You may have asked for our complaints procedure or you may be receiving this because you have experienced a problem with our service.
If you have experienced a problem, thank you for bringing your concerns to our attention. We are committed to providing a high-quality service to our clients. This includes a commitment to putting things right when they go wrong.
Making a complaint
You can register your complaint with Ms Lubica Wilson, a director of the firm. You can contact her by post at LF Legal Ltd, 2nd Floor, Queen’s House, 180 Tottenham Court Road, London W1T 7PD, or by e-mail at l.wilson@lflegal.co.uk It is helpful if you put your concerns in writing, but if you would prefer not to, or if you would find it difficult to do so, she can be contacted by phone at 0203 146 3549.
If you have any language, medical or other needs that we should take into account, please let us know.
To explain how long our processes might take we have included our target times for each stage of the process. Where, for any reason, it is not possible to observe any of the limits, we will let you know and explain why. For example, if the complaint is of a more complex nature, we may require more time to investigate, and will inform you accordingly.
Action | Timescale |
Acknowledge the complaint, enclosing a copy of this complaints procedure | Within three working days |
Conduct an investigation and invite you to a meeting/telephone call to discuss and hopefully resolve your complaint | Within fourteen working days of sending you an acknowledgement of your complaint |
Confirm what took place and any solutions agreed | Within three working days of the meeting/telephone conversation |
If a meeting/telephone discussion is not possible or required, we will investigate the issues and write to you with the outcome | Within twenty one days of sending you an acknowledgement letter |
If you are not satisfied with the response and proposals for resolution, you may request a further review by another director | Within fourteen days of such a request being raised |
If still unresolved at this stage, you may take your complaint to the Legal Ombudsman | Within 6 months of receiving a final response from us about your complaint |
Please note we will record and report centrally all complaints received from clients and prospective clients. We always seek to identify the cause of any problems of which our clients complain, offering appropriate redress and correcting any unsatisfactory procedures.
Legal Ombudsman
If you do not agree with the outcome of our complaints process, or we fail to investigate it within 8 weeks, you can then complain to the Legal Ombudsman. Complaints to the Legal Ombudsman must usually be made within six months of our final response to your complaint. The Legal Ombudsman can investigate complaints for up to 6 years from the date of the act or omission giving rise to the complaint or alternatively 3 years from the date you should reasonably have known there are grounds for complaint (if the act/omission took place before 6 October 2010 or was more than 6 years ago).
The Legal Ombudsman is an independent and impartial complaints handling body established by the Legal Services Act 2007 to deal with complaints against Solicitors.
The Legal Ombudsman may:
- Investigate the quality of professional service supplied by a solicitor to a client.
- Investigate allegations that a solicitor has breached rules of professional conduct.
- Investigate allegations that a solicitor has unreasonably refused to supply a professional service to a prospective client.
- Investigate allegations that a solicitor has persistently or unreasonably offered a professional service that the client does not want.
Before it will consider a complaint the Legal Ombudsman generally requires that the firm’s internal Complaints Procedure has been exhausted. If the Legal Ombudsman is satisfied that the firm’s proposals for resolving a complaint are reasonable, it may decline to investigate further.
The Legal Ombudsman’s address is:
PO Box 6806, Wolverhampton, WV1 9WJ; telephone, 0300 555 0333; website, www.legalombudsman.org.uk; or email enquiries@legalombudsman.org.uk
The Solicitors Regulation Authority
The Solicitors Regulation Authority can help you if you are concerned about our behaviour. This could be for things like taking or losing your money or treating you unfairly because of a disability or other characteristic. You can raise your concerns with the Solicitors Regulation Authority.