Following the publication of The Legal 500 UK 2022 results, we are proud to announce that the firm has once again achieved impressive rankings within the latest guide to leading law firms and lawyers across the United Kingdom.
Building on previous years' successes, Kennedys has received top-tier accolades in 11 out of a total of 38 practice area rankings for the firm. 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, a record 140 Kennedys lawyers have been recommended within the guide this year. Eight Kennedys partners have been listed in the elite Hall of Fame, which recognises lawyers at the top of the profession. 19 partners received the accolade of Leading Individual, nine partners have been named within the Next Generation Partner category, alongside 14 Kennedys lawyers noted individually as a Rising Star.
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.
Full details of Kennedys accolades divided by expertise:
Practice area rankings
- Banking litigation (North West)
- Commercial litigation: Manchester (North West)
- Commercial litigation: mid-market (London)
- Dispute resolution (Northern Ireland)
Hall of Fame
- Amanda Wylie - Dispute resolution (Northern Ireland)
Recommended lawyers
- Ben Aram – Commercial litigation: mid-market (London)
- Reuben Berg - Banking litigation (North West) and Commercial litigation (Manchester)
- Darren Bradshaw – Commercial litigation: mid-market (London)
- Andrew Davidson - Commercial litigation (Manchester)
- Raymond Gilmore - Dispute resolution (Northern Ireland)
- Alison Loveday - Banking litigation (North West) and Commercial litigation (North West)
- Ian Mendelsohn - Banking litigation (North West) and Commercial litigation (North West)
- Dino Paganuzzi - Commercial litigation: mid-market (London)
- Danny Steel - Commercial litigation: mid-market (London)
- Rhys Tebbett - Commercial litigation: mid-market (London)
- Geraldine Wharton - Banking litigation (North West)
Top tier practice area rankings
- Health and safety (London)
Other practice area rankings
- Employers (London)
- Employment (East Anglia)
- Employment (North West)
- Health and safety (West Midlands)
- Health and safety (Yorkshire and the Humber)
Hall of Fame
- Danny McShee – Health and safety (London)
Leading Individual
- David Wright - Health and safety (London)
Rising Star
- Stephanie Power - Health and safety (London)
Recommended lawyers
- Amanda Beaumont – Employers (London) and Employment (North West)
- Rebecca Connell – Health and safety (Yorkshire and the Humber)
- Kadie Cooper - Health and safety (Yorkshire and the Humber)
- Matthew Leake - Employers (London)
- Alison Loveday – Employment (North West)
- Danny McShee - Health and safety (Yorkshire and the Humber)
- Naomi North – Health and safety (West Midlands)
- James Shrimpton – Health and safety (West Midlands)
Practice area rankings
- Finance: insolvency and corporate recovery (North West)
Leading individuals
- Tobin Ashby – Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory (London)
Recommended lawyers
- Dino Paganuzzi - Finance: insolvency and corporate recovery (North West)
- Laura Smith - Finance: insolvency and corporate recovery (North West)
Practice area rankings
- Healthcare (London)
Rising Stars
- Daniel Freeman – Healthcare (London)
Recommended lawyers
- Tom Armstrong – Healthcare (London)
- Amanda Mead – Healthcare (London)
- Rob Tobin – Healthcare (London)
Top tier practice area rankings
- Clinical negligence: defendant (London)
- Insurance and reinsurance litigation (London)
- Personal injury and clinical negligence: defendant (East Anglia)
- Personal injury: defendant (London)
- Personal injury and clinical negligence: defendant (Northern Ireland)
- Personal injury: defendant (North West)
- Professional negligence (North West)
- Personal injury and clinical negligence: defendant (South East)
- Professional negligence (West Midlands)
- Personal injury: defendant (Yorkshire and the Humber)
Other practice area rankings
