LexisNexis Legal Awards 2026 Shortlist

Law Firm of the Year Award
Adam Benedict 
DHM Stallard 
Garrick Law
Glaisyers ETL
Hägen Wolf 
IMD Solicitors
Law 365 
Russell-Cooke

Case of the Year Award
BDW Trading Ltd v URS Corporation Ltd [2025] UKSC 21 (Osborne Clarke, Blackstone Chambers, Serle Court, Falcon Chambers, Monckton Chambers, Keating Chambers)
Duncan Lewis Solicitors v Lord Chancellor (Duncan Lewis)
Merricks v Mastercard [2025] CAT 28 (Willkie Farr & Gallagher (UK) LLP)
Ministry of Defence v Global Media and Entertainment Ltd (Afghan Super-Injunction) [2025] EWHC 1806 (Admin) (Doughty Street Chambers)
Municipio De Mariana v BHP Group (UK) Ltd [2025] EWHC 3001 (Pogust Goodhead, One Essex Court, Twenty Essex Court)
R (National Council for Civil Liberties) v Secretary of State for the Home Dept (Public Law Project intervening) [2025] EWCA Civ 571 (Blackstone Chambers)
R v Hayes, R v Palombo [2025] UKSC 29 (Karen Todner, QEB Hollis Whiteman)
SKAT v Solo Capital Partners LLP [2025] EWHC 2364 (Comm) (Keystone Law, Gatehouse Chambers, Meaby & Co)
Thatchers v Aldi [2025] EWCA Civ 5 (Stephens Scown)

Costs Law Team of the Year Award
Sponsored by The Association of Costs Lawyers
Bolt Burdon Kemp
Clyde & Co
Gatehouse Chambers
Glaisyers ETL
Harman GJK
Horwich Farrelly
Irwin Mitchell

Chambers of the Year Award
Sponsored by AlphaBiolabs
4-5 Gray’s Inn Square 
Doughty Street Chambers 
Garden Court Chambers 
Gatehouse Chambers 
Littleton Chambers 
Park Square Chambers 
Quadrant Chambers
XXIV Old Buildings

In-House Team of the Year Award
Klarna
McDonalds Restaurants
Motorway Online
Prosus Group
Skipton Building Society
St Helens Borough Council 
Velindra University NHS Trust
Zodia Custody

International Team of the Year Award
Doughty Street Chambers  
Eversheds Sutherland  
Expatriate Law
Linkilaw Solicitors
Tapestry Compliance
Zodia Custody

Knowledge Management Award
Charles Russell Speechlys 
Meta Platforms
Scots Law Talks 
Tenet Law
Travers Smith

Pro Bono Award
Afghan Pro Bono Initiative (Refugee Legal Support)
Astraea Group
Raza Halim (Garden Court Chambers)
Global Talent How To Clinic (FairGo CIC)
Lege Expertia
Mishcon de Reya
Ruby’s Law (Christina Warner)
The Social Finance Hot Desk (Prime Advocates)

Diversity and Inclusion Award
Sponsored by RG Law
Foot Anstey 
Garden Court Chambers
Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
Judge & Priestley
Narita Bahra KC, Garrick Law
Tapestry Compliance
Womble Bond Dickinson
Yanoulla Kakoulli, Judge & Priestley

Wellbeing Award
Adam Benedict 
Glaisyers ETL
IMD Solicitors
Judge & Priestley  
Olliers Solicitors
Pepperells Solicitors
Stephens Scown
Unit Chambers

Customer Focus Award
5 Essex Chambers
Collins Solicitors
Graphene Legal
Law 365 
LegalVision 
MDU Services
Nockolds
Spencer Shaw Solicitors

Business Development Award
Cripps 
Harbottle & Lewis
ILEX Law Group
RLK Solicitors
RPC
Taylor Wessing 
Ward Hadaway 
Weightmans

Legal Services Innovation Award
360 Law Group 
AltraLaw
American Express Legal Services Team
Excello Law
FairGo CIC
LegalVision
Lewis Silkin
Meta Platforms

Legal Supplier Innovation Award
BigHand
Dr Naheed Ghauri  
Haast 
Karen Eckstein Limited  
TCC

Deal of the Year Award
Barclays Investment Bank and Atrato Onsite Energy (Hogan Lovells)
EP Group Take-Private of International Distribution Services (Slaughter and May, Kirkland & Ellis, Paul, Weiss, Linklaters)
Financing of Cleve Hill Solar Park, Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners (Norton Rose Fulbright)
Haweswater Aqueduct Resilience Programme (Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer, United Utilities)
Medik8 Inflexion Deal (Taylor Wessing)
Tideway Blue Bond (Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer, Lloyds, Bazalgette Finance)

Employment Law Team of the Year Award
Blackstone Chambers
Brabners
Constantine Law
Foot Anstey
Freshfields
Stephens Scown
Stephensons Solicitors
TMP Solicitors

The Halsbury Award for Rule of Law
Adam Benedict
Bruce Dearling, Hepworth Browne
Debevoise & Plimpton
John Gould, Russell-Cooke
RLK Solicitors
The Animal Law Foundation
The Vavengers: King & Spalding, WilmerHale
Travers Smith

Legal Personality of the Year Award
Aisling Byrne, Nera Capital
Grant Cameron, Trethowans
Des Collins, Collins Solicitors
Adam Creasey, Adam Benedict
Basharat Hussain, Hussain Solicitors
Stephen Kinsella OBE, Law for Change
Christina Warner, 33 Bedford Row
To be voted for by the legal community
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Dispute Resolution Award
Brabners
Glaisyers ETL
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius UK
RLK Solicitors
RPC
Stewarts Commercial Litigation Team
Tenet Law
Thomas Mansfield Solicitors

Trainee Scheme of the Year Award
Duncan Lewis Solicitors
Family Law Group
Foot Anstey
RG Law
RPC 

University Commercial Impact Award
Oxford Brookes Law School
University of Birmingham Law School
University of Edinburgh
University of Glasgow School of Law
University of Hertfordshire
University of Winchester

University Pro Bono Award Award
King’s Legal Clinic, King’s College London
Northumbria University Student Law Office
Southampton Solent University Law Clinic
University of Birmingham Law School
University of East London Legal Advice Centre
University of Hertfordshire Law School
University of Southampton Global Legal Clinic
University of Strathclyde Law Clinic

Lifetime Contribution Award
To be announced on the night

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