Ranking tables
Real Estate Litigation | UK
North West
Rankings overview for Departments
DAC Beachcroft LLP 8 Years Ranked
Trowers & Hamlins LLP 4 Years Ranked
Weightmans 5 Years Ranked
Woodcocks Haworth & Nuttall 5 Years Ranked- DWF
- JB Leitch Solicitors
- Kuits Solicitors
- Land Law LLP
- Pannone Corporate LLP
- Steven JenningsLand Law LLP
- Christopher Perrin Addleshaw Goddard LLP14 Years Ranked
Daniel Long Woodcocks Haworth & Nuttall5 Years Ranked
Kirsty Black Shoosmiths LLP10 Years Ranked
Martin Griffiths DLA Piper UK LLP12 Years Ranked
Matthew Forrest TLT LLP12 Years Ranked- Michael Smith Pinsent Masons19 Years Ranked
- Patricia Love Addleshaw Goddard LLP16 Years Ranked
Rachael Jones DLA Piper UK LLP5 Years Ranked- Philip ParkinsonJB Leitch Solicitors
Jen Morris gunnercooke11 Years Ranked
Lynn James Clarke Willmott LLP4 Years Ranked
Peter Hall Weightmans9 Years Ranked- Rachael Reynolds DAC Beachcroft LLP11 Years Ranked
Tom Seabrook gunnercooke2 Years Ranked- Gemma StaplesPannone Corporate LLP
- Seán HackettDavis Blank Furniss
- Stuart McCannDWF
- Wayne NashDeloitte Legal
- Laura PileMyerson
- Thomas ArmstrongDWF
All Departments profiles
Band 1
1 Addleshaw Goddard LLPReal Estate Litigation2026 | Band 1 | 11 Years RankedAddleshaw Goddard has a highly respected team with extensive experience in landlord and tenant disputes. The firm also earns praise for its strength in contentious issues concerning property development, such as possession claims and rights to light. Its clients include significant institutional investors along with property companies and developers.
1 Eversheds SutherlandReal Estate Litigation2026 | Band 1 | 11 Years RankedEversheds Sutherland has an outstanding practice, handling property litigation for a range of clients including pension funds, banks and national retailers. The team is distinguished for its strength in dilapidations and rights to light cases, among others. It handles contentious work arising from management of major property portfolios as well as trespass claims. Eversheds is also notable for its extensive expertise in development-related matters and associated professional negligence claims.
Band 2
2 DLA Piper UK LLPReal Estate Litigation2026 | Band 2 | 11 Years RankedDLA Piper has a respected property team in Manchester with a broad regional presence. The firm handles a wide range of matters for both national and international clients, providing notable expertise in contentious cases that include high-value damages claims. It also has experience in possession issues, rent reviews and dilapidations claims. The team regularly advises clients with large property portfolios on disputes and is noted for its experience assisting pension funds with complex real estate issues.
2 Hill Dickinson LLPReal Estate Litigation2026 | Band 2 | 11 Years RankedHill Dickinson is a well-established firm in Liverpool advising on a broad range of matters, including rights to light and contentious lease matters. It represents clients from a diverse range of sectors including healthcare, energy and aviation. The team at Hill Dickinson is further noted for its expertise in compensation for loss in land value and high-value trespass claims.
2 Shoosmiths LLPReal Estate Litigation2026 | Band 2 | 8 Years RankedShoosmiths is proficient in handling an array of landlord and tenant disputes and highlighted for its expertise in right to light matters. The firm is instructed by notable retail and developer clients in the North West and nationally. Shoosmiths is also recognised for providing restrictive covenant advice to developers.
2 TLT LLPReal Estate Litigation2026 | Band 2 | 8 Years RankedThe team at TLT advises on a variety of disputes relating to both commercial and residential property. Its expertise includes claims relating to tenant insolvency, vacant possession, service charge disputes and mortgage fraud. The firm's clients come from a variety of industries, including leisure and retail, as well as the public sector.
Band 3
3 DAC Beachcroft LLPReal Estate Litigation2026 | Band 3 | 8 Years RankedThe property litigation team at DAC Beachcroft in Manchester focuses on lease disputes including rent losses, lease obligations and unlawful occupation matters. It further advises on disputes relating to insurance and service charges, as well as dilapidations claims. Its clients include local authorities as well as commercial tenants from a range of sectors.3 Trowers & Hamlins LLPReal Estate Litigation2026 | Band 3 | 4 Years RankedTrowers & Hamlins is well known for its specialism in social housing-related litigation. The team advises on a range of residential property issues, such as lease management and renewal, dilapidations and service charge disputes. It can also advise commercial property clients on contentious issues.3 WeightmansReal Estate Litigation2026 | Band 3 | 5 Years RankedWeightmans is a solid choice in the North West for clients looking for assistance with a range of property litigation matters, from retail portfolio management and dilapidations to lease renewals and terminations.
3 Woodcocks Haworth & NuttallReal Estate Litigation2026 | Band 3 | 5 Years RankedWoodcocks Haworth and Nuttall in Bury has a noteworthy real estate disputes practice that represents property owners and residents, as well as house builders, real estate investors and property management companies. The team is particularly adept at representing clients in contentious lease renewal proceedings in the retail sector. Its work also includes dilapidations claims, service charge disputes and insolvency-related matters.