Written 17th October 2024 by Olliers Solicitors
Olliers Solicitors are delighted to have been recommended as a Band One Firm in Crime in the Northwest in the Chambers UK 2025 Guide which has today been published (Thursday 17th October 2024).
Band One Crime
The Chambers Guide 2025 comments as follows:
‘Olliers maintains a strong presence in Manchester, handling a variety of serious criminal law work. The team is well placed to act for clients on the full range of serious crime matters such as murder and manslaughter, terrorism, firearms offences and drug supply cases. The firm is also praised for its expertise in sexual offence cases and fraud.’
Quotes from the Guide include:
- ‘They deal with developments proactively and the lawyers always have a detailed and forensic knowledge of the evidence in their cases.’
- ‘Olliers is a very good firm with a strong team and reputation.’
Matthew Claughton, Recommended Lawyer
Our Managing Director Matthew Claughton has been listed as a recommended lawyer in the 2025 Guide. The Guide states:
‘Matthew Claughton acts as managing director at Olliers and is an established criminal defence lawyer. He has particular expertise in defending serious crime allegations including multi-handed murder charges, and he is experienced in representing youth defendants.’
Quotes about Matthew include:
- ‘He provides good advice and prepares his cases very well.’
- ‘His ability to anticipate developments is excellent.’
- ‘Matthew has an incredibly fast mind and can identify case strategies and tactics from the very first piece of police disclosure.’
- ‘Matthew is a very good lawyer who is tactically very astute and works very hard.’
- ‘Matthew Claughton is extremely organised and sensible.’
Richard Cornthwaite
Partner Richard Cornthwaite has also been listed as a ranked lawyer for Financial Crime:
‘Richard Cornthwaite of Olliers in Manchester advises clients on allegations of conspiracy to defraud and corruption investigations.’
Olliers Solicitors, Leading Criminal Defence Law Firm
Olliers is firmly established as one of the UK’s leading criminal defence and regulatory law firms specialising in the defence of individuals, businesses and other organisations across a broad range of corporate and financial crime, regulatory breaches, serious crime, sexual offences, professional discipline, inquests and public inquiries.
In 2024 we won the award for Crime Team of the Year at the Manchester Legal Awards for the seventh time.
We are a Top Tier firm in the Legal 500 2025 and a Times Best Law Firm.
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Olliers is one of the UK’s leading criminal defence and regulatory law firms, specialising in the defence of individuals, businesses, and other organisations across a broad range of corporate and financial fraud crime, regulatory offences, serious crime and sexual offences. We act in professional discipline matters. We use the same skillset to represent individuals and organisations facing criticism before inquests and public inquires.
