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Craig MacKenzie provides legal services exclusively through Forbes Solicitors. He does not accept instructions through this website or separately from his role at Forbes Solicitors.

All legal enquiries are directed to Craig in his professional capacity at Forbes Solicitors.

Personal professional website. Legal services are provided exclusively through Forbes Solicitors.

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Qualifications & Accreditation

  • Solicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales

    Solicitors Regulation Authority

  • Higher Courts Rights: Criminal

    Law Society of England and Wales

  • Criminal Litigation Accreditation

    Law Society of England and Wales

Professional Memberships

  • Law Society of England and Wales

    Member

  • Criminal Law Solicitors Association (CLSA)

    Member

  • Preston Law Society

    President

How We Work

  • Direct Partner Access

    Your case is led personally by Craig MacKenzie. You have direct access to your solicitor, with all key decisions, strategy and advice provided at partner level. Behind the scenes, Craig is supported by an experienced legal team to ensure your case is progressed efficiently without compromising on the quality of advice.

  • Professional Confidentiality

    Enquiries and instructions are handled with the professional confidentiality obligations that apply to solicitors. Client matters are not discussed with third parties.

  • Specialist in Professional & Regulatory Risk

    Particular expertise in cases where criminal investigation intersects with professional regulatory proceedings.

  • Regulated Practice Through Forbes Solicitors

    Craig practises through Forbes Solicitors, a firm authorised and regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority. Instructions accepted by the firm carry the professional obligations of a regulated solicitor.

Independent Recognition

Legal 500 United Kingdom 2026: Recommended Lawyer badge

Legal 500 UK 2026: Recommended Lawyer

Awarded to Craig MacKenzie

Chambers UK 2026: Ranked Lawyer badge, Craig MacKenzie

Chambers UK 2026: Ranked in UK

Awarded to Craig MacKenzie

Doyle's Guide Criminal Law 2026: Leading Criminal Lawyer badge, Craig MacKenzie

Doyle's Guide Criminal Law 2026: Leading Criminal Lawyer

Awarded to Craig MacKenzie

Spear's 500 2026: Recommended, Criminal Lawyers

Ranked among the best criminal lawyers for high-net-worth individuals in the UK; awarded to Craig MacKenzie

Making an Initial Enquiry

By emailing or telephoning Craig, you are making an initial enquiry to him in his professional capacity at Forbes Solicitors. You are not instructing this website or Craig in any independent capacity.

Sending an enquiry does not create a solicitor–client relationship and does not mean that Craig or Forbes Solicitors has agreed to act.

Any instruction must first be accepted by Forbes Solicitors following the firm’s usual procedures. These may include conflict and risk checks, identification and verification requirements, agreement about the work to be undertaken and the issue of formal engagement documentation.

Unless and until Forbes Solicitors confirms in writing that it has accepted your instruction:

  • do not assume that Craig or Forbes Solicitors is acting for you;
  • do not assume that any deadline or time limit is being protected; and
  • no action will necessarily be taken on the information supplied.

A conflict of interest or another professional obligation may prevent Craig or Forbes Solicitors from acting.

For an initial enquiry, please provide only the information reasonably necessary for Craig to understand the general nature and urgency of the matter. Do not send extensive documents before being asked to do so.