01427858331

Rob Holly has now taken over a comany in York called Minster Legal Assiciates, still taking poeples money and not providing what they have paid for!

Jeez, you're the Office Supervisor?  The standard of your spelling and grammar is appalling and doesn't give the impression of a decent company at all.  As for your remark about people not accepting your services if they don't want them, you conveniently ignore the fact that older or vulnerable folk are sometimes put under pressure - and in fear - by people trying to sell products.  
I think you'll find reputations are subjective, based on individual opinion, so without quoting specifics would not be libellous.  You suggested it was slanderous here but if you knew what you were talking about you'd know that meant 'spoken' and you're referring to what's been typed.
I rest my case.

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Anon - 29 Feb 2012
I work for express law and what all of you say is fabrication! we offer 1 hours worth of free legal advice ... What you do with that information is up to you! We also are NOT a law firm we are a bespoke will and trust specialist firm! If you are on tps you will still receive our calls as it's a awareness call giving out a hour free advice we are not selling you anything on the phone! All this hate and rumours is by Christine crombie who use to work there and got sacked for hiring and firing!

Caller: Express law
Call Type: Political Call
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KW

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K W replies to Anon - 29 Feb 2012
Anon Thankyou for your comments. No-one said that you were selling anything on the phone, just scaremongering potential clients and when they have a visit from your company, it can be a very expensive visit.  

People are on the TPS for a good reason! They don't wish to receive your calls, awareness or otherwise. Isn't it true that you gain Customer's information from Telephone Directories and you don't actually pay for the data as you claim?

Are your Telesales staff that empowered that they can hire and fire?

Thankyou for reading.

KW

To all Readers, the below story is by the Nottinghamshire County Council Trading Standards: https://www.nottinghamshirealert.co.uk/da/370 ... trust_scam.html

Will writing / prosperity trust scam

Nottinghamshire Trading Standards would like to advise residents of a new scam and to remind them to stay vigilant when dealing with unexpected telephone and personal visitors.
Residents have reported being cold called by telephone by sales staff who then go on to worry pensioners into setting up an appointment with a rep about their concerns over the potential cost of future care home fees.

The trader claims that they can set up a ‘family prosperity trust’ for you in order to avoid your house being sold to cover your care needs in later life.

The sales staff convince residents to sign up by exploiting a scenario that is of great concern to pensioners and then arrange an agreement for a trust document to be drawn up to protect the resident – costing from anything between £1000 and £3500. It is believed the document may not be as watertight as marketed, thus potentially leaving the householders property still at risk to the problem the trust is supposed to guard against.

If you have recently received an unsolicited call from a trader matching this description please contact Nottinghamshire Trading Standards on 01623 452005 or email trading.standards@nottscc.gov.uk.

Trading Standards never recommend employing a trader based on a cold call.  If you are suspicious of a cold caller operating in your area please contact Consumer Direct, the Government's phone and online consumer advice service on 08454 04 05 06.

Thankyou for reading.

KW

To all Readers, the below story is from The Mail: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/money/investing/ar ... fear-death.html

Unscrupulous: The disturbing industry profiting from our fear of death

A fear of dying or going into care has spawned a growing and, as Money Mail has uncovered, disturbing industry.

Unscrupulous financial advisers are getting away with fleecing vulnerable pensioners — often for their entire life savings. Sam Dunn and James Salmon investigate.

Going into care can be a stressful time for those moving into a home. It can also be a huge strain on families, who have made the heart-wrenching decision that their parent, or elderly relative, is no longer able to look after themselves. But this also makes pensioners vulnerable to unscrupulous salespeople.

(Vulnerable pensioners: On average care home fees are £2,163 a month, leaving elderly people and their families to worry about how to pay for them)

These vultures play on their fears of selling the family home, or seeing it snatched by the council to pay for care costs, or of dying without a will, or leaving the family with huge funeral costs.

A major part of the problem is the sky-high cost of care homes and the worry families have about how this will be paid for — and whether you can get financial help from the State. On average, care home fees are £2,163 a month.

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CARE FEES AVOIDANCE SCAMS

Some companies prey on pensioners’ fear of losing their home when they go in to care. They claim to be able to stop the sale of a home to pay for care fees by putting it into a trust.

These unregulated firms claim this will protect the home from being sold to pay for the owner’s care fees as, since the house is in trust, it will effectively be disregarded.

However, local authorities have the power to void such schemes if they believe they were designed specifically to avoid paying the bills. Worse, this offer also tends to involve an upfront fee of more than £1,000, which the family won’t be able to get back.

There is no time limit on how far back a council can look to see if you gave away your house to avoid care costs. Part of the reason so many pensioners have been convinced to lock their money into investment bonds is because sometimes these can be exempt from means-testing.

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RIP-OFF WILL-WRITING SERVICES

Most people want to ensure as much of their estate as possible is passed to their loved ones when they die. But the good intentions of many are often rendered worthless because they cut corners with will-writing services.

The Legal Ombudsman says thousands of largely older people are being ripped off by firms offering unregulated will-writing. It can cost between £60 to £100 to write a will — but some OAPs can pay hundreds for a similar service if they use the wrong law firm.