- Product liability: defendant (London)
- Professional negligence (London)
- Personal injury: defendant (Scotland)
- Personal injury: defendant (South West)
- Professional negligence (South West)
- Clinical negligence: defendant (West Midlands)
- Personal injury: defendant (West Midlands)
- Professional negligence: defendant (Yorkshire and the Humber)
Hall of Fame
- Mark Burton – Personal injury: defendant (London)
- David Chadwick – Insurance and reinsurance litigation (London)
- Christopher Malla – Clinical negligence: Defendant (London)
- Nick Williams - Insurance and reinsurance litigation (London)
- Amanda Wylie – Personal injury and clinical negligence: defendant (Northern Ireland)
Leading Individuals
- Claire Bushen – Professional negligence (North West)
- Paul Castellani – Professional negligence (London)
- Martin Chesher – Professional negligence (London)
- Trevor Davies – Product liability: defendant (London)
- Simon Gibson – Professional negligence (London)
- Joe McManus - Personal injury: defendant (London)
- Richard McKeown – Personal injury: defendant (North West)
- Amanda Mead – Personal injury and clinical negligence: defendant (East Anglia)
- Eamon Mooney – Professional negligence (West Midlands)
- Christopher Oldfield – Personal injury: defendant (North West)
- Jeremy Riley – Professional negligence (North West)
- Rob Tobin - Personal injury and clinical negligence: defendant (East Anglia)
- Amanda Wylie - Personal injury and clinical negligence: defendant (Northern Ireland)
Next Generation Partners
- Ben Aram - Product liability: defendant (London)
- Christopher Butler - Professional negligence (London)
- Sarah-Jane Dobson - Product liability: defendant (London)
- Ed Glasgow - Clinical negligence: defendant (London)
- Camilla Long - Personal injury and clinical negligence: defendant (East Anglia)
- Mark Walsh – Personal injury: defendant (West Midlands)
Rising Stars
- Megan Boyd - Personal injury and clinical negligence: defendant (Northern Ireland)
- Margaret Duncan – Personal injury and clinical negligence: defendant (East Anglia)
- Ian Ford – Personal injury: defendant (North West)
- Stephen Forster - Personal injury: defendant (London)
- Tom Handley – Professional negligence (North West)
- Karishma Paroha - Product liability: defendant (London)
- David Robinson - Professional negligence (London)
- Hannah Williams - Professional negligence (North West)
- Samantha Williams - Personal injury and clinical negligence: defendant (East Anglia)
Recommended lawyers
- Helen Ager – Professional negligence (South West)
- Ben Appleton – Personal injury: defendant (London)
- Paul Bedford – Personal injury: defendant (Yorkshire and the Humber)
- Louise Bedford – Personal injury: defendant (Yorkshire and the Humber)
- Gary Brankin – Personal injury: defendant (Yorkshire and the Humber)
- Janet Brook – Professional negligence (West Midlands)
- John Bruce – Insurance and reinsurance litigation (London)
- Deirdre Burgess– Personal injury: defendant (London)
- Paul Carter – Professional negligence (London)
- Paul Chaplin – Professional negligence (West Midlands)
- Vittorio Cinque – Professional negligence (South West)
- Cameron Clark – Personal injury: defendant (Yorkshire and the Humber)
- Philippa Craven – Personal injury: defendant (West Midlands)
- Carol Dalton – Personal injury: defendant (Yorkshire and the Humber)
- Gordon Davidson – Personal injury: defendant (North West)
- Ian Davies – Personal injury: defendant (West Midlands)
- Peter Demick – Personal injury: defendant (Scotland)
- Danielle De Val – Professional negligence (South West)
- Huw Edwards – Personal injury: defendant (Yorkshire and the Humber)
- Niall Edwards – Personal injury: defendant (Yorkshire and the Humber)
- Nico Fabri – Clinical negligence: defendant (London)
- Daniel Freeman – Clinical negligence: defendant (London)
- Darren Goldthorpe – Personal injury: defendant (Yorkshire and the Humber)
