Star Legal Limited is a private limited company incorporated in England and Wales (registered number 08138032) with a share capital under the Companies Act 2006.
References by Star Legal Limited in this website or in any other communication to a ‘Partner’ means a person who is either a director or other senior employee of Star Legal Limited. Use of the title ‘Partner’ does not mean that any of the shareholders, officers, employees or consultants of Star Legal Limited are carrying on business in partnership under the Partnership Act 1890; the term is merely used to denote a lawyer of a certain seniority and experience. The 'Partners' have no personal liability.
It is authorised and regulated with SRA Number 569981 by the Solicitors’ Regulation Authority of England and Wales whose rules can be accessed via the website sra.org.uk and clicking on the “Code of Conduct”.
A list of the directors of the company and its members is open to inspection at the registered office at 3 Richmond Hill, Clifton, Bristol, BS8 1AT.
Star Legal and Star Legal Solicitors are the trading names for Star Legal Limited and all references on this site to Star Legal and Star Legal Solicitors are to Star Legal Limited.
Star Legal is not authorised by the Financial Conduct Authority of England. However, Star Legal is included on the register maintained by the Financial Conduct Authority so that we can carry on insurance mediation activity, which is broadly the advising on, selling and administration of insurance contracts. This part of our business, including arrangements for complaints or redress if something goes wrong, is regulated by Solicitors’ Regulation Authority. The register can be accessed via the Financial Conduct Authority Website at www.fca.org.uk.
In accordance with the EU ADR Directive, any complaint or dispute should be raised with Philip Hands, the Director responsible for dealing with complaints, at our Clifton Office (3 Richmond Hill Clifton Bristol BS8 1AT) who will explain the procedure for handling the complaint and the timescale within which you will be given a response. You may also have a right to complain to the Legal Ombudsman, and at the conclusion of our complaints process you will be given details (www.legalombudsman.org.uk). We are providing the following link: http://ec.europa.eu/odr as this platform is also available for resolving online complaints. In the first instance, however, we ask that you please address any complaints or disputes to Philip Hands.
A copy of our complaints procedure can be viewed here.
If you have a concern about your dealings with Star Legal Limited (other than an issue regarding a complaint or claim which relates to you personally) you also have the right to raise those concerns with our regulator, The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) who may be contacted via their website at SRA.org.uk.
The address of the SRA is:
Solicitors Regulation Authority
The Cube
199 Wharfside
Street Birmingham
B1 1RN