Lodders’ recognised in Chambers and Legal 500

Lodders has retained top-tier rankings in both the Legal 500 2026 directory and the Chambers and Partners Guide 2026.

Legal 500 2026

The Legal 500 is the UK’s leading guide to the best law firms and lawyers. For the seventh year running, Lodders’ Private Client (Personal Tax, Trusts and Probate) and Agriculture teams retain the Tier 1 position in the Legal 500 UK directory.

Lodders is the only firm in the West Midlands to have three leadings individuals recognised for private client work with Louise Igoe (partner and head of Private Client team), Dawn Oliver (partner, Private Client team) and Laura Banks (legal director, Private Client team) all named in the guide. Partner and head of Lodders’ Construction team Heidi Brennan also received her first leading partner ranking.

All members of the Family team are ranked and Vivienne Middleton is named leading individual. The guide also features partner and head of Real Estate Mark Miller in the ‘Hall of Fame’ and Victoria Longmore (partner, head of the Planning team) and James Mottram (partner, Real Estate team) as leading partners.

Also ranked again this year are the Charities team (Tier 2), Commercial Litigation (Tier 3), and Corporate and Commercial (Tier 3).

Chambers and Partners Guide 2026

11 of Lodders’ specialists across Agriculture, Construction, Real Estate, Business Services, Family and Real Estate law have been named as amongst the best in the UK by Chambers and Partners, the legal profession’s elite guide to the country’s leading lawyers.

The Chambers and Partners Guide ranks UK lawyers and law firms based on their expertise and feedback received from clients. The 2026 edition sees Lodders partner James Spreckley retain the highest Band 1 position in Agriculture.

The latest edition also sees Heidi Brennan ranked for the first time and described as having “a strong commercial focus and proven track record of delivery.” The Business Services group is also ranked for the first time as a department.

The 2026 guide names Daniel MacLeod – partner in Lodders’ Real Estate group – as ‘Star Associate’ in Real Estate, and Nicola Beach – legal director in the Agriculture team – and Lauren Hutchinson – senior associate in the Dispute Resolution team as ‘Associates to watch.’

Also ranked this year are Graham Spalding (partner and head of the Business Services group), Justin Creed (legal director, family law), Vivienne Middleton (partner, Family Law team) and Mark Miller (partner and head of the Real Estate group).

Client care recognition

We were delighted to see that the feedback provided to both directories recognises the high levels of client care that define us at Lodders. Some of the client testimonials featured in the directories include:

“I felt totally confident that Lodders understood exactly what my needs were and how they should be best represented. Lodders listened and provided excellent advice and guidance. I would highly recommend their family practice to others.” – Legal 500

“The whole team worked together for the benefit of the client. They reflect exactly what a firm should offer in legal services.” – Chambers

“Lodders has exceptionally personable solicitors who are very good and consistently available for clients.” – Chambers