Legal 500 rankings

Our performance

The Legal 500 is the UK's largest legal directory. Published by Legalease it aims to independently analyse law firms and rates them by both the region they are based in and the type of work they practice. Irwin Mitchell, with its UK network of offices and its extensive range of legal services, features throughout the publication and is rated number one in many of the tables.

• Administrative & public law; - "specialist expertise on professional conduct issues"
• Banking & finance; - "Michael Jelly is a banking specialist of note"
• Charities;- "Michael Longden heads the well-respected charities department"
• Civil liberties & human rights; - "school exclusions, disability discrimination, and actions against the police"
• Clinical negligence; - "simply outstanding"
• Commercial litigation; - "very commercial advice is backed up by sound knowledge"
• Commercial property; - "practice continues to go from strength to strength"
• Corporate & commercial; - "a range of standout transactions"
• Crime; - "a number of attention-grabbing fraud cases"
• Debt recovery; - "a recognised industry expert"
• Education; - "provides comprehensive support to local authorities"
• Employment: Employee union; -" The 'exemplary' Irwin Mitchell offers 'sound and commercially astute' employment advice"
• Family; - "highly ambitious and hard-working"
• Fraud: criminal; - "pure genius"
• Health; - "advises doctors, patients and healthcare companies"
• Information technology; - "advised clients on a full range of IT matters"
• Insolvency & corporate recovery; - "a number of highlights in 2005"
• Intellectual property; - "IP advice to the world's largest brand imaging solutions provider"
• Local government; - "instructed on a range of high-profile projects"
• Pensions; - "advising on multiple pension arrangements"
• Personal injury; - "Irwin Mitchell once again assumes pole position"
• Personal tax, trusts & probate; - "a range of personal tax, trusts and probate services"
• Product liability; - "has an 'unparalleled' reputation"
• Professional negligence; - "The firm is highly regarded"
• Property litigation; - "offers clients a full range of experience"
• Sport; - "Clients highlight the team's ability to think quickly and knowledgeably"
• Travel & holiday; - "the leading firm"