James Carley, a solicitor that avoids the truth, and does not believe in upholding UK law....AVOID !!!!

Lucy and Karen were excellent with our recent house purchase. Always easy to get in contact with and helped speed things up throughout the process. Thank you so much!

This was a very complex and emotional case that our solicitor took on. She was very experienced. I highly recommend Emily Sherwood not only for her expertise but for her fast response throughout all contact and her help with emotional support along the way. We are 100% happy with the service. Thank you very much to Emily, Hannah and your colleagues at Rothera Bray

Our family have used Antony Fyson to buy and sell several properties now. We have always found both himself and his assistant Vicki both friendly and professional. This would have been five stars but it took over six weeks to pay us the balance owed following our last sale.

Dumped straight into DocuSign with zero explanation. Major problems with ThirdFort. Expectation to do everything on line. Brusque communication. Sluggish reactions to a problem, minimal feedback as to progress. Trainee solicitor was more professional. 3 months later they demanded £3.53 (their mistake). Again no explanation or apology. We were long standing clients before merger. We will never use them again. Avoid.

I appointed Rothera Bray to represent me for my case. After reading and obtaining a few quotes from other firms, Rothera Bray was not the cheapest or dearest, but I found they were best suited for my case and the cost were reasonable. Lindsey who I dealt with mostly over the phone/email was the most lovely, friendly and informative lady, and I know this is her job but she didn't make me feel like just another client for how big their firm is. Then I spoke and met with Olivia who was my legal representation for the hearing. Olivia was very professional, friendly, straight talking and obviously good at what she does. Although my outcome has hindered my life slightly, I got the best case scenario all thanks to Olivia and her team. I would highly recommend Rothera Bray to anyone and thank them again for helping me

An update… Rotheras have yet shown their true colours by lying to the Ombudsman. My Google review about Rotheras was reported by them relentlessly for months on end, to prevent it from being posted. Rotheras want to present a false image of being professional when their work ethic and quality of legal probate knowledge can only be described as dismal! I am sure my review will be followed up with a slew of high rated reviews as part of damage control! Engaged Rothera in April 2022 to probate an estate.The probate only came through in August 2023. Provided them all the information they had requested promptly.. Months later, after a lack of communication or progress on the application, made international call after call and emailed them to be constantly told that the lawyer would be in the office after four weeks, he was on vacation, he had a funeral to attend. When I insisted on knowing the cause for the delay, Rotheras showed no inclination to resolve the issue that was holding up the probate. Hence, I decided to work with the bank, spending hours of my time to resolve the issue and essentially take care of what Rothera were being paid for. Months later, after further delays, Rotheras sent me the application to sign, which to my dismay had been created incorrectly. On the application, Rothera had shown us as being domiciled in the UK. The very purpose of going through a lawyer was to prove that we were not domiciled in the UK and therefore IHT did not apply to our application.What was Rothera’s reaction to this huge error? Indifference. I was also asked by Rothera to prove from a local lawyer that we were domiciled outside the UK and that I had the right locally to inherit the estate. I had to spend hours researching on my own what documents would be suitable. No help from Rotheras, yet, as soon as I provided the documents they came back to me saying they would engage an expert for a fee and see what documents were needed. They had not been bothered to check this crucial information before asking me to pay the local lawyer and obtain the documents. Needless to say I had to pay the local lawyer again for another set of documents. The pension company informed me that they did not hear from Rotheras for months, hence the funds have been converted into a Bear account and I will now have to spend endless hours trying to resolve this issue on my own. Rotheras found selling certain stocks to be complicated, so that too was handed over to me to take care of. Rothera also asked me to take care of transferring the property titles to my name as they said they were too busy. Rotheras have charged unjustified fees in the five figures for doing the clerical task of writing to banks to obtain date of death values, of submitting the application (major error spotted by me thankfully) and writing to the companies asking them to deposit funds into the Rothera account. When I expressed my dissatisfaction at the fees they were charging for an error-ridden, incompetent and incomplete process, three of the partners aggressively got involved, trying to justify the high fees they were charging me. Yet, none of the partners had been available to look at the delays, the error on the application or the fact that I was being pressured to handle and resolve the work that they did not want to do because it involved an extra step from the basic clerical tasks they preferred to do for a fee that was in the thousands! Why go with them when you can have any other competent lawyer to assist you? Save yourself the stress, extra work, and expense and go with a more capable and professional firm of lawyers.

Lauren Kilbride was the solicitor dealing with myself and my employer, very professional service from Lauren, who explained everything in great detail. Would definitely recommend.

Do not use the 08456 465 465 on their website. It is a premium number at £1 per minute. There is no indication of this on their website or when using the number. Such practice is absolutely appalling from a business that needs to be based on trust and customer service.

I would like to thank Rothera Bray Solicitors, in particular Grant Benskin. I found myself in a difficult position with a business tenant and had to resort to litigation. Never in 45 years of business needing to do so before and found myself needing much guidance. Grant was able to take control and negotiated a settlement and exit contract. It was a complex case from the start and took several months. I can honestly say without Grant it would have been extremely difficult. I thoroughly recommend Rothera Bray and Grant.