Kennedys recognised as a leading firm in The Legal 500 UK 2024

We are pleased to announce that The Legal 500 UK 2024 results have reconfirmed Kennedys’ strength as a leading law firm in the UK market. Along with being positioned as a top-tier firm in 13 practice areas, an impressive 171 Kennedys lawyers have now been recommended within the guide.

These rankings reach across the spectrum of Kennedys’ expertise and services, such as insurance and reinsurance, clinical and professional negligence, commercial litigation, construction, employment, healthcare, finance, real estate and environment, personal injury, and transport and travel.

This year, seven Kennedys partners have been listed in the elite Hall of Fame, which recognises lawyers at the top of the profession. 31 partners received the accolade of Leading Individual, 16 partners have been named within the Next Generation Partner category, alongside 13 Kennedys lawyers ranked as Rising Stars.

These rankings reflect the comprehensive analysis undertaken by The Legal 500's legal directory research team. Along with robust assessments of law firm submissions, they also conduct interviews with thousands of clients across the country to gauge their opinions on both firms and individual lawyers that they've worked with.

Not only are we delighted to have received such high praise for our practice areas and teams, we are pleased that so many of our lawyers have been recognised individually. This demonstrates both their breadth of expertise, along with how valued they are to our clients, who play a key role in informing The Legal 500 results.

For the full rankings, please see The Legal 500 website.

Top tier firm rankings:

• Clinical negligence: defendant (London)
• Clinical negligence: defendant (East Anglia)
• Health and safety (London)
• Health and safety (North West)
• Insurance and reinsurance litigation (London)
• Personal injury: defendant (London)
• Personal injury: defendant (North West)
• Personal injury: defendant (South East)
• Personal injury: defendant (West Midlands)
• Personal injury and clinical negligence: defendant (Northern Ireland)
• Professional negligence (North West)
• Professional negligence (West Midlands)

Our lawyers recommended in the elite ‘Hall of Fame’ list are as follows:

• Christopher Malla | Clinical negligence: defendant (London)
• Danny McShee | Health and Safety (London)
• David Chadwick | Insurance and reinsurance litigation (London)
• Nick Williams | Insurance and reinsurance litigation (London)
• Mark Burton | Personal injury: defendant (London)
• Patrick Foss | Shipping (London)
• Amanda Wylie | Personal injury and clinical negligence: defendant (Northern Ireland)

Our lawyers recommended in the ‘Leading individuals’ list are as follows:

• Nico Fabri | Clinical negligence: defendant (London)
• Ed Glasgow | Clinical negligence: defendant (London)
• Tobin Ashby | Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory (London)
• David Wright | Health and Safety (London)
• Joe McManus | Personal injury: defendant (London)
• Ben Aram | Product liability: defendant (London)
• Trevor Davies | Product liability: defendant (London)
• Samantha Silver | Product liability: defendant (London)
• Paul Carter | Professional negligence (London)
• Paul Castellani | Professional negligence (London)
• Martin Chesher | Professional negligence (London)
• Simon Gibson | Professional negligence (London)
• Fleur Rochester | Professional negligence (London)
• Simon Balls | Aviation (London)
• Christopher Dunn | Shipping (London)
• Justin Collins | Travel (London)
• Claire Mulligan | Travel (London)
• Amanda Mead | Personal injury and clinical negligence: defendant (East Anglia)
• Rob Tobin | Personal injury and clinical negligence: defendant (East Anglia)
• Sally Hancock | Health and Safety (North West)
• Richard McKeown | Personal injury: defendant (North West)
• Christopher Oldfield | Personal injury: defendant (North West)
• Claire Bushen | Professional negligence (North West)
• Jeremy Riley | Professional negligence (North West)
• Gavin Henderson | Professional negligence (Scotland)
• Richard West | Personal injury and clinical negligence: defendant (South East)
• James Shrimpton | Personal injury: defendant (West Midlands)
• Philippa Craven | Personal injury: defendant (West Midlands)
• Paul Chaplin | Professional negligence (West Midlands)
• Eamon Mooney | Professional negligence (West Midlands)
• Helen Snowball | Personal injury: defendant (Yorkshire and the Humber)

Our lawyers listed in the ‘Next Generation Partners’ list are as follows:

• Stephanie Power | Health and Safety (London)
• Daniel Freeman | Healthcare (London)
• Ben Appleton | Personal injury: defendant (London)
• Stephen Foster | Personal injury: defendant (London)
• Joanne Kelly | Personal injury: defendant (London)
• Sarah-Jane Dobson | Product liability: defendant (London)
• Christopher Butler | Professional negligence (London)
• Michael Biltoo | Shipping (London)
• Gareth Thomas | Travel (London)
• Camilla Long | Personal injury and clinical negligence: defendant (East Anglia)
• Amanda Beaumont | Employment (North West)
• Lauren Gosnell | Personal injury: defendant (North West)
• Tom Handley | Professional negligence (North West)
• Hannah Williams | Professional negligence (North West)
• Avinder Sidhu | Clinical negligence: defendant (West Midlands)
• Mark Walsh | Personal injury: defendant (West Midlands)

Our lawyers listed in the ‘Rising stars’ list are as follows:

• Susan Cha | Health and Safety (London)
• Indi Kaur | Healthcare (London)
• Suzy Oakley | Insurance and reinsurance litigation (London)
• Andrew Purdie | Personal injury: defendant (London)
• Tim Hague | Professional negligence (London)
• David Robinson | Professional negligence (London)
• Shaan Burton | Shipping (London)
• Kiran Birdi | Travel (London)
• Zoe Hurley | Travel (London)
• Margaret Duncan | Personal injury and clinical negligence: defendant (East Anglia)
• Samantha Williams | Personal injury and clinical negligence: defendant (East Anglia)
• Ian Ford | Personal injury: defendant (North West)
• Megan Boyd | Personal injury and clinical negligence: defendant (Northern Ireland)

The Legal 500 UK is a leading guide to law firms across the United Kingdom. The rankings are based on a series of criteria that highlight the practice area teams who are providing the most cutting edge and innovative advice to corporate counsel. The research is based on feedback from clients, submissions from law firms and interviews with leading private practice lawyers, and a team of researchers who have unrivalled experience in the legal market.