Kennedys achieves impressive rankings in The Legal 500 UK 2025

Following the publication of The Legal 500 UK 2025 results, we are pleased to announce that Kennedys has once again achieved impressive rankings within the latest guide to leading law firms and lawyers across the United Kingdom.

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.

In addition to retaining our ‘top tier’ rankings from last year, we are proud to be newly recognised as a ‘top tier’ firm for ‘Aviation’ and ‘Travel: personal injury’ in London. Overall, we have been ranked across 42 different practice areas, with 156 lawyers recommended in this year’s guide.

Notably, seven Kennedys partners have been listed in the elite Hall of Fame, which recognises lawyers at the pinnacle of their profession. Additionally, 34 lawyers received the accolade of ‘Leading Partner’, and 13 have been named ‘Next Generation Partner’. We have also seen an increase in the number of 'Leading Associates' listed, rising from 13 to 19 this year.

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, and the value they bring 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

• Aviation (London)
• Clinical negligence: defendant (London)
• Health and safety (London)
• Insurance and reinsurance litigation (London)
• Personal injury: defendant (London)
• Travel: personal injury (London)
• Personal injury and clinical negligence: defendant (East Anglia)
• Health and safety (North West)
• Professional negligence (North West)
• Personal injury: defendant (North West)
• Personal injury and clinical negligence: defendant (Northern Ireland)
• Personal injury: defendant (South East)
• Personal injury: defendant (West Midlands)
• Professional negligence (West Midlands)
• Personal injury: defendant (Yorkshire And The Humber)

 

Our lawyers recommended in the elite ‘Hall of Fame’ list

• 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 Partners’ list

• Nico Fabri | Clinical negligence: defendant (London)
• Ed Glasgow | Clinical negligence: defendant (London)
• Rob Tobin | Healthcare (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)
• Jeremy Riley | Professional negligence (London)
• Paul Carter | Professional negligence (London)
• Paul Castellani | Professional negligence (London)
• Fleur Rochester | Professional negligence (London)
• Christopher Butler | Professional negligence (London)
• Simon Balls | Aviation (London)
• Christopher Dunn | Shipping (London)
• Justin Collins | Travel: personal injury (London)
• Claire Mulligan | Travel: personal injury (London)
• Amanda Mead | Personal injury and clinical negligence: defendant (East Anglia)
• Camilla Long | Personal injury and clinical negligence: defendant (East Anglia)
• Rob Tobin | Personal injury and clinical negligence: defendant (East Anglia)
• Dawn McIntosh | Personal injury and clinical negligence: defendant (North)
• 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)
• Gavin Henderson | Professional negligence (Scotland)
• Anne Kentish | Professional negligence (Scotland)
• Richard West | Personal injury: defendant (South East)
• Ian Davies | Personal injury: defendant (West Midlands)
• 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

• 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)
• Michael Biltoo | Shipping (London)
• Gareth Thomas | Travel: personal injury (London)
• 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 ‘Leading Associates’ list

• Lauren Packer | Clinical negligence: defendant (London)
• Christopher Young | Customs and excise (London)
• Alexandra Miller | Commercial litigation: mid-market (London)
• Jennifer Southern | Tax litigation and investigations (London)
• Susan Cha | Health and Safety (London)
• Indi Kaur | Healthcare (London)
• Andrew Purdie | Personal injury: defendant (London)
• Tim Hague | Professional negligence (London)
• David Robinson | Professional negligence (London)
• Shaan Burton | Shipping (London)
• Kiran Birdi | Travel: personal injury (London)
• Zoe Hurley | Travel: personal injury (London)
• Margaret Duncan | Personal injury and clinical negligence: defendant (East Anglia)
• Samantha Williams | Personal injury and clinical negligence: defendant (East Anglia)
• Molly Mangan | Health and safety (North West)
• Ian Ford | Personal injury: defendant (North West)
• Lucy Suddaby | Professional negligence (North West)
• Megan Boyd | Personal injury and clinical negligence: defendant (Northern Ireland)
• Eliza Kwok | Professional negligence (West Midlands)

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.