Legal 500
There are two main comprehensive independent annual guides to the UK legal profession:
These are both thoroughly researched, and they publish league tables of recommendations of firms and individual solicitors for particular categories of work, on a region-by-region basis.
The research is based on recommendations by clients and by other members of the legal profession. They are published in book form and are also accessible free-of-charge online.
The Legal 500
I have been recommended in each annual edition of The Legal 500 for publishing work since 1994, when I was a partner at Rubinstein Callingham. I am also included in their annual Legal Experts publication.