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Ramsdens have been recognised as a leading firm in the UK by inclusion in this year’s Legal 500, ranking in nine practice areas across our private client and commercial practices.
Key Lawyers – Stephen Newman & Adam Cockroft
Clients praise Ramsdens Solicitors LLP for being ‘able to distil complicated areas of law into understandable concepts.’ In particular, owner-managed businesses approach the team for support in a wide range of company law matters, including share sales and purchases, asset sales and purchases, corporate reconstructions, management buy-outs, and joint ventures. The Huddersfield-based group is led by engineering and logistics specialist Stephen Newman. Senior associate Adam Cockroft is considered to be ‘instrumental.’
Key Lawyers – Nick Armitage, Paul Booth, Hilary Garnett, Jeremy Cook & Emily Walker
Clients praise Ramsdens Solicitors LLP for its ‘thoughtful, considered and commercial minded approach’. The team fields individuals with different backgrounds in commercial disputes; group head Nick Armitage has knowledge of commercial and residential property litigation as well as procurement cases, while ‘brilliant tactician and negotiator’ Paul Booth handles IP, shareholder, and construction disputes. Hilary Garnett and associate Emily Walker also have employment litigation expertise.
Key Lawyers – David Bradley, Gareth Dando, Paul Booth & Emily Walker
Ramsdens Solicitors LLP has seen an increase in matters relating to collective employee relations and trade unions, with a broad practice that includes work in the area of European Works Councils. Led by David Bradley , the group continues to develop its senior individuals and executive terminations offering, handling complex discrimination and whistleblowing cases. Gareth Dando and Paul Booth are also recommended.
Key Lawyers – Natalie Marrison & Rachel Sharp
The clinical negligence and personal injury team at Ramsdens Solicitors LLP is led by abuse law specialist Natalie Marrison. The group is noted for its expertise in complex inquest work, with Marrison and associate Rachel Sharp acting as advocates at inquests following deaths at work, in the public domain, on the road or following instances of medical malpractice. It also continues to develop its clinical negligence offering, with the arrival of APIL accredited solicitor Nick Stojanovic from Hudgell Solicitors in January 2022. Areas of expertise include advising on serious birth injuries and delayed cancer diagnoses.
Nazia Nawaz – Next Generation Partner
Key Lawyers – Nazia Nawaz & Katie Whitehead
Nazia Nawaz heads the team at Ramsdens Solicitors LLP. The team specialises in advising on a range of complex matters, including inheritance tax and trust disputes, executor-beneficiary disputes, validity of will disputes, as well as financial abuse and misappropriated funds cases. In addition, it acts on statutory wills applications, and has experience representing clients in contentious cases of this nature in the Court of Protection. Nawaz is a full member of ACTAPS and STEP affiliate, and the team she leads is described as going ‘above and beyond expectations’ for its clients.
Key Lawyers – Helen Thewlis, Joanne Coen, Kate McNally, Sarah Ward, Laura Beevers & Rebecca Sargent -‘extremely diligent’ family team
The ‘extremely diligent’ family team at Ramsdens Solicitors LLP is led by head of family Helen Thewlis and head of child care Joanne Coen. It advises on a broad range of matters; a significant portion of the team’s focus is set on asset division disputes resulting from relationship dissolution. It also drafts and advises on pre and post-nuptial agreements. Its workload predominantly consists of high-value, complex matters involving such emotionally and technically difficult issues as domestic abuse. In addition, the team specialises in children cases, acting disputes involving custody and childcare.
Key Lawyers – Veronica Mullins & Michael Robinson
The team at Ramsdens Solicitors LLP is led by Veronica Mullins. It deals with technically and emotionally complex estate cases of significant value. Such matters include ‘re-building’ estates to discover the extent of their value and advising on the division of unique assets. The team is well-equipped to advise parties lacking in capacity and navigate difficult family dynamics.
Key Lawyers: Kirsty Jackson – ‘highly effective and commercial partner’
Ramsdens Solicitors LLP has seen an increase in activity for its retail clients, including business parks, industrial units, warehouse storage and distribution facilities. Based in Huddersfield, ‘highly effective and commercial partner’ Kirsty Jackson leads the team and focuses on landlord and tenant matters, as well as advising property investors and developers on acquisitions and disposals of stand-alone and multi-let sites.