"We are
committed to providing a high quality legal service to all our clients.When something goes wrong or you are not satisfied
with our services we need you to tell us about it. This will help us to improve
our standards."
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If you are still not satisfied with the outcome of the review you may
wish to make a complaint to the Legal Complaints Service which is part of the Law Society but runs completely independent of it.
If you are not satisfied with Mr Rutherfords response you may contact
him again with your reasons. He will then arrange to review the decision.
He will do so in conjunction with one of the other Partners in the firm and will let you know the result of the review within fourteen days of your
request for a review.
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Walters & Barbary
Solicitors
If at any time after you have sent a complaint in writing you feel that a
meeting or a further meeting with Mr Rutherford would be helpful then please let him know.
Although we will try to comply with the above time scales there may be
occasions when we cannot do so and in this instance we will let you know why and give you a revised time scale.
In the event that you have a complaint concerning Mr Rutherford and he
has not been able to resolve the matter promptly or to your satisfaction then you should make the complaint to Robert Cope.
Once in receipt of your letter of complaint and any clarifying
information Mr Rutherford will investigate your complaint by speaking with the
person who had the conduct of your matter and examining your file.If matters need further
clarification he will contact you. He may suggest a meeting.Mr Rutherford will then send you a
detailed reply to your complaint.
This will include a suggestion for resolving the matter.He will try to send you such a
letter within fourteen days of receiving your initial complaint and any
clarifying information.
WHAT WILL HAPPEN NEXT
If
you are unhappy about any aspect of the service you have received then please
contact initially the person dealing with your matter.If your complaint cannot be resolved by
him or her promptly and to your satisfaction and you wish to take it further
then please contact the Senior Partner, Stephen Rutherford by telephone or in
writing.
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OUR
COMPLAINTS PROCEDURE
We will file your letter of complaint in a central register and open
within it a separate file for your complaint in which all correspondence
concerning it will be placed.
6.
If we receive a complaint
in writing then we will send to you a letter acknowledging it and Mr Rutherford
may ask you to confirm or explain certain aspects of it.We will try to
acknowledge your letter within two working days of us receiving it.
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If
you have made contact by telephone then Mr Rutherford will discuss the matter
with you by telephone and try to resolve the matter immediately.If however, the nature of your complaint
is involved or complicated Mr Rutherford may ask you to put the details in
writing.
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