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Merritts Solicitors LLP

01642 885555
4.9/5
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Merritts Solicitors LLP is a law firm established in Yarm in 1966 and moving to our existing premises, The Manor House, 83 High Street, Yarm in 1983. Our presence on the high street has enabled us to offer and meet the need for different legal services to all parts of the local community. We offer a full range of high quality legal services which seek to meet the needs of our clients both now and in the future. We provide all our clients with an efficient, friendly and first class service. We ensure our clients have regular contact with us and that our service is as clear and straightforward as possible. Read more...

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Charlotte Fairfax

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Solicitor

Shahnawaz Arshad

5.0 out of 5
(10)
Solicitor

Claire Stamp

4.9 out of 5
(9)
Conveyancing Executive

Lucy Skelton

5.0 out of 5
(7)
Trainee solicitor

Victoria Skelton

5.0 out of 5
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Litigation Executive

Alex Riordan

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Beth Dennis

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Matthew Moran

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Victoria Robinson

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Jessica Roberts

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Rebecca Trotter

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Harriet Short

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Joanne Jackson

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Katy Lawrenson

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How Merritts Solicitors LLP Compares

Value for money

This firm - 96%
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  • Value for money (a rating of 1-5)
  • How much were you initially quoted or how much did you expect to pay?
  • Approximately how much did you end up spending for the legal services provided (ignoring disbursements and court fees)
  • Did you think this was underpriced, overpriced or about right?
  • Overall experience

We use data science to amalgamate the answers to these questions and create a ‘ReviewSolicitors score’ out of 100. The above chart representation score is a simple percentage representation of the averaged score across those who have reviewed this law firm.

Underpriced 0%
Overpriced 1%
About Right 98%

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Would recommend to
friends and family

This firm - 98%
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You can use this data to see how Merritts Solicitors LLP performs against other law firms nationally. A score close to 100% indicates that this firm is highly valued by their clients.

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The reviewer can select either “Yes” or “No”.

The above score is a simple percentage representation of the total amount of clients who selected the “Yes” option:

Yes 98%
No 2%

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This firm - 99%
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The reviewer can select either “Yes” or “No”.

The above score is a simple percentage representation of the total amount of clients who selected the “Yes” option:

Yes 99%
No 1%

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Rankings by area of expertise

The rankings below show the areas of expertise that Merritts Solicitors LLP offers to clients. You can see how good the service offered is in comparison to all other law firms nationally.

Locally

Nationally

Consumer
1st / 1
444th / 4560
Company & Commercial
1st / 1
467th / 4348
Housing & Property
1st / 1
514th / 4234
Family Law
1st / 1
690th / 3841
Wills, Trusts & Probate
1st / 1
599th / 3495
Commercial Property
1st / 1
441st / 3303
Employment
1st / 1
460th / 3088
Personal Injury
1st / 1
298th / 2359
Money & Tax
1st / 1
313th / 1841
Professional Negligence
1st / 1
226th / 1192
Dispute Resolution
1st / 1
274th / 1036
Clinical Negligence
1st / 1
215th / 940
Welfare & Benefits
1st / 1
141st / 817
Agriculture
1st / 1
215th / 605
Construction
1st / 1
132nd / 584

Data shown above is based on the reviews and client feedback collected by ReviewSolicitors over the last 12 months.

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Client Reviews

4.9/5

Reviews summary

  • Excellent

    153

  • Very Good

    4

  • Average

    0

  • Poor

    1

  • Awful

    2

Overall experience

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  • Initial Impressions
  • Approachability
  • Documentation Accuracy
  • Legal knowledge
Iola
Housing & Property

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Residential Conveyancing

Iola

April 07, 2025

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Excellent conveyancing service

This is the second time in just over 12 months that we have used Merritts for conveyancing and we wouldn't hesitate to recommend Charlotte and the team and would definitely use them again. From the initial quotation to completion the process was efficient and smooth. Merritts were very responsive and we felt we were kept well informed of progress throughout. Whilst we mostly communicated via email (which worked well for us) we did have a few calls with Charlotte and she was really friendly and a pleasure to work with.

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Leigh Trimble
Housing & Property

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Residential Conveyancing

Leigh Trimble

March 27, 2025

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Property Sale

Shahn did the legal work around the sale of a property for us which completed in February. The whole process of working with Shahn and the firm was very easy, we were kept updated regularly and everything went smoothly. We'd happily recommend the firm and Shahn to anyone who requires this kind of service.

