4 reviews (1/5) and information for Shakespeare Martineau LLP, Stratford-upon-Avon

26/05/25 - Reviewed by Anonymous

All talk, no substance.
The Partner was someone who spoke lots at the initial meeting, promised loads. Lacked current divorce and pension sharing knowledge.
Avoid this company if you require a skilful negotiator.

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03/07/24 - Reviewed by Simon L

I deal with lawyers, attorneys, and solicitors worldwide, and I've never encountered such unprofessional legal representation in all my life.

ShakespeaerreMartineau / Lime Solicitors represented me in a civil lawsuit against a school's negligence in a childhood abuse case. They were handed my case when my previous solicitor retired. The first thing they did was ensure that the school outside the settlement paid all their legal fees - outside of the settlement amount. This ensured they were paid a nice fee and allowed them not to care as much about any settlement amount. So when the school's representatives offered a settlement with seven days to respond, my Shakespeare Martineau attorney failed to pass it along promptly and professionally.

After requesting I deal with another solicitor within the company, I was denied; consequently, I accepted the school's offer, not because it was a fair amount but because I didn't want to have to deal with ShakespeaerreMartineau / Lime Solicitors any further. That decision cost tens of thousands, but it was worth not dealing with such unprofessional incompetence.

In being handed the case, my attorney still made me go through hours of detailed interviews with therapists and resubmit all paperwork and receipts from doctors from decades ago. This was after a successful criminal conviction, with police interviews and reports. It was a painful and arduous task with the information they had previously had, and I realized it was causing me more trauma in dealing with my own solicitors.

The solicitor's communication, or lack thereof, was exceptionally slow, and I complained numerous times.

When I officially complained to the company through the proper channels, they didn't respond promptly according to their policies.

In my criminal case, the school teacher received 18 years in jail, and seeing the British justice system work was the best day of my life. My one regret in the case was engaging ShakespeaerreMartineau / Lime Solicitors to act as my representatives.

I'm writing to you so you won't make the same mistake I made!

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18/12/21 - Reviewed by Anonymous

We have used this company for some years for various aspects. We then needed a litigation representative who was recommended to us. Unfortunately that person then passed it on to someone clearly less experienced. We were offered zero advice, communication was forgotten about until that was paying for a service we didn't receive. We had to dictate the very expensive letter so really all in all we were paying £4k for a letter head. Very disappointed and will not be using again.

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16/03/21 - Reviewed by The worst company I have every had to deal with!

Rung and spoke to them 5 times to make a urgent payment. Each time they tell me someone will ring me back and they don't. I then sent a cheque for the amount recorded delivery which they then told me it was not received. They finally took payment by card on the 6th phone call and then 2 weeks later cashed the cheque. I am now struggling to get a refund and looking to take action against them. They seem the most incompetent solicitor's I have ever dealt with.

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