Risdons Solicitors

01823 251571

We are a traditional High Street practice with offices in: Bridgwater, Dulverton, Minehead, Taunton, Wellington and Williton. Our trained lawyers and support staff are consistently up to date with the changes in law.

Address
1 Mendip House
High Street
Somerset
TA1 3SX
01823 251571
www.risdons.co.uk

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Available lawyers at Risdons Solicitors

Megan Carthew

4.9 out of 5

(204)

Conveyancing Executive ACILEx

Emma Rybaruk

John Hugh Balchin

Anri Oosthuizen

Chartered Legal Executive (non-solicitor)

Mercedes Thorne

4.7 out of 5

(22)

Residential & Commercial Executive

Edward Judge

Bart Obszynski

Jonathan Lawton

Senior Conveyancing Executive (non-solicitor)

Amanda Shaw

Suzanna Davies

Conveyancing Executive (non-solicitor)

Nick Evans

4.9 out of 5

(9)

Conveyancing Executive

Yana Goutsal

4.8 out of 5

(6)

Assistant & Trainee Legal Executive (non-solicitor)

Rose Peel

4.8 out of 5

(4)

Conveyancing Executive

Charlotte Read

Harriet Day

How Risdons Solicitors Compares

Value for money

This firm - 92%

National Average

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Excellent does not necessarily mean ‘cheap’. It means that clients thought that the level of service received was Excellent for what they paid.

This score has been calculated using up to the last 300 reviews left by clients of Risdons Solicitors on ReviewSolicitors.

As part of our review questionnaire we ask reviewer questions about the value for money they felt they received by using Risdons Solicitors. These questions include:

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 1%

Overpriced 4%

About Right 94%

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Satisfied with
outcome of matter

This firm - 97%

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ReviewSolicitors uses our community data to show you how many clients used Risdons Solicitors and were satisfied with the outcome of their matter. Being satisfied with the outcome of your matter is an important consideration to have in mind.

You can use this data to see how Risdons Solicitors compares to the national average of clients being satisfied with the outcome of their matter after instructing a solicitor.

As part of our review questionnaire we ask the question:

"Were you satisfied with the outcome of your case?"

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 97%

No 3%

If you would like to read more about how we work with our review data please see our Transparency section.

Rankings by area of expertise

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

Consumer

1st / 2

34th / 4507

Company & Commercial

1st / 2

103rd / 4288

Housing & Property

1st / 1

146th / 4212

Family Law

1st / 2

118th / 3816

Wills, Trusts & Probate

1st / 1

145th / 3466

Commercial Property

1st / 1

46th / 3276

Employment

1st / 1

167th / 3058

Regulations

1st / 14

23rd / 2506

Personal Injury

1st / 1

126th / 2342

Crime/ Criminal Defence

1st / 1

81st / 2084

Money & Tax

1st / 1

25th / 1831

Dispute Resolution

1st / 2

55th / 1031

Welfare & Benefits

1st / 6

20th / 811

Agriculture

1st / 1

8th / 612

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

Review Sources

Client Reviews

4.8/5

Reviews summary

Excellent

1457
Very Good

125
Average

18
Poor

11
Awful

34

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Housing & Property

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New home purchases and sales

Alex

June 24, 2025

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Very efficient

Great experience with Risdons. Particular Debbie Button and Suzanna Davies.
Very efficient and a smooth process, they handled everything for us and were very responsive via email with any queries.

Lawyer named in this review:
Suzanna Davies

Suzanna Davies

A representative from Risdons Solicitors responded to this review on 26 June, 2025:

Dear Alex, thank you for leaving a review, we are pleased you had a great experience using our professional team

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Wills, Trusts & Probate

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Probate

Anonymous

June 19, 2025

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Wills

3 wills and LPoA completed together. Job done efficiently and well

A representative from Risdons Solicitors responded to this review on 26 June, 2025:

Thank you for your review. We appreciate the positive feedback you have given us.

