Leading UK Criminal Firm Lansbury Worthington

Lansbury Worthington has nearly 50 staff, including 25 solicitors and 3 in-house barristers, the firm is one of the largest criminal law specialists in London and, indeed, the UK. Although they cover cases countrywide they still like stay close to the firms roots and help those clients in and around the West London area.

How long have you used Cognito

Cognito have supplied Lansbury Worthington with their software for nearly 15 years. The firm originally bought our software from a personal recommendation. Out of the 50 staff at Lansbury Worthington the majority use Cognito on a daily basis, Ben Lansbury Senior Partner Comments “The system has enabled our staff to become more efficient in managing the case workload whilst increasing the fee earners output with little extra resource needed. Implementing Cognito has also helped the Partners of the firm to manage resources and outputs more easily and get a better understanding where the practice is at any given time"

More About Lansbury Worthington

Lansbury Worthington has many years experience and covers all areas of criminal law ranging from simple Road Traffic Offences to Murder. They are Lexcel accredited, have Law Society Specialist status and have the Legal Services Commission Specialist Quality Mark.

The firm’s expertise includes not just defending common charges in the Magistrates’ Court and the Crown Court but also more complex investigations of
•    Fraud & forgery
•    Confiscation proceedings or restraint and receivership proceedings under proceeds of crime legislation
•    Money laundering
•    Computer crime & internet offences
•    Customs & Excise and Revenue offences
•    Conspiracy to allegations
•    Extradition proceedings
•    Anti-social behaviour orders and applications.
The firm are also members of the VHCC (Very High Cost Case) panel.
In 2011 the firm was heavily involved representing clients facing large scale prosecutions brought by DEFRA and by the HSE.

Lansbury Worthington also has considerable experience in the field of personal injury claims and compensation and are members of the Law Society Personal Injury Panel, the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers, The College of Personal Injury Law and the London Accident Link solicitors’ group.

Their specialism in both criminal and personal injury law means they are well placed to offer expert advice on bringing claims against police and against the Court Service, and they have had some notable successes in this field. In employment law they specialise particularly in the area of drafting of and advising on compromise agreements when employment is due to be terminated by redundancy or on agreed terms, but can advise on all areas of employment law.

Working with Cognito

We have always found Cognito to be attentive to our needs, this has been the case since we installed the earlier versions of the software 15 years ago and has continued to this day.

The software has streamlined everyday tasks for our staff and also has enabled greater teamwork to be achieved throughout the office and across departments.

Further information

If you would like to speak with Lansbury Worthington please contact them via email info@lansbury-worthington.co.uk or call them on 020 8563 9797 you can also visit their website on: http://www.lansbury-worthington.co.uk.

If you would like to arrange an appointment to view the Cognito software then please complete our online request form HERE or call us on 0121 314 7745.