Adam Sampson, chief Legal Ombudsman for England and Wales, has called for action to be taken to ensure consumers are not left vulnerable by unregulated services. Many legal services, including will-writing, can be done by unqualified — and unregulated — individuals and companies.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/money/investing/ar ... fear-death.html

Thankyou for reading.

KW

This is not the experience we had with Express Law, can you tell me why the Salesperson processed the paperwork before the arranged meeting with us so we could check what was being sold to my Brother. When I contacted Doncaster Trading Standards they advised me they were aware of Express Law & were not sure if Express Laws paperwork was even legal, the sevice being offered could even be classed as defrauding the Govemant of funding to care for elderly people.
Doncaster even contacted Hertfordshire & Berkshire Trading Standards office on my Brothers case.

I have nothing but praise for KW without them we would not have achieved what we did.

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Anon - 29 Feb 2012
No we use bought data! And it is legal to call tps if you are making a awareness call so wether you agree with it or not it is legal. We go area by area. I know for a fact we do not scare old people! If I get a oap on the phone who clearly can't understand or is a bit deaf ect I tell them to have a good day and hang up. When we go to clents houses we give free legal advice of course we are going to try and sell them our products though it's how people make a living and peole can always say no or ask them to leave. I find it very sad that you believe everything bad you hear, we have many happy customers and of course we have some unhappy customers but doesn't all businesses? And yes Christine crombie thought she was that empowered hence why she got the boot!

Caller: express law
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KW

reply for anon- how thick are you that you can call someone on tps if you are making a awareness call!!! you can't its illegal, but you are being told by your boss thats its ok, but then again you lot are just about scamming old people!! you want to try doing some research on gerry barton & his con men assistants andrew young & martin smith. What you are doing is so wrong, because the money you are charging for wills etc is more than triple what any LEGAL solictor would charge, but then again you have to charge this so all staff can get their extra in wages!! You make me sick & you will be closed down very very soon so make the most of your big wages from them poor old people who you FORCE into buying cos you gonna need a new job very soon you SCAMMING piece of work!

I found this particularly illuminiting (even if obvious).

"We go area by area. " like filthy locusts followed on by their jackals, yes?

Cold calling TPS is illegal (In you case immoral and despicable too) for awareness or otherwise, as mentioned above.

Illuminating* something the aforesaid company reverse.

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AS - 08 Mar 2012
I have been trying to get money back from Express law for over 2 months now for a mis-sold service (Transfer Of Equity & lasting power Of Attorney.) One of my parents has dementia and would not have understood any of it. They do not reply -to emails or return phone calls. They have 2 addresses that appear to be on industrial estates. Has anyone visited to try to sort matters face to face? As a previous comment made, the fee (upfront) was 3 or 4 times what it should have been,

Caller: Express Law
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KW

you need to be speaking to ANDREW YOUNG or MARTIN SMITH they are the 2 scumbags that will have your money!!!! they do over charge by at least 3times as they have to pay all staff extra in wages for gettin sale from poor old people like your parents who dont understand! you need to contact trading standards etc cos they will not give money back or get in contact, best thing to do is go to the office face to face!!! good luck

Name calling...how mature.

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Anon replies to K W - 09 Mar 2012
I think you will find I am not thick! I work very hard trying to help people protect there homes. Your moaning that your trying to get money back....why buy products in the first place!!?? We do not scam old people as the majority of them they don't even know what ur going on about, so how could we possible book an appointment. You all seriously need to get lives! I loveeeemaking sales and getting appointments as it means I get a big fat pay check at the end! And I know I've helped people protect there homes. And like I said every bussiness has unhappy customers and of the millions we speak to you only have only how many on this thread?
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KW

Obviously not mature enough yet to be scammed though, eh?

I guess you think mature is mugging pensioners.

Who does Anon think they are kidding,only old and vulnerable people.You must be a very busy person calling "millions" of people.it is about time you got a life!!

dont read it then!!!!! and its the truth

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W.H.Brunt - 10 Mar 2012
I was cold called and later visited by a Mr Paul Fox on Friday 10th. Feb 2012.  We signed up for Lasting Power of Attorney.  The paperwork was headed Inheritance & Probate Solutions Limited.,4th. Floor. New bond Street, Mayfair, London W1S 1SP Phone 02076924929.  The bottom of their letter stated if you have any queries phone 0845 8622214.

Are you telling me that this is a fraudulent company?

I phoned them Thursday and Heidi answered, as she had on previous occasions, so they must still be operational.

Please confirm receipt of this e-mail.

W.H.Brunt.

Caller: Inheritance & Probate Solutions Ltd.
Call Type: Survey
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KW

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K W replies to W.H.Brunt - 10 Mar 2012
W.H.Brunt Thankyou for your comments. For more information about this company and the people who run it, please visit https://whocallsme.com/Phone-Number.aspx/01427858331

Furthermore, if you wish to contact us, please feel free to e-mail us at wewillgivefreeadvice@hotmail.co.uk rest assured your identity will not be compromised.

Thankyou for reading.

KW