Ranking tables
Real Estate Litigation | UK
North West
Rankings overview for Departments
Band 1
Addleshaw Goddard LLP 10 Years Ranked- Eversheds Sutherland
Band 2
Band 3
DAC Beachcroft LLP 7 Years Ranked
Trowers & Hamlins LLP 3 Years Ranked
Woodcocks Haworth and Nuttall 4 Years Ranked- DWF
- JB Leitch Solicitors
- Pannone Corporate LLP
Senior Statespeople
- Steven JenningsLand Law LLP
Band 1
- Kevin Lee Hill Dickinson LLP19 Years Ranked
- David McGuirkEversheds Sutherland
Band 2
- Christopher Perrin Addleshaw Goddard LLP13 Years Ranked
Kirsty Black Shoosmiths LLP9 Years Ranked
Martin Griffiths DLA Piper UK LLP11 Years Ranked- Michael Smith Pinsent Masons18 Years Ranked
- Patricia Love Addleshaw Goddard LLP15 Years Ranked
Rachael Jones DLA Piper UK LLP4 Years Ranked- Matthew ForrestTLT LLP
- Philip ParkinsonJB Leitch Solicitors
Band 3
Daniel Long Woodcocks Haworth and Nuttall4 Years Ranked
Jen Morris gunnercooke10 Years Ranked
Lynn James Clarke Willmott LLP3 Years Ranked
Peter Hall Weightmans8 Years Ranked- Rachael Reynolds DAC Beachcroft LLP10 Years Ranked
Tom Seabrook gunnercooke1 Years Ranked
Wayne Nash Deloitte Legal10 Years Ranked- Gemma StaplesPannone Corporate LLP
- Seán HackettDavis Blank Furniss
- Stuart McCannDWF
Up and Coming
- Laura PileMyerson
- Sian WestbyLand Law LLP
- Thomas ArmstrongDWF
Star Associates
- Alex WrightEversheds Sutherland
Associates to watch
Eleanor Longworth Woodcocks Haworth and Nuttall1 Years Ranked- Karen TaylorMyerson
All Departments profiles
Band 1
1 Addleshaw Goddard LLPReal Estate Litigation2025 | Band 1 | 10 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.
Band 2
2 DLA Piper UK LLPReal Estate Litigation2025 | Band 2 | 10 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 Litigation2025 | Band 2 | 10 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 Litigation2025 | Band 2 | 7 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.
Band 3
3 DAC Beachcroft LLPReal Estate Litigation2025 | Band 3 | 7 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 Litigation2025 | Band 3 | 3 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 Woodcocks Haworth and NuttallReal Estate Litigation2025 | Band 3 | 4 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.