Clifford Johnston & Co Solicitors | Manchester

Horup Khan assisted with the legal aspects of a property purchase on my behalf. He was extremely diligent in following up with the seller’s solicitor during multiple periods of delay on their part and kept me updated throughout the purchase process. All communication was relayed in a way that I found easy to understand, despite the complexities of this transaction. He was friendly and courteous during phone conversations and overall a real pleasure to do business with. Thanks Horup and thanks to everyone else at Clifford Johnston who assisted during my purchase.

I worked with solicitor Naila Kosar, who has been really helpful and accommodating all the way through, offering good and realistic advice and even finding a slot on a Sunday evening to discuss my situation (online) so that I could make my deadline. She is very knowledgeable and in my case she even raised potential issues I had not thought about so that I could make an informed decision. She was happy to answer a few other queries by email after I had submitted my application too, being available for me during the whole process. In my experience, she is a great professional and I would not hesitate to work with her again.

I wanted to share my recent experience when trying to get in touch with your law firm through your website. I believe feedback can help improve services, so I'm sharing my thoughts.I submitted inquiries on your website, hoping for answers to my legal questions or a call back. Unfortunately, I didn't receive any response or acknowledgment, which left me feeling disappointed.A crucial part of a good online presence is being prompt and professional in responding to inquiries. I recommend reviewing your communication process to improve this aspect.I hope this feedback helps your firm enhance its online service and benefit potential clients like myself.

I highly recommend Jared McNally- from the initial stage of the allegations he was very informative and a good listener which is important and it’s important to get your information across as it’s not always easy to do that in one go - when he had all the information he worked extremely vigilantly and with the utmost professionalism - approachable and hardworking and extremely knowledgeable about his profession and comes across like he has a lot of experience as well which is helpful - his work is detailed and doesn’t cut corners and helped me stay calm when I was feeling the case was unfair and ridiculous and felt it was taking a while. He was always honest with his opinions and expectations and the advice he gave was always very useful as well. In the end I was cleared of all allegations and the case against me dropped, rightly so. Highly recommend to all doctors, teacher and people of good professions. He also seems to have a good network of associates he works with. Thanks again!

I used Clifford Johnson twice now to help me apply for my UK residence visa. Naila Kosar was the solicitor who advices me she was very helpful.Listened and understood my situation, for both applications I was in a different situation but with her support and guidance I successfully received my UK residence.Thank you NailaAyman

Absolutely first rate solicitors. Highly recommend. We had the the pleasure of having Andrea Belshaw as our solicitor for our recent house move. She was nothing less than fantastic. She was very professional and kept us up to date on the progression of both our sale and purchase. There were some rather technical issues that needed rectifying. Andreas knowledge and work ethic were second to none. Fully deserved five star rating.

After a lifetime career in teaching, I found myself facing a huge secret dossier of unfounded, malicious allegations, and feared that my reputation could be destroyed in a single stroke. At that dreadful moment, I hardly knew what to think or where to turn.Contesting the case looked like a formidable and expensive process, but the alternative was to allow the TRA (Teaching Regulation Agency) to rubber stamp the supposed evidence" and ban me from teaching for life. This I absolutely could not accept.However

I have been a frontline social worker since 2009 with unblemished track record. However, in August 2020, l found myself facing a Fitness To Practice Investigation by Social Work England (SWE). This was following my involvement in a domestic incident I had with my family earlier in April 2020. This was during the COVID-19 period. The carefully concocted and malicious allegations against me were investigated by the Police but later dropped in March 2021. Yet, SWE did not end it there. In fact, not only did I find myself facing their wrath, but as a person of colour, I felt they were bent on destroying my reputation/carrier so they can add me to their statistics. At this stage, I had been separated from my family, lost my job and became homeless. All of these happened so quickly and so fast that it felt like a bad dream. I was so overwhelmed that I could barely think of what to do with my life.And to make matters worst, SWE stopped communicating directly with me and instead had their legal team, Capstics, on my neck. Well, this is no-brainer, I have neither the knowledge nor the confidence to defend myself against a well established cooperate law firm. Put differently, l knew l was facing a kangaroo court at this stage if l also did not lawyer-up.It is true that contesting the legalities invoked in a case like this is a daunting and expensive process. But the alternative was to do nothing and allow SWE and their legal team to use the concocted evidence at their disposal to achieve their goal- to destroy my reputation/carrier. I have practised with unblemished record and I was absolutely determined to clear my name.So, as usual, I spent many hours trawling through several solicitor websites. Of course there is a lot of information out there on the internet. But the difficulty, however, was finding the appropriate solicitors who are well vested in this type of case.Thankfully, a very good friend (a law student) recommended Clifford Johnston & Co and I got in touch with Jared McNally in December 2022. Jared gave me hope from the very first day we spoke on the phone. Not only did he use his expertise and professionalism to guide me through the process, he was also equally dedicated and approachable. Jared even went to the extra mile and responded to emails/text messages at the weekend, out of office hours, and even when he was away on his annual leave.To cut a long story short, the case did not even proceed to the FTP hearing. Earlier this month (August 2023), 8 months after Jared's involvement, the case has been DISCONTINUED. After 3.5years of stereotyping, humiliation, bullying, intimidation and sleepless nights, l am now a free man and practising a career that l love and enjoy.

My family chose to use Clifford Johnston & Co Solicitors after having had a positive experience previously with the firm.The same can be said for this most recent experience too.Every step in the process was explained fully so we knew what was happening and what the next step would be.All the staff that we encountered were very pleasant and professional - Peter Belshaw in particular was extremely helpful - and we wouldn't hesitate to employ the services of this company in the future.