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Lanyon Bowdler

BRODIE HOUSE, TOWN CENTRE, TELFORD, TF3 4DR, ENGLAND
Telford TF3, Telford TF1, Shrewsbury, Oswestry, Ludlow, Hereford

What we say about the firm's legal practice in West Midlands

Corporate and commercial

Within Corporate and commercial: Elsewhere in the West Midlands, Lanyon Bowdler is a third tier firm,

Lanyon Bowdler acted on the sale of the entire issued share capital of Envirocare GB, and also for Aktrion Holdings in its acquisition of a 51% shareholding in Alpha Facilities Management. Richard Murrall has taken over as head of department following Gary Richards’ retirement.

Crime, fraud and licensing

Within Crime, Lanyon Bowdler is a third tier firm,

The West Midlands offices of the following firms are on the Very High Cost Case panel: Challinors Solicitors; Glaisyers; Jonas Roy Bloom; Dass Solicitors; Frisby & Co Solicitors; and Lanyon Bowdler. The following firms are also on the panel: Cartwright King; DLA Piper UK LLP; Russell Jones & Walker; David Phillips & Partners; and Tuckers Solicitors.

Dispute resolution

Within Commercial litigation: Elsewhere in the West Midlands, Lanyon Bowdler is a second tier firm,

Brian Evans at Lanyon Bowdler advised a football club in a dispute involving allegations of poor workmanship and breach of a £500,000 contract for the provision of an artificial grass pitch. The firm is one of two panel firms appointed by the NFU to advise its members in the West Midlands under the NFU’s Legal Assistance Scheme.

Within Debt recovery Debt recovery

Human resources

Within Employment, tier 5

John Merry’s team at Lanyon Bowdler advised Zwanenberg Food and Grocontinental on TUPE issues, as well as representing a number of prominent clients on changes to their executive boards.

Insurance

Within Clinical negligence: claimant, Lanyon Bowdler is a third tier firm,

Lanyon Bowdler is on the approved list for Headway and the Child Brain Injury Trust, and has over 200 active claims ranging in value from £30,000 to £7m. Paula Nash heads the team.

Within Personal injury: claimant, Lanyon Bowdler is a third tier firm,

Over 2009 and 2010, Neil Lorimer’s team at Lanyon Bowdler settled 24 claims arising out of the Grenoble coach crash, and recently achieved a £1.43m award for a client: one of the highest awards for a single lower-limb amputation.

Private client

Within Agriculture and estates, Lanyon Bowdler is a third tier firm,

Lanyon Bowdler is the appointed adviser to the NFU in Shropshire, Herefordshire and Straffordshire, and delivers ‘service and advice that is extremely good’. Andrew Evans leads the team.

Within Family: Elsewhere in the West Midlands, Lanyon Bowdler is a third tier firm,

Lanyon Bowdler’s Peter Flint is recommended for high-value ancillary relief work and private children’s law, while Colin Spanner is recommended for collaborative work.

Within Personal tax, trusts and probate, Lanyon Bowdler is a third tier firm,

Edward Rees’ team at Lanyon Bowdler successfully concluded the winding up of the CG Benstead Trust, and saw an increase in Court of Protection work and instructions relating to lasting powers of attorney.

Real estate

Within Commercial property: Elsewhere in the West Midlands, Lanyon Bowdler is a third tier firm,

At Lanyon Bowdler, Andrew Evans is appreciated for his ‘attention to detail’, and Roger Taylor is ‘very knowledgeable’. The team advised Tomlinson’s Dairies on the acquisition and development of a new dairy.

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