MBM SOLICITOR LTD complaints procedure
We are committed to 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.
Our complaints procedure
If you have a complaint, please contact Mr Fahmy Mohideen Bawa Mohamed who is our complaints officer by post to the address: First Floor, 83a South Road, Southall Middlesex UB1 1SQ or by email info@mbmsolicitors.com If we have to change any of the responsibilities or the timescales set out below we will let you know and explain why.
What will happen next?
- Within three working days we will confirm to you in writing acknowledging your complaint and asking you to confirm or explain any details. If it seems appropriate we will suggest a meeting at this stage. We will also let you know the name of the person who will be dealing with your complaint.
- We will then record your complaint in our central register and open a file for your complaint. We will also investigate your complaint by examining the relevant file.
- If appropriate we will then invite you to meet one of the relevant Partner to discuss and hopefully resolve your complaint. We would hope to be in a position to meet with you in this way no longer than 14 working days after first receiving your complaint. If you would prefer not to meet, or if we cannot arrange this within an agreeable timescale, I will write fully to you setting out my views on the situation and any redress that we would feel to be appropriate.
- Within four working days of any meeting we will write to you to confirm what took place and any suggestions that we have agreed with you. In appropriate cases we could offer an apology, a reduction of any bill or a repayment in relation to any payment received.
- At this stage, if you are still not satisfied, please let us know. We will then arrange to review our decision. We would generally aim to do this within working 10 days. This will happen in one of the following ways.
- The Partner will review his/her own decision
- We will arrange for someone in the firm who has not been involved in your complaint to review it.
- The Managing Partner will review your complaint within working 10 days.
- We will ask our local law society or another local firm of solicitors to review your complaint. We will let you know how long this process will take.
- We will invite you to agree to independent mediation. We will let you know how long this process will take.
- We will let you know the result of the review within five working days of the end of the review. At this time we will write to you confirming our final position on your complaint and explaining our reasons.
- If you are still not satisfied, you can then contact the Legal Ombudsman at PO Box 6806, Wolverhampton WV1 9WJ, call 0300 555 0333 or email enquiries@legalombudsman.org.uk about your complaint.
Time limits for bringing complaints
The time limit for referring a complaint to LeO will be not later than one year from the date:
of the act or omission being complained about; or
when the complainant should have realised that there was cause for complaint.The Legal Ombudsman has provided further guidance on its service at www.legalombudsman.org.uk.
If you think a solicitor might be dishonest or you have concerns about their ethics or integrity, you also have the right to notify our regulator, the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA). There are no time limits for making a report but there are limits on what the SRA will consider. Please note that the SRA is not able to deal with issues of poor service (complaints of this nature should instead be referred to the Legal Ombudsman). For further information please visit: https://www.sra.org.uk/consumers/problems/report-solicitor/