The Legal 500

Within Corporate and commercial: Elsewhere in the East Midlands, Harvey Ingram LLP is a first tier firm,

Harvey Ingram LLP provides a ‘personal service’ to large corporates and privately owned businesses on acquisitions and venture capital investments. Roy Botterill is ‘commercially very practical’ and heads the group, whose recent work includes advising on a Murabaha Islamic financing facility.

Within Licensing, Harvey Ingram LLP is a third tier firm,

Harvey Ingram LLP handles all types of applications before council committees and Magistrates Courts for clients in the food and drink, retail, and restaurant trades, among them Everards Brewery and Midlands Co-op.

Within Commercial litigation: Elsewhere in the East Midlands, Harvey Ingram LLP is a first tier firm,

Chris Saul’s team at Harvey Ingram LLP handled a professional negligence claim involving damages of £13.5m, and around 500 complaints against solicitors in 2010. The group was also instructed in a judicial review involving a governmental body, and a multi-party shareholder action. Sean Moran is active in contentious insolvency cases.

Within Banking and finance, tier 4

Harvey Ingram LLP assists a broad banking client base with acquisition finance, secured lending, leveraged finance and venture capital matters.

Within Insolvency and corporate recovery, Harvey Ingram LLP is a second tier firm,

Harvey Ingram LLP handles contentious and non-contentious issues for SME directors and insolvency practitioners. Sean Moran heads the team.

Within Employment, Harvey Ingram LLP is a second tier firm,

Harvey Ingram LLP’s team includes the recommended John Simon and newly promoted Kimbra Welch, and acts for clients such as Bostik and Samworth Brothers. It recently settled at mediation a groundbreaking unfair dismissal and sex discrimination case for a national client.

Within Personal injury and clinical negligence: claimant, Harvey Ingram LLP is a second tier firm,

The ‘competent, friendly and supportive’ team at Harvey Ingram LLP operates a corporate personal 
injury recovery service for 150 fleet customers, and is 
on the National Accident Helpline. Robert Rose specialises in clinical negligence cases, particularly paediatric cases, and settled a birth brain injury case for £9.7m in 2010.

Within Regional review, Harvey Ingram LLP is a third tier firm,

Harvey Ingram LLP upped its profile across the Midlands and the South East with its January 2011 merger with Borneos. It now has 50 partners across five sites, and is notably strengthening its private client offering.

Within Family, Harvey Ingram LLP is a second tier firm,

Harvey Ingram LLP’s family practice was boosted in 2010 by the hire of new head Andrew Breakwell and two assistants from Clarke Willmott LLP in Birmingham, and the merger with South East firm Borneos. Sonia Bachu is the key figure in Leicester.

Within Personal tax, trusts and probate, Harvey Ingram LLP is a first tier firm,

Harvey Ingram LLP has a growing team whose recent work includes advising its mix of local SME-owner, business, and trusts clients on final salary pension schemes, tax planning matters, and variation of trusts. Mark Dunkley now heads the practice.

Within Commercial property: Elsewhere in the East Midlands, Harvey Ingram LLP is a first tier firm,

Harvey Ingram LLP’s retail team assists clients such as Domino’s Pizza and Vision Express with site acquisitions, and in 2010 acted for a retail park owner in relation to strategic land assembly. The investment and finance team supports pension funds and is active in corporate transactions. The firm also handles development and regeneration matters for Midlands groups such as Persimmon Homes.

Within Construction, Harvey Ingram LLP is a second tier firm,

Besides regularly advising on residential and commercial developments, Martin Jones at Harvey Ingram LLP has experience in more esoteric areas such as mining, water control and quarrying. The firm advised stakeholders in the new £4.5m Leicester Speedway in 2010.

Within Planning, Harvey Ingram LLP is a third tier firm,

Harvey Ingram LLP has a varied caseload, recently advising on development matters for housing schemes and a mixed-use development in the region. Paul Hunt completed a High Court recovery of s106 monies for a local authority.

Within Property litigation, Harvey Ingram LLP is a third tier firm,

Harvey Ingram LLP has established online fixed-fee services for residential landlords, supporting its property and development teams. Its current caseload includes a high-level dispute over rights of way.

Within Social housing , Harvey Ingram LLP is a second tier firm,

Harvey Ingram LLP is recommended by developers for its experience in the acquisition of sites and security charging, as well as in issues encountered by registered providers.

Within IT and telecoms, Harvey Ingram LLP is a third tier firm,

Simon Bates heads Harvey Ingram LLP’s commerce and technology group, with experience including the preparation of IT licences and procurement documentation.