LAUNCH:
@thelegal500
UK goes live on 30th September at
This year, we are introducing a pretty exciting new category, namely our ranking of
#ActivistLawyers
. We've whittled down the list to around 150k thanks to a really helpful client referee
@pritipatel
Baroness Hale recalls how her pupil master ‘did not approve’ of women at the Bar because the law is ‘a fighting profession’ and women are ‘too caring and too yielding’. He was right about the Bar, says Lady Hale, but wrong about the stereotyping of women
#first100years
It’s time! The Legal 500 UK 2021 has officially launched at ! A huge well done from all of us at The Legal 500 to every ranked firm, set and lawyer in this year’s edition.
#L500UK2021
There are many good reasons for diversity on the bench, says Lady Hale. ‘One is legitimacy with the public.’ Think of all those women lawyers: ‘We’re wasting their talent by not appointing them.’ The law ‘doesn’t look very fair if the law isn’t equal’
#first100years
We are all The Secret Barrister - or at least we all aspire to be. Very surprised that
@TimesLaw
has asked the question. Stay secret and keep doing what you are doing
@BarristerSecret
Baroness Helena Kennedy QC (
@DoughtyStreet
) is an expert practitioner of criminal law, human rights and civil liberties, and has campaigned extensively for gender equality in the legal profession. Tonight she receives the outstanding achievement award.
#L500Awards
#UKAwards2020
Silk of the year goes to Raza Hussain KC of
@matrixchambers
, whose public law work includes agenda-setting cases like representing the claimants in challenges to the proposed Rwanda deportation policy. Congratulations!
#L500Awards
Congratulations to Harriet Wistrich
@HWistrich
for winning Public Sector Individual (London - Birnberg Peirce and Partners) for her significant work in the Sally Challen Case
#L500Awards2020
Chambers UK 2021 and Chambers UK Bar 2021 will be published later today. Please don't forget to make your humblebrag donation to
@BillableHour16
here: cc
@seanjonesqc
We are still working on getting the UK rankings live - not sure when, but please bear with us. We are working as hard as we can to get the 2019 rankings up on the site. Sorry!
We’ve heard that
@RobertBuckland
and
@SuellaBraverman
might be prepared to act as a referee to explain why our new ranking is redundant but so far have not responded to our referee request....
#RuleOfLaw
Family and child law junior of the year goes to Penny Clapham, Nigel Dyer KC is your family and child law silk of the year and
@1kbwChambers
wins the set of the year category at
#L500barawards
.
The first category is Lifetime Achievement: Women in Law. The winner of this category has consistently advocated for women in law during a near 30-year career at her firm, which now has a more than 50% female partnership. The winner is
@IrwinMitchell
’s
@AlisonEddy
.
#L500ESGAwards
We've had some big tech issues over here and have been working incredibly hard to fix them...Still keeping all our fingers crossed, but the next edition of the Legal 500 should be live from around 2 this afternoon.
Not long left to wait for The Legal 500 UK 2021 launch. This year's research includes over 36,000 client testimonials about firms and lawyers - an 18% increase on last year. We hope you're excited to read them!
#L500UK2021
The wait is over! The Legal 500 UK 2022 has just launched at ! A huge well done from all of us at The Legal 500 to every ranked firm, set and lawyer in this year’s edition.
#L500UK2022
#legal500
Nicola Fox of
@1KBWChambers
wins Family Law Junior of the Year, Janet Bazley KC of
@1GCFamilyLaw
is Family Law Silk of the Year and
@29BedfordRow
are victorious as Family Law Set of the Year at The Legal 500 Bar Awards. Congratulations.
#L500Awards
Over 10,000 individuals have been ranked across our Hall of Fame, Leading Individuals, Next Generation Partners and Rising Stars tables in the UK this year. Will your name be on the list? Find out soon!
#L500UK2021
Next we have LGBTQ+: Champion of the Year, which goes to
@gardencourtlaw
’s
@Oscar_Davies_
. Oscar, one of the most prominent non-binary figures in the legal sector, has used their platform to campaign for better legal protections for non-binary and trans individuals
#L500ESGAwards
Now we come to crime and extradition. Your
#L500barawards
crime junior of the year is Michael Neofytou, Oliver Glasgow KC takes home the silk award, and your crime set of the year is
@2BedfordRow
Congratulations!
