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Who We Are

A legal gateway, strategy partner, and claimant support service.

Special Counsel began because we discovered that too many claimants were losing time, money, and leverage by approaching the wrong lawyers, the wrong firms, or the wrong forum.

 

Our team comprises senior lawyers with experience across employment, regulatory, tax, criminal, immigration and commercial disputes. We represent claimants directly in a range of forums, including employment disputes and pre-action commercial and civil disputes; and we work with an extensive network of specialist practitioners and firms for wider disputes that are required to be issued through the senior courts of England & Wales. We also offer assistance in investigations roles where sensitive or independent expertise is required.  

 

Our role is to:

 

  • identify the true legal nature of a problem,

  • determine the correct procedural and strategic route, and

  • ensure matters are handled by lawyers with the appropriate expertise; either advice and representation by the experienced team directly, or referral to appropriate counsel in our network and beyond.

Our Story

Legal Expertise

Special Counsel brings together senior lawyers with deep experience across employment law, discrimination, and strategic advisory work in complex and regulated sectors.

Our lawyers have led and supported matters in industries ranging from financial services, pharmaceuticals and medical cannabis to emerging regulatory environments, advising on disputes, governance, and legal strategy since 2019.

We created Special Counsel after seeing how often claimants lack a clear starting point, forced to make critical decisions without proper structure or early strategic guidance.

Our role is to provide clarity at the outset: assessing the legal issues, risks, and options before matters become costly or misdirected.

We advise realistically, strategically, and with focus - ensuring claims are properly framed, supported, and pursued with intent.

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Lewis Building

35 Bull Street

Birmingham

B4 6EQ

Copyright © 2026 Special Counsel. All rights reserved. Special Counsel is a trading name of Magic Circle Consulting Limited registered in England and Wales with company number 10901034 and VAT number 277136682. Our registered office is the Lewis Building, 35 Bull Street, Birmingham, B4 6EQ and C/O Str84ward Accounting. Special Counsel is a legal consultancy and our lawyers are independently authorised and regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA). As we do not provide reserved legal activities (such as transfers of land, probate or administration of oaths, for example) the company itself is not, and is not required to be, regulated by the SRA as a law firm. Further details of our operating model and insurance arrangements can be found in our terms of business. The information on this website is for general informational purposes only and does not constitute legal advice. Accessing or using this site does not create a solicitor-client relationship between you and Special Counsel. We make no guarantees about the accuracy, completeness, or timeliness of the information provided. For legal advice tailored to your business, please contact us directly. Links to external sites are provided for convenience only and do not constitute endorsements.

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