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David Griffiths

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David Griffiths

March 24, 2025

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Conveyancing work

The conveyancing experience is at times a slow and frustrating one however Shahn has kept up the momentum and provided timely and appropriate updates regarding progress. Am very happy with his professional handling of the case and is a pleasure to deal with.

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Nigel Harding
Housing & Property

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Residential Conveyancing

Nigel Harding

March 19, 2025

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Stress free conveyancing

Bought and sold through Merritts in Yarm, having sold and bought many times, this has been the most stress free of them all. Charlotte and the team supporting her have been brilliant. Efficient and quick, sorted out any little glitches without drama and was always cheery on the phone and in person. Great communication, I would thoroughly recommend her to anyone, if only more were like her!!

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Jerry

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Jerry

March 18, 2025

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House Sale

Our Solicitor Lucy Skelton provided an outstanding service keeping us informed from start to finish and answering questions promptly.

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John Carruth

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John Carruth

February 21, 2025

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Conveyancing

Shahn completed the sale side of a property sale involving selling a part of three titles and combining them into one with access rights in just over 5 weeks. Excellent service and look forward to working with Shahn again.

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Michael Dolan

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Michael Dolan

February 20, 2025

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House purchase

Bought a property and used merrits through a recommendation and specifically Lucy.
Throughout the process she was extremely helpful, reliable and clear with every step and kept me upto date which was helpful as I haven’t had that with other firms.
Will definitely use again if the time comes.
Thanks Lucy

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Saleem
Commercial Property

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Matter Type:

Investment purchases and Buy to Let

Saleem

February 19, 2025

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purchase of 269 Acklam road

Very happy with efficiency of solicitor. Expediated the matter so it was resolved within the required, and normally impossible, time frame of seller. Went above and beyond my expectation of the firm. Bringing my business to the firm on performance of this purchase.

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Haris Rafique

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Haris Rafique

February 07, 2025

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Top Quality Solicitor

I Sold a property and used Merritts as my solicitors and the process was smooth and efficient and if there were any queries Shahn was quick to help and guide me honestly if I ever sell/buy a property in the future I will use Shahn as he was very helpful and professional

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Mrs Salkeld

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Mrs Salkeld

February 03, 2025

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Wonderful Service

Mr Arshad was an outstanding solicitor. He was efficient, respectful, and always prompt in responding to our queries while providing clear explanations of the process. I will certainly recommend Mr Arshad in the future.

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Sophie

April 07, 2025

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Sophie

Jessica & Charlotte are exceptionally good at what they do, I have recently used Jessica for a house purchase which she has completed in under 8 weeks her skill and expertise are second to none. I would recommend Charlotte and Jessica to anyone making a house purchase or sale both fantastic, Cannot thank you enough.

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Jaydn

March 19, 2025

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Jaydn

Bought and sold many houses in my time Harriet short of Merritts is the best solicitor by a country mile I have ever had the pleasure of dealing with.

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Emily

January 03, 2025

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Emily

Trust me when you read this - use anyone but Merritts for your house sale/purchase. We’re so mentally exhausted from the experience that we can’t even bring ourselves to write a full review. In summary -

- Zero proactive communication: we didn’t hear from our solicitor for the first two weeks, and after that it took on average 3 emails before we got a reply. Many of our questions were unanswered.
- Professionalism: everyone at Merritts that we dealt with, seemed like they couldn’t get rid of you quickly enough. Replies bordered on rude, and despite multiple promises to have a call back from our solicitor ‘as a matter of urgency’, she claimed to have never been advised this.
- Had to do alot of the work ourselves to keep the process moving, including taking it upon ourselves to get our searches returned early, despite being told this wouldn’t be possible. This was made more difficult by the fact that we were given the wrong company name to chase.

Strongly advise looking for alternatives. Please read the other reviews of Merritts before considering using them.

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Malcolm

Malcolm

December 10, 2024

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Malcolm

Made the purchase of our new home run so smoothly. Thank you for an excellent service Shahn. We really appreciated your proffesionalism, and would have no hesitation in recommending your services.

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November 06, 2024

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Carolina

I regret to state that my experience with your firm has been thoroughly disappointing and unsatisfactory. I strongly advise against engaging your services.

Based on the solicitor assigned to my case, I found myself in a position where I wished I had never entrusted you with my legal matters. Your firm’s response times were excessively long, necessitating repeated follow-ups.

