Bindmans achieves top rankings in latest edition of Chambers and Partners UK

Publication date: 10 November 2008

The 2009 edition of Chambers and Partners UK has now been published, and once again Bindmans LLP has received excellent rankings and reviews. The firm continues to be ranked as one of the top firms in London and the UK for its specialist areas. We have continued to hold our rankings in all key practice areas, and have also moved up in certain categories.

Individuals profiled for the first time this year include:
Alison Burt (Family: Public Law Children), Chez Cotton (Civil Liberties and Police Law: Mainly Claimant), Rhona Friedman (Crime), Martin Rackstraw (Crime) and Paul Ridge (Social Housing: Tenants).

‘Star performers’ are once again Stephen Grosz (Administrative & Public Law and Civil Liberties), Neil O'May (Crime) and Alison Stanley (Immigration) – and new to the star performers list this year is John Halford (Administrative & Public Law).

The firm’s Chambers 2009 rankings are as follows:

Administrative & Public Law: Traditional Claimant
Best of the UK (Band 1)
John Halford (Star performer)
Stephen Grosz (Star performer)
Saimo Chahal (Band 4)

Civil Liberties
Best of the UK (Band 1)
Stephen Grosz (Star performer)
John Halford (Band 1)
Saimo Chahal (Band 2)
Geoffrey Bindman (Senior Statesman)
Chez Cotton (Up and coming)

Civil Liberties: Prison Law
Best of the UK (Band 3)
Saimo Chahal (Band 2)

Clinical Negligence: Mainly Claimant
London (Band 2)
Lynn Knowles (Band 2)
Jon Crocker (Band 3)

Crime
London (Band 1)
Neil O'May (Star performer)
Michael Schwarz (Band 3)

Martin Rackstraw (Up and coming)
Rhona Friedman (Up and coming)

Defamation/Reputation Management
Best of the UK (Band 3)
Tamsin Allen (Band 4)

Employment: Claimant
Best of the UK (Band 2)
Alison Downie (Band 2)
Shah Qureshi (Band 2)

Family: Cross-Border Child Work
London
Katherine Gieve (Band 1)

Family: Public Law Children
London (Band 1)
Katherine Gieve (Band 1)
Alison Burt (Band 2)

Fraud: Criminal
Best of the UK (Band 3)
Neil O'May (Band 2)