Awards, Rankings & League Tables

Downtown Preston Lancashire Business Awards 2009

Professional of the Year - Kathryn Harwood

NW Insider Dealmaker Awards 2009

Corporate Lawyer of the Year - Andrew Clare, Napthens

NW Insider Dealmaker Awards 2008

Corporate Lawyer of the Year - Andrew Clare, Napthens

The Accountancy & Business Awards 2007/08

Intermediary of the Year - Andrew Clare, Napthens

STEP (The Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners)

Excellence Award Winner 2006 - Kathryn Harwood, Napthens

UK LEGAL 500 - 2008

Listing Napthens in the top tier of law firms recommended for Agriculture & Estates in the North West the Legal 500 states “Napthens’ team provides the full spectrum of personal and commercial advice to the rural business community and has been involved in the sales of a number of farms by public auction and several farming partnership dissolutions. Geoff Tomlinson ‘explains the legal situation in a down-to-earth way’.

Regarding the commercial property team, Legal 500 comments “Now with a significant presence in Blackpool, as well as in Blackburn, Chorley and Preston, Napthens LLP has created an impressive commercial property business across the provincial North West. Preston-based David Hill heads the large department, which has a strong following of retail and developer clients….”

CHAMBERS UK - 2008

Chambers comments on the Rural Business department as follows: “Thirty years in practice have cemented this firm’s reputation in the agricultural field……..Drawing on a dairy farming background, Geoffrey Tomlinson is capable of finding “constructive solutions” to both everyday and long-term agricultural problems.”