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Judge & Priestley solicitors in Bromley with offices in Beckenham, Blackheath and Sidcup. Providing high quality legal services for individuals and businesses throughout South East London and Kent including Beckenham, Bexley, Catford, Croydon, Lewisham, Keston, Eltham, Orpington, Sidcup & West Wickham.
Reviews 64
Anita
Jan 10,2024James Ray was friendly, polite, professional and kept me informed throughout the entire process. Everything was completed in a timely fashion with no hidden costs. My wishes where excepted and supported without question, the whole experience was incredibly positive. I will be using them again when the need arises.
James Taylor
Dec 12,2023We hired James Ray of Judge & Priestley to conveyance our first house, and we would highly recommend both him and the firm. James was professional and attentive, and worked hard to get us moved in as soon as possible.
Jem
Dec 08,2023Extremely happy with their services! As a first time buyer Jessica was amazing and talked us through every step and made it as stress free as possible. Any emails, phone calls, queries and questions were all responded to quickly and efficiently. Cannot thank her enough for the service she provided. We would definitely use this company again.
Dave From Dover
Nov 16,2023As a first time buyer it was so daunting with all the paperwork and what is needed. With judge and priestly it’s been a breeze! They have been so helpful through every step and kept us updated through the whole process. I would highly recommend anyone buying a house to contact them.
Jayne Cox
Oct 26,2023I had a very good experience using Judge & Priestley for a conveyance in Sidcup, James Ray was helpful, responsive and attentive to detail. I would recommend.
Heather
Oct 20,2023I had a very good experience when dealing with Judge and Priestly during the sale of my late Father's house. James at Sidcup was very efficient and nothing was too much trouble. I would highly recommend
F Abo
Oct 12,2023Extremely dishonest organisation, they collect service charge debts on behalf of Camden Council and then do not pass it on and instead try to make more money by adding legals costs to the bill. I asked Georgina Mitchener verbally and in writing several weeks ago when payments would be passed onto Camden and she was not able to provide a concrete answer. I have concerns there is some kind of fraud going on, if they are not passing on the money. Will be escalating this ongoing known issue. 10 Jan 2024 - Got an email from TrustPilot apparently Judge & Priestly want more information from me to respond to my review. I have supplied the information.
Sparta
Aug 02,2023Utterly unprofessional/impossible to get hold of and resolve problems they caused. I was given a bill to pay of GBP 2000 in 7 days, just 3 days ago in which they claimed I enterd an agrement to pay it off in installments in March - never heard from them since my last conversation/email in March in which they were waiting from the claimant to accept my terms. Been asking them to show me the corresponance in which I was informed of this decision as well as other correspondance but nothing, I have a suspicion they have never sent an email or letter to me at all!!! Stay away from them, whatever problems you may have they are likely to make it worse.
Sylvie
Apr 30,2023Judge & Priestley is a Fraud and a thief. They Fraudulently wrote to my local council and is also writing threatening letters to my mortgage company saying they are going to evict me from my property and they was able get a large sum of money (£5500) from my mortgage. Every time they just keep sending me threatening letters. I reported the fraud to the police but they still continue to do it. No one should use this firm!!! They are making my life a living hell, I am 73 years of age and I cannot take this harassment anymore. They are a fraud! Don’t be fooled by them!!!
Richard
Jan 11,2023Bunch of Turkeys , seems they trying to jump on the utility crisis bandwagon and make themselves some money. Chasing me for money that I do not owe, but very unresponsive so you have no idea what's going on. Call themselves solicitors , but glorified debt collectors if you ask me
Simon
Nov 09,2022We 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!
Iron
Nov 20,2021I 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.
Richard Ward
Nov 08,2021Having 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.
Paula McKee
Aug 25,2021Used 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.
Margaret Tully
Aug 20,2021I cannot recommend this company. I have not had a good experience.
Doug Parry
May 27,2021Knowingly 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?
Karen
May 21,2021Absolutely 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.
Anne Cooper
Apr 10,2021I 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.
G “GRG” G
Mar 02,2021Just 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
Justin House, 6 West Street, BR1 1JN, Bromley, GB
http://www.judge-priestley.co.uk
David H
Mar 14,2024Very professional and accessible service with excellent communication. A source of calm when any issues or complexities arose. Used by both my sister and me for separate conveyancing transactions