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Litigation Tracker: Court Rankings

Firms and chambers will be able to chart their court appearances for the first time with the launch of The Lawyer Litigation Tracker’s Court Rankings.

Drawing on data from over 5,000 recorded judgments in English civil courts from 2015 and 2016, The Court Rankings report ranks 50 law firms and20 chambers by court, sector and type of dispute.

In addition, the report will reveal the most important relationships at the heart of the UK litigation industry. It will detail the law firms most frequently instructed by the most litigious companies and the barristers most frequently instructed by these firms.

While corporate lawyers have long been able to benchmark their activity through the M&A league tables, such research has not been available for litigation market – until now.

The Lawyer Litigation Tracker series unearths vital data for barristers, chambers directors, litigation partners and business development teams in law firms. It will also be invaluable to any in-house lawyer who wants to identify active and successful firms and chambers.

To order your copy, contact Richard Edwards on 020 7970 4672 and quote LMRW16.

The Lawyer produces a variety of litigation-related content. The hotly anticipated Litigation Tracker is an integral part of this suite of research, which also includes The Global Litigation 50 and litigation data from The Lawyer Global 200, as well as the Managing Risk and Litigation event that takes place annually. To find out more about The Lawyer’s litigation package, or for pricing information, simply contact Richard Edwards on 020 7970 4672 or at richard.edwards@thelawyer.com.

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