I raised an issue with the contract, which I was assured would be rectified at a later stage. However, this assurance proved to be unfounded, and subsequent requests for assistance have been met with silence. As a result, I am now deprived of funds that rightfully should have been mine.

In my experience with numerous solicitors, your firm has unequivocally been the worst. This is a matter of severe concern and negligence, which has had a direct adverse financial impact on me.

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In recent years the firm has seen many new members of staff join bringing with them new ideas and enabling the firm to grow its departments. This has been achieved alongside the firm still maintaining its tradition, quality and values. Please visit our people page of the website to view our staff. They are friendly, experienced, local and ready to help in any way they can.

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Personal areas of law

  • Clinical Negligence
    • Accident and Emergency Claims
    • Amputation Negligence Claims
    • Birth Defect and Wrongful Birth Claims
    • Birth Injury Claims
    • Birth Injury To Mother Claims
    • Bowel Cancer Misdiagnosis Claims
    • Breast Cancer Misdiagnosis Claims
    • Breast Surgery Compensation Claims
    • Cancer Misdiagnosis Claims
    • Cervical Cancer Misdiagnosis Claims
    • Clinical Negligence
    • Cosmetic Surgery Claims
    • Dental Negligence
    • Dental Negligence Claims
    • Fatal Medical Negligence Claims and Inquests
    • GP Negligence Claims
    • Hospital Negligence Claims
    • Knee Replacement Claims
    • Laser Eye Surgery Claims
    • Laser Treatment Claims
    • Lung Cancer Misdiagnosis Claims
    • Medical Misdiagnosis Claims
    • Medical Negligence
    • Ophthalmic Negligence Claims
    • Orthopaedic Negligence Claims
    • Ovarian Cancer Misdiagnosis Claims
    • Pancreatic Cancer Misdiagnosis Claims
    • Pregnancy and Gynaecology Injury Claims
    • Pressure Sore Claims
    • Prostate Cancer Misdiagnosis Claims
    • Skin Cancer Misdiagnosis Claims
    • Spinal Surgery Claims
    • Stroke Misdiagnosis Claims
    • Surgery Compensation Claims
    • Testicular Cancer Misdiagnosis Claims
  • Consumer
    • Collective Actions
    • Consumer Credit
    • Consumer Disputes
    • Consumer Rights
    • Dispute resolution - civil mediation
    • Litigation - Breach of contract
    • Litigation - Insurance disputes
    • Litigation - Product liability claims
    • Litigation - Property litigation claims
    • Litigation - Trust and pension issues
    • Litigation Law
    • Travel - Trip cancellation
  • Employment
    • Agency Staff / Temp Workers
    • Constructive/Unfair Dismissal
    • Disciplinary Hearings
    • Discrimination at Work
    • Employment Contracts
    • Employment Law
    • Gardening Leave
    • Harassment/Bullying at Work
    • Maternity and Paternity
    • Pay Issue
    • Redundancy
    • Restrictive Covenants
    • Settlement Agreements
    • Stress at Work
    • Tribunal Claims
    • UK Employment Laws
    • Unfair Dismissal Claims
  • Family Law
    • Annulment
    • Asset protection and tax mitigation
    • Change of name
    • Child Abduction
    • Child Access
    • Child Arrangements Following Divorce
    • Child Custody
    • Child Law
    • Child Maintenance
    • Child Relocation After Divorce
    • Child contact
    • Children
    • Children Act proceedings
    • Civil Partnership Dissolution
    • Civil partnerships
    • Cohabitation agreements and disputes
    • Cohabitation and Unmarried Relationships
    • Collaborative Law
    • Divorce
    • Divorce After A Brain Or Other Serious Injury
    • Divorce Mediation
    • Domestic Abuse
    • Domestic Violence
    • Elderly care
    • Elderly care home fees
    • Family Mediation
    • Family law
    • Financial Matters
    • Grandparents' Rights
    • High Net Worth Divorce
    • Inheritance Act claims
    • Injunctions
    • Lasting power of attorney
    • Marriage and civil partnerships
    • Matrimonial finance
    • Out Of Court Divorce
    • Parental responsibility, paternity disputes, surrogacy
    • Pension and property advice
    • Pre and Post Nuptial Agreements
    • Separation
    • Separation Agreement
    • Social Services
    • Unmarried Couples' Rights
  • Housing & Property
    • Boundary Disputes
    • Buying at auction
    • Declarations of trusts
    • Deeds of Gifts
