Practice area · 2022–2026

Most active law firms: Civil liberties and human rights

The law firms named as solicitors in the most UK cases on civil liberties and human rights (human rights claims, actions against the police, inquests, prisoners, equality and discrimination outside employment, national security) over the last 5 years. In that time 420 judgments in this area named at least one of 241 firms profiled on zoomLaw.

Rank Firm Cases Judgments Judgments in the Supreme Court, Privy Council or Court of Appeal
1 Charles Russell Speechlys 21 22 21
2 Duncan Lewis Solicitors 18 18 13
=3 Weightmans 15 18 2
=3 Hodge Jones & Allen 15 16 7
=3 Bindmans LLP 15 15 5
6 Irwin Mitchell 13 15 4
7 Birnberg Peirce 12 12 7
8 Leigh Day 11 11 6
9 DAC Beachcroft 9 9 1
=10 Andrew Storch Solicitors 7 7 4
=10 Bevan Brittan 7 7 1
=10 Bhatia Best Solicitors 7 7 2
=10 Dawson Cornwell 7 7 1
=14 Deighton Pierce Glynn 6 7 2
=14 ITN Solicitors 6 7 4
=14 Wilson Solicitors LLP 6 7 4
=14 Kennedys 6 6
=14 Simons Muirhead Burton LLP 6 6 5
=19 Bhatt Murphy 5 8 3
=19 Broudie Jackson Canter 5 5 1
=19 Browne Jacobson LLP 5 5 3
=19 Clyde & Co 5 5
=19 DWF 5 5
=19 Hill Dickinson 5 5 1
=19 Lewis Silkin LLP 5 5 3
=19 Pinsent Masons 5 5
=19 Turpin & Miller LLP 5 5 4

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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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