The strength and depth of Cumbria’s legal sector was underlined by the publication of the Legal 500 this week.
The volume lists the country’s top 500 law firms and is used by businesses to choose a solicitor with an expertise in a particular field.
Carlisle-based law firms Baines Wilson, Burnetts, Butterworths and Cartmell Shepherd all appear in the annual directory, endorsed by the Law Society and famed for its accuracy and no-nonsense advice.
We’ve taken a look through the rankings at who the publication picked out as the county’s best lawyers:
Corporate and commercial
Andrew Hill - Baines Wilson
John Wilson - Baines Wilson
John Noctor - Burnetts
Vaughan Jones - Burnetts
Michael Walby - Burnetts
Nick Hodgson - Cartmell Shepherd
Commercial litigation
Isobel Mulburn - Baines Wilson
Patricia Hall - Burnetts
James Johnston - Burnetts
Sian Spencer - Burnetts
Peter Stafford - Cartmell Shepherd
Employment
Kuba Strycharczyk - Burnetts
John Morris - Burnetts
Joanne Stronach - Burnetts
Natalie Ruane - Burnetts
Joanne Holborne - Baines Wilson
Tom Scaife - Baines Wilson
Clinical negligence: claimant
Vicki Jagger - Burnetts
Victoria Watson - Burnetts
Personal injury: claimant
Andrew Kirkpatrick - Butterworths
Jonathan Ditchburn - Butterworths
Carol Fish - Cartmell Shepherd
Deborah Helen Flynn - Cartmell Shepherd
Agriculture
Jonathan Carroll - Cartmell Shepherd
Personal Tax, Trusts and Probate
Joanna Jeeves - Cartmell Shepherd
Family
Julian Nelson - Cartmell Shepherd
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