Practice area · 2022–2026

Most active law firms: Employment

The law firms named as solicitors in the most UK cases on employment (employment contracts, unfair dismissal, discrimination at work, whistleblowing, TUPE, restrictive covenants, trade unions) over the last 5 years. In that time 586 judgments in this area named at least one of 217 firms profiled on zoomLaw.

Rank Firm Cases Judgments Judgments in the Supreme Court, Privy Council or Court of Appeal
1 DAC Beachcroft 31 36 5
2 Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP 26 29 1
3 Weightmans 24 24 2
=4 Capsticks 20 22 2
=4 Leigh Day 20 21 6
=6 Lewis Silkin LLP 16 18 4
=6 Mills & Reeve LLP 16 16 1
=8 Keystone Law 13 14
=8 Pinsent Masons 13 14 2
=8 Clyde & Co 13 13
11 DWF 12 13 2
12 TLT LLP 11 11
=13 Addleshaw Goddard 10 11 3
=13 CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP 10 10 2
=13 Irwin Mitchell 10 10 1
=13 Slater and Gordon 10 10
17 Browne Jacobson LLP 9 10 1
18 Kennedys 8 8
=19 Kilgannon and Partners 7 9 2
=19 A&O Shearman 7 8 3
=19 Osborne Clarke 7 8
=19 Ward Hadaway 7 8
=19 Baker McKenzie 7 7 1
=19 Knights 7 7 1
=25 Kingsley Napley LLP 6 9 2
=25 Fieldfisher 6 8
=25 Farrer & Co LLP 6 7 3
=25 Lawson West Solicitors Ltd 6 7
=25 Bevan Brittan 6 6
=25 Mishcon de Reya LLP 6 6 1
=25 Shoosmiths LLP 6 6
=25 Trowers & Hamlins LLP 6 6

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Firms are ranked by the number of cases from 2022–2026 in this area 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. Areas are assigned from each judgment's court and subject matter, and a judgment can fall in two areas. Firm details include data from the Solicitors Regulation Authority. zoomLaw is independent of every firm listed. Something wrong? Tell us.

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