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Ten Largest Law Firms in Birmingham (Top Menu)
Several major law firms are based in the Business Quarter of central Birmingham. The ten largest are:
DLA Piper is an international law firm with an estimated annual turnover of $2.1 billion; it employs around 3,500 lawyers at 67 offices in 29 countries.
The UK division, DLA Piper UK LLP, is the 5th largest law firm in the UK; it employs around 1300 lawyers at 8 offices in London, Manchester, Sheffield, Leeds, Liverpool, Glasgow, Edinburgh and Birmingham. The Birmingham office is on Victoria Square in the Business Quarter.
Tel: 08700 111 111 Address: Victoria Square House B2 4DL
Links: Business Quarter DLA Piper Website
Eversheds is the 9th largest law firm in the UK with an estimated annual turnover of £370 million; it employs around 1,300 lawyers in 47 offices, many of which are located abroad.
The firm is headquartered in London; its Birmingham office is on Colmore Row in the Business Quarter.
Tel: 0845 497 9797 Address: 115 Colmore Row B3 3AL
Links: Business Quarter
Eversheds WebsitePinsent Masons is the 14th largest law firm in the UK with an estimated annual turnover of £215 million; it employs around 1,100 lawyers and operates a global network of branch offices.
The firm is headquartered in London; its Birmingham office is on Colmore Circus in the Business Quarter.
Tel: 0121 200 1050 Address: 3 Colmore Circus B4 6BH
Links: Business Quarter
Pinsent MasonsIrwin Mitchell is the 23rd largest law firm in the UK with an estimated annual turnover of £158 million; it employs around 920 lawyers at 9 offices in Birmingham, Glasgow, London, Leeds, Madrid, Malaga, Manchester, Newcastle and Sheffield.
Irwin Mitchell is headquartered in Sheffield; its Birmingham office is on Temple Street in the Business Quarter.
Tel: 0870 1500 100 Address: 31 Temple Street B2 5DB
Links: Business Quarter
Irwin MitchellHammonds is the 25th largest law firm in the UK with an estimated annual turnover of £125 million: it employs around 770 lawyers and operates a global network of branch offices, including associate relationships with Italian and Russian law firms.
Hammonds is headquartered in London; its Birmingham office is on Edmund Street in the Business Quarter.
Tel: 0121 222 3000 Address: 148 Edmund Street B3 2JR
Links: Business Quarter
HammondsWragge and Co is the 27th law firm in the UK with an estimated annual turnover of £103 million; it employs around 510 lawyers at 5 offices in Birmingham, Brussels, Munich, Guanghzou China and Holborn London
The firm is headquartered on Colmore Row in the Business Quarter.
Tel: 0870 903 1000 Address: 555 Colmore Row B3 2AS
Links: Business Quarter Wragge & Co Website
Shoosmiths is the 28th largest law firm in the UK with an estimated annual turnover of £100 million ; it employs around 750 lawyers at 8 offices in Basingstoke, Birmingham, Fareham, London, Manchester, Milton Keynes, Northampton and Reading.
The Birmingham office is on Colmore Row in the Business Quarter.
T 0121 625 4000 Address: 125 Colmore Row B3 3SH
Links: Business Quarter
ShoosmithsCobbetts is the 57th largest law firm in the UK with an estimated annual turnover of £49 million; it has four offices in London, Leeds, Birmingham and Manchester.
The Birmingham office is on Colmore Square in the Business Quarter.
T: 0845 404 2404 Address: 1 Colmore Square B4 6AA
Links: Business Quarter
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HBJ Gateley Wareing is the 58th largest law firm in the UK with an estimated annual turnover of £48 million; it employs around 350 lawyers at 7 offices n Birmingham, Dubai, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leicester, London and Nottingham.
The Birmingham office is on Edmund Street in the Business Quarter.
Tel: 0121 234 0000 Address: 111 Edmund Street B3 2HJ
Links: Business Quarter
Irwin MitchellMartineau is the 99th largest law firm in the UK with an estimated annual turnover of £21 million; it employs around 130 lawyers at two offices in London and Birmingham.
The Birmingham office is at 1 Colmore Square in the Business Quarter.
Tel: 0870 763 2000 Address: 1 Colmore Square B4 6AA
Links: Business Quarter
MartineauBirmingham Law Society (Top Menu)
The Birmingham Law Society is located on Newhall Street in the Business Quarter; it is the oldest professional association of lawyers in England and Wales having been formed in 1818 before there were any courts in Birmingham and when only 54 lawyers practiced there.
The society met at the Royal Hotel in Temple Row until 1832 when it took over the Birmingham Law Library on Waterloo Street; both the society and the library moved to Newhall Street in 1934.
The Birmingham Law Society represents over 3,000 legal professionals in the Midlands and is the largest local law society in the UK.
T 0121 222 4190 Address: 45-51 Newhall Street B3 3QR
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Business Quarter Birmingham Law SocietyBarristers Chambers in Birmingham (Top Menu)
The following barristers chambers are based in central Birmingham:
Citadel Chambers was formed in 2001 through the merger of two established Birmingham sets: 4 Fountain Court and Coleridge Chambers; it is widely regarded as a specialist criminal set although many tenants specialise in other types of work.
