Osbornes Law

Number of partners: 31

Number of other fee-earners: 130

Total staff: 200

AREAS OF PRACTICE

Personal Injury

Medical Negligence

Family

Family Mediation

Probate, Trusts & Wills

Residential Property

Commercial Property

Property Litigation

Housing and Community Care

CONTACTS

Managing Partner: Joanne Wescott

Personal Injury: Sophie Davies

Catastrophic Injury: Ben Posford

Major Trauma: Rob Aylott

Cycling: Sam Collard

Medical Negligence: Hugh Johnson

Birth and Paediatric Negligence: Jodi Newton

Family: Mark Freedman

Divorce: Lisa Pepper

Children: Maria Kitsiou

Family Mediation: Lisa Pepper

Private Client: Jan Atkinson

Contentious Probate: Katie de Swarte

Property Litigation: Shilpa Mathuradas

Residential Property: Simon Nosworthy

Commercial Property & Leasehold: Guy Osborn

Housing and Community Care: William Ford

THE FIRM:

Osbornes Law is an award winning private client law firm based in London. Across the firm’s practice areas it has lawyers who are leaders in their field, with a reputation for pursuing complex, important and high profile cases. With a large international clientele as well as a strong local presence the firm delivers excellence and value to individuals from the high net worth to the most vulnerable clients. The firm specialises in family law, personal injury and clinical negligence litigation, wills, probate and disputed estates, property and property disputes, and social welfare and housing. Osbornes Law has steadily grown over the last 50 years and now comprises 31 partners and a total of 200 staff. The firm operates out of offices in Camden and Hampstead.

PRINCIPAL AREAS OF WORK

Personal Injury:

The firm specialises in complex and catastrophic injury cases, including head, brain and spinal cord injuries. Sophie Davies heads up the department, with top-ranked solicitor Ben Posford leading the catastrophic injury team. Other specialist areas include child abuse litigation, cycling, amputation and fatal accidents. The firm supports and works in partnership with a number of organisations including the London Cycling Campaign, Headway UK, The Spinal Injuries Association, The Limbless Association and RoadPeace.

Family Law:

Led by leading lawyer Mark Freedman, the family team advise on all family matters — divorce, financial disputes, separation, pre and post nuptial agreements; adoption in the UK and overseas and cohabitation disputes; child abduction, domestic and international children proceedings. The team also provides legal advice and support on surrogacy and fertility matters.

Family Mediation:

Lisa Pepper leads this team, helping clients explore solutions to all issues surrounding separation and divorce in a constructive and supportive way.

Medical Negligence:

Led by Hugh Johnson, the team represents individuals affected by all types of medical negligence claims including birth injuries, orthopaedic injuries, spinal injuries, brain injury, delays in diagnosis, inquests and cauda equine syndrome.

Property:

The firm has two teams dealing with residential and commercial sales and purchases and a leasehold reform team. Partners Simon Nosworthy and Guy Osborn lead the respective teams and handle property sales and purchases, leasehold extension and enfranchisement, lease variations and licences for alterations.

Property Litigation:

Shilpa Mathuradas heads up this department and can assist with a wide range of challenging and complex property dispute matters. Her team advise a broad range of clients including institutional landlords, developers and private individuals.

Private Client:

Another successful team with a strong track record for dealing with matters for clients both in the UK and abroad. Jan Atkinson leads the team dealing with preparing Wills, administration of estates, powers of attorney, trusts, deeds, disputed estates and intestacy, Court of Protection and deeds of gifts.

Social Housing:

The firm represents individuals in a range of contentious matters including age assessment, house disrepair, homelessness, possession claims, evictions and wider public law challenges.

Notarial Services:

Partner Elspeth Neilson is a qualified notary.