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Congratulations to our 2021 Winners

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The Family Law Awards 2021 were held on the 24 November at the Bloomsbury Big Top.


Cornwell Award for Outstanding Contribution to Family Law

Peter Jones, Jones Myers

Shortlist: There is no shortlist for this award. The winner was announced on the day of the awards ceremony.


Family Law Associate Solicitor of the Year

Winner: Nasima Ahmed, Barking & Dagenham Citizens Advice

Highly Commended: Amy Fox, Penningtons Manches Cooper

Shortlist: Charlotte Coyle, Goodman Derrick LLP; Marc Etherington, Rayden Solicitors; Harpreet Sanghera, BP Legal Solicitors; Antony Wilkinson, Southgate Solicitors


Family Law Case of the Year

Winner: 1GC Family Law, 4PB, Beck Fitzgerald, Bindmans, Clerksroom, Fourteen, Goodman Ray Solicitors, Meadows Ryan Solicitors, Mills & Reeve, MyCafcass, Penningtons Manches Cooper, Scott Moncrieff: Re H-N and Others [2021] EWCA Civ 448

Highly Commended: Dawson Cornwell, Harcourt Chambers, Queen Elizabeth Building, Bindmans: G v G [2021] UKSC 9

Shortlist: 4PB: H [2020] EWCA Civ 664 H; Harcourt Chambers, NGA Law: Re X (2020); Goldsmiths Chambers: MCP, C-603/20 PPU; Mills & Reeve: London NHS Trust v CD & Ors [2021] EWCOP 727


Family Law Chambers of the Year

London: 1GC Family Law

Highly Commended: Harcourt Chambers

Shortlist: 4PB; 42 Bedford Row; 9 Gough Chambers; Pump Court Chambers

Regional: Exchange Chambers

Highly Commended: Park Square Barristers

