Three and easy as Leeds solicitor wins planning honour A Leeds solicitor is celebrating after planning solicitors and consultants rated him the best practitioner in the field for the third year running.Peter Wilbraham, partner at Wilbraham & Co, came top in Planning magazine's annual survey of UK planning lawyers.

His niche firm came second in the league table of law firms, pipped by pre-merger Berwin Leighton, which has won two planning awards in a week - see left.Mr Wilbraham described the accolade as a 'real tribute', adding: 'You only get there if you've got a really good team.'The survey also found that Denton Wilde Sapte was the third most popular law firm according to planning solicitors, while SJ Berwin & Co and Herbert Smith came in at fourth and fifth respectively.

A separate poll of barristers put Ashursts at number two after Berwin Leighton, followed by Herbert Smith, with Eversheds and Nabarro Nathanson sharing joint fourth place.

Barristers voted Berwin Leighton partner Tim Hellier best individual planning solicitor.Roger Lancaster of Manchester firm Halliwell Landau was rated the best planning solicitor-advocate.Paula Rohan