Moore Barlow has once again been recognised as a top tier UK law firm by Legal 500 as it publishes its 2024 directory. This year, 13 of our practice areas have achieved Tier 1 rankings, with an additional 16 practice areas achieving rankings in Tiers 2 and 3.
The firm has held its rankings across its different practice areas, and seen improvement in other areas (Property litigation, professional negligence, employment, personal injury: claimant) demonstrating our ongoing commitment to achieving and delivering legal excellence for our clients.
About Legal 500
Legal 500 is one of the UK’s leading directories – benchmarking law firms through robust independent research, and ranking lawyers and practice expertise.
Standout contribution to respective practices
This year Legal 500 have 77 Moore Barlow lawyers recognised in their commentary for “standout contribution to respective practices”. Of these, 13 were recognised as Leading Individuals, 5 as Next Generation Partners, and 4 as Rising Stars.
We were also delighted that Damian Horan has been ranked in the Legal 500 Hall of Fame category; the recognition is testament to Damian’s illustrious career to-date, his specialist expertise as a personal injury lawyer, and his unparalleled dedication and commitment to achieving the right outcomes for his clients.
For our full rankings and commentary, please see the Legal 500 website. The lists below give you a brief overview and snapshot.
Tier 1 – Practice areas recognised
- Agriculture and estates (South East)
- Charities and not-for-profit (South East)
- Clinical negligence: claimant (South East)
- Contentious trusts and probate (South East)
- Corporate and commercial (Hampshire)
- Employment (Kent, Surrey, Sussex)
- Family (Hampshire)
- Family (Kent, Surrey, Sussex)
- Insolvency and corporate recovery (South East)
- Personal injury: claimant (South East)
- Personal tax, trusts and probate (Hampshire)
- Professional negligence (South East)
- Property litigation (South East)
Hall of Fame
- Damian Horan – Personal injury: claimant (South East)
Leading Individuals
- Anne Cassidy – Clinical negligence: claimant (London)
- Claire Haverfield – Commercial litigation (Hampshire)
- David Ludlow – Employment (Kent, Surrey, Sussex)
- Dorothy Agnew – IT and telecoms (South East)
- Gordon Reid – Charities and Not-for-Profit
- Heather Dobson – Insolvency and corporate recovery (South East)
- Joanna Lada-Walicki – Education: schools (London)
- Judith Ball – Family (Kent, Surrey, Sussex)
- Karen Barham – Family: mediation (London)
- Katherine Maxwell – Employment (Hampshire)
- Luc Algar – Commercial property (Hampshire)
- Mark Osgood – Professional negligence (South East)
- Maya Sushila – Clinical negligence: claimant (South East)
Next Generation Partners
- Joanna Farrands – Family (Kent, Surrey, Sussex)
- Kirsty Leary – Corporate and commercial (Hampshire)
- Rebecca Chaplin – Insolvency and corporate recovery (South East)
- Scott Taylor – Contentious trusts and probate (South East)
- Victoria Jones – Clinical negligence: claimant (South East)
Rising Stars (Associates)
- Adam McRae-Taylor – Education: schools (London)
- Esther Millard – Commercial litigation (Kent, Surrey and Sussex)
- George Shepherd – Charities and Not-for-Profit (South East)
- Lisa Green – Contentious trusts and probate (South East)
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Mark Osgood
Partner | Business dispute resolution, Professional negligence
Esther Millard
Senior associate | Business dispute resolution, Professional negligence
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