Social purpose law firm, Anthony Collins, has been awarded a new Band 1 ranking from Chambers and Partners as part of its 2025 legal rankings.
The firm’s work under ‘Personal Injury: Mainly Claimant (Midlands)’ saw its ranking in this category move to the top spot.
Anthony Collins was also successful in maintaining its Band 1 status for its social housing and family and matrimonial work in the West Midlands, as well as its Midlands-based clinical negligence work.
During the financial year ending April 2024, the firm’s personal injury and clinical negligence team recovered £32.1 million of compensation for individuals, as reported in the 2024 Social Impact Report.
In the individual rankings, two of the firm’s partners, Chris Lloyd-Smith and Maria Ramon, were newly spotlighted for their contributions to family and matrimonial law (mainly alternative dispute resolution) in the West Midlands.
Six of Anthony Collins’ solicitors made their debut on the individual rankings for 2025, bringing the firm’s total ranked lawyers to 28.
Peter Hubbard, managing partner at Anthony Collins said: “Our success is driven by our people’s dedication to having a positive impact on families, communities and society. I’d like to thank the Chambers and Partners panel for officially acknowledging the firm’s continued commitment to making a difference. Earning Band 1 recognition for personal injury in the Midlands is an incredible honour and is testament to the outstanding efforts of the team.”
The firm’s full rankings can be viewed here.
Band 1 – Firm rankings
Clinical Negligence: Mainly Claimant (Midlands)
Personal Injury: Mainly Claimant (Midlands)
Family/Matrimonial (West Midlands)
Social Housing (West Midlands)
Band 1 – Lawyer rankings
Elizabeth Wyatt – Family/Matrimonial (West Midlands)
Helen Tucker – Social Housing (West Midlands)
Jas Tamber – Family/Matrimonial (West Midlands)
Jonathan Cox – Social Housing (North West)
Rankeshwar Batta – Clinical Negligence: Mainly claimant (Midlands)
Rankeshwar Batta – Personal Injury: Mainly claimant (Midlands)
Band 2 – Firm rankings
Local Government (UK-wide)
Band 2 – Lawyer rankings
Christopher Lloyd-Smith – Family/Matrimonial (West Midlands)
Lucy Worrall – Social Housing (North West)
Victoria Jardine – Social Housing (West Midlands)
Band 3 – Firm rankings
Social Housing (North West)
Charities (UK-wide)
Social Housing: Finance (UK-wide)
Band 3 – Lawyer rankings
Andrew Dudley – Social Housing (West Midlands)
Andrew Millross – Social Housing (West Midlands)
Ann Houghton – Clinical Negligence: Mainly claimant (Midlands)
Gill Peate – Clinical Negligence: Mainly claimant (North West)
Jon Coane – Social Housing: Finance (UK-wide)
Maria Ramon – Family/Matrimonial (West Midlands)
Mark Cook – Local Government (UK-wide)
Nicola Woods – Clinical Negligence: Mainly claimant (North West)
Band 4 – Firm rankings
Public Procurement (UK-wide)
Clinical Negligence: Mainly Claimant (North West)
Construction (Midlands)
Employment (West Midlands)
Band 4 – Lawyer rankings
Anna Dabek – Employment (West Midlands)
Matthew Wort – Employment (West Midlands)
Steven Brunning – Public procurement (UK-wide)
Eminent Practitioners
Peter Hubbard – Social Housing (West Midlands)
Star Associate
Victoria Fulilove – Clinical Negligence: Mainly Claimant (Midlands)
Associate to watch
Adriana Klincova – Social Housing: Finance (UK-wide)
Alex Lawrence – Local Government (UK-wide)
Andrew Crumpton – Family/Matrimonial (West Midlands)
Catherine Simpson – Social Housing (North West)
Natalie Barbosa – Charities (UK-wide)
Rebecca Sembuuze – Social Housing (West Midlands)
Victoria Fulilove – Personal Injury: Mainly claimant (Midlands)
Up and coming
Emma Hardman – Social Housing (West Midlands)
Spotlight
Christopher Lloyd-Smith – Family/Matrimonial: Mainly ADR (West Midlands)
Maria Ramon – Family/Matrimonial: Mainly ADR (West Midlands)