Best ever ranking for Butcher & Barlow in the Legal 500 list
Butcher & Barlow feature in the prestigious Legal 500 law guide for the sixth consecutive year.
The Legal 500 is a guide aimed at users of legal services providing up-to-date information on law firms and solicitors from across the UK.
Published annually, the guide highlights law firms’ and individuals’ achievements over the past 12 months with firms and individuals included purely on merit after a meticulous research process.
Butcher & Barlow have been recommended for the legal services provided in ten practice areas, including Top Tier rankings again for our Agriculture and Estate Team and Commercial Property Team, and a first time ranking for Personal Injury.
The Firm also have a total of 27 Lawyers – the most we have ever achieved – mentioned by name, recommended for their standout contribution to their respective practice areas.
Mike Bracegirdle Head of Agriculture and Zoë Paton-Crockett Partner in Commercial Property held onto their top accolades of Leading Individual and Next Generation Partner.
The inclusion of the Personal Injury team for the first time is a particular high point and Partner Greg Porter, who heads up the Personal Injury team, said:
This is great recognition for the whole team who work incredibly hard, with real passion and dedication. We are often dealing with very personal and quite traumatic cases and the outcome for our clients can often have a profound impact on their lives. They have to know they can trust us completely.
We demand an extremely high standard from all our employees, and each and every person has gone above and beyond for our clients.
Providing a broad range of personal and commercial services to our clients and with ten offices across the North West, the Firm underwent a rebrand in 2022 and has doubled in size in the last ten years, now boasting 31 partners, over 46 additional lawyers and staffing figures of over 170.
Rachel Martin, who heads Commercial Property, said:
We never take our position for granted and work extremely hard to maintain our high standards. I am really proud of the work and the commitment the team has shown and very pleased that it has been recognised in this way.
Senior Partner Jonathan Aldersley said:
We are extremely proud to have ranked in The Legal 500 again, with more Recommended Lawyers named than ever before.
Each and every person working at Butcher & Barlow plays a part in contributing to our ongoing success and we are proud that their work and commitment has been recognised by their clients, professional contacts and peers.
As a firm, we practice the advice we give to clients and share in the decision-making process. We believe that a collaborative approach in all aspects of working brings successful results.
We strive to ensure that we identify the needs of the client and provide simple, practical advice that a client can engage with – rather than us simply telling a client what to do.
We would also thank all our clients and professional friends of the Firm who took time to provide feedback to The Legal 500 researchers
