HFC has retained its Tier 1 ranking for Private Client – Family, in The Legal 500 UK 2016, with Frances Hughes, Pauline Fowler, Alex Carruthers, Mark Harper and Renato Labi all ranked as ‘Leading Individuals’.

Legal 500 commented: “At Hughes Fowler Carruthers ‘there is no weak link – the whole team impresses’ with its ability to ‘deal with the most complex and highly contentious cases without losing sight of the needs of the client’. Frances Hughes is ‘indomitable and shrewd; you want her in your corner’. Also recommended are Pauline Fowler, who is ‘just superb all round’; Renato Labi, who ‘explains complex issues in a very user-friendly way’; the ‘excellent’ Alex Carruthers; the ‘totally switched-on’ Caroline Park; and Mark Harper, who is highly rated for his ‘in-depth knowledge of trusts’.”

Click here to view the Private Client – Family rankings.

HFC has also retained its Tier 2 ranking in Private Client – Family: Mediation, with Pauline Fowler being ranked as a ‘Leading Individual’.

Legal 500 commented: “Hughes Fowler Carruthers has the ‘excellent’ Pauline Fowler, who is ‘really brilliant at mediation’, and Frances Hughes, who has ‘pitch-perfect judgement on when to take points and when to drop them’.”

Follow this link to view the Private Client – Family: Mediation rankings.