Judge & Priestley Anmeldelser 

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!

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.

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.

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.

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

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?

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.

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.

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

Used J&P for conveyancing - on reflection, one of the worst decisions I have ever made. Zero urgency, mistakes and delays at almost every juncture that ultimately cost me thousands.

Would strongly urge anyone thinking of using them for conveyancing to run a mile.

What a complete bunch of unprofessionals!
Completely useless at sending out paperwork and really hard to get hold of!
I’ve had to chase in order to get payment details (still waiting); this was stipulated by the judge and should have be sent out weeks ago.
I didn’t receive the paperwork for the court case because they sent it out late; it arrived after the case!
Avoid these solicitors at all costs!

Judge & Priestley are an absolute joke of a company. They contacted me regarding an issue demanding payment. I explained to them why I didn't owe this payment and therefore I didn't hear anything from them. A few months down the line I receive further contact from them saying this issue cannot be left outstanding and demanding payment. Once again I explained why I did not owe this payment, to which I didn't hear anything from them again. A few months pass with no contact to which I then receive a further letter explaining that if I continued to leave this matter outstanding then I will be taken to court. I explained to them it was not me but themselves that have constantly left the matter outstanding but they ignored this point and explained my case handler had stopped working for them. I asked why it hadn't been taken up by a new case handler and as to who the new handler was, and why they hadn't been in touch to explain the situation. Again my questions were ignored. In particular was a lady called Amber Waters who was not interested in answering any questions I had, not interested in listening as to why I didn't owe the payment, had no personal skills and was quite rude at times. They put extreme pressure onto myself for payment and caused an incredible amount of stress to myself and my family. This company should not be used.

DO NOT USE THIS SOLICITORS!!!

Completely incompetent and issued a CCJ incorrectly. Now they do not want to know. Completely destroy lives!!
Now taking this legal. They should not be in business.