UK Guide 2026 : North East & Yorkshire
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Mills & Reeve is known for its focus on defending legal professionals and their insurers. The team in Leeds also works on claims involving a range of other groups including accountants, construction professionals and technology professionals. It is able to pool resources from its national network in order to provide a full service to its clients.
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Mills & Reeve advised a firm of solicitors caught up in a chain of property transactions where it later emerged that the purported seller of the property was a fraudster who had given a false identity.
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They have breadth across the team from smaller matters to large-scale professional negligence claims.
Mills & Reeve are always mindful of the client's needs and don't lawyer for the sake of it.
The team provide deep specialist knowledge which sets them apart.
Mills & Reeve are innovative with their solutions that address very complex problems, and often anticipate the next issue that may arise, with potential solutions to those too.
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Neil is very approachable and friendly.
Neil is just brilliant.
He is a terrific solicitor and very good at handling clients and making them realise that he is focused on what the client wants. He is very empathetic.
He has impeccable judgement. I really enjoy working with him.
Liam Burnett focuses his practice on defending solicitors, technology companies and financial services providers against professional negligence claims.
Liam Burnett is an excellent operator.
Liam is incredibly insightful and a wonderful team player. He is very collaborative, supportive and a very nice person to work with.
There is something special about Liam. He gets things quickly and is very commercial. He understands what you want very quickly.
He has a strong legal mind, an excellent commercial approach and a fantastic ability to build up rapport with clients.
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Professional Negligence
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Practice area: Professional Negligence
Location: East Anglia
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Practice area: Professional Negligence
Location: North West
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Practice area: Professional Negligence
Location: London (Firms)
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