Last updated on April 28th, 2023 at 01:27 pm
Detailed research and interviews are carried out by the Legal 500 – the leading guide to law firms and solicitors in the UK and worldwide – with clients and peers. This has led to our private client, family, personal injury and clinical negligence teams receiving recommendations in the 2023 publication.
This year’s recommendations are particularly rewarding for the firm, as its clinical negligence team has raised a level, to tier three, and Bradie Pell, partner and head of the firm’s family team has been awarded the ‘Next Generation Partner’ accolade. The Legal 500 describes those given this award as ‘lawyers with (generally) five years or fewer at partner level, significant recognition from clients and peers in the market, and recent lead roles on multiple matters’.
In addition to these recommendations, the Legal 500 recognises significant individuals within the firm with the ‘Recommended Lawyer’ accolade. This year, the following people received this recommendation:
Family team – Bradie Pell and Philippa Smith
Private client team – Chris Shaw and Laura Cowan
Medical negligence team – Peter Clark, Carol Simpson, Nikki Yavari and Jessica Brown
Personal injury team – Peter Clark and Belinda Lancaster
These recommendations are based on comments, such as those shown below, from clients and fellow professionals.
The family team is described as ‘very organised from the start’ with ‘brilliant client care’ and ‘very passionate about client welfare.’ Nicola Cancellara is described as‘fantastic’, with ‘empathy and compassion’ and she ‘simplified things such that I could make informed decisions’.
The private client team is described as ‘strong, with a wide range of experience acting in complicated estates.’ The team is ‘always willing to take on the role of independent administrator, even when it means having to handle very sensitive situations and families who do not get on’. Senior private client advisor, Chris Shaw, is described as providing ‘excellent attention to detail who will drive forward the administration of estates in an extremely efficient manner’.
On the clinical negligence and person injury side, clients and fellow professionals say that Graysons is a ‘great firm, good to work with’, that the team is ‘really friendly and efficient’ offering ‘realistic and prompt advice’ and is ‘strong on client care’. The team is described as ‘diligent and meticulous in their instruction, relate to the expert in a professional manner, are patient and sympathetic and very helpful in their approach.’
Managing partner, Peter Clark says:
“I am delighted with our recommendation this year. It is testament to the expertise of our lawyers and to the high quality of service that we continue to offer. The teams and individuals work hard to achieve the best possible results for their clients, and it is good to see that the client comments reflect this. Congratulations to Bradie Pell on her achievement of the ‘Next Generation Partner’ recommendation, and to Carol Simpson for leading her team to an improved rating in the Legal 500.
I’d like to thank our clients and peers for their fantastic comments, all of which have enabled us to maintain and improve our recommendation in the 2023 rankings.”
