Crime

•The firm enjoys a national reputation across the whole spectrum of criminal litigation.

• 2020 saw The Firm win Small Firm of the Year at the Manchester Law Society Legal Awards and are past winners of Crime Team of the Year and Regulatory Team of the Year. The Firm was also awarded for the second time Best Law Firms 2020 in The Times.

Two current members of the team are Manchester Law Society Past Presidents. Our consultant holds a Manchester Law Society Lifetime Achievement Award and one of our partners is the current Chairman of the Manchester Law Solicitors Crime Committee.

•The unique selling points of the firm are its reputation for expertise and competence throughout the whole spectrum of criminal law, from serious and organised crime through to regulator work and road traffic.

•The firm is one of the largest suppliers of legal aid defence in the North West and has been so for many years.

•The firm has a very well established Road Traffic department which continues to act for notable personalities from the likes of premiership footballers to the CEO's of national companies and the 'ordinary' motorist facing loss of their licences. A full range of cases are dealt with up to and including death by dangerous driving.

•Allied to the criminal practice, The Firm regularly receives instructions to act in inquests and disciplinary proceedings, including the Hillsborough and Grenfell Inquests.