Court · 2022–2026

Most active law firms: Court of Appeal (Civil Division)

The law firms named as solicitors in the most cases in the Court of Appeal (Civil Division) over the last 5 years. In that time 1,344 of its judgments named at least one of 571 firms profiled on zoomLaw.

Rank Firm Cases Judgments
1 Leigh Day 44 47
2 Duncan Lewis Solicitors 38 40
3 DAC Beachcroft 35 36
4 Pinsent Masons 32 36
5 DWF 31 32
=6 Mishcon de Reya LLP 28 29
=6 Clyde & Co 28 28
=8 Freshfields LLP 27 31
=8 Hogan Lovells Cadwalader 27 29
=10 Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer 25 26
=10 Bindmans LLP 25 25
=10 RPC 25 25
13 Irwin Mitchell 23 23
14 Dawson Cornwell 20 20
15 Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan UK LLP 19 21
16 Bird & Bird 18 20
=17 Addleshaw Goddard 17 19
=17 Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP 17 18
=19 Linklaters LLP 16 17
=19 Reed Smith 16 16
=19 Weightmans 16 16
22 CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP 15 17
=23 Baker McKenzie 14 16
=23 Hill Dickinson 14 15
=23 A&O Shearman 14 14
=23 Enyo Law LLP 14 14
=23 Macfarlanes LLP 14 14
=23 Slaughter and May 14 14

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Firms are ranked by the number of cases from 2022–2026 in this court in which judgments name them as solicitors, under their current name (judgments naming a firm that has since merged count towards the firm it joined). Several judgments in the same case, such as interim rulings, a later judgment on costs or an appeal, count as one case: judgments are linked by the court's case number and by appeals, or failing that by the parties' names. Only firms named in at least 3 cases are ranked, and equal counts share a place. This measures how often a firm acts in reported cases, not their outcome. Counts are minimums: they come from judgments published by The National Archives (Find Case Law), not every judgment names the solicitors, and a judgment counts only when we are confident who acted. The court is taken from each judgment's neutral citation. Firm details include data from the Solicitors Regulation Authority. zoomLaw is independent of every firm listed. Something wrong? Tell us.

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