Who writes and checks this site

This site is published by a firm of solicitors. Every organisation named on this page can be checked on a public register, and where our review process has a gap, we say so rather than filling it with a job title.

The publisher

Edward & Amaury Solicitors

Registered company: Edward & Amaury Ltd, company no. 12195443 (incorporated 9 September 2019)
Regulator: Solicitors Regulation Authority, no. 800525 — recognised body since 28 September 2020
Registered office: 17 Spencer Street, Carlisle, Cumbria CA1 1BE
Contact: +44 1228 272395 · info@edwardamaury.co.uk

Our interest in this subject

Edward & Amaury Solicitors is a practising law firm. Its work includes personal injury, mis-selling and civil litigation, some of it funded by conditional fee agreements — the same arrangements these guides explain. That is a real commercial interest and you should take it into account.

What that does not mean: we do not run a panel of multiple firms, accept referral fees from other firms, or rank competitors. UK readers who want to pursue a claim can start one here for a free case review directly from Edward & Amaury Solicitors. Where you're not ready to start a claim, we still link to the Law Society, the Law Society of Scotland, the Law Society of Northern Ireland and the ABA — regulator and professional-body directories that pay us nothing.

Nothing here is legal advice, and reading it creates no solicitor-client relationship.

Legal review, by jurisdiction

England & Wales

Reviewed

UK guides are reviewed by Edward & Amaury Solicitors, Solicitors regulated by the SRA (no. 800525), practising in England & Wales. You can verify the firm on the SRA register.

Known limitation: review is recorded against the firm, not against a named individual solicitor. We will name the reviewing solicitor and their roll number once that is assigned.

United States

Not yet reviewed

US guides have not completed independent legal review. They are written from the primary sources cited at the foot of every page — state legislation, bar rules, the ABA Model Rules and the federal rules — each linked so you can check it yourself. Every US page states this openly.

Why we say so rather than imply otherwise: a claim of attorney review that cannot be traced to a named, bar-admitted individual is not worth anything to you. When a US attorney reviews this content, we will name them and their bar admission here.

How a page gets written

1. Sources first. Every rule is taken from the legislation, court rule or regulator publication itself — not from another website. Those sources are listed and linked at the foot of each page.
2. Jurisdiction is fixed before drafting. Each page states which jurisdiction it covers and, where relevant, which it does not. We do not describe an England-and-Wales rule as “UK law”.
3. Every date is recorded. Each source carries the date we last opened it and, where it matters, the date the rule took effect.
4. Review and dating. The page shows when it was last reviewed and when the next review is due. A page never shows a review date unless a review actually happened on that date.
5. Corrections are published. Where we get something wrong, the fix is logged publicly on our corrections page, with the date and what changed.

More detail: how we research these guides · corrections log · about this site

Frequently Asked Questions

Who publishes this website?

This site is published by Edward & Amaury Solicitors (Edward & Amaury Ltd), a firm of solicitors in Carlisle registered at Companies House under number 12195443 and regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority under number 800525. Both registrations can be checked on the public registers linked on this page.

Is this site independent of law firms?

No, and we do not claim to be. The site is published by a firm of solicitors that takes personal injury, mis-selling and civil litigation work, some of it funded by conditional fee agreements. That is a direct interest in the subject matter of these guides and you should weigh it when reading them. UK readers can start a claim directly with the publisher through our claim form. What we do not do is run a panel of multiple firms, take referral fees from other firms, or rank competitors.

Who checks the UK content?

UK guides are reviewed by Edward & Amaury Solicitors, solicitors regulated by the SRA under number 800525, practising in England and Wales. Review is currently recorded against the firm rather than a named individual solicitor.

Who checks the US content?

US guides have not yet completed independent legal review. They are written from the primary sources cited on each page, which are linked so you can check them directly. Every US page says plainly that it has not been legally reviewed. We would rather say that than imply a review that has not happened.