    • Deeds of easements, variation, deeds of rectifications
    • Dilapidation Claims
    • Evicting Squatters and Trespassers
    • Exclusivity and lock-out agreements
    • Extending your Lease
    • Housing disputes
    • Injunctions
    • Investment and buy to let properties
    • Landlord and Tenant
    • Lease Extensions
    • Leasehold properties
    • Matrimonial transfers
    • Neighbour Disputes
    • New home purchases and sales
    • Option agreements and conditional contracts
    • Planning
    • Possession and repossession proceedings
    • Property Disputes
    • Purchase and Sale
    • Remortgaging
    • Renting and Tenancy Agreements
    • Repossessions
    • Residential Conveyancing
    • Restrictive Covenants, Easements and Wayleaves
    • Right of Way and Rights to Light
    • Second charges
    • Service Charge Disputes
    • Service Charge Recovery
    • Tenancy Breaches, Injunctions and Forfeiture Claims
    • Tenant Eviction
    • Transfer of title
    • Transfers of equity
    • Transfers of parts of land
    • Unpaid Rent, Service or Ground Charges
  • Money & Tax
    • Inheritance Tax
    • Trusts
  • Personal Injury
    • Accident Abroad
    • Accident At Work
    • Accidents At Sea And Cruise Injury
    • Accidents In Public Places
    • Against The Council
    • Amputation
    • Asbestos Compensation
    • Asbestos Lung Cancer
    • Asbestosis
    • Back Injury At Work
    • Benefits Available To Asbestos Victims
    • Broken Bone Or Fracture
    • Burns, Scars and Lacerations At Work
    • Bus and Coach Accident
    • Car Accident
    • Car Passenger
    • Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
    • Children's Accident
    • Children's Serious Injury
    • Chronic Pain
    • Cycling Accident
    • Defective Work Equipment
    • Diffuse Mesothelioma Payment Scheme
    • Dog Bite
    • Fall From Height
    • Fatal Accident
    • Fatal Asbestos
    • Gym Injury Compensation
    • Head Injury At Work
    • Head and Brain Injury
    • Holiday Accidents and Illness
    • Holiday Sickness and Illness Compensation
    • Horse Riding Injury
    • Industrial Disease Compensation
    • Manual Handling
    • Mesothelioma Compensation
    • Military Accident Claim
    • Military Hearing Loss
    • Motor Insurance Policy
    • Motorbike Accident
    • No Win No Fee
    • Noise-Induced Hearing Loss
    • Occupational Asthma
    • Osteoarthritis
    • Pedestrian Accident
    • Personal Injury Law
    • Pleural Thickening
    • Repetitive Strain Injury
    • Road Traffic Accident
    • Road Traffic Accident Abroad
    • Serious Injury
    • Skiing Injury
    • Slips, Trips and Falls
    • Spinal Injury Compensation
    • Sports Injury
    • Supermarket Accident
    • Tinnitus
    • Vibration White Finger
    • Whiplash
    • Workplace Slip and Trip
  • Professional Negligence
    • Professional Negligence
  • Welfare & Benefits
    • Mental Health - Court of protection
  • Wills, Trusts & Probate
    • Disputed Probate
    • Disputed Trusts
    • Disputed Wills
    • Probate
    • Trusts
    • Wills

Business areas of law

  • Agriculture
    • Agricultural land for sale or development
    • Buying and selling a farm
    • Farming disputes
    • Veterinary negligence
  • Commercial Property
    • Commercial Leases
    • Commercial mortgages
    • Developer disputes
    • Development plot sales
    • Environmental policy law
    • Finance
    • Investment purchases and Buy to Let
    • Landlord and tenant
    • Planning law
    • Purchase and Sale Of Commercial Property
    • Purchase of development land
    • Rights of way issues
    • Sales or purchases of shops, factories, warehouses, offices and licensed premises
  • Company & Commercial
    • Agency agreements
    • Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)
    • Commercial Contracts and Agreements
    • Commercial Law
    • Commercial Litigation Matters
    • Contractual Disputes
    • Corporate finance
    • Debt Recovery
    • Employment - business
    • Management buyouts
    • Mergers and Acquisitions
    • Sales and Purchases
    • Setting up a business
    • Share option schemes
    • Shareholder Agreements
    • Shareholder and Partnership Disputes
    • Small businesses
    • Statutory Demands
    • Summary Judgment
  • Construction
    • Building contracts and professional appointments
    • Construction and engineering dispute resolution
  • Dispute Resolution
    • Mediation
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