Murgitroyd and team shine in WIPR’s first UK patents rankings

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Catherine Bonner

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Terence Broderick

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Elspeth Doyle

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James D Brown

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Michael Marchant

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A digital badge showing WIP rankings for the most highly recommended UK patent firms in 2025.

This new guide offers an independent and in-depth assessment of firms’ strengths across both contentious and non-contentious patent matters.

Our inclusion reflects the breadth of our experience across prosecution, transactions, and litigation and the trust placed in us by clients and peers. 

We’re also delighted that several of our colleagues have been individually recognised for their work, an endorsement of the depth of talent across our team. Congratulations to the following colleagues on their inclusion: 

A special congratulations to Gabrielle Radault, who has also been named as a Highly Recommended individual in these rankings.

Following a series of recent rankings and award wins, we continue to build on this momentum by delivering exceptional patent advice and service to our clients. Our commitment to excellence remains steadfast as we strive to meet the evolving needs of the UK and global IP markets. 

You can read more about the rankings on the WIPR website. 

Meet the authors

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About Catherine Bonner

Dr Catherine Bonner files and prosecutes patent and design applications across a wide range of mechanical engineering and physics-based subject matter, including medical technologies,...
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About Terence Broderick

Terence’s practice focuses on the areas of artificial intelligence and cybersecurity, with an emphasis on the automotive and healthcare fields, in which he is passionate about the real-world...
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About Elspeth Doyle

Elspeth Doyle joined the profession in 2006, after completing a Bachelors (Hons) degree in Chemistry with Patent Law at the University of Manchester. Her degree included a sandwich year of...
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