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Family Law Awards 2015 – the biggest and best yet

Date:9 OCT 2015
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Family lawyers in England and Wales celebrated their many successes and outstanding achievements at the fifth annual Family Law Awards last night.


Over 450 family lawyers attended the Family Law Awards at the Grand Connaught Rooms in London to acknowledge and celebrate the hard work and commitment throughout the year amongst the nominees and the profession as a whole.

The shortlist and winners were chosen by a judging panel made up of the heads of the Family Law Bar Association Resolution CILEx and the Association of Lawyers for Children along with Family Law editors and publishing executives.

In keeping with tradition three of this year's awards were voted for by the family law community (Chartered Legal Executive or Paralegal Commentator and the brand new Clerking Team award) with votes across all three categories flooding in at an all-time high.

Full of panache and personality Sir Mark Hedley hosted the ceremony expertly. There were raucous revelries standing ovations and the unique sense of camaraderie that...

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