PI junior of the year goes to Jean-Paul Swoboda of
@12KBW
, silk of the year in this area goes to Charles Bagot KC from
@gatehouse_law
, and
@2TempleGardens
take home PI set of the year - congratulations to all three winners!
#L500Awards
We've been trying really hard to get the UK rankings live but realistically they are now going to be published on Monday. Huge apologies for the inconvenience - we appreciate you've been waiting - but please do bear with us!
William Clegg QC (
@2BedfordRow
) is one of the nation’s most experienced and high-profile criminal advocates. He is described as ‘a jury-charmer extraordinaire’ and an ‘absolute maestro of advocacy’. Tonight he receives the outstanding achievement award.
#L500Awards
#UKAwards2020
The Legal 500 UK 2022 rankings will be launching tomorrow at ! This year's research is bigger and better than ever, with over 11,000 solicitor rankings and nearly 10,000 barrister rankings. We're excited to share the results with you!
#L500UK2022
#legal500
@1CrownOfficeRow
has won the award for Personal Injury and Clinical Negligence Set of the Year for the second year running! Congratulations to the whole team, and to Elizabeth-Anne Gumbel QC for her Silk of the Year award in the same category.
#L500Awards
#UKAwards2020
And now Ethnicity: Champion of the year, which goes to
@ElaineBanton
from
@7BRchambers
. Elaine, co-chair of the Bar Council's Equality, Diversity and Social Mobility Committee, has played a key role in initiatives to improve racial and ethnic diversity at the Bar
#L500ESGAwards
Charlotte Jones wins clinical negligence junior of the year at
#L500barawards
, Christopher Johnston KC gets the nod for clinical negligence junior of the year and clinical negligence set of the year goes to
@7BRchambers
Well done!
Employment: Carolyn D'Souza of
@CloistersLaw
wins Junior of the Year, silk of the year which goes to … Mohinderpal Sethi KC of
@LittletonChmbrs
! And
@OldSqChambers
, winner of the Employment Set of the Year at The Legal 500 Bar Awards!
#L500Awards
Ok, today is a brand new day. Sending big love to the U.K. editorial team at
@thelegal500
this morning. We are right here rooting for you (clicking refresh...)
#legal500
2 weeks to go! We're excited to announce that The Legal 500 United Kingdom 2022 will be launching on 29th September, with brand-new rankings across Solicitors and the Bar, both in London and regionally. We can't wait to share this research with you soon!
#L500UK2022
#legal500
Immigration finishes this first half - junior of the year goes to Shu Shin Luh of
@gardencourtlaw
, her chambers take the set award, and the silk title goes to
@landmark_lc
's David Blundell KC. Congratulations!
#L500Awards
We move on to the public sector awards - our firm of the year is
@HD_Health
with
@Weightmans
partner Paul Tarne taking the honours as lawyer of the year, and
@BevanBrittanLLP
's Charles Stent named rising star of the year
#l500awards
Check out the winners of
@thelegal500
UK Awards 2019 here
Reception for winners takes place tonight. No table sales, no black tie - just networking with the cream of the UK's legal profession
There's just one week left to wait before The Legal 500 UK 2021 rankings are released at ! This year's research is bigger and better than ever, with even more data that you need to know about. We're excited to share it with you!
#L500UK2021
It’s
@thelegal500
results day and I’m delighted to once again be ranked as a ‘rising star’ and ‘one to watch going forward’ along with some other really nice head-expanding compliments...many congrats to all of my colleagues
@PIandMedNeg
ranked too!
The winner of the Management Partner of the Year award has overseen consistently impressive growth at their firm, and is going out on a high as senior partner after record revenues last year - the award goes to Joy Kingsley of
@jmwsolicitors
#L500awards
Our next category is Disability/Neurodiversity: Bar Champion of the year The winner is
@3PBChambers
’ Alice de Coverley, who is known for her work with young people with disabilities and mental health conditions, and also sits as Co-Chair of Neurodiversity in Law
#L500ESGAwards
We are saddened to hear of the passing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. We express our gratitude and admiration for a lifetime of public service, and our thoughts are with her family at this time.
