal Services Online is a directory maintained by CMS (Conveyancing Marketing Services) for solicitors in all fields (not just conveyancing). See also my page on property-related marketing sites here.

  • CompactLaw (previously known as lawrights) offers free information on site and a telephone helpline staffed by solicitors costing £1.50 a minute. Solicitors are invited to fill in a form to apply to join the panel but there is no email address on the site.

  • Clarity Connections finds a suitable solicitor for a particular case from the panel of firms which they have set up. Firms can join this panel so as to refer and to receive work. The company advertises nationally for new business which is then allocated to panel firms. They operate a call centre and on-line referral service to link clients and firms effectively. There is an arrangement with AIMS Services to offer up to 20,000 cases a month to small and medium sized firms.

  • Contact Law has 4,000 solicitors located throughout the UK that can help individuals and businesses in all areas of law including family, employment, commercial, personal injury, will & probate, immigration and conveyancing. The company will put you in contact with a good value and experienced local solicitor. You can call them for free or fill in details in an online form.

  • Copyrightvault.com is a company set up to give musicians, authors, programmers and artists a service to register their copyright. The company is run by solicitor Phil Kurthausen. He is looking for firms to join a panel of firms who could take on cases associated with the site - there are no fees to join and no referral fees (there are only a handful of firms shown on the site so far.)

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  • Divorce-Online is a site providing information and downloadable documents to assist "do it yourself" divorces. It is the oldest online divorce service in the UK and was founded in September 1999. This is a very heavily used site and it also includes lots of free information as well as purchased materials and the ability to find a suitable solicitor.

  • DivorceUK.com is a company set up by Scottish solicitor Donald Wright to provide information on divorce in both England and Wales, and in Scotland, with a network of solicitors ready to take on the clients. There are two levels of members for firms at £275 and £500 a year, respectively, and a small setup fee. There is lots of free information on the site, a calculator to work out the financial split in divorce, case studies and endorsements from users and from solicitors. It is also possible to ask a question and receive an answer, free of charge.

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  • Emplaw (British Employment Law) offers web-site and/or e-mail links from an interactive map of Britain to solicitor subscribers. Non-subscribers with employment law expertise can have free listings. A vistor to the site clicks on the "solicitors" button, selects an area from the resulting map and is then presented with a list of solicitors in his area. The site started in early 1997 and now averages over 2,500 visitors every weekday. It is unique in that it contains over 4,500 regularly updated A-Z fact cards of employment law information to a professional standard as well as an excellent "superportal" to employment law resources on the web.

  • Employment-solicitors.co.uk provides a wealth of employment law information for both employers and employees needing advice. The web site also allows individuals to contact a local solicitor in their area by way of an online enquiry form. The site is one of the series of sites run by Interactive Law (see below).

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  • Family Law London is part of a network of websites designed to present viewers with location and sector specific legal information. Other websites in the network include Family Law Liverpool, Family Law Birmingham and Family Law Nottingham. For Scotland, there is Family Law Aberdeen, Family Law Dundee and Family Law Edinburgh. There is lots of free information on the sites provided by divorce lawyers and pensions lawyers. The viewer fills in an enquiry form and is then helped to find a suitable solicitor.

  • Family-solicitors.co.uk provides a wealth of family law information targeted towards the private client. The web site allows visitors to contact a local solicitor in their area by way of an online enquiry form. The site is one of a series run by Interactive Law (see below).

  • First4Lawyers are a personal injury claims specialist and can help put you in touch with the right solicitor to handle your compensation claim. They offer a free, no obligation assessment of your personal injury claim and 100% compensation for a range of accidents. If you don’t win your claim, you pay nothing. You can ring free for an initial assessment.

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  • Good Lawyer Guide is a guide to solicitors in England & Wales. It star-rates 50,000+ individual solicitors, for over 20 different areas of work (eg conveyancing, family/divorce, employment, accidents, as well as a range of business topics). All Good Lawyer Guide recommendations are independent (and solicitors cannot 'buy' their way into the Guide). You can search by postcode (or town) to find the locally recommended lawyers. You can then ask for (free) fee quotes from solicitors. In addition, the site contains star-rating by clients of their lawyers (and personal reviews from clients).

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  • Injury Lawyers 4U has been set up by a consortium of leading personal injury solicitors, in order to promote direct access for injured people to the solicitors who will deal with their case. It is a consortium of 185 firms led up by Manchester firm Amelans and including Leigh Day & Co., Donns, and Pannone & Partners. The aim is to cut out the middle-man of claims advisors and offer services direct to the people needing assistance. The logo offers "no loans... no credit... no catch"

  • Injury + is a consortium of leading personal injury and clinical negligence lawyers from many well known firms. The site enables a viewer to obtain a free assessment of their claim and then they also obtain a referral to one of the solicitors in the consortium.

