I used to write for this company. To say that customers do not use this as their own work or if they do the company does not know that they do is a fallacy. If this were the case how come the quality control departments contact writers when customers have complained saying that the work did not receive the mark they expected and then the writer gets fined for supposedly submitting a piece of work that failed to score over 59%.

If the customer used the work as a guideline only then the score they receive is down to them alone. They can only assert the work did not get the score expected AND the writer is to blame IF they submitted the work WITHOUT making ANY alterations.

They OBVIOUSLY know that the customers submit this as their own OTHERWISE why do they make the writer GUARANTEE that the work IS to that standard and WHY do they fine the writer when the customer states that they did not get the mark they requested in their order.

Before Jennifer starts accusing me of having an axe to grind because I was dismissed I will put the record straight by letting you all know that I chose to leave I was not made to leave the company.

But your company ACTUALLY encourages customers to hand this in as their own work. You fine writers whose work DOES NOT get the student the grade they wanted. I know this from experience. Would you care to explain why you do this IF, as your site states, students are told to use these as guidelines only?

In the particular case I am referring to the quality control department wrote to me saying that the customer had been in contact with you and stated that they had submitted the essay to their university and DID not get the grade that they expected. The quality control department stated that the work was of adequate quality but because the customer had complained they had agreed to refund the money AND then fined ME 3 x the amount I was being paid for the work. Nice scam if you can get away with it, which is EXACTLY why i quit.

And Jennifer does know so much about law doesn't she (not) after all she is FILEX qualified (like that makes a scrap of difference). Guess she couldn't quite cut it to do the LPC or BVC so sold herself short as a legal executive.

Since this site is for opinions only she would struggle to bring a defamation suit as the posters are anonymous as are the site owners.

UKessays might not lie about their location like other sites but they still exploit students and writers alike. When I worked for them I was asked several times to become a staff writer but that would entail being forced to write on any essay they cared to throw in my direction regardless of whether I had the resources or the capability of doing these. Naturally - having some morals- I declined. I was also allowed to bid on topics for which I had no qualification just by sending an email saying that I had done essays of this kind before. In fact I once sent them a sample of my work that was actually written by another family member and they never queried it one iota. So much for quality control.

This company is no better then those who declare false addresses. They treat their writers like rubbish and charge exorbitant fines for work that is either late or does not meet the grade. I know of one writer for this company that was fined 3 x the price they were being paid for the essay because the customer kept demanding amendments to the extent that the writer refused to do any further amendments as the requests were for things that had not been originally requested in the initial brief. When the writer refused to amend further the company fined them 3 x the price of the brief. No wonder Barclay drives a lambo!!

Since I no longer work for any company I doubt that I can be regarded as promoting anyone. I USED to work for the company Jennifer is promoting UNTIL they started ripping me off. This is a fact I can prove. Jennifer should not be allowed to promote her rip off company anymore then anyone else on here end of story!!

I have a friend who is a BVC graduate who used to write for this company who was asked to write a BVC opinion but flatly refused as this is a breach of the professional ethics code. He sent the request to all the law schools in the UK that run BVC courses so that they would know so that they could try to determine who the individual was that was trying to cheat in this way. No idea whether any of the law schools managed to track down the individual but at least they were made aware of this.

I agree, I think his reasoning was to alert the law schools to the fact that students are approaching essay writing sites to get their opinions written. I have just spoken to him and as a member of the bar council he agrees that they should be made aware of this unethical practice and he will do his utmost to draw their attention to the post you highlighted.

My friend has a copy of professional standards for barristers as well as a copy of the rules and regulations from one of the law schools in London which clearly states that students must not seek any assistance from either fellow students, lecturers or any other writing service when doing their assignments. I remember when he was doing his course that 4 students were expelled from law school for working on a project together and another was expelled for getting his father who was a qualified barrister to give him assistance. By encouraging students to get assistance in this way you are encouraging them to break the code as well as the law school regulations. Model answers are not supplied for students on the BVC though examples of opinions are to be found in the text books issued to the students. Students have to rely on adaptation of the examples in the textbooks in order to write their opinion.

My friend was appalled that students were asking for someone to write their opinion for them.