- Patrick Foss – Insurance and reinsurance litigation (London)
- Anthony French– Personal injury: defendant (London)
- David Froome – Clinical negligence: defendant (London)
- Jennifer Harris – Personal injury and clinical negligence: defendant (South East)
- Ingrid Hobbs – Insurance and reinsurance litigation (London) and Product liability: defendant (London)
- Louise Houliston – Personal injury: defendant (Scotland)
- Rory Jackson – Personal injury: defendant (Scotland)
- Michelle Johnston – Professional negligence (South West)
- Joanne Kelly– Personal injury: defendant (London)
- Matthew Liston – Professional negligence: defendant (Yorkshire and the Humber)
- Christopher Malla – Personal injury: defendant (West Midlands)
- Charles Martin– Personal injury: defendant (London)
- Joy Middleton – Personal injury and clinical negligence: defendant (South East)
- Paul Morris – Personal injury: defendant (West Midlands)
- Steve Oates – Professional negligence (West Midlands)
- Kathryn Oldfield – Personal injury and clinical negligence: defendant (South East)
- Karishma Paroha– Product liability: defendant (London)
- Katherine Proctor– Product liability: defendant (London)
- Anthony Rawlins– Personal injury: defendant (London)
- Fleur Rochester – Professional negligence (London)
- Stephanie Rogerson– Personal injury: defendant (London)
- Patric Rouendaal – Professional negligence (West Midlands)
- Mirjam Schorr– Product liability: defendant (London)
- James Shrimpton – Personal injury: defendant (West Midlands)
- Catherine Shuttleworth – Professional negligence (London)
- Samantha Silver– Product liability: defendant (London)
- Mark Skinner – Personal injury: defendant (South West)
- Laura Siddall – Personal injury: defendant (Yorkshire and the Humber)
- Avinder Sidhu – Personal injury: defendant (West Midlands)
- Michael Smale – Professional negligence (South West)
- Helen Snowball – Personal injury: defendant (Yorkshire and the Humber)
- Martin Stockdale– Personal injury: defendant (North West)
- Heidi Swales – Personal injury: defendant (Yorkshire and the Humber)
- Katie Tonks – Personal injury: defendant (West Midlands)
- David Thompson – Personal injury: defendant (Yorkshire and the Humber)
- Laura Thompson – Personal injury: defendant (Yorkshire and the Humber)
- Mark Walsh – Personal injury: defendant (West Midlands)
- Richard West – Personal injury and clinical negligence: defendant (South East)
- Nick Williams – Insurance and reinsurance litigation (London)
- Caterina Yandell – Professional negligence (London)
- Chris Zavos – Insurance and reinsurance litigation (London)
Practice area rankings
- Construction: contentious (London)
- Environment (London)
- Commercial property: Manchester (North West)
- Property litigation (North West)
- Construction (Yorkshire and the Humber)
Firm to watch
- Commercial property: development (London)
Recommended lawyers
- Helen Birchall - Construction (Yorkshire and the Humber)
- Angela Bhaseen - Commercial property: Manchester (North West)
- Iain Corbett - Construction: contentious (London)
- Andrew Davidson - Property litigation (North West)
- Caitlin Gallagher - Construction: contentious (London)
- Amanda Hanmore - Commercial property: Manchester (North West)
- Michael Hogg - Construction: contentious (London)
- Helen Johnson - Construction (Yorkshire and the Humber)
- Daniel Rainsford - Property litigation (North West)
- David Wright - Environment (London)
Practice area rankings
- Aviation (London)
- Shipping (London)
- Travel (London)
Hall of Fame
- Patrick Foss - Shipping (London)
Leading Individuals
- Simon Balls - Aviation (London)
- Justin Collins - Travel (London)
- Christopher Dunn - Shipping (London)
- Claire Mulligan - Travel (London)
Next Generation Partners
- Michael Biltoo – Shipping (London)
- Gareth Thomas – Travel (London)
Rising Stars
- Kirin Birdi – Travel (London)
- Shaan Burton – Shipping (London)
- Zoe Hurley – Travel (London)
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.