Manleys

At Manleys Solicitors, we are a team of specialist commercial litigation solicitors, defamation lawyers, and reputation protection experts. We are dedicated to protecting the privacy, reputations, rights, brands, and confidentiality of private individuals and organisations across the UK. Whether you are a private individual or a business, we understand the importance of maintaining control over your reputation, brand, and commercial interests.

Our Services

We offer a range of services to ensure you get the result you need. Our areas of expertise include commercial litigation, confidentiality, content clearance, corporate reputation, defamation, directors and shareholders, employment law, family law, contentious probate, healthcare and medical intellectual property, media, music, phone hacking, politics, privacy, professional negligence, publishing, social media, and sports.

We have over 100 years' combined experience of acting in all manner of contract and negligence disputes. Our team of specialist litigators is recognised by independent legal directory guides for our first-class litigation capability. We have particular expertise in resolving disputes within the media, entertainment, and sports sectors, involving high-value matters and sensitive commercial and reputational issues.

Our team of experts is on hand 24/7 to take control of issues affecting your reputation, brand, and commercial interests. We are committed to providing you with expert advice and guidance to achieve the result you need. Whether you are facing a complex litigation dispute, a defamation claim, or a reputation management issue, we are here to help.

Our Expertise

Our areas of expertise include shareholder disputes and fallouts, contract disputes, partnership disputes, professional negligence, negligence claims, trust actions, misfeasance claims, validity claims, and unfair prejudice. We have represented clients in a wide range of cases, including:

• Successfully representing a claimant employer in an action against former employees for high-value, complex employee fraud
• Representing a number of high-profile celebrities and professional sportspeople in phone hacking claims against the Mirror Group and News Group
• Advising a professional musician in a complex derivative claim and shareholder dispute, and intellectual property dispute against his former band
• Representing former football players in highly sensitive historic sexual abuse claims

What Our Clients Say

"Manleys are THE pre-eminent firm of their kind. Immediate response 24/7, total fluency in the issues and excellent, senior advice at a most reasonable cost. Mark Manley, he knows his field probably better than any other practitioner." - Alex Sandberg, General Legal Counsel, ASOS

"Mark Manley's assistance was a master class in litigation tactics." - Richard Jennings, Align Research Ltd

"Manleys impressed us from the off. Their advice was quick, decisive and, more importantly, it worked. They achieved the result we needed under considerable time pressure." - Andrew Magowan, General Counsel & Company Secretary, ASOS

Get in Touch

At Manleys Solicitors, we are committed to providing you with expert advice and guidance to achieve the result you need. If you have any questions or concerns about your reputation, brand, and commercial interests, please do not hesitate to contact us. We are here to help.