The winners of the Family Law Awards 2024 were announced on Wednesday 20 November at a glamorous evening event at the Park Plaza Westminster Bridge.
The winners are as follows:
Family Law Clerking Team of the Year
Sponsored by Pinney Talfourd
WINNER: Westgate Chambers
Finalists
1 Crown Office Row, Brighton
3DJB
18 St John Street Chambers
Crown Chambers
Exchange Chambers
Harcourt Chambers
St John's Chambers
Westgate Chambers
Family Law Legal Support Team of the Year
WINNER: The Family Law Company New Client Team
Finalists
Level
Stacey Wightman, Willsons Solicitors
Stephens Scown
The Family Law Company New Client Team
International Family Lawyer of the Year
WINNER: Andrew Powell, 4PB
HIGHLY COMMENDED: Carolina Marin Pedreño, Dawson Cornwell
Finalists
Byron James, Expatriate Law
Kim Lehal, RWK Goodman
Carolina Marin Pedreño, Dawson Cornwell
Andrew Powell, 4PB
Mani Singh Basi, 4PB
Kevin Skinner, Goodman Ray
Family Law Workplace of the Year
Sponsored by Sills & Betteridge
WINNER: Birketts
Finalists
Birketts
Clarion
Consilia Legal
Edward Cooke Family Law
Hill Dickinson
IMD Solicitors
Stephens Scown
The Family Law Company
Family Law Case of the Year
Sponsored by 42BR Barristers
WINNER: 3DJB, New Court Chambers, Pump Court Chambers, Harcourt Chambers, 36 Family, 10KBW, Bretherton Law part of GT Stewart, Pathfinder Legal Services, Machins Solicitors, Bastian Lloyd Morris Solicitor Advocates (K (Powers of the Family Court))
HIGHLY COMMENDED: 1 Hare Court, Payne Hicks Beach (Potanina (respondent) v Potanin (appellant) [2024] UKSC 3)
Finalists
1GC Family Law, Spire Barristers, Goodman Ray, David Wilson Solicitors, Burgess Mee, Harcourt Chambers (Z (Surrogacy: Step-parent Adoption), Re [2024] EWFC 20)
1 Hare Court, Payne Hicks Beach (Potanina (respondent) v Potanin (appellant) [2024] UKSC 3)
3DJB, New Court Chambers, Pump Court Chambers, Harcourt Chambers, 36 Family, 10KBW, Bretherton Law part of GT Stewart, Pathfinder Legal Services, Machins Solicitors, Bastian Lloyd Morris Solicitor Advocates (K (Powers of the Family Court))
Rayden Solicitors, Harcourt Chambers, Freemans Solicitors, 1GC Family Law (Re H (Step-Parent Adoption: Human Rights))
Ribet Myles (Williams v Williams)
Family Law Firm of the Year – London
Sponsored by Evelyn Partners
WINNER: Duncan Lewis Solicitors
HIGHLY COMMENDED: Payne Hicks Beach
Finalists
Bindmans
Duncan Lewis Solicitors
Harbottle & Lewis
Hughes Fowler Carruthers
Hunters Law
Payne Hicks Beach
The International Family Law Group
Withers
Family Law Firm of the Year - Midlands and Wales
Sponsored by St John’s Chambers
WINNER: Sills & Betteridge
HIGHLY COMMENDED: Watkins and Gunn
Finalists
Family Law Group
Geldards Family Team
Irwin Mitchell
JCP Solicitors
Robertsons Solicitors
Shakespeare Martineau
Sills & Betteridge
Watkins and Gunn
Family Law Firm of the Year – North
WINNER: Makin Dixon Solicitors
HIGHLY COMMENDED: Stephensons Solicitors
Finalists
Brabners
Cygnet Law
Hill Dickinson
IMD Solicitors
Makin Dixon Solicitors
Stephensons Solicitors
Stewarts
Weightmans
Family Law Firm of the Year – South
Sponsored by Deka Chambers
WINNER: Rayden Solicitors
Finalists
Birketts
Corbett Le Quesne
Edward Cooke Family Law
Pinney Talfourd Solicitors
Rayden Solicitors
Stephens Scown
Trethowans
Watkins Solicitors
Family Law Children’s Law Team of the Year
Sponsored by New Court Chambers
WINNER: Family Rights Group
HIGHLY COMMENDED: MSB Solicitors
Finalists
Bindmans
Cartwright King Solicitors
Dawson Cornwell
Family Rights Group
MSB Solicitors
Ringrose Law
Stephensons Solicitors
Venters Solicitors
Financial Remedies Team of the Year
Sponsored by Class Legal
WINNER: Hunters Law
HIGHLY COMMENDED: MSB Solicitors
Finalists
Hunters Law
MSB Solicitors
Payne Hicks Beach
Sills & Betteridge
Wendy Hopkins Family Law Practice
Family Law Commentator of the Year
Sponsored by OurFamilyWizard
WINNER: Talking Family Law - the Resolution Podcast
HIGHLY COMMENDED: Marc Etherington, Rayden Solicitors
Finalists
42BR Barristers
Family Law Podcast by Pump Court Chambers
Financial Remedies Journal, Class Legal
Mani Singh Basi, 4PB
Marc Etherington, Rayden Solicitors
Melissa Arnold and Maeve Lucey of Bindmans and Jo O'Sullivan of O’Sullivan Family Law
Sarah Williams, Payne Hicks Beach
Talking Family Law - the Resolution Podcast
Family Law Innovation of the Year
Sponsored by Level
WINNER: Family Law Advice for the Neurodivergent Community (FLANC)
Finalists
Family Law Advice for the Neurodivergent Community (FLANC)
FLD Academy, Family Law Group
MSB Solicitors
SeparateSpace
The Co-Parent Way
The Divorce Surgery Online Courses
The Family Law Breakfast Club (Jamil Mohammed and Christina Warner)
The Mediation Space
Family Law Champion of the Year
Sponsored by 1 Crown Office Row
WINNER: Serena Kaur Sandhu, Hopkin Murray Beskine Solicitors
Finalists
Karen Barham, Moore Barlow
Annmarie Carvalho, TCC
Serena Kaur Sandhu, Hopkin Murray Beskine Solicitors
Lizzie Keogh, Corbett Le Quesne
Ceri Parker-Carruthers, Dads House Family Law Clinic
Christina Warner, 33 Bedford Row
Cornwell Award for Outstanding Contribution to Family Law
Sponsored by 4PB
WINNER: David Salter
Family Law Community Interaction Award
Sponsored by Alphabiolabs
WINNER: Dads House Family Law Clinic
HIGHLY COMMENDED: Family Law Advice for the Neurodivergent Community (FLANC)
Finalists
Dads House Family Law Clinic
Family Foundation, Royal Court of Jersey
Family Law Advice for the Neurodivergent Community (FLANC)
Maria Fogg Family Law
MSB Solicitors
TLT
Watkins Solicitors
