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Forbes Solicitors is celebrating after receiving 31 recommendations for its lawyers and services in the 2016 Legal 500 rankings.
The Lancashire legal firm is also delighted to reveal that Lucy Worrall, Partner and Head of Housing and Regeneration, based in Preston, has been included in the elite "Leading Lawyers" list for Real Estate and Social Housing.
The Legal 500 United Kingdom is "the leading guide to law firms in the UK" and the global Legal 500 website receives over four million visitors each year.
Its research process involves inviting submissions from law firms across the UK. Clients listed in submissions are then contacted for references and researchers conduct interviews with firms as appropriate.
In the newly-published rankings, Forbes has been recommended in the North West for its work in the following areas: Social Housing, Corporate & Commercial, Crime, Dispute Resolution, Human Resources, Insurance, Private Client: Family, Private Client: Wills, Public Sector: Local Government, Real Estate: Commercial Property and Real Estate: Property Litigation. It has also been recommended for Insurance in the Yorkshire & the Humber region.
Eighteen Forbes solicitors are also included in the list of recommended lawyers, with Daniel Milnes, Robin Stephens and Tom Smith appearing in two categories.
They are:
NORTH WEST
Corporate and Commercial
Daniel Milnes
Pauline Rigby
Crime, Fraud and Licensing
Daniel King
Dispute Resolution - Commercial Litigation
Robin Stephens
Tom Smith
Human Resources – Employment
Jonathan Holden
Insurance - Personal Injury – Defendant
Kella Bowers
Martin Crabtree
Paul Geldard
Private Client – Family
Helen Shirbon
Private Client - Personal Tax, Trusts and Probate
Patricia Prescott
Real Estate - Commercial Property
Adam Bromley
Stuart Shorthouse
Tim Hollingsworth
Real Estate - Property Litigation
Robin Stephens
Tom Smith
Real Estate - Social Housing
Daniel Milnes
Lachlan McLean
Lucy Worrall
Stuart Penswick
YORKSHIRE AND THE HUMBER
Insurance - Personal Injury– Defendant
Siobhan Hardy
Siobhan Hardy, Senior Partner at Forbes said: “Legal 500 is the definitive guide to the best legal firms and lawyers in the country and we are delighted to be so well represented in 2016. To have such a glowing endorsement of the work we do is absolutely fantastic and everyone should be rightfully proud of what they have achieved, which ultimately ensures that our clients get the best service possible.”
Forbes is one of the leading law firms in the North with 320 staff including 39 partners and nine offices.
Office locations include Blackburn (three), Accrington, Central Lancashire, Preston, Chorley, Leeds and Manchester.
