We are committed to providing a high-quality legal service to all our clients. When something goes wrong we need you to tell us about it. This will help us to improve our standards.

Our Complaints Procedure

If you have a complaint, please contact Mr Yaqub Hussain who is our complaints officer by post to the address: 107 Fleet Street, 2nd Floor, Suite 223, London, EC4A 2AB

 or by email y.hussain@lpevans.com If we have to change any of the responsibilities or the timescales set out below we will let you know and explain why.

What will happen next?

    1. Within three working days we will confirm to you in writing acknowledging your complaint and asking you to confirm or explain any details. If it seems appropriate we will suggest a meeting at this stage. We will also let you know the name of the person who will be dealing with your complaint.

    2. We will then record your complaint in our central register and open a file for your complaint. We will also investigate your complaint by examining the relevant file.

    3. If appropriate we will then invite you to meet one of the relevant Partner to discuss and hopefully resolve your complaint. We would hope to be in a position to meet with you in this way no longer than 14 working days after first receiving your complaint. If you would prefer not to meet, or if we cannot arrange this within an agreeable timescale, I will write fully to you setting out my views on the situation and any redress that we would feel to be appropriate.

    4. Within four working days of any meeting we will write to you to confirm what took place and any suggestions that we have agreed with you. In appropriate cases we could offer an apology, a reduction of any bill or a repayment in relation to any payment received.

    5. At this stage, if you are still not satisfied, please let us know. We will then arrange to review our decision. We would generally aim to do this within working 10 days. This will happen in one of the following ways.

    • The Partner will review his/her own decision

    • We will arrange for someone in the firm who has not been involved in your complaint to review it.

    • The Managing Partner will review your complaint within working 10 days.

    • We will ask our local law society or another local firm of solicitors to review your complaint. We will let you know how long this process will take.

    • We will invite you to agree to independent mediation. We will let you know how long this process will take.

    6. We will let you know the result of the review within five working days of the end of the review. At this time we will write to you confirming our final position on your complaint and explaining our reasons.

    7. If you are still not satisfied, you can then contact the Legal Ombudsman at PO Box 6806, Wolverhampton WV1 9WJ or call 0300 555 0333 about your complaint. Any complaint to the Legal Ombudsman must usually be made within six months of your receiving a final written response from us regarding your complaint. The Legal Ombudsman has provided further guidance on its service at www.legalombudsman.org.uk

If you think a solicitor might be dishonest or you have concerns about their ethics or integrity, you also have the right to notify our regulator, the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA). For further information, please visit https://www.sra.org.uk/consumers/problems/report-solicitor/

There are no time limits for making a report but there are limits on what the SRA will consider. Please note that the SRA is not able to deal with issues of poor service (complaints of this nature should instead be referred to the Legal Ombudsman). For further information about the SRA’s role, please visit: https://www.sra.org.uk/consumers/. 

LP Evans Solicitors are Authorised and Regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority. 

SRA number: 563520