Just over half of Britons who claimed to have instructed a solicitor’s services within the past 3 years did so without checking their qualifications, revealed a new research from a newly launched website for personal injury lawyers .
The majority of Britons do not do their homework before instructing the services of a solicitor; with 52% of those who claimed to have used a solicitor within the past 3 years admitting that they did so without checking for correct qualifications first, the study revealed.
The study was conducted by www.personalinjurylawyers.co.uk, with 1,103 people aged 18 and over who had instructed a solicitor’s services within the past 3 years taking part. The study was conducted due to the site’s focus on ensuring that consumers only instruct the services of correctly qualified and accredited solicitors.
According to the survey, those who said that they had not checked qualifications were further asked if they had been satisfied with the service provided by the solicitor in question. 41% of respondents admitted that they had been ‘unsatisfied.’
Those taking part were also asked if they had checked to see if the solicitor in question held accreditations in the area of law that their query concerned, to which over two thirds, 76%, of respondents again answered “no.”
Surprisingly, just a fifth, 22%, of people claimed that they had sought recommendations from others before instructing the services of a solicitor; whilst the vast majority, 62%, claimed that they had not ‘looked around’ more than one solicitor before choosing their legal representative.