Senior Partner: Wendy Wright
- Number of partners: 9
- Number of other fee-earners: 39
- Total Staff: 61
THE FIRM Osbornes LLP is North London’s private client firm of choice, advising clients all over London, the UK and overseas. The firm specialises in family, personal injury, conveyancing, property litigation, landlord and tenant contentious estates, wills, probate and disputed estates.
Both the firm and individual solicitors have for many years been highly rated by Chambers for both legal expertise and excellent client service. Osbornes prides itself on being a firm with a social conscience, committed in access to justice for all; therefore Osbornes offers legal advice to the local community on a pro bono basis through a number of forums and organisations. The firm also offers a specialist Collaborative law service to its family law clients.
Many in the firm have specialist accreditations and hold external appointments which bring an extra level of expertise and know-how to the advice Osbornes provide to clients.
PRINCIPAL AREAS OF WORK
Family: Divorce, financial disputes, freezing of assets, separation and prenuptial agreements, disputes about children, child abduction and adoption, both domestic and international public law children proceedings and cohabitee disputes. Many of the team are accredited specialists with the Law Society and Resolution, including in mediation and collaborative law.
Personal Injury: Brain and spinal injuries, fatal accidents, road traffic accidents, work accidents; public and product liability and criminal injuries compensation claims.
Property: Residential and commercial sales and purchases, leasehold enfranchisement; licences to underlet, remortgages, auction purchases, transfers of equity, staircasing leases, lease variations and licences for alterations.
Property Litigation: Landlord and tenant disputes, leasehold enfranchisement; restrictive covenants, rights of way/easements and disputes concerning interpretation of leases. All aspects of housing law are handled including homelessness, possession proceedings, disrepair, unlawful eviction and transfer applications.
Private Client: Preparation of wills and administration of estates by accredited specialists, including tax considerations, powers of attorney, trusts, deeds of gift, disputed estates and intestacy.
Areas of PracticeFamily: 40%
Personal Injury: 30%
Property Litigation: 15%
Property : 10%
Wills & Probate: 5%