Awards, Rankings & League Tables

NW Insider Dealmaker Awards 2008

Corporate Lawyer of the Year - Andrew Clare, Napthens

The Accountancy & Business Awards 2007

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 - 2006

Listing Napthens in the top tier of law firms recommended for Agriculture & Estates in the North West the Legal 500 in its commentary states “ Napthens Solicitors remains an NFU panel member for Lancashire and Cumbria. The team, led by Geoff Tomlinson, regularly advises on sales of farmland to developers, single farm payments and agricultural tenancies .”

CHAMBERS UK - 2006

Napthens performance in the 2006 edition of Chamber UK, A Client’s Guide to the UK Legal Profession, showcased the prominence of the Firm’s Rural Business team with a tier one listing under North West Agriculture and Rural Affairs. In its overview of Napthens, Chambers noted that with a dedicated rural business department and its appointment as a NFU panel firm for the region, the Firm's wealth of experience ensures that the practice is consistently “ professional, sensible and extremely knowledgeable on the sector ”. Geoff Tomlinson, head of the Rural Business department at Napthens is ranked as a Leading Individual and is described as a lawyer that can “turn his hand to anything within the agricultural field” and is praised as a very “ helpful and professional lawyer ”.