Clients highly praise Barry Hayes for his outstanding representation, knowledge, and skill in tense family court legal battles, earning strong recommendations. Manel Samarakoon receives exceptional reviews for her competence and professionalism in handling complex immigration cases, including a lengthy skilled migration process that ended successfully. The firm is described as providing awesome service and good service with time well spent. However, one client reported a missed appointment without any communication, expressing frustration over wasted time and effort given their mobility challenges.
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Highly Rated
4.3 out of 5 stars based on 5 Google reviews.
Full-Service Firm
Covers 10 practice areas including Family Law, Relationship Property, Disputed Estates and more.
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3 team members
Barrister
Barrister
Reception
Awesome site and service
Good service and time well spent. Will definitely come back if I need to again.
This is to praise the exceptional service and guidance provided by Manel Samarakoon of the Barry D Hayes - Barrister team. My husband and I started the Skilled Migration process with her in late 2018 and in September 2024, we received the residency. The process got delayed due to the COVID pandemic which occurred in late 2019. However, once the processing began again in late 2022, Manel worked on our application with lot of effort and followed up immensely in order to complete it for us at the earliest. She was in regular contact during each juncture of the process, and we realized that she is well updated on the subject and was also very vigilant in handling the sensitive information & documentation related to the matter. At the outset itself we were well informed about the entire process and its timelines. This whole journey was quite an experience for us, at times challenging, nonetheless it was all attended to timely by our immigration lawyer. While appreciating Manel’s super service, we highly recommend her as she displays lot of competence and professionalism when dealing with her clients.
Barry was outstanding in his representation, his knowledge, and his skill during a tense family court legal battle. Highly recommended.
Hi Barry. I made this appointment with you today at 3pm and you are not showing up and as I said I do walk on my cruches and made a long jouney and difficult to come to see you but unfurnately you are not even give me a message. This is not professional to repect people's time and effort.
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