What so you can identify which writer I used to be and then make veiled threats against me for SUPPOSEDLY defaming your company (like you once did to another writer) I don't think so.

If WB or the other posters on here who are GENUINELY trying to stop scam companies like you want any further info on this order I will gladly supply by private message.

I am not in the habit of making assertions I cannot prove, and am also acutely aware that each writer is identifiable by the briefs they have written. I think I will kindly retain my anonymity thank you very much as I have seen the way your company operates when anyone dares to challenge their empire.

If this is so WHY do the company fine writers 300% when a complaint is received for example an essay that was paying £80 and the writer was fined £240. Yeah of course the company lost that amount (not).

As regards the order number we ALL know that a writer can be identified by an order number so therefore disclosing this would let you know who I am and I have seen from personal experience how you treated another writer that attempted to expose your scams.

So you spent over £4000 on LPC and THEN opted to become a legal executive on half the pay of a solicitor mmm that makes sense. :)

I note you did not respond to my post with regard to the BVC rules and regulations breach. You asked for how this is a breach and I have provided you with the answer so what do you have to say to that?

whitegrim - my granddaughter can probably write better than you and she's only 9 months old lol

I agree. The contract is full of veiled threats and penalties. I also found that working for this company was very stressful and feared any email from the quality department even though many times it was awarding me a bonus for scoring highly on my work. The very sight of quality emails had me taking a deep breath before opening in case the customer had complained and I was getting fined or made to do further work on the piece.

Since leaving I am so much more relaxed and can open my emails without trembling.

I do note that she said she did the LPC she didn't say she passed the course though did she. Maybe that is what is at the root of her problems. Maybe that is why she supports the company undermining the BVC and LPC qualification by allowing students to cheat. Could be she feels she is paying the course directors back by assisting students to pass using someone else's work!!

There is no point in revealing the brief where a fine of 300% was added as this matter was already taken up with the quality department who replied by saying that I should be grateful that they were still allowing me to write for them since the customer was so disappointed with the essay. Yes I was so grateful I quit.

Glad your looking forward to hearing from the bar council since I was on the phone to them today and have just responded to an email from them directing them to your site. I'll keep everyone on here posted once they respond to me latest communication.

so you did fail then ha ha. thought it might be too tough for you, and now you spend time discrediting these courses by encouraging students to cheat- you must be so proud of yourself.

How come your not still pursuing the solicitor route since passing your FILEX? there has to b more money in legal work then the job you are doing, believe me I speak from experience.

It's your lack of qualifications tha amuse me most jennifer lol

because I like adding fuel to the fire here is the experience a forum had with devereaux and deloitte where one of the employees threatening the forum claimd to be a barrister which was refuted by the bar council

forums.writersweekly.com/viewtopic.php?t=3717

Maybe they are ALL barristers in that company. Maybe the bar council are actually the owners of this company (I think not)

Including the promises made by the companies Jennifer represents. they treat their writers appallingly and allow students to cheat. Getting a good piece of work is a lottery. It is impossible for ANY company to guarantee a particular grade since individual lecturers can have harsher grading systems then others. When I was at university a long time ago one of the lecturers there frequently downmarked work if she thought it would make the student work harder on the next piece. She openly admitted this to the group and when the head of the department was asked to deal with this matter he just laughed saying that it was 'a quirk of her nature and she often does things like that'.

Here's an interesting article about mr ukessays (apparently unable to secure pupillage after training) Maybe now we can see why he promotes cheating. A disgruntled barrister unable to continue further in his career because no one wanted to give him a pupillage.

An ex writer out of choice not because my contract was terminated by you. I DECIDED TO VOTE WITH MY FEET WHEN YOU STARTED RIPPING MY FRIENDS AND I OFF.

But in that article above it wasn't Barclay making the declaration, it was some other guy who apparently had never been a member of the bar council. Oh and by the way passing the bar exams does not make someone a barrister, completing a pupillage and going into practice does.

When did you supposedly pass your LPC as your name will have appeared in the law society journal as all the law schools publish the names of the newly qualified students? You keep asking people to prove the complaints they make so I am sure you wont mind proving your qualifications especially as you are a self professed writer.