  • Inside divorce is a commercial site offering free a great deal of free information on the site but also guiding viewers to particular "panel" firms and services.

  • Interactive Law provides a whole series of individual, marketing-led web sites elating to different areas of law. The sites are designed for anyone with a legal problem and each site contains a considerable amount of free information as well as the opportunity to look up a solicitor with that specialisation in their local area. The original sites in this series, Employment-solicitors.co.uk and Accidentcompensation.com, are already well established but now there are a whole series of other sites, with more on the way. Here is a list:

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  • JusticeDirectory.co.uk is a free to use legal directory of UK based law firms, organisations and associations. The directory is split by area of practice but can also be searched on by location and other parameters. Basic entries are free and featured listings cost £199 for a year.

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  • Landlord Law Solicitors is a new service from solicitor Tessa Shepperson (editor of the well known Landlord-Law site) and provides information and resources for solicitors who do residential landlord and tenant work. Content includes precedent tenancy agreements, possession notices (with instructions) and court forms, plus detailed information on tenancy agreement clauses with notes on the OFTs cases and recent guidance on unfair terms. There is also a research section with links to online cases and statutes. A forum area will be going live in the next few weeks where Tessa will be able to answer members questions. In due course, there will be a ‘find a solicitor’ service whereby Landlord Law Solicitor members can (subject to any qualification criteria being met) receive instructions from the public via the public Landlord-Law site.

  • LawGroup UK is a membership organisation with member offices in England, Scotland and Wales. They are the leading provider of services to solicitors’ practices throughout the United Kingdom. Member firms gain access to networking opportunities, best practice Consultancy and Practice performance benchmarking, Law Society-accredited CPD training, marketing support and the ability to participate in group-wide purchasing schemes. The core strength of LawGroup is in helping firms to flourish by assisting them continually to improve the performance of their businesses through the gaining and sharing of knowledge and experiences. This year marks the 21st anniversary of the launch of LawGroup.

  • LawNet is the UK and Ireland's leading group of law firms, with around 60 firms. LawNet member firms receive significantly reduced Professional Indemnity premiums, substantial marketing, training and quality assurance support, and best practice forums. There is also Lawnet Solicitors, for people looking for a solicitor, providing access to 2,000 solicitors in the Lawnet group of firms. The website provides free information designed to answer commonly asked legal questions, and to help visitors to decide if they need to appoint a solicitor. The site covers both consumer and business legal issues.

  • Law on the Web was started 10 years ago by a former practising solicitor, Martin Davies, but is now owned by Claims Financial Limited. It is a popular gateway (up to 60,000 visitors a month) for the public and small businesses to legal information, legal news, comment, and access to law firms.

  • Legal Advice Helpline is an independent community based service providing free, impartial advice about personal injury and clinical negligence in the UK. Working closely with some of the UK’s most well respected legal firms, Legal Advice Helpline provides users of their service with reliable, free advice in the hope that this will help them overcome their difficulties by reaching a positive outcome so that they can move on with their lives.

  • LegalandFinancial100.co.uk provides free direct access to lawyers and financial specialists who will respond to user enquiries with details of their experience, location, firm and even charge out rates, allowing potential clients to gain more information before incurring costs of meeting with lawyers and financial professionals. Once a confidential enquiry has been made through the portal by a potential client, the enquiry is passed anonymously to up to 10 of the most experienced professionals to deal with each particular enquiry. Based in Knaresborough, they work particularly across Yorkshire and the Humber. As well as providing leads that are qualified and matched to various experts by the site’s trained staff, members, who will pay to join the site, will also be encouraged to network within the portal and benefit from cross-referrals from fellow professionals. More than 20 professionals have already registered to be members.

  • Legallybetter is an independent site established in 2009 to provide a quick and reliable way to compare solicitors for both private individuals and companies/organizations. It aims to bring independent consumer reviews and ratings of solicitors from around the UK together in one place. These reviews and ratings have come from unsolicited feedback to Legallybetter, regular independent consumer and business market research surveys, and client testimonials from law firms. The reviews are not based on costs but on the legal service provided. Law firms can obtain a featured review (including a description of the firm and details of the web site) without charge and can enhance the listing with detailed descriptions of fee-earners for a charge.

  • Legalpulse is a site particularly designed for small businesses wishing to expand as well as private individuals. There is lots of free information on the site and also a series of documents which can be purchased, typically costing around £30 to £40. It is also possible to email your question to a solicitors for a fee or to speak on a premium rate phone line. CEO is lawyer and ex Camelot director Gill Switalski.

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  • maxclaims is a team of specialist compensation solicitors approved by the Law Society of Scotland.