Congratulations to Corpus Legal Practitioners and Musa Dudhia & Company for the highest number of leading individuals and next generation lawyers (combined) in Zambia.
#EMEA2018
Thanks to
@standardnews
for agreeing with us that
@thelegal500
is the barometer of quality at the Bar. Well done to everyone at the Bar who have the courage to call out sexist colleagues.
"Stop making jokes about breasts and skirts, female barrister pleads
The new edition of
@thelegal500
describes
@Penningtonslaw
as 'a force to be reckoned with'. Congratulations to the 68 practice area teams and 170 lawyers recommended in the 2020 publication.
#legaldirectories
Which law firms are leading the way on gender diversity? And which practice areas have the best balance? We've analysed the stats for all of The Legal 500 London rankings - find out more in this article, which is free to read now:
Public law junior of the year goes to Edward Craven of
@matrixchambers
- congratulations! Congratulations to Jenni Richards KC - of
@39EssexChambers
- who takes home public law silk of the year. Public law set of the year goes to
@matrixchambers
- well done!
Good morning everyone - for those starting work back today, like we are this morning, welcome back. Yep, it's tough getting back into the swing of things, but it has to get better, doesn't it?
Exciting news - we’ve just launched The Legal 500 Podcast! Coming to you weekly with insights from our research and editors, and appearances from influential members of the legal community. Listen now at or wherever you normally get your podcasts!
There's just a month until the new UK rankings are out, but there is still time to sway our final decisions - this year we have a new way for referees to give feedback all year round, either via the relevant ranking page, or at this link
#legal500
Next up are the financial crime categories, which cover fraud and POCA work - Sarah Wood of
@5SAHLaw
; John Kelsey-Fry KC of Cloth Fair Chambers; and
@RedLionChambers
are the junior, silk and set winners respectively! Congratulations to all three winners.
#L500Awards
Thank you to everyone who has donated to the
#BillableHour
campaign so far. We love to see you celebrating your rankings, and raising money for a good cause at the same time. Let's keep it going!
#L500UK2021
"we’ll be encouraging our
@thelegal500
editors and researchers to call out unacceptable behaviour and will be empowering them to walk away from meetings where they feel unsafe"
THE LEGAL 500 ANNOUNCES NEW UK EDITOR
We are delighted to announce that Georgina Stanley (
@Georgina_LW
) will be joining
@thelegal500
as the UK (Solicitors) Editor.
Read more here
Thank you
@thelegal500
for naming us as your Law Firm of the Year - Wales. We have a fantastic team and we're delighted to be recognised as a winner in your 2020 awards. Congratulations to all the other winners too! 🎉
The Legal 500 UK 2020 rankings are NOW LIVE! With more information than ever before - work highlights, client testimonials, key clients and much more, visit to find out how your firm has done.
#L500UK2020
#lawfirmrankings
#legal500
The award for crime firm of the year goes to
@jmwsolicitors
- our lawyer of the year is
@ollierssltd
managing director Matthew Claughton, and the rising star of the year is
@MarkelLawUK
's Lauren Wilson - congratulations to all!
#L500Awards
Alistair Richardson of
@6KBW
wins Crime and Extradition Junior of the Year at The Legal 500 Bar Awards! Crime and Extradition Silk of the year goes to … Tim Moloney KC of
@doughtystreet
! And in this area set of the year goes to …
@25BedfordRow
! Congratulations
#L500Awards
Chambers leader of the year recognises with titles such as "chambers director" , "CEO" and "COO" outside traditional clerking structures. This award goes to Catherine Calder of
@serjeantsinn
- congratulations!
#L500Awards
Billable Hour Cookbook Vol. 2 update.
Good news:
@legal500
have stepped in to help
Bad news: We are a long way off having enough recipes to publish a second book. Deadline extended to 25 October