Family Law Awards 2022: Winners & Finalists
FAMILY LAW CLERKING TEAM OF THE YEAR - Sponsored by Taylor Rose MW
WINNER: 1 Hare Court
FINALISTS:
1GC Family Law
4PB
5 Pump Court
42 Bedford Row
Crown Chambers
INTERNATIONAL FAMILY LAWYER OF THE YEAR - Sponsored by London & Capital Wealth and Asset Management
WINNER: Byron James (Expatriate Law)
HIGHLY COMMENDED: James Netto (International Family Law Group)
FINALISTS:
Sonny Patel (Expatriate Law)
Colin Rogerson (Mills & Reeve)
FAMILY LAW AWARD FOR WELLBEING - Sponsored by Goldsmith Chambers
WINNER: Shakespeare Martineau
HIGHLY COMMENDED: Senate House
FINALISTS:
Consilia Legal
Burgess Mee Family Law
Rayden Solicitors
Stephens Scown
FAMILY LAW CASE OF THE YEAR - Sponsored by 42 Bedford Row Barristers
WINNER: 3 Dr Johnson’s Buildings, 33 Bedford Row, 36 Family, 4PB, 42 Bedford Row, Bastian Lloyd Morris, Crane & Staples Solicitors, David Barney & Co Solicitors, Garden Court Chambers, Philcox Grey Solicitors
(H-W (Children) [2022] UKSC 17)
FINALISTS:
1 Hare Court, 1GC Family Law, 1KBW, Twenty Essex Street, 39 Essex Chambers, 5RB, Blackstone Chambers, Harbottle & Lewis, Payne Hicks Beach, Pump Court Tax Chambers, Queen Elizabeth Building Chambers
(His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum v Her Royal Highness Princess Haya Bint Al Hussein)
1GC Family Law, 4PB, Coram Chambers, Doughty Street Chambers, Goldsmith Chambers, Moseleys, Nelsons, Rights of Women, St Ives Chambers, St John’s Chambers, TV Edwards
(Griffiths v Tickle)
39 Essex Chambers, Central Chambers, Browne Jacobson, DAC Beachcroft, Deans Court, Forbes Solicitors, Temperley Taylor
(Wigan BC v Y (Refusal to Authorise Deprivation of Liberty) [2021] EWHC 1982 (Fam))
11KBW, 4PB, Bevan Brittan, Bindmans, Harcourt Chambers, Magdalen Chambers
(Somerset County Council v NHS Somerset Clinical Commissioning Group & Ors [2022] EWFC 31)
FAMILY LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR: LONDON - Sponsored by Evelyn Partners
WINNER: Burgess Mee
HIGHLY COMMENDED: Goodman Ray
FINALISTS:
Kingsley Napley
Osbornes Law
Payne Hicks Beach
Vaitilingam Kay
FAMILY LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR: MIDLANDS AND WALES - Sponsored by KCH Garden Square
WINNER: Wendy Hopkins Family Law Practice
HIGHLY COMMENDED: Glover Priest
FINALISTS:
Family Law Group
Lodders
Shakespeare Martineau
Sills & Betteridge
FAMILY LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR: NORTH - Sponsored by Detach Lending
WINNER: Weightmans
HIGHLY COMMENDED: Consilia Legal
FINALISTS:
Lawmans
MSB
Myerson
Slater Heelis
FAMILY LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR: SOUTH - Sponsored by Deka Chambers
WINNER: The Family Law Company
HIGHLY COMMENDED: Blandy & Blandy
FINALISTS:
Boardman Hawkins & Osborne
Cripps
Edward Cooke Family Law
Lyons Davidson
CHILDREN LAW TEAM OF THE YEAR - Sponsored by etiCloud
JOINT WINNER: 1GC Family Law
JOINT WINNER: Bindmans
FINALISTS:
Dawson Cornwell
Freemans
Jones Myers
Russell Cooke
FINANCIAL REMEDIES TEAM OF THE YEAR - Sponsored by 3 Bolt Court Chambers
WINNER: Harbottle & Lewis
FINALISTS:
Clarion
Goodman Ray
Hunters
Kingsley Napley
Myerson
FAMILY LAW COMMENTATOR OF THE YEAR - Sponsored by Today's Family Lawyer
WINNER: Mani Basi - 4PB
FINALISTS:
Oluwapelumi Amanda Adeola - BHP Law
Family Law Live! - 36 Family, Anthony Gold and Expatriate Law
The Family Law Language Project
Professionally Embarrassing: a family law podcast
FAMILY LAW INNOVATION OF THE YEAR - Sponsored by Ampla Finance
WINNER: Carvalho Consultancy
HIGHLY COMMENDED: Burgess Mee Family Law and Mimoza Fleur
FINALISTS:
Mediation Space
Our Family Wizard
ParentAssess
Parenting Apart
CORNWELL AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO FAMILY LAW - Sponsored by 4PB
His Honour Anthony Cleary OBE
FAMILY LAW COMMUNITY INTERACTION AWARD - Sponsored by AlphaBiolabs
WINNER: Not Beyond Redemption & Duncan Lewis Solicitors
HIGHLY COMMENDED: Coram Chambers
FINALISTS:
Christina Warner (Goldsmith Chambers)
KCH Garden Square
Parenting Apart
SKB Law
FAMILY LAW YOUNG SOLICITOR OF THE YEAR - Sponsored by 1GC | Family Law
WINNER: Hannah Marshall (Bindmans)
HIGHLY COMMENDED: Jessica Leech (Wilson Browne)
FINALISTS:
Jazmin Brown (Howard Kennedy)
Vikkie Chetcuti-Gee (Burgess Mee)
Benjamin Pitman (Peters May)
Adam Smith (Blaser Mills)
FAMILY LAW YOUNG BARRISTER OF THE YEAR - Sponsored by BRIEFED
WINNER: Natasha Miller (Harcourt Chambers)
HIGHLY COMMENDED: Henrietta Boyle (1 Hare Court)
FINALISTS:
Niamh Daly (1GC Family Law)
Malvika Jaganmohan (St Ives Chambers)
Frankie Shama (4PB)
Clarissa Wigoder (4PB)
FAMILY LAW ASSOCIATE SOLICITOR OF THE YEAR - Sponsored by OurFamilyWizard
WINNER: Shanika Varga Haynes (Stowe)
HIGHLY COMMENDED: Darren Hark (Vaitilingam Kay)
FINALISTS:
Daniel Chalmers (Clintons)
Liza Gatrell (Stowe)
Jennifer Headon (Birketts)
Sharon Sloam (SMB)
FAMILY LAW JUNIOR BARRISTER OF THE YEAR - Sponsored by Harcourt Chambers
WINNER: Alexander Laing (Coram)
HIGHLY COMMENDED: Nicholas Wilkinson (1 Hare Court)
FINALISTS:
Lisa Edmunds (Unit Chambers)
Zira Hussain (Broadway House Chambers)
Jamal Jeffers (KCH Garden Square)
Naomi Wiseman (Garden Court)
FAMILY LAW PARTNER OF THE YEAR - Sponsored by Clerksroom
WINNER: Keeley Lengthorn (Taylor Rose)
HIGHLY COMMENDED: Natalie Sutherland (Burgess Mee)
FINALISTS:
Oluwapelumi Amanda Adeola (BHP Law)
Edward Cooke (Edward Cooke Family Law)
Alison Leivesley (Bindmans LLP)
Krina Parmar (Duncan Lewis)
FAMILY LAW KC OF THE YEAR - Sponsored by Cansford Laboratories
WINNER: Denise Gilling KC (1GC Family Law)
HIGHLY COMMENDED: Philip Cayford KC (29 Bedford Row)
FINALISTS:
Nicholas Cusworth KC (1 Hare Court)
Barbara Mills KC (4PB)
June Venters KC (Venters)
FAMILY LAW CHAMBERS OF THE YEAR: REGIONAL - Sponsored by Level
WINNER: Spire Barristers
HIGHLY COMMENDED: St John's Buildings
FINALISTS:
Crown Chambers
Deans Court
Park Square Barristers
Senate House
FAMILY LAW CHAMBERS OF THE YEAR: LONDON - Sponsored by Hunters
WINNER: 42 Bedford Row
HIGHLY COMMENDED: Harcourt Chambers
FINALISTS:
1 Hare Court
Deka Chambers
Pump Court