So you cant prove your qualifications - fair enough. I guess anyone wanting a law essay writing from UKessays might want to ask for this not to be assigned to you - especially if they are LPC students lol.

And just what are you here for? to promote a dodgy essay writing site that treats its writers appallingly. Is the credit crunch hitting the company and students are having to decide whether to spend money on food and rent rather than exorbitantly priced toilet paper that MIGHT get them the grade they desire without having to change any of the content.

My advice would be to check the essay you have paid for and see of you can find the same resources that the writer used in the piece. If these are available to you either electronically or in paper form you can these access these yourself and decide how to use these in your own piece.

If you use the paper you bought for ideas only and develop those ideas in your own style etc then you should be ok. Whoever wrote the paper for you would have had to have access to the sources quoted so it is likely that these saem sources are available globally. this would mean that if you hadn't approached one of these companies you might feasibly have found these sources from your own initiative.

By no means hand this in as your own work as this will be what the lecturer is looking for. using the ideas in the essay would not be considered plagiarism if you accessed the same sources and then did your own interpretation of the article accessed. remember to properly cite the pieces you have accessed and if they are internet based include the date on which you actually went on that site. using a pre-written essay in this manner is no different to consulting a model answer. if the sources quoted are easily accessible to you and it is obvious from the content of your work that you have read those sources then the lecturer could not accuse you of plagiarism. developing the ideas in the essay you bought and adding your own interpretation shows that you were only using this as a guideline.

alternatively if there was more than one question you could do for your course (and there usually is) you could do an entirely different question and then there is no way you could be accused of using an essay writing service.

Oh of course Mak has to be a disgruntled customer- why else would he want to expose a company that rips off its writers and blatantly promotes its writing services on a site that clearly states recommendations are not allowed? (tongue-in-cheek)

Mak couldn't possibly doing this to warn writers not to join and students to shop around rather then pay through the nose for a service they really don't need.

This site is designed for customers who have had a bad experience as well as writers who have been used and abused NOT to promote a particular company and suggest to students that the use of essay writing sites is ok so long as you dont get caught.

BTW heard from the bar council yet? Love to be a fly on the wall when you do!!

sent you the content of an email i received from jenny's company which proves the 300% fine i have mentioned in here

Sounds like your almost saying that it doesn't matter if he hands it in as his own as the writer wouldn't know the customers identity.

Jennifer tries to maintain that UKessays do not encourage plagiarism and that students do not normally submit these as their own- well if that is true why then was this article published in Feb 2008

sheffieldtelegraph.co.uk/bystudents/Website-selling-essays-for-300.3825070. jp

Looks like plagiarism is rife and the main culprit encouraging this is UKessays.

see also this article in March 2008

durham21.iambigred.com/news/2008/durham-students-amongst-the-top-ess ay-cheats-in-the-uk/

And the fact that you are not registered with the law society I think proves my point that you are not qualified as a solicitor. I was also amused to see that there are several links to you through google and in several you CLAIM to be a lawyer tut tut. Did you know it is a criminal act to pass yourself off as something you are not. In one such link you CLAIM to be a litigation LAWYER for Freeth Cartwright LLP however your name does not appear on their list of solicitors. I am guessing you worked for them as a legal executive but after failing the LPC decided to move on to your new role with ukessays.

I have expressed my concern about you claiming to be a lawyer to the law society so maybe you will also have a call from them as well as the bar council!

Isn't it strange how quiet jennifer has suddenly gone? exposed as a fraud she goes away to lick her wounds! Freeth Cartwright were rather amused that you were trying to pass yourself as a lawyer (not) lol

At least you didn't lie about your FILEX qualification - I did see you listed in there as a member!

I initially joined up with UKessays in the mistaken belief that these essays were being sold to universities as model answers. Indeed the first email I had from this company purported to be associated with birmingham university. I had no reason to doubt that the essays would be used in this way especially since I had previously written model answers for colleges and universities.

When I discovered that students were using these sites and passing them off as their own work I was annoyed at having been conned into believing that the work would not be used in this manner. I found out that these were being used in this way through an email from the quality department which stated that the customer had complained that the essay did not get the requested grade. It was obvious that the essay had therefore been submitted without alteration otherwise the customer would not have been able to claim that the essay did not get the required grade if they had altered the paper into their own words.