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Wills, Trusts & Probate

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Probate

Richard

June 18, 2025

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Completion of wills

Shaun has an amazing knowledge of everything to do with wills and walked us through all the various things we had to think about. Tremendous knowledge and very personable.

Lawyer named in this review:
Shaun Newis

Shaun Newis

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Denise

June 16, 2025

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Wills

Information given was helpful to us both about how our wills were constructed in the best interest of our wishes for our family in the future

Lawyer named in this review:
Shaun Newis

Shaun Newis

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Housing & Property

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Transfers of parts of land

Anonymous

June 12, 2025

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Conveyance

Simple land transfer with no complications has taken nearly 3 years without any noticeable progress.

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Mercedes Thorne

Mercedes Thorne

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Commercial Property

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Purchase of development land

Neil

June 11, 2025

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Excellent knowledge and advice always

I be ave had many dealings with Risdons and can honestly say every one has been positive, professional and a good experience. Thank you Risdons!

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Emma Rybaruk

Emma Rybaruk

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Martine

June 06, 2025

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Re: Will and Power of Attorney

Shaun has been very professionnal, explaining everything step by step.
I am Happy the way my case was handled by Shaun.

Lawyer named in this review:
Shaun Newis

Shaun Newis

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Toby

June 06, 2025

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Moving home

Sold and bought properties. Michelle and her colleagues were great. Very prompt with everything, nothing was ever too much. Great communication, very understanding and made it all less stressful. Thank you very much for all you done.

Lawyer named in this review:
Michelle Sadler

Michelle Sadler

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Commercial Property

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Purchase of development land

Josh & Chris

May 27, 2025

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Fantastic service - True example of how conveyancing should be done

Our experience from start to end was amazing. Michelle and the team at Risdons were very efficient, professional and supportive beyond expectation and certain went the extra mile thoughout. Communication was easy and effective at every stage. The online portal was great for updates. Michelle was very suypportive with working closely with our estate agent which proved very valuable and helped to get things done in good time and supported hurdles along the way. we would highly reccomend Risdons and in particular out support from Michelle means we will happily be a returning customer should we ever move! Thanks to all.

Lawyer named in this review:
Michelle Sadler

Michelle Sadler

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Anonymous

May 26, 2025

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Management of my mothers estate

The process of sorting out my mother’s estate was a lengthy one. to I accept this as it isn’t something I deal with on a regular basis.
My mother had always dealt with Risdons but I feel she would have been very upset to know that some time after her funeral I received a request for payment from the undertaker!
Only days prior to this I had been into Risdons office to sign some paperwork and was if the understanding that this had been paid.
Once the office were made aware of the oversight, they dealt with it promptly. However, I felt let down at this point and my confidence in Risdons has not been restored.

Lawyer named in this review:
Gunilla Horvath

Gunilla Horvath

Very helpful and efficient

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Zoe Rose Furse

January 26, 2019

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Zoe Rose Furse

When buying our first house at the end of last year we chose Risdon, thank god we did! The team at Minehead were so helpful. Catherine and Andrew were brilliant and efficient and our experience was seamless. Thank you for making our experience a pleasant one.

A representative from Risdons Solicitors responded to this review on 22 February, 2021:

Thank you for your review. We appreciate the positive feedback you have given us and look forward to working with you in the future.

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Katrina Compton

January 18, 2019

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Katrina Compton

Paula from Risdon Hosegood in Taunton acted for our sale and purchase in Yeovil. We were delighted with the service and found everyone friendly and extremely helpful. Even when we thought we had hit a brick wall with a legal issue it was sorted out quickly effectively and efficiently and we were given great communication. We would highly recommend the company and use them again in the future.

A representative from Risdons Solicitors responded to this review on 22 February, 2021:

Dear Katrina, we appreciate the positive feedback you have given. We are very pleased to have your observations and that we are highly recommended by you.

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