We are delighted to announce the shortlist for the Law Society Excellence Awards 2016, proudly sponsored by Eclipse Legal Systems. The event, celebrating its 10th anniversary, will take place on Thursday 20th October at Hilton Park Lane.
The judges were extremely impressed with the high calibre of nominations, and had an overwhelming number of entries to consider as there were a record number of applications this year. After much deliberation, the panel of VIP judges whittled down the entries to the final shortlist of firms and individuals below:
Excellence in Business Development
Aspire Law LLP
Cleveland & Co Associates Limited
Duncan Lewis Solicitors
Family First Solicitors
FBC Manby Bowdler LLP
GA Solicitors
Martin Searle Solicitors
Ridley & Hall Legal Limited
Watkins and Gunn
Excellence in Client Service
Cohen Davis Solicitors
Dawson Hart
EMG Solicitors Limited
ESPHR
Gardner Leader
The Jackson Canter Group
Kinsey & Co Solicitors
Roberts Jackson
Stuart Miller Solicitors
Wollen Michelmore LLP
Excellence in Diversity & Inclusion
Berwin Leighton Paisner LLP
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Dentons
Latham & Watkins LLP
Paul J Watson Solicitors
Roche Products Limited with Byfield Consultancy
Travers Smith LLP
Excellence In-house
Action for Children
British Heart Foundation
Carlson Wagonlit Travel
Coca-Cola Enterprises Limited
GB Group Plc
Nottinghamshire County Council
OneSavings Bank Plc
Spire Healthcare Group Plc
Suffolk Legal
Travis Perkins Plc
Excellence in International Legal Services
Anjarwalla & Khanna
Burges Salmon LLP
CM Murray LLP
Centil Law Firm (formerly Colibri Law Firm)
Dentons
James Love Legal Ltd
Magnusson
PLMJ
Shulmans LLP
Travers Smith LLP
Excellence in Learning & Development
Bircham Dyson Bell LLP
Higgs & Sons
Hogan Lovells
Palmers Solicitors
Paul Hastings LLP
Shakespeare Martineau
Shoosmiths LLP
Simpson Millar LLP
Stephenson Harwood LLP
Suffolk Legal
Excellence in Marketing & Communications
Browne Jacobson LLP
Carr & Co Solicitors
Eric Robinson Solicitors
Giles Wilson LLP
Hogan Lovells
Martin Searle Solicitors
Stephens Scown LLP
Wollen Michelmore LLP
Excellence in Private Client Practice
Farnfields Solicitors
Fisher Jones Greenwood LLP
Giles Wilson LLP
Hugh Jones Solicitors
Moore Blatch LLP
Pinney Talfourd LLP Solicitors
Randall & Phillips LLP
The Burnside Partnership
Thomson Snell & Passmore LLP
Wollen Michelmore LLP
Excellence in Pro Bono
DLA Piper UK LLP
Duncan Lewis Solicitors, Cardiff Pro Bono Clinic
Huddersfield Law Society Uganda Twinning Group
The Jackson Canter Group
Nottingham Law School Legal Advice Centre
Paul J Watson Solicitors
Simmons & Simmons
Excellence in Technology
DigitalLawUK Ltd
Family Law Partners
Fisher Jones Greenwood LLP
Labrums Solicitors LLP
Reed Smith LLP
Shakespeare Martineau
Watkins and Gunn
Solicitor Advocate of the Year
Robin Denford, Bristol City Council
Simon Heaney, Heaney Watson
Simon Jones, Crown Prosecution Service
John-Paul MacNamara, McMillan Williams Solicitors Ltd
Adam Tear, Duncan Lewis
Ranjit Uppal, Switalskis Solicitors
The Law Society Gazette Legal Personality of the Year
Marcia Willis Stewart, Birnberg Peirce
Susan Ridge, Army Legal Services
Sir Nigel Knowles, DLA Piper
Julia Salasky, CrowdJustice
Zoe Gascoyne, Quinn Melville
James Thornton, ClientEarth
Human Rights Lawyer of the Year
Andrew Arthur, Fisher Meredith LLP
Mark Stephens, Howard Kennedy
Adam Tear, Duncan Lewis
Chris Topping, The Jackson Canter Group
Solicitor of the Year – In-house
Mark Beer OBE, DIFC Courts
Sophia Dirir, Action for Children
Tim Earl, Suffolk Legal
Mark Harris, NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership, Legal & Risk Services
Tabatha Mossman, Roche Products Limited
Rishi Sharma, InterContinental Hotels Group
Su (Sujata) Sharma, Skanska UK Plc
Junior Lawyer of the Year
Emma Brooksbank, Simpson Millar LLP
Keiley Broadhead, ACCA
Rhiannon Jones, Lester Morrill
Daniel Krigers, Chadwick Lawrence LLP
Shaheen Mamun, Milestone Solicitors
Laura McKoy, Farrer & Co LLP
Lois Kaylee Monks, JWP Solicitors
Rick Thomas, Shoosmiths LLP
Elissa Thursfield, Gamlins Law Ltd
Solicitor of the Year – Private Practice
Susan Bartfield, Lester Morrill
Melinda Giles, Giles Wilson LLP
John Halford, Bindmans
Neeru Hutchinson, Appleby Shaw
Caroline Landes, McMillan Williams Solicitors Ltd
Daniela Nickols, Mowbray Woodwards
Rebecca Stevens, Withy King LLP
Woman Lawyer of the Year
Lesley Fairclough, Ward Hadaway
Ruth Grant, Hogan Lovells
Charlotte Heiss, RSA Insurance Group Plc
Rachel Horman, Watson Ramsbottom Limited
Karen Elizabeth Jackson, Didlaw Limited
Carolyn Jameson, Skyscanner
Sharon Needle, Needle Partners
Carolyn Pepper, Reed Smith LLP
Ritu Sethi, The Sethi Partnership Solicitors
Elizabeth Warhurst, North West Leicestershire District Council
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