The chambers currently has around 54 members, including 8 silks; it is located on Corporation Street, near the Crown Court and Magistrates Court.
T 0121 233 8500 Address: 190 Corporation Street B4 6QD
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Cornwall Street Chambers is a set of around 40 barristers , including 1 silk, based on Cornwall Street in the Business Quarter; the chambers also has an annex in Shrewsbury.
The tenants generally specialise in one or two of the following areas: criminal law, regulatory law, police law, family law, civil & employment law, media law and licensing.
T 0121 233 7500 Address: 85-87 Cornwall Street B3 3BY
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Business Quarter Cornwall Street ChambersNumber Five Chambers is a set of around 200 barristers, including 22 silks, with three offices in Birmingham, Bristol and London.
The Birmingham office is based at Fountain Court on Steelhouse Lane in the Gun Quarter; the chambers handles a broad range of business.
T 0845 210 5555 Address: Fountain Court B4 6DR
Links: Gun Quarter No.5 Chambers
Saint Philips Chambers (Top Menu)
Saint Philips is a set of around 160 barristers, including 13 silks, based on Temple Row in the Business Quarter of central Birmingham.
It is a multi-disciplinary practice offering a broad range of specialisms.
T 0121 246 7000 Address: 55 Temple Row B2 5LS
Links: Business Quarter
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The following law courts are located in Birmingham:
Birmingham Employment Tribunal
(Top Menu)Birmingham Employment Tribunal is located at 1-3 Newhall Street in the Business Quarter; it is open from 9am to 5pm Monday to Friday.
The Tribunal is less than 300 metres from the taxi rank at Snow Hill Station. There is a multi-storey car park on Livery Street, barely 200 metres away. Numerous bus routes pass nearby on Colmore Row, Priory Street Queensway and Corporation Street.
Tel: 0121 236 6051 Address: Newhall Street B3 3NH
Links: Business Quarter Employment Tribunals Website
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Birmingham Magistrates Court is on Corporation Street in the Gun Quarter. It was the first assize court in Birmingham and is a grade-one-listed building whose foundation stone was laid by Queen Victoria in 1887.
Nowadays, the building is considered too antiquated for modern purposes and so a new magistrates court is under construction at Masshouse in Eastside.
Birmingham Magistrates Court is open from 9am to 5pm Monday to Friday.
Numerous bus routes pass nearby on Corporation Street, Colmore Row and Priory Street Queensway.
The court is barely 400 metres from the taxi rank at Snow Hill Station and the multi-storey car park on Dalton Street.
Tel: 0121 212 6600 Address: Corporation Street B4 6QA
Links: Gun Quarter Her Majesty Court Service Website
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Birmingham Youth Court is on Steelhouse Lane in Gun Quarter. It is open from 9am to 5pm Monday to Friday. Numerous bus routes pass nearby on Corporation Street, Colmore Row and Priory Street Queensway.
The court is barely 200 metres from the taxi rank at Snow Hill Station and barely 400 metres from the multi-storey car park on Dalton Street.
Tel: 0121 212 6600 Address: Steelhouse Lane B4 6BJ
Links: Gun Quarter Her Majesty Court Service Website
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The Civil Justice Centre is located on Bull Street in the Business Quarter.
It contains Birmingham County Court, the Birmingham District Registry of the High Court, the Family Courts and the Probate Registry. The counter is open from 10.00am to 4pm Monday to Friday.
The Civil Justice Centre is within walking distance of the bus stops on Corporation Street, Colmore Row and Priory Street Queensway. The taxi rank at Snow Hill Station is barely 300 metres away.
Tel: 0121 681 4441 Address: Bull Street B4 6DS
Links: Business Quarter Her Majesty Court Service Website
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The Queen Elizabeth II Law Courts are on Newton Road in the Business Quarter; they contain Birmingham Coroners Court and Birmingham Crown Court.
There are 16 courtrooms divided between the main building at 1 Newton Street and an annex at 4 Newton Street.
The court counter is open Monday to Friday from 9am to 5pm.
There is a multi-storey car park on Dalton Street, less than 200 metres away, and a taxi rank at Snow Hill Railway Station, barely 300 hundred metres away. Numerous bus routes pass nearby on Corporation Street, Colmore Row and Priory Street Queensway.
Tel: 0121 681 3300 Address: 1 Newton Street B4 7NA
Links: Business Quarter Her Majesty Court Service Website
Sutton Coldfield Magistrates Court
(Top Menu)Sutton Coldfield Magistrates Court is next to the police station on Lichfield Road (A5127), roughly 300 metres from Sutton Coldfield shopping centre and railway station.
The court counter is open from 9am to 5pm Monday to Friday.
There is a long stay car park on Anchorage Road, less than 200 metres from the court. Bus routes 105, 112, 196, 366, 757, 902, 903 & 905 pass nearby on the Lichfield Road.
Tel: 0121 354 7777 Address: Lichfield Road B74 2NS
Links: Sutton Coldfield Town Her Majesty Court Service Website
New Masshouse Magistrates Court
(Top Menu)A new magistrates court is under construction at Masshouse in Birmingham Eastside.
It will contain 20,600 square metres of floor space, 24 courtrooms and 13 storeys; completion is scheduled for 2013.
Links: Eastside
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