LexisNexis Legal Awards 2025 Shortlist

 

Law Firm of the Year
Cripps
Hägen Wolf
Hussain Solicitors
IMD Solicitors
Keystone Law
Olliers Solicitors
Pepperells Solicitors
Stephens Scown

 

Case of the Year
11KBW, 39 Essex Chambers, 4 Pump Court, Anthony Gold Solicitors, Bar Council, Capsticks, Devereux Chambers, Five Paper, Landmark Chambers, Law Society of England and Wales, McDermott Smith Law, Stewarts, Williams Powell, Quadrant Chambers, Ropewalk Chambers, Unity Street Chambers (Churchill v Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council (Law Society intervening) [2023] EWCA Civ 1416)
11KBW, Blackstone Chambers, Duncan Lewis Solicitors, Landmark Chambers, Matrix Chambers (R (on the application of A (Syria) and others) (Cross) v Secretary of State[2023] UKSC 42)
11KBW, Government Legal Department, Goodenough Ring Solicitors, Lewis Silkin, Old Square Chambers (R (on the application of Independent Workers Union of Great Britain) v Central Arbitration Committee (Roofoods Ltd t/a Deliveroo, interested party) [2023] UKSC 43)
Cornerstone Barristers, Garden Court Chambers, Landmark Chambers and Leigh Day Solicitors (Finch v Surrey County Council [2024] UKSC 20)
Devereux Chambers and Irwin Mitchell Solicitors (TUI UK Ltd v Griffiths [2023] UKSC 48)
Fountain Court Chambers, Government Legal Department, Three New Square, Williams Powell, Brown, Neri, Smith & Khan
 (Thaler v Comptroller-General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks [2023] UKSC 49)
Queen Elizabeth Building, Fourteen, Keystone Law and Mishcon de Reya (Re A and B (schedule 1: arbitral award: appeal [2024] EWHC 778 (Fam))

Costs Law Team of the Year
Bolt Burdon Kemp
Clarion
DWF Costs
Eversheds Sutherland
Gatehouse Chambers
Glaisyers ETL
Horwich Farrelly
Keoghs

 

Chambers of the Year
Sponsored by AlphaBiolabs
4 New Square Chambers
5 Essex Chambers
7BR
11KBW
Atkin Chambers
Crown Chambers
New Park Court Chambers
Quadrant Chambers

 

In-House Team of the Year
Capgemini UK
EIR
KONE
KX Legal
Lenovo
PepsiCo UK
UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) 

 

International Team of the Year
Sponsored by Appleby
IMD Solicitors
Mountfitchet Group
Personio
Spencer West
Tapestry Compliance
Zodia Custody

 

Knowledge Management Award
Carpmaels & Ransford
Penningtons Manches Cooper
RPC
Stewarts
White & Case

 

Pro Bono Award
Duncan Lewis Solicitors
End-To-End Housing Clinic (Clifford Chance, Cooley, and Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom)
HAB Law  
Impact 100
Not Beyond Redemption
Osborne Clarke
Travers Smith
Working Families

 

Award for Diversity and Inclusion
7BR
Bates Wells
Christina Warner, 33 Bedford Row
HAB Law
IMD Solicitors
John Dove, Speed Mooting and Charterhouse Chambers
Mani Sigh Basi, 4pb
Womble Bond Dickinson

 

Award for Wellbeing
Birkett Long
Covington and Burling
Glaisyers ETL
IMD Solicitors
RPC
Setfords
Stephens Scown
Unit Chambers

 

Award for Sustainability
Bates Wells
RPC
Sharpe Pritchard
Stephens Scown
Weightmans

    

Award for Customer Focus
Allectus Law
Bolt Burdon Kemp
Dr Naheed Ghauri, Justice for Sisters
KX Legal
RPC
Spencer Shaw Solicitors
Stephens Scown
Tapestry Compliance

 

Award for Business Development
5 Essex Chambers
Devereux Chambers
HAB Law
Pepperells Solicitors
RPC
Spencer West
Unit Chambers
Weightmans

 

Award for Legal Services Innovation
Acuity Law
BCG
Culver Law
HAB Law
Lenovo
Maternity Action
Personio Legal Team
The Divorce Surgery

 

Award for Legal Supplier Innovation
BigHand
Courtney Legal
Justice for Sisters, Dr Naheed Ghauri
Luminance 
ParentAssess
The Carvalho Consultancy (TCC)

 

Deal of the Year
Morrison Foerster, Investment in Wayve Technologies
RPC, MOH Nippon
RPC, Womens Professional Leagues (WPLL)
Sidley Austin, Sunac China Holdings

 

Employment Law Team of the Year
7BR
11KBW
Devereux Chambers
Foot Anstey
Leigh Day
Protect
Spencer Shaw Solicitors
Winckworth Sherwood

 

The Halsbury Award for Rule of Law
English-Ukrainian Rule of Law Dictionary (Birmingham Law School)
Essex Law Clinic (University of Essex)
Face Equality International (Reed Smith, Bank of America & Amazon)
Gaza Hostages Advocacy (Adam Wagner, Doughty Street Chambers & Adam Rose, Mishcon de Reya)
LGBTQ+ Law Clinic CIC
School Inclusion Project (Garden Court Chambers, Communities Empowerment Network, Coram Children’s Legal Centre & Law centres Network)
Therium

 

Legal Personality of the Year
Jason Beer KC, 5 Essex Chambers
Annmarie Carvalho, The Carvalho Consultancy
Bilal Farooq, Greystone Solicitors
Basharat Hussain, Hussain Solicitors
Stephen Kinsella, Law for Change
Ollie Persey, Garden Court Chambers
John Schorah, Weightmans
Christina Warner, 33 Bedford Row
To be voted for by the legal community
Click here to place your vote

 

Dispute Resolution Award

Devonshires Solicitors
Hägen Wolf
RLK Solicitors
Thomas Mansfield Solicitors

 

Trainee Scheme of the Year

Accutrainee
FLD Paralegal Academy, Family Law Group
Flex Trainee, Flex Legal
RG Law Conveyancing Academy
Trainee Innovation Seat, Trowers & Hamlins 

 

University Commercial Impact Award

ARU Law Clinic, Anglia Ruskin University
Aston University
Essex Law School, University of Essex
Northumbria University Law School
qLegal, Queen Mary University of London
Sheffield Hallam University
University of Reading
University of Sussex

 

University Pro Bono Award

Aberdeen Law Project
Community Legal Outreach Collaboration Keele (CLOCK), Keele University
Hertfordshire Law School, University of Hertfordshire
Manchester Law School, Manchester Metropolitan University
Queen Mary Legal Advice Centre, Queen Mary University of London
Reach out to Survivors, University of Chester
University of Leicester Legal Advice Clinic 
University of London Refugee Law Clinic

 

Lifetime Contribution Award
To be announced on the night
 
 

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