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Family Law Awards 2024 shortlist announced

Date:29 AUG 2024
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On 20th November 2024 at the Park Plaza Westminster Bridge, London, the Family Law Awards will bring the family law community together for its biggest night of the year, celebrating excellence, networking and recognising its vital contribution to society.

Following a record-breaking volume of entries for this year's Family Law Awards, we are delighted to announce the shortlist. The entries are judged by a panel of representatives from the main practitioner bodies, and being shortlisted is a major achievement in itself. 

Tables at the Family Law Awards will sell quickly now that the shortlist has been announced - so ensure that you book your table early! A limited number of Premium Tables are available for the best awards experience for you and your colleagues - click here to book now or email awards@lexisnexis.co.uk.

The event offers an unparalleled opportunity to meet and network with other family law practitioners and forge great working and referral relationships with potential clients and collaborators.

Congratulations to all shortlisted firms, practices and individuals - we look forward to seeing you at the awards ceremony in November! 

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Family Law Awards 2024 Shortlist

Family Law Clerking Team of the Year

1 Crown Office Row

3DJB

18 St John Street Chambers

Crown Chambers

Exchange Chambers

Harcourt Chambers

St John's Chambers

Westgate Chambers

 

Family Law Legal Support of the Year

Level

Stacey Wightman

Stephens Scown

The Family Law Company New Client Team

 

International Family Lawyer of the Year

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

Birketts

Clarion

Consilia Legal

Edward Cooke Family Law

Hill Dickinson

IMD Solicitors

Stephens Scown

The Family Law Company

 

Family Law Case of the Year

1GC Family Law, Spire Barristers, Goodman Ray, David Wilson Solicitors (Z (Surrogacy: Step-parent Adoption), Re [2024] EWFC 20)

1 Hare Court (Potanina (respondent) v Potanin (appellant) [2024] UKSC 3)

3DJB (K (Powers of the Family Court))

Rayden Solicitors (Re H (Step-Parent Adoption: Human Rights))

Ribet Myles (Williams v Williams)

 

Family Law Firm of the Year – London

Bindmans

Duncan Lewis Solicitors

Harbottle & Lewis

Hughes Fowler Carruthers

Hunters Law

International Family Law Group

Payne Hicks Beach

Withers

 

Family Law Firm of the Year - Midlands and Wales

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

Brabners

Cygnet Family Law

Hill Dickinson

IMD Solicitors

Makin Dixon Solicitors

Stephensons Solicitors

Stewarts

Weightmans

 

Family Law Firm of the Year – South

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

Bindmans

Cartwright King Solicitors

Dawson Cornwell

Family Rights Group

MSB Solicitors

Ringrose Law

Stephensons Solicitors

Venters Solicitors

 

Financial Remedies Team of the Year

Hunters Law

MSB Solicitors

Payne Hicks Beach

Sills & Betteridge

Wendy Hopkins Family Law Practice

 

Family Law Commentator of the Year

42BR Barristers

Bindmans and O’Sullivan Family Law

Family Law Podcast by Pump Court Chambers

Financial Remedies Journal, Class Legal

Mani Singh Basi, 4PB

Marc Etherington, Rayden Solicitors

Sarah Williams, Payne Hicks Beach

Talking Family Law - the Resolution Podcast

 

Family Law Innovation of the Year

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, 33 Bedford Row

The Mediation Space

 

Family Law Champion of the Year

Karen Barham, Moore Barlow

Annmarie Carvalho, The Carvalho Consultancy

Serena Kaur Sandhu, Hopkin Murray Beskine Solicitors

Lizzie Keogh, Corbett Le Quesne

Ceri Parker-Carruthers, Dad’s House Family Law Clinic

Christina Warner, 33 Bedford Row

 

Cornwell Award for Outstanding Contribution to Family Law

To be announced on the night

 

Family Law Community Interaction Award

Dad’s House Family Law Clinic

Family Foundation Jersey

Family Law Advice for the Neurodivergent Community (FLANC)

Maria Fogg Family Law

MSB Solicitors

TLT

Watkins Solicitors

 

Family Law Young Solicitor of the Year

Kate Brett, Dawson Cornwell

Megan Eaton, Stephens Scown

Eri Horrocks, Hunters Law

Sacha Lee, Dawson Cornwell

Felicia Munde, Stewarts

Rebekah Norman, Rayden Solicitors

Abigail Pearse, Mills & Reeve

Bethan Tapper, Wendy Hopkins Family Law Practice

 

Family Law Young Barrister of the Year

Tadhgh Barwell O'Connor, 1KBW

Lucy Bennett, 1GC

Clare Bishop, Fourteen

Emma Colebatch, 1GC

Vivien Croly, St John's Chambers

Olivia Gaunt, 4PB

Adam Kayani, Harcourt Chambers

Liam Kelly, Deans Court Chambers

 

Family Law Associate Solicitor of the Year

Aysha Chouhdary, Geldards

Rebecca Christie, Fladgate

Louise Duckett, Davis Simmonds & Donaghey

Scott Halliday, Irwin Mitchell

Kelly Harwood, Dawson Cornwell

Laura Hunter-Watkins, Penningtons Manches Cooper

Katie Male, Boodle Hatfield

Emma Williams, Harbottle & Lewis

 

Family Law Junior Barrister of the Year

Mavis Amonoo-Acquah, Harcourt Chambers

Lisa Edmunds, Unit Chambers

Simon Miller, Harcourt Chambers

Alison Moore, 1GC

Jacqueline Renton, 4PB

Mani Singh Basi, 4PB

Greg Williams, Coram Chambers

Tom Wilson, 1GC

 

Family Law Partner of the Year

Zoë Bloom, APF Bloom

Imran Khodabocus, The Family Law Company

Lucy Loizou, International Family Law Group

Nick Manners, Payne Hicks Beach

Natalie Sutherland, Burgess Mee

Karin Walker, KGW Family Law

Heather Wolfe, Wilsons Legal

Mitali Zakaria, ITN Solicitors

 

Family Law KC of the Year

Rebecca Carew Pole KC, 1 Hare Court

Nick Goodwin KC, Harcourt Chambers

Piers Pressdee KC, 4PB

Nicholas Stonor KC, 7 Bedford Row

Mark Twomey KC, Coram Chambers

June Venters KC, Venters Solicitors

Christopher Wagstaffe KC, 29 Bedford Row

Amanda Weston KC, Garden Court Chambers

 

Family Law Chambers of the Year – Regional

1 Crown Office Row

18 St John Street Chambers

Deans Court Chambers

Spire Barristers

St John's Chambers

St Philips Family Law Group

Unit Chambers

Westgate Chambers

 

Family Law Chambers of the Year – London

4PB

7 Bedford Row

29 Bedford Row

42BR Barristers

Coram Chambers

Deka Chambers

Fourteen

Harcourt Chambers

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