The 2024 Yorkshire Legal Awards shortlist
The Yorkshire Legal Awards brings together the region’s legal community to recognise and celebrate its many achievements.
The awards are judged by a prestigious independent panel made up of experts from across the Yorkshire legal community.
Key Dates for Your Diary
All the dates you need for the Yorkshire Legal Awards 2026
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Entry deadline 26 June 2026 -
Shortlist July 2026 -
Awards ceremony 8 October 2026
Shortlist
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Best ESG Campaign
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Devonshires was founded over 150 years ago. We provide expert legal services to clients throughout the UK from our offices in Leeds, London, Birmingham, and Colchester.
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Chambers of the Year
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Leigh Day is a law firm established to combat injustice. Championing the underdog, the firm stands against entities and their wrong doings.
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Commercial Property
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Strikes professional debt collection and enforcement solutions return what is rightfully yours.
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Corporate & Commercial
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tmGroup is an award-winning provider of conveyancing technology and data solutions, making property transactions smoother, smarter, and more secure for over 25 years.
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Criminal Law
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Communicourt is the largest provider of court intermediaries in England and Wales.
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Debt Recovery
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Directed by the UK's largest team of authorised High Court Enforcement Officers, we provide a comprehensive range of recovery solutions for businesses, organisations and individuals.
- Employment Law
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Family Law
Blacks Solicitors‘ Family Law Team
Broadway House Chambers‘ Zira Hussain
Category Sponsor
Award winning Spire Barristers offer a dynamic and forward-thinking approach, which is both specialist and personal to the needs of all our clients and barristers, in an increasingly demanding environment.
- In-House Lawyer
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In-House Team of the Year
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BW Legal is a dual-regulated, modern Leeds-based debt recovery specialist with 300 staff.
- Intellectual Property
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Law Firm of the Year: Large
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LexisNexis® Enterprise Solutions offers Lexis® Omni, a technology platform for legal service delivery, and Lexis® Visualfiles™.
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Law Firm of the Year: Medium
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Our comprehensive cloud-based platform combines matter management, document handling, and legal accounts oversight into a single solution that’s purpose-built for law firms.
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Law Firm of the Year: Small
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We are an award-winning multi-disciplinary set of barristers based in Birmingham and Leeds, widely recognised as one of the most forward-looking barristers' chambers in the UK.
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LawTech Initiative of the Year
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For over a decade, PEXA has led the way in digital property transactions, revolutionising Australia's housing market and facilitating secure, efficient home settlements for over 20,000 families each week. PEXA’s platform and services are used in 90% of all property transactions in Australia.
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Litigation & Dispute Resolution
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A Professional, Client Focussed and Approachable High Court Partner.
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Managing Partner of the Year
Frederick Solicitors‘ Jonathan Frederick
HTF Legal Ltd‘s Helen Forster
Inspire Legal Group’s Natalie Foster
Thrive Law’s Jodie Hill
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In the evolving digital landscape of legal services, where informed decisions are a click away, ReviewSolicitors stands as the UK's primary source of information and a beacon for new clients seeking legal representation, guiding them through the often complex realm of legal services.
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Niche Law Firm of the Year
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We provide specialist professional indemnity (PI) advice and insurance to professional services firms.
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Partner of the Year
CMP Legal Limited‘s Anna Cattee
Fenchurch Law‘s Daniel Robin
Hawkswell Kilvington‘s Rachel Heald
Irwin Mitchell LLP‘s Oliver Collett
Leigh Day‘s Bethany Sanders
Minton Morrill/Fletchers Solicitors‘ Sahida Patel
rradar‘s Stephanie Thirlwell
Schofield Sweeney‘s Leo Jones-Rowe
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As one of the UK’s largest providers of legal due diligence data for residential and commercial property transactions, SearchFlow has supported over 5,000,000 instructions with more than 26,000,000 searches to date.
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Personal Injury & Clinical Negligence
Slater and Gordon’s Jodie Cook
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Scala is a specialist marketing and PR consultancy working in the legal, healthcare and professional services sector.
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Private Client
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Win more business for your law firm with our range of customisable lead capture tools, including dynamic conveyancing quote calculators and automatic follow-up features.
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Regulatory & Compliance
DWF Law LLP‘s regulatory compliance and investigations team
Lupton Fawcett LLP‘s regulatory and corporate defence team
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Park Square Barristers are the largest multi-disciplinary set on the North Eastern Circuit.
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Residential Property
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Increase productivity, improve compliance, and embrace the benefits of digital with InfoTrack.
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Rising Star of the Year
AWB Charlesworth‘s Aqeelah Bahadar
Brabners‘ Junaid Sohail
DLA Piper UK‘s Sofia Wyzykiewicz
Duncan Lewis Solicitors’ Talat Manir
HTF Legal Ltd‘s Leighan Banks
Irwin Mitchell‘s Charlotte Pegg
Knights‘ Zoe Murphy
Weightmans‘ Sophie Hudson
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We are a modern, forward-thinking law firm specialising in residential conveyancing with an expert new-build team dedicated to delivering our clients a 5-star service.
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Trainee Solicitor of the Year
Crockett & Co Solicitors’ Emily Pimblett
Fraser Masood Solicitors‘ Maryam Razzaq
HTF Legal Ltd’s Abbie Brackenbury
Irwin Mitchell’s Charley-Travis Brennan
Newport Land and Law Limited’s Axsa Nazar
RG Law’s Rakib Uddin
rradar’s Chloe Crooks
Taylor Emmet Solicitors’ Bailey Wright
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Tremark Associates is an experienced and reputable process serving and professional investigation business, established in 1995.
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Yorkshire Lawyer of the Year
Broadway House Chambers’ Zira Hussain
Eversheds Sutherland‘s Paul Verrico
Gordons LLP‘s Lauren Wills-Dixon
Howard and Byrne Solicitors‘ Colin Byrne
Inspire Legal Group‘s Chris Fry
Switalskis‘ John McQuater
Ward Hadaway LLP‘s Emma Digby
Womble Bond Dickinson‘s James Love
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Empowering sustainable land and property decisions.
