About
Managing Partner: Pauline Wild
Number of partners: 61
Number of associates: 44
Number of solicitors: 37
Other fee-earners: 122
THE FIRM
Forbes Solicitors is known for its strong commercial and private client expertise and is one of the largest firms in the North.
Forbes operates nationally in a number of sectors including Education, Insurance and Housing and Regeneration. Clients include a number of PLCs, as well as smaller businesses, leading insurers, registered providers, local authorities, educational establishments and many OMBs.
PRINCIPAL AREAS OF WORK
Commercial Services:
Commercial Property, Corporate, Commercial, Debt Recovery, Dispute Resolution, Employment & HR, Insurance and White-Collar Crime.
Sector focus on Education, Construction & Infrastructure, Housing and Regeneration, Manufacturing and Engineering, Regulatory, Technology & Digital and Public Sector.
Private Client Services:
Contentious Wills, Conveyancing, Clinical Negligence, Crime, Family, Financial Services, Personal Injury & Wills, Probate, Tax & Trusts.
International:
The firm supports businesses and individuals across jurisdictions worldwide with both contentious and non-contentious work; everything from wanting to do business abroad, to overseas disputes and white collar crime. Forbes is a member of LawPact, meaning that it can draw on the expertise of other firms internationally, across over 60 jurisdictions.
Ranked Offices
Provided by Forbes
- BlackburnRutherford House, 4 Wellington St (St Johns), Blackburn, Lancashire, UK, BB1 8DD
- Tel: 01254 222399
- View ranked office
- PrestonGround Floor, Buckingham House, Glover's Court, Preston, Lancashire, UK, PR1 3LSView ranked officePrestonGround Floor, Oak House, 28 Sceptre Way, Walton Summit, Preston, Lancashire, UK, PR5 6AWView ranked office
Forbes rankings
![Crime](https://assets-cdn.chambers.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down/https://media.chambers.com/organisations/400304/ebbde8a5-fd01-415c-91ba-361341c191ae/profile.png)
![Craig Liversidge](https://assets-cdn.chambers.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down/https://media.chambers.com/individuals/3316410/64980e37-f932-4dd5-815e-22ebb1693dd1/profile.png)
![Craig Mackenzie](https://assets-cdn.chambers.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down/https://media.chambers.com/individuals/3323617/10851bbc-603b-4b38-8d10-667b54cdffdf/profile.png)
![Real Estate: up to £10 million](https://assets-cdn.chambers.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down/https://media.chambers.com/organisations/400304/ebbde8a5-fd01-415c-91ba-361341c191ae/profile.png)
![Social Housing](https://assets-cdn.chambers.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down/https://media.chambers.com/organisations/400304/ebbde8a5-fd01-415c-91ba-361341c191ae/profile.png)
![Lachlan McLean](https://assets-cdn.chambers.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down/https://media.chambers.com/individuals/3304445/98fb3445-d670-4559-af0e-3d4700c3c70a/profile.png)
![Shirley Faragher](https://assets-cdn.chambers.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down/https://media.chambers.com/individuals/3304511/79f3c6f0-7445-4e7b-9705-0aa9cc81c9ad/profile.png)
![Financial Crime](https://assets-cdn.chambers.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down/https://media.chambers.com/organisations/400304/ebbde8a5-fd01-415c-91ba-361341c191ae/profile.png)
![Craig Liversidge](https://assets-cdn.chambers.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down/https://media.chambers.com/individuals/3316410/64980e37-f932-4dd5-815e-22ebb1693dd1/profile.png)
![Personal Injury: Mainly Defendant](https://assets-cdn.chambers.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down/https://media.chambers.com/organisations/400304/ebbde8a5-fd01-415c-91ba-361341c191ae/profile.png)
![Kella Bowers](https://assets-cdn.chambers.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=scale-down/https://media.chambers.com/individuals/3311299/80ab00f3-6832-499b-9a2d-86d17108cdf0/profile.png)