  • Medical-Accidents.co.uk is a site offering a network of solicitors specialising in this area of work. The site is one of the series of sites run by Interactive Law. The site is one of the series of sites run by Interactive Law.

  • Medical Negligence UK is an independent network Of Medical Negligence Solicitors who specialise in clinical compensation claims. The solicitors are all members of The Law Society panel of experts who are highly specialised in clinical negligence claims and undergo specific ongoing academic training.

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  • National Accident Helpline is a referral service with 300 firms of solicitors on its panel, operating in both the UK and Ireland. Founded in 1993.

  • not-my-fault.com is an attractive site for attracting accident claims set up by Morris Legal (Solicitors) of Solihull. There is lots of information on different types of accident and on how to make a claim. Dean Morris, of Morris Legal, is also willing to pass on claims outside the firm's physical or legal area of expertise to other personal injury specialists on its panel.

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  • Quality Solicitors Organisation offers a quality guaranteed lawyer-matching service. Offering a free service, nationwide and in all areas of law the Quality Solicitors Organisation will put you in touch with a solicitor ideally suited to your particular legal issue. They also obtain and provide customer feedback on all their member solicitors so you can see what other consumers thought of the service provided.

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  • Road Law has been set up by former criminal solicitor Martin Davies who also runs Law on the Web. There is lots of free information on the site including guidance on possible penalites and motorists can also obtain legal advice and representation throughout England and Wales at fixed prices. Firms who specialise in road traffic law can join the panel of firms associated with the site for a fee.

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  • search4solicitors.com is new site to assist members of the public to find a solicitor based on the Waterlow Directory (Waterlow Legal and Regulatory is a division of Wilmington PLC.) As well as useful articles on each area of law, the site has access to a database of over 14,000 law firms for searching purposes. The database is based on the Waterlow Directory and it is possible for firms of solicitors to pay for an expanded banner entry which shows in the directory and in this new site. The site is offering a 20% discount on advertising at the moment if you quote S4SW.

  • Shop4Law is a new system which selects 4 possible solicitors for a viewer's case and passes on the details of the solicitors who wish to be involved, to the viewer. Shop4Law does not get involved in the financial tendering process - essentially, it just makes the introductions. The system is based on a US model which is already apparently successful.

  • Solicitors.co.uk is a directory in which a firm can obtain an enhanced entry for a fee (basic listings are free). Two levels of enhanced entry are possible: a "standard" listing costs £10 a month and a "premium" listing (which gets to the top of the list and also provides multiple methods of contacting the firm) costs £19 a month. These charges are a flat fee for one postcode and the firm can be listed under all the areas of law that they practice. No contract is required and the company does not require prepayment.

  • Solicitor.info is a directory of solicitors which includes feedback from the firms' own clients. The reviews are made anonymously so the viewer can be confident of an honest opinion. The aim of the site is, eventually, to include reviews of thousands of solicitors all over the UK. from a firm's point of view, the listings are free and they can provide good reviews from clients. If a review appears which is unfavourable and which is provably untrue, the firm can ask for it to be removed.

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  • TakeLegalAdvice.com is a matching service between individuals with a legal problem and firms of solicitors (see below for a separate site relating to businesses). The person looking for a solicitor fills in a brief description of the problem and this is sent by the company to firms who could provide assistance. The firms then provide an answer, including costs, which is passed on to the potential client. There is also a forum for discussing legal topics.

  • TakeLegalAdvice Business provides information and solicitor-finding services for businesses.

  • The Legal Alliance operates on a national basis throughout England and Wales. Member firms comprise some of the best firms in the country who specialise in delivering legal services to consumers and SMEs across a broad range of legal disciplines. Consumers have a separate site TLADirect and can get a free, no obligation quote from solicitors involved in the scheme. For many types of legal work, the firms can offer fixed price quotes.

  • The National Solicitors Network (TNSN) was formed in 1991 to create a national panel of legal firms with the aim of providing the public with quality legal expertise at a reasonable price. They are now the largest legal network in the UK with over 250 member firms (over 400 offices) covering England, Scotland and Wales. Every member of the Network is quality vetted and subject to annual appraisals. They represent firms of every size; from sole practitioners to solicitors' firms of over 50 partners.

  • The Solicitors Group is the UK's largest collection of law firms and organisers of the profession's leading exhibitions and training congress. They hold three annual events, two at the Olympia Conference Centre London and one at the Gallery at the NEC, Birmingham. Members are entitled to a very competitive price when they book 3 or more delegates. They also arrange Professional Indemnity Insurance on excellent terms, share marketing skills, operate a referral network and provide a preferred suppliers group (with discounts on the services provided).

    Note to companies offering referral and marketing services from their web site - let me know and I will add you to this list!
    email delia@venables.co.uk

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