Slater and Gordon

Slater and Gordon is one of the UK’s leading consumer law firms, with over 85 years of experience providing affordable legal services. The firm’s reputation is built on the breadth of expertise offered by its lawyers and staff, supported by extensive practical experience across a wide range of legal disciplines.

The firm has specialist teams in serious and complex personal injury, including road traffic collisions, workplace accidents, cycling and motorcycling accidents, public liability, sporting incidents, and military accidents. Its personal injury lawyers are experienced in catastrophic injury cases such as brain and spinal cord injuries, amputations, orthopaedic injuries, and fatal accidents. Slater and Gordon also has one of the country’s most successful medical negligence teams, with expertise in cases involving misdiagnosis, delayed diagnosis, cosmetic surgery, orthopaedic injuries, amputations, spinal and brain injuries, and birth injuries.

The industrial disease team provides comprehensive services in this field, with a dedicated asbestos litigation unit experienced in mesothelioma, asbestos-related lung cancer, asbestosis, and pleural thickening. The firm has been involved in landmark asbestos cases, reinforcing its prominence in this area. Its abuse law specialists are widely recognised for their role in high-profile cases, advocacy for victims, and campaigning efforts that influenced legal reforms, including mandatory reporting of child abuse. The travel litigation team handles claims involving accidents and illnesses abroad, drawing on significant experience in cross-border injury and illness cases.

The Court of Protection team acts on behalf of vulnerable individuals lacking mental capacity, managing assets exceeding £400 million across more than 300 clients. The team provides advice to professional and lay deputies, assists with disputes, and advises on statutory wills and gifts.

In addition to these specialist services, Slater and Gordon offers a wide range of consumer legal services. Its award-winning employment law team provides nationwide representation and is recognised for expertise across all areas of employment law. The family law department handles divorce, separation, prenuptial agreements, financial disputes, children’s matters, civil partnerships, and cohabitation, with a team known for professionalism and experience. The wills, tax, trusts, and probate team specialises in estate planning, inheritance tax, care home fee planning, and probate administration. Residential conveyancing services include freehold and leasehold transactions, re-mortgaging, transfers of equity, and equity release schemes.

The firm also provides dispute resolution services, with expertise in negotiation, arbitration, mediation, and litigation, covering civil litigation, estate disputes, insurance disputes, landlord and tenant matters, and consumer contract law. Its criminal defence lawyers represent clients in road traffic defence, regulatory defence, professional conduct, and business crime cases, with experience in Magistrates’ Court, Crown Court, and Court of Appeal proceedings.

Slater and Gordon is further recognised for its leadership in class actions and group litigation, having managed high-profile cases involving product liability, negligent financial advice, mis-selling, employment rights, pensions, consumer rights breaches, and personal injury. Notable cases include Thalidomide, interest rate swap mis-selling, and the VW emissions scandal