I did what any reputable person would do and quit and now only assist with proof reading and editing services as well as online tuition in some cases. I find this rewarding morally and am happy not to be associated with assisting a student to cheat to succeed.

What are you on? who ever said I was single? I do not recall ever being asked my marital status. I am actually very happily married and have been so for a number of years not that that is any business of yours. I also have more than 1 child but only one grandchild at the present time.

You really are showing your lack of comprehension skills and immaturity to a new degree. Thank goodness I do not have to suffer the indignity of purchasing an essay from someone with such a low intellect. I pity any students who inadvertently get you as a writer. They might just as well go rifling through the neighbours refuse bins - they would get the same amount of rubbish from there as they would from any work produced by you.

this is not a site designed to promoter your writing skills (or in your case - the lack of them) This is a site designed to expose fraudsters and cheats. Students who have had bad experiences are encouraged to name and shame the rip off companies- likewise with writers who are here to warn other writers of the sites to avoid approaching for work.

I came here to warn others about UKessays scam as did Mak and WB just fills the gaps in on the rest of them cos she ahs more time to dedicate to this then most of the rest of us have (and that is not meant as an insult WB)

You are here for self promotion and are doing an appalling job as your grammatical skills are atrocious and barely above the level of a pre-schooler. I feel really sorry for anyone that ends up with a piece of your drivel to use as a guideline. Heaven forbid the result if they are daft enough to submit it as their own work!

I very much doubt it since this was probably 3 years ago that I received it. I quit your company quite some time ago and started my own legitimate business not as a writer.

Due to the way that the email was worded i passed this to several of my friends and colleagues who also started writing for your company also believing these were model answers for universities. These friends have also quit mostly due to ethically issues although some have simply not got the time to do it anymore and others had issues regarding the fines, and the way they were treated by the company as a whole.

Mmm so which is it lol. In one you say you are here to get work the other you say you are not promoting yourself. Surely both of these quotes cannot be right.

Either - you are here to promote yourself but are doing an appalling job because your use of grammatically correct language is equivalent to a pre-schooler

or- you are here to warn people not to hire you because you cannot string a sentence together without glaringly obvious errors.

If your last statement is true that you are not here to promote yourself I can only assume that you have come on here to demonstrate the incorrect use of the English language and reaffirm the reasons why students should check the ability of the writer to be able to write coherently before hiring them.

Oh my god I do not have enough hours in the day to perform this task lol. It would be easier to try to find more than 3 words joined together that are grammatically correct then to show all your errors lol

As an ex writer for this company DO NOT WRITE for them. They also go under the name of UKessays and others. See the posts on UKessays and you will know why to avoid them.

They fine their writers 300% for late submissions, customer complaints re quality, and £5000 for plagiarism issues. I left after being charged 300% when the student claimed that the essay did not get the grade she wanted after she handed in the work as her own!

They aren't. They endorse students submitting the work as their own by fining their writers 300% if the student hands the work in as their own and does not get the grade they want.

JenniferAA is in charge of the quality department there. if you read the threads you will see just how unethical she is since she purports to have passed the LPC but is however not listed with the law society which generally means that she didnt pass the LPC.

This company also run sites specifically for LPC and BVC students. It is against the professional code of conduct for barristers to have any assistance in writing their assessed opinions, but they don't care about that so long as they are getting paid.

The law society and the bar council have been made aware of these issues and hopefully will be giving them a call in the near future.

I never claimed that the quality of the essays was poor- after all I used to write for them and I always produced a well researched piece of work worthy of a good grade. The problem with this company is the atrocious way they treat their writers.

I for one used to dread the few days after submitting a piece in case the customer wanted extra adding. I was constantly worrying that the work would be challenged by the quality department and a fine would follow. As a writer with no direct contact with the customer you could never be certain whether the quality department had had a complaint or request for an amendment or whether they were using this department to deduct money from you.

Thank you for your advice.

I will maintain distance from these sites.

