Westbrook Law is committed in providing a high quality legal service to all our clients. When something goes wrong, we need you to tell us about it. This will help us to improve our standards. We will try to resolve the matter fairly and quickly. We will apologise if need be and do our best to offer a practical solution. The Firm’s complaint partner is Mr. Thavalou Rajah, who is responsible for this procedure.

Our complaints handling procedure

 

1.If you have a concern or a complaint, please contact the person dealing with your case as soon as you are aware of the problem so this can be addressed. If you are still unhappy you can make a formal complaint.

 

Please contact Mr. Thavalou Rajah or provide your detailed complaint addressed to Mr. Thavalou Rajah, Westbrook Law Ltd, Unit 7, 1 The Parade Monarch Way , Newbury Park IG2 7HT.

 

What will happen next?

2.  We will send you a letter acknowledging receipt of your complaint within five working days of you raising your concerns.

 

3. We will then investigate your complaint. This will normally involve passing your complaint to our client care partner, Mr.N C Kuruveykkandy, who will review your matter file and speak to the member of staff who acted for you.

 

4. Mr. Thavalou Rajah will then invite you to a meeting to discuss and, it is hoped, resolve your complaint. He will do this within 14 days of sending you the acknowledgement letter.

 

5. Within three days of the meeting, Mr. Thavalou Rajah will write to you to confirm what took place and any solutions he has agreed with you.

 

6. If you do not want a meeting or it is not possible, Mr. Thavalou Rajah will send you a detailed written reply to your complaint, including his suggestions for resolving the matter, within 21 days of sending you the acknowledgement letter.

 

7. At this stage, if you are still not satisfied, you should contact us again to explain why you remain unhappy with our response and we will review your comments. Depending on the matter we may at this stage arrange for another partner or someone unconnected with the matter at the firm, another local solicitor or mediation to review the decision.

 

8.  We will write to you within 14 days of receiving your request for a review, confirming our final position on your complaint and explaining our reasons.

 

 

9. If you are still not satisfied, you can then contact the Legal Ombudsman at PO Box 15870, Birmingham B30 9EB or call 0300 555 0333 about your complaint. Any complaint to the Legal Ombudsman must usually be made within six months of your receiving a final written response from us regarding your complaint. The Legal Ombudsman has provided further guidance on its service at www.legalombudsman.org.uk.

 

If we have to change any of the timescales above, we will let you know and  explain why.

 

10.The Solicitors Regulation Authority can help you if you are concerned about our  behaviour. Most of the time, complaints about the service you have received should be sent to the Legal Ombudsman. If the Legal Ombudsman is of the opinion that your case involves a breach of the SRA Principles, the Legal Ombudsman will refer your case to the SRA.

 

The SRA may investigate matters such as complaints of dishonesty, taking or losing your money or treating you unfairly because of your age, a disability or other characteristic or if you think our firm has breached an SRA Principle. http://www.sra.org.uk/consumers/problems/report-solicitor.page

 

Phone

0370 606 2555 inside the UK (Call costs guide from Ofcom)

International callers

+44 (0)121 329 6800

 

Postal Address

Solicitors Regulation Authority,

The Cube, 199 Wharfside Street,

Birmingham, B1 1RN (map of location) or DX 720293 BIRMINGHAM 47

 

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