2nd October 2025 ❘

Our team shines once again in this year’s Legal 500

Our team has once again excelled in The Legal 500 UK Solicitors 2026 Rankings – the leading guide to law firms and solicitors in the UK – with a total of 10 recommended practice areas, eight lawyers listed as Leading Individuals, four Next Generation Partners and five Leading Associates.

Legal 500 rankings reflect the result of months of extensive analysis by Legal 500’s research team, which conducts thousands of interviews with private practice lawyers and reads through tens of thousands of submissions in order to select the very best lawyers and law firms in the UK.

Five of our departments achieved top tier rankings in the guide: Corporate and Commercial, Dispute Resolution, Personal Injury and Clinical Negligence, Agriculture and Estates and Commercial Property.

 

Plus, the following people received individual recognition:

 

For Leading Partner:

Michelle Armstrong

Jennifer Bell

Helen Hayward

James Johnston

Spencer Knaggs

Joanne McKenzie

Richard Miller

Michael Walby

 

For Next Generation Partner:

Paul Brown

Johnny Coulthard

Robbie Mather

Susan Roberts

 

For Leading Associate:

Diane Barnes

Rebecca Collihole

Rebecca Joy

Jayne McCluskey

Georgina Nicholls

 

Nick Gutteridge, our Managing Partner, said:

“I’m so proud to be part of the Burnetts team – our people are exceptionally knowledgeable in their specialisms and really go above and beyond for our clients – they take great pride in their work – and this is all reflected in this year’s Legal 500 results.“