- Addleshaw Goddard
Addleshaw Goddard is a UK-based
law firm (established as an LLP) with almost 600 lawyers [http://www.chambersandpartners.com/uk/firmprofile.aspx?fid=412 "Chambers and Partners Legal Directory"] firm profile page] , based inLeeds ,London andManchester . It was formed on1 May 2003 by the merger ofAddleshaw Booth & Co withTheodore Goddard . [http://www.legalbusiness.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=91&Itemid=28 "Legal Business"] profile of Addleshaw Goddard]Ranking and recent awards
According to "The Lawyer", a UK legal
newspaper , Addleshaw Goddard was ranked 15th largest law firm in the UK by turnover in 2006. [ [http://www.thelawyer.com/uk100/2006/law/15_addleshawgoddard.html "The Lawyer"] UK survey article] It was ranked 91st in the world by the same periodical. Two years later the firm remained ranked 15th nationally (by turnover) in The Lawyer's "UK 200 Annual Report". [ [http://cde.cerosmedia.com/1Z48be94d6f1b52852.cde The Lawyer - UK 200 Annual Report] ]The firm was also placed 91st in "The Times" newspaper's 'Top 100 Graduate Employers' for 2008. [ [http://www.top100graduateemployers.com/top100.html "The Times"] Top 100 Graduate Employers website] In March 2008 it was placed 40th in the "Sunday Times" newspaper's '100 Best Companies to Work For' in the UK. [ [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/career_and_jobs/best_100_companies/article3479137.ece "The Sunday Times"] article on The 100 Best Companies to Work For 2008] The firm is the only law firm to also be included in the newspaper's Top 50 Places Where Women Want to Work, and the Top 100 Graduate Employers rankings as well as the 100 Best Companies. The ranking rose 43 places since the 2007 survey - one of the biggest improvements by any organisation reviewed and the best in the legal sector.
Media coverage
In July 2007, the firm gained some unlooked-for publicity when its discussions with Mr Justice Peter Smith concerning the possibility that the judge might take up employment with Addleshaws became the subject of an appeal to the Court of Appeal. The judge was discontented at the breakdown of the employment negotiations but nonetheless refused to
recuse himself from hearing a case in which an individual partner of the firm was engaged in the capacity of trustee. The Court of Appeal ruled that the judge could not hear the case. [ [http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/law/article2099325.ece The High Court judge who may be in for much more than a severe wigging] "The Times", Frances Gibb, July 18, 2007]References
External links
* [http://www.addleshawgoddard.com/ Official website]
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