With 10 practice areas ranked, 18 lawyers recommended, 1 ‘Rising Star’, 1 ‘Next Generation Partners’ and 2 ‘Leading Individuals’, we are delighted to announce our Legal 500 rankings for 2022.
Legal 500 is a world-renowned law firm rankings publication who, through in-depth, objective research, identifies and ranks the best lawyers and law firms.
You can visit our Legal 500 firm page for more details on each of our rankings and see below for what our lawyers have been recommended for.
Employment
Our employment team continues to hold its strong Tier 1 ranking.
James Simpson (Leading Individual and Recommended): ‘James Simpson handles a range of matters, from GDPR compliance to restructuring, executive dismissals and discrimination cases’.
Debbie Sadler (Recommended): ‘Debbie Sadler advises both employers and employees on a range of employment matters’.
Wills, Trusts and Probate
The wills, trusts and probate team continues to hold its Tier 1 ranking.
Jonathan Gallop (Next Generation Partner): ‘Jonathan Gallop is friendly and turns work round amazingly quickly. He is kind and caring. Jonathan anticipated my needs without always having to be told’.
Minesh Thakrar (Recommended): ‘Minesh Thakrar was very professional and extremely helpful…went the extra mile to complete all transactions needed’.
Sara Rendell (Recommended): ‘Sara Rendell is absolutely delightful and personable, irrespective of the level of difficulty of the issue in hand’.
Karen Woodison (Recommended).
Sarah Ripper (Recommended).
Commercial Litigation
Our Commercial Litigation team had had a great result and has moved up to Tier 2.
Jonathan Lilley (Recommended): ‘A respected opponent, who defends his client’s corner but with one eye on ultimate outcomes and makes good use of alternative dispute resolution’.
Sangita Manek (Recommended): ‘Sangita Manek is a real fighter for her clients, who will leave no stone unturned’.
Alka Kharbanda (Practice head): ‘Can really take the fight to the other side when it’s called for’.
Nick Scott (Recommended): ‘Nick Scott is an extremely good litigation strategist, has an agile mind and is supremely adept in batting away opponent solicitors’ correspondence’.
Jackie Ray (Recommended).
Family
Our family team have retained their excellent Tier 2 ranking.
Naim Qureshi (Leading Individual & Recommended): ‘Naim Qureshi has excellent legal knowledge, takes a strategic approach to cases from the start, and has very empathetic client care. He is a pleasure to work with’.
Javita Malhotra (Rising Stars & Recommended): ‘Javita Malhotra showed an immediate grasp of the situation and was most sympathetic, understanding and professional in her approach’.
Lucinda Holliday (Practice head): ‘Lucinda Holliday is exceptional. She has an eye for detail, knows the law inside out and is very good at managing client expectations’.
‘The team have a strong collaboration and ensure that between them the work is completed to a high level’.
Personal Injury
Our Personal Injury team continues to rank in a strong position of Tier 2.
‘The practice offers down to earth, approachable and sensible assessments which clients appear to appreciate.’
Andrew Castle (Recommended): ‘Gives very practical advice backed but detailed knowledge and experience. Excellent at dealing with clients and opponents.’
Victoria Harvey (Recommended).
Commercial Property
‘Head of the real estate and development team Louise Benning specialises in real estate developments, while David Michaels has experience in complex property transactions’.
‘Communication and the ability to get things or make things happen on time and thinking outside of the box to overcome problems are stand out features.’
David Michaels (Recommended): ‘Very good and dedicated.’
Debt Recovery
Jackie Ray (Practice head): ‘Jackie Ray is a shining light and made it easy for us to select Blaser Mills. She was the reason we decided to choose them as opposed to any other firm in the market’.
Daria Stepien (Recommended): ‘Daria Stepien is a highly intelligent case manager who provides excellent client support’.
Nina Toor (Recommended): ‘Is a dynamic, client focused young litigator who performs well above her years of qualification’.
General Crime & Fraud.
Property Litigation.