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Birketts, providing a fresh approach
to legal services

Birketts is a full service, UK Top 50 law firm. With a heritage spanning 160 years, we have more than 700 lawyers and legal professionals based in Bristol, Cambridge, Chelmsford, Ipswich, London, Norwich and Sevenoaks.

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Agile enough to adapt,
but big enough to cover it all

We have deep sector expertise spanning over 15 markets. The Birketts approach means being a proactive partner, horizon scanning and thinking ahead to the challenges, changes and opportunities you may face.

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A commitment to our clients,
our staff, and the planet

We have developed an in depth four pillar ESG and CSR strategy that highlights our key commitments, complemented by KPIs and targets that allow us to track progress and over time.

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SPOTLIGHT ON:

Managing Mental Health “Critical and compassionate conversations”

This course offers a unique collaboration between Birketts and Tom Oxley of Bamboo Mental Health, which allows for two insightful viewpoints to be brought to this incredibly challenging but manageable topic.

Next event: 3 December in Birketts’ Ipswich officeGet tickets

Birketts in numbers

Discover the numbers behind Birketts, our people and our growth.

141

Partners

1100+

People

£120m

Revenue (2024/2025)

700+

Lawyers and legal professionals

42%

Female partners

#42

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Deep-dive into Birketts

Find out more about Birketts, what is important to us and our priorities with our most recent reports and reviews.

In the Press

Our latest news coverage highlights

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Metro

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Alice Harris explains that the Renters’ Rights Bill will give tenants a fair right to keep pets while balancing landlord concerns.
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Today’s Family Lawyer

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Laura Tanguay notes how crucial clear and credible evidence is in cohabitation property disputes.

Personnel Today

Matthew Newnham says the Bill’s changes to unfair dismissal could complicate processes and that reducing the qualification period would be simpler and fairer.

d&i Leaders

In d&i Leaders, Jen Leader examines how HR teams can navigate the sensitive “flag debate” while keeping workplaces inclusive.

Training

Shaping Excellence,
Legal Training

At Birketts we believe in a close partnership with our clients, we believe in giving our clients the skills to understand and navigate legal problems which they face and we believe in an approach to training which brings the law to life.

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Insights

Thought Leadership
Latest News
Upcoming Events
Health and safety law winter update webinar 
The session will cover when to have a trial, developments in fire safety, preparing for Martyn’s Law and recent case law updates.
 
9 Dec 2025 – 12:00 pm
Health and safety law winter update webinar 
Charity bitesize webinar – charity legacy disputes and how to best deal with them 
Barny Croft will be discussing the most common forms of charity legacy disputes and how to minimise their impact on charities’ legacy income.
 
3 Dec 2025 – 12:30 pm
Charity bitesize webinar – charity legacy disputes and how to best deal with them 
Construction and engineering law winter update webinar 
You’re invited to join Birketts’ construction and engineering experts on 19 November for their winter update webinar.
 
19 Nov 2025 – 12:30 pm
Construction and engineering law winter update webinar 
Part two: health and care immigration webinar
Join legal experts Sacha Wooldridge and Sara-Michelle Colvin from Birketts’ immigration team for a focused session on the latest developments in UK immigration law in relation to the health and Care sector.
 
11 Nov 2025 – 11:30 am
Part two: health and care immigration webinar
Sevenoaks: Navigating change – annual employment and immigration update
Book before 18 November for our ‘Buy one get one half price’ deal.
 
19 Nov 2025 – 9:00 am
Sevenoaks: Navigating change – annual employment and immigration update
Employment Law for HR professionals course – Norwich
This course is aimed at HR professionals – each module will take a topic that is designed to provide delegates with working knowledge of employment law, in a way that you can use practically within your organisation.
 
9 Oct 2025 – 9:30 am
Employment Law for HR professionals course – Norwich

Webinars

We are finalising the details of our next series of webinars and events. You can register here to receive invitations before anyone else.

Alternatively, please visit our YouTube channel to view a selection of our past webinars.

Contact Us
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For general enquiries please call +44 (0)808 169 4320 or send a message from our Contact us page.