Charles Russell

This firm of solicitors is one of the worst firms of solicitors in London, and possibly in the United Kingdom. They are extremely dishonest as far as their billing practices go. They appear to hire quite a lot of junior and trainee solicitors. They charge the same and higher fees as other good firms of solicitors in the centre of London charge for partners. This inevitably results in mistakes being made. They do not take responsibility for their mistakes. In fact, you will most likely pay for them to correct their mistakes. This is definitely a case of buyer beware, unless you have a lot of money to throw their way.

I cam across Charles Russell online some 8 years ago and needed a lawyer to review the contracts I was using with US clients. Needless to say all the lawyers I spoke to wanted me to put 1−2K up front, but not Charles Russell. Not only did they quote me a price on the job, they also stuck to it, despite going over!
Fast forward another 6 years and I have used them plenty of times, both for IT related, IP related and property related issues. The various teams I have worked with have always been hugely professional and not just do what they are meant to but also come up with innovative ideas and solutions. I have even taken hour long, fact finding calls and not been charged.
Charles Russell are great lawyers, but at the same time they do not act like typical money-​grabbing lawyers. By way of a great example of their reach, at a dinner party recently I was talking property law with another person there. When it came to recommending lawyers, another person at this party also, completely by chance, recommended Charles Russell, without my prompting.
Charles Russell aren’t the only lawyers in London, and I have plenty of friends in the profession, but they are the best ones I have come across yet, and alas I have had to deal with a few!