The 2025 Yorkshire Legal Awards shortlist
We are delighted to announce the finalists for the Yorkshire Legal Awards 2025, taking place this October.
The Yorkshire Legal Awards brings together the region’s legal community to celebrate excellence, innovation, and achievement across the profession. This year’s finalists represent the very best of Yorkshire’s legal talent, and we extend our warmest congratulations to each of them.
The awards are judged by a distinguished independent panel of experts from across the Yorkshire legal sector. We would like to express our sincere thanks to everyone who has contributed to making this year’s awards possible—especially our judging panel and its Chair, Luke Corcoran. Their time, insight, and dedication in reviewing the submissions have been invaluable.
We look forward to celebrating with all our finalists and guests in October.
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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Commercial Property
Brabners
Eaton Smith Solicitors
Freeths LLP
Mason Thomas Law
Schofield Sweeney
Walker Morris
Ward Hadaway
Category Sponsor
Empowering sustainable land and property decisions.
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Corporate & Commercial
Brabners
Chadwick Lawrence Solicitors
CMP Legal Limited
Eversheds Sutherland
Gordons LLP
Weightmans
Category Sponsor
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
Crown Chambers Criminal Law Team
GT Stewart Solicitors & Advocates
Howard and Byrne
Lupton Fawcett LLP
Switalskis Solicitors
Category Sponsor
Communicourt is the largest provider of court intermediaries in England and Wales.
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Debt Recovery
Acclaim Credit Management & Recovery
BW Legal Services Limited
Clarion
DWF Law LLP
Harwood & Co
Pepperells Solicitors
Roberts Law
Weightmans
Category Sponsor
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
Bg Solicitors
Brabners
Clarion
Crown Chambers Family Law Firm
Eaton Smith Solicitors
Hall Brown Family Law
Ridley & Hall Solicitors
Weightmans
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.
- Intellectual Property
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Litigation and Dispute Resolution
Bailoran Solicitors
Brabners
Chadwick Lawrence Solicitors
Jordans Solicitors
LCF Law
Sills & Betteridge, incorporating Bell & Buxton
Walker Morris
Weightmans
Category Sponsor
A Professional, Client Focussed and Approachable High Court Partner.
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Personal Injury and Clinical Negligence
Fletchers Group
Irwin Mitchell LLP
Ison Harrison
Jordans Solicitors
Leigh Day
Liddy’s Solicitors
Minster Law
Stewarts
Category Sponsor
Scala is a specialist marketing and PR consultancy working in the legal, healthcare and professional services sector.
- Private Client
- Regulatory & Compliance
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Residential Property
Devonshires
Emsleys Solicitors
Ison Harrison Solicitors
LCF Residential
RG Law
Switalskis Solicitors
Woodhall Solicitors
Category Sponsor
Increase productivity, improve compliance, and embrace the benefits of digital with InfoTrack.
- Best ESG Campaign and Pro Bono Initiative
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Chambers of the Year
Crown Chambers
Park Square Barristers
Parklane Plowden Chambers
Spire Barristers
Category Sponsor
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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Best In House Team of the Year
Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council
Government Legal Department
HSBC
Keepmoat
Liberty Blume
Lloyds Banking Group
National Wealth Fund
Category Sponsor
BW Legal is a dual-regulated, modern Leeds-based debt recovery specialist with 300 staff.
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Law Firm of the Year: Small
Bailoran Solicitors
Hall Brown Family Law
HanLawCo
Hägen Wolf
Howarths
Markel Law LLP
Mason Thomas Law
Levi Solicitors LLP
Morrish Solicitors LLP
Category Sponsor
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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Law Firm of the Year: Medium
Chadwick Lawrence Solicitors
Hudgell Solicitors
Ison Harrison Solicitors
Raworths
Schofield Sweeney
Thornton Jones Solicitors Ltd
Ward Hadaway LLP
Wilkin Chapman Rollits
Category Sponsor
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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Law Firm of the Year: Large
Bevan Brittan
Brabners
Switalskis
Category Sponsor
Thomson Reuters is an AI and technology company empowering professionals with trusted content and workflow automation to know now and navigate what’s next
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Niche Law Firm of the Year
Bailoran Solicitors
Buxton Coates Solicitors
Fenchurch Law
Harwood & Co
Hawkswell Kilvington
HTF Legal Ltd
Maven Radd
Roche Legal
Thrive Law
Category Sponsor
We provide specialist professional indemnity (PI) advice and insurance to professional services firms.
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Lawtech Initiative of the Year
Chadwick Lawrence Solicitors
IDR Law
Levi Solicitors LLP
Category Sponsor
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.
- In House Lawyer of the Year
- Managing Partner of the Year
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Partner of the Year
Andrew Gilchrist – Schofield Sweeney
Helen Moody – Ridley & Hall Solicitors
Kate Jackson – MJC Law
Lisette Dupre – Stewarts
Lois Monks – JWP Solicitors
Sarah Moore – Leigh Day
Sarah Rowe – Sills & Betteridge, incorporating Bell & Buxton
Tina Khanna – RG Law
Category Sponsor
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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Rising Star of the Year
Catherine Howe – Pinsent Masons LLP
Charlotte Armstrong – Leigh Day
Chelsea Harrison – Harwood & Co
Daniel Bates – Minster Law
Ellen Huison – Knights Plc
Ellen Wilkinson – Mills & Reeve LLP
Lauren Barclay – Gordons LLP
Lois Di Vito – AWB Charlesworth
Sophie Parkin – Eversheds Sutherland
Category Sponsor
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.
- Trainee Solicitor of the Year
- Yorkshire Lawyer of the Year