One company that does pay writers really well AND looks after the customer really well is studyhood.com. Marinos, the guy who runs the company, does not lie about his location and freely declares that the company is based in Greece and Cyprus. The ine drawback is that he gets very few UK customers. Most of his customers are based in Greece or Cyprus, but Marinos does insist that the writer MUST be the same nationality as the customer. For this reason there is not much work for UK writers with this company, as he does not publicise his website very much and therefore does not get many students finding his site through a google search.

He pays monthly in Euros and is meticulous at checking the work to ensure that it meets the required standard. He employs the services of several professors etc to check the quality of the work submitted by the writer and also encourages the student to participate in the process of producing the essay.

I have only done 3 for him so far this year but recieved just under £1500 for those 3 pieces of work.

I have no connection with the running of this company whatsoever but just wanted to make people on here aware of the fact that some companies are genuine in declaring their location and do treat the customer and the writer in a proper manner.

I forwarded the email I received from AK to WB showing I was fined 300% for an issue where the customer claimed that the essay THEY SUBMITTED TO THEIR UNIVERSITY DID NOT GET THE GRADE THEY ANTICIPATED, And AK claim that customers are discouraged from submitting these as their own!!Surely the customer should have been told ' you should not have submitted this as your own work so tough - no refund' As if AK would do that!

And am I really supposed to believe you lost £240 as a result of this? You call this a fair amount?

I notice how Jennifer side stepped the issue regarding her so called claims to have passed the LPC.

Ahh but that just is not true is it Jennifer- just like it is also not true that you are a qualified lawyer (least the law society do not acknowledge you as having passed the LPC and I guess they would know whether you did or didn't)

But you have claimed to have passed the LPC and this simply is not true otherwise you would be listed with the law society FACT. You are not listed with the law society AND I CAN PROVE THIS ergo the assumption MUST be that you failed the LPC hence the career change to become a menial LEGAL EXECUTIVE.

As for the assertion that I am a disgruntled ex writer for your company YES i ONCE wrote for your company BUT QUIT after being told that a fine of 300% would apply when a STUDENT who SUBMITTED MY WORK AS THEIR OWN CLAIMED to have not got the grade they wanted. And AK DO NOT ALLOW STUDENTS TO SUBMIT THE WORK AS THEIR OWN SO YOU CLAIM. IF this were the case then how come you proposed to fine me 300% for the essay NOT getting the grade the student wanted. Surely IF the student had used it as a guideline AS THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO, they would not be able to make such an assertion as the grade they received would be on their OWN work not mine!!!

Maybe I should circulate the particular piece to all the UK universities to see if the student suddenly rings you telling you they have been chucked out for plagiarism. Of course YOU will now refer to the CONTRACT you have writers sign which states that WE give up all rights to the finished piece and that DISTRIBUTION of ANY of our work to ANY other body will RESULT in the company taking legal action against the writer.

Given that the amount fined was £240 and it costs £80 to start a claim online AND the whole business of essay writing is regarded as shady anyway there is little point. I put this down to experience and made the best decision I could ever make and quit. The purpose of my post is not to try to recoup the money your company swiped from me but to warn others of your shady practice.

Oh and no Jennifer you do not have an LPC- This I can prove through communication with the law society. And yes it is important to expose your lie as it shows the type of person you are and the type of company you represent. If you can lie about your qualifications you can certainly lie about how you treat your writers and customers.

As mentioned in a previous post I was initially offered employment under the misapprehension that I was writing model answers for the university not doing the students work so that they could submit MY work as THEIR own. Maybe I should pusue a claim under misrepresentation too!!!

Here's one site where our Jeny CLAIMS to be a lawyer

markmyessay.com/team.html

and this one

zoominfo.com/Search/PersonDetail.aspx?PersonID=-45444

as well as here

leedstrinity.ac.uk/news_events/news/Pages/Tocheatornottocheat%E2% 80%93thatistheessayquestion.aspx

and also here

forums.tvtrecords.com/profile.jspa?userID=46699

Now try to explain that Jennifer when you are not registered with the law society AS a lawyer but are claiming in various places to be a lawyer Tut Tut professional integrity NIL

or your lack of them so it would seem- This goes towards demonstrating the integrity (or lack of) of the poster.

Thanks I prefer anonymity to veiled threats which I am sure would ensue if I made my identity know!