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How Risdons Solicitors Compares

Value for money

This firm - 92%
National Average
Poor Competitive Excellent

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 0%
Overpriced 3%
About Right 96%

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Would recommend to
friends and family

This firm - 96%
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ReviewSolicitors uses our community data to show you how many clients used Risdons Solicitors and have had a satisfactory experience where they have indicated that they would recommend the services of the law firm to their friends and family.

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

As part of our review questionnaire we ask the question:

"Would you recommend this firm to somebody else?"

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 96%
No 4%

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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%

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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.

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

4.8/5

Reviews summary

  • Excellent

    1457
  • Very Good

    125
  • Average

    19
  • Poor

    11
  • Awful

    34

Overall experience

  • Value For Money
  • Communication
  • Initial Impressions
  • Approachability
  • Documentation Accuracy
  • Legal knowledge
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Anonymous

June 29, 2025

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Lack of customer care

Overall, the service was quite good. But having a solicitor told me down phone. She had more important customers than myself. Was not something that I wanted to hear after spending £5000.

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Daniel

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Matter Type:

New home purchases and sales

Daniel

June 24, 2025

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concise, clear, and friendly while remaining professional

We completed in just over two months and had a great experience with Risdons. They chased up additional enquiries quickly and were always responsive. It was a huge plus having direct contact with our solicitor—no call centres or switchboards to deal with.

Everything was handled efficiently and professionally. After using four other firms in the past, this was by far the best service we’ve had when buying a house. Would definitely use Risdons again!

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Nigel Mundy

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Matter Type:

Wills

Nigel Mundy

June 12, 2025

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Making a Will

Excellent, professional stuff. A welcoming establishment very friendly and reassuring.

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Ben G

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New home purchases and sales

Ben G

May 30, 2025

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Buying/Selling Property

The best solicitors I have ever dealt with. Nicola/Suzanna replied instantly whenever I had an issue or a query, extremely professional, efficient and a pleasure to deal with. Thank you for everything you've done to ensure we moved into our dream home smoothly.

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Sue Burton

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Matter Type:

Lasting power of attorney

Sue Burton

May 12, 2025

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Very Approachable, helpful and professional

Hugh was a pleasure to talk to, very friendly, clear and straight forward advice given. Would definitely use again

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Mrs Margaret Nicholls

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Mrs Margaret Nicholls

May 08, 2025

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New Will

This Process was dealt with very efficiently all my requests were discussed fully and I am left feeling confident that my wishes will be clearly set out for my Executors

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Hannah and Cathy Casey-Johnson

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Hannah and Cathy Casey-Johnson

May 06, 2025

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Highly recommend Liz

Liz was fantastic. Highly recommend her to anyone going through the conveyencing process. She made it so straightforward, from the questions we had to completing before the stamp duty deadline! She was excellent in updating our developer and mortgage adviser at all stages. Thank you so much Liz! We will not use anyone else going forwards 🌟

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Emma Phillips-Melhuish

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Matter Type:

Purchase and Sale

Emma Phillips-Melhuish

April 29, 2025

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Got our Help to Buy repayment sorted quickly and extremely responsive

Risdon's were fantastic from start to finish. We were in the process of repaying our Help to Buy loan and initially went with the same solicitors we used when purchasing our property (Foot Anstey), but unfortunately, they were unresponsive and ineffective. I reached out to Risdon's to see if they could take over, and thankfully they could. They handled everything efficiently and got the process completed quickly—just in time, as our RICS survey was close to expiring. My only regret is not going to them from the beginning!

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Victor

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Purchase and Sale

Victor

April 24, 2025

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Success

Difficulties handled with patience and sensitivity, Fees reasonable considering the length of proceedings.

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Elaine Burrows

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Wills

Elaine Burrows

April 17, 2025

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Will

Have used Risdons previously for buying and selling property. Have just used them to update my Will. Have also been discussing Lasting Powers of Attorney. On all subjects they have been excellent with their advice would definitely recommend this company.

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Reviews collected from

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Kev

August 13, 2022

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Brilliant service from Julie, if you need a decent solicitors then look no further, highly rated 👍

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Noel

June 18, 2025

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Excellent follow up

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Hellen

March 15, 2025

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Hellen

During the process, the Risdons email server was hacked by criminals. As a result, we received the wrong instructions for paying a large amount. Now Risdons refuses all cooperation and does not want to compensate for the damage.
They are old-fashioned and use temporary staff. They do not take any responsibility and sometimes it takes weeks before you hear that the person handling your case has left. In the meantime, nothing happens and you are left to your fate.

Be careful what you do if you take advice from this office.

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Andy

Andy

March 08, 2025

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Andy

There's an old Somerset saying 'Never use Risdons' this bore truth on our recent sale of Laburnum Cottage. When all documents have been provided 2 months prior to enable a transfer, Risdons managed to avoid doing anything until the very last minute even though they had been told there was an urgent need to get the completion done. Somehow they lost one half of an electronic document and blamed the other solicitors. Then lied that the other solicitor was holding them up.
NEVER USE RISDONS

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Jason

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February 28, 2025

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Very bad experience over multiple transactions with Risdon

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About this branch

Description

Amanda Shaw is an individual Law Society accredited expert, Amanda is accredited in family law.

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Legal services

Personal areas of law

  • Family Law
    • Child Abduction
    • Child Access
    • Child Arrangements Following Divorce
    • Child Custody
    • Child Law
    • Child Maintenance
    • Child Relocation After Divorce
    • Child contact
    • Children
    • Children Act proceedings
    • Divorce
    • Divorce Mediation
    • Family Mediation
    • Family law
    • Pension and property advice
  • Housing & Property
    • Boundary Disputes
    • Freehold Enfranchisement
    • Landlord and Tenant
    • Lease Extensions
    • Leasehold properties
    • Purchase and Sale
    • Transfers of equity
  • Personal Injury
    • Accident At Work
    • Dog Bite
    • Road Traffic Accident
    • Road Traffic Accident Abroad
  • Wills, Trusts & Probate
    • Disputed Probate
    • Disputed Trusts
    • Disputed Wills
    • International
    • Probate
    • Trusts
    • Wills

Business areas of law

  • Commercial Property
    • Commercial Leases
  • Dispute Resolution
    • Mediation
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