A page on the company’s website states: “We have one of the largest panel of solicitors, covering the whole of Ireland, and ready to assist you in making a No Win No Fee claim, if your claim is unsuccessful you don’t pay us a penny.”

However, the Law Society has said it is not a firm of solicitors and its director Adnan Ahmed is not on the roll of solicitors in Ireland.

“Any business, correspondence or transactions undertaken with Hamilton Douglas Legal is not from a regulated firm of solicitors and the Law Society does not account for their activity in anyway,” it stated.

“The public should be aware that unregulated entities, such as Hamilton Douglas Legal are not required to be insured, regulated or qualified in the areas they claim to offer services in and as such, should not expect a service equivalent to that from a qualified, regulated and insured solicitor.

“Furthermore, as an unregulated entity Hamilton Douglas Legal is unaccountable to the Legal Services Regulatory Authority and any grievance against their service, fees or conduct will not be accepted as an admissible complaint.”