Gullands Solicitors Reviews 14

TrustScore 3.5 out of 5

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Gullands Solicitors in Maidstone is a well-established law firm with a history spanning over 100 years. The company has grown in this time to offer a comprehensive set of legal services, including personal legal services and commercial legal services covering most aspects of commercial law and corporate finance. The team at this leading law firm is made up of eight partners and around 50 highly qualified and experienced support staff. Every solicitor specialises in a particular field so you can be sure that you are getting the services of a real expert. Based in Maidstone and Gravesend in Kent, our solicitors have excellent links with their clients as well as the local community.


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3.7

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TrustScore 3.5 out of 5

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

DO NO TRUST ALEX ASTLEY, JOHN ROBERTS OR PHILIP GRYLLS

Gullands Solicitors are not to be trusted. Alex Astley acted as the solicitor to the estate of my late grandfather. He acted in a conflicted position from the outset. Blair Gulland was reported to the SRA for "unacceptable behaviour" by the Legal Ombusdsman and this resulted in a sanction for "significant misconduct." Alex Astley was the supervising solicitor. Mr Astley also distributed funds from the Gullands client account without agreed executor instructions and this included for his own fees. Fortunately, the Legal Ombudsman has helped recover a large proportion of these fees. I advise you against using Gullands Solicitors. If you have a complaint John Roberts and Philip Grylls will try and cover it up.

22 October 2025
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Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Thankyou.

We recently completed the transfer of title deeds with the help and guidance of Catherine Lloyd and Stacy Irwin, of Gullands Solicitors in Maidstone. They are experienced and were always helpful in the complicated process. Thanks for all you did.

23 April 2024
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Amanda is fantastic

Amanda is fantastic. She is the ultimate professional and gave me some fantastic employment advice when I got into a sticky situation leaving my current employer. I can't rate her highly enough. She is friendly, approachable and able to put everything to layman's terms for me. I highly recommend her.

31 October 2023
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

The best

I was desperately looking for a solicitor who could provide a timely and an excellent service so I began to search for solicitors in Kent. I came across excellent reviews about Gullands Solicitors so I decided to seek for their service. Alan William received me and made time to listen to me even when I had no appointment. Alan was thorough and serious about his work. He responds to all emails in time. Alan knows and understands his work. I will always recommend Gullands Solicitors. They will take care of you. Thank you Alan

28 February 2023
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Natalie Skinner of Gullands

We instructed Natalie Skinner of Gullands to carry out our property sale and purchase this year, and found her to be very professional. She was always readily available and made the whole process smooth, giving great attention to detail. Any queries were answered and sorted without any delay. We would highly recommend her.

3 May 2023
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Excellent Service

My solicitor Natalie Skinner completed the sale of my Mums house and proved an excellent level of customer service throughout the process. Natalie provided regular, timely and clear communication at all times and was easy to get hold of by phone or email if required. I would have no hesitation in recommending Gullands Solicitors.

2 March 2023
Unprompted review
Rated 5 out of 5 stars

The sale of our house in Ashford.

Gullands are our only solicitors and we have always been well looked after. This review covers the sale of our other house in Albermarle Road. It was made more personally more difficult because the tenants were our daughter and her husband. Despite this it all worked out very effectively with the help of your solicitors.

15 February 2022
Unprompted review
Rated 5 out of 5 stars

We would highly recommend Philip Grylls…

We would highly recommend Philip Grylls of Gullands Solicitor’s for his excellent service. Over the years we have had to deal with many solicitors and we can say we have never experienced such prompt and outstanding care and attention.
He has helped us so much during a very stressful and worrying time and we have full confidence in his expertise and he has understood our position fully and sure that we will have a positive outcome.
Thank you so much

15 September 2021
Unprompted review
Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Excellent service

Excellent service. Needed a few copies of a PoA certified which Neel Dhir did for me immediately.

22 June 2021
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Simply the best (to quote Miss Turner)

I couldn't recommend them highly enough. Philip Grylls was kind, caring, patient and reassuring during a recent stressful period. He got the result we wanted after a protracted period of uncertainty and unpleasantness. Professional and knowledgeable, prompt replies to all questions (of which there were many), I was kept informed at all stages of the process. Thank you so much.

18 June 2021
Unprompted review
Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Simply the best!

I sought advice from Philip Grylls and Catherine Lloyd of Gullands, both exemplar Legal Professionals with extensive knowledge and experience of law. They took on a very complex property dispute case for me, one that had caused me 14 years of distress. The depth of their knowledge and expertise was certainly to my advantage but more so, very apparent when dealing with other legal professionals with unacceptable gaps in their legal knowledge. I recommend both Philip and Catherine highly as erudite, approachable experts who go above and beyond in search of justice.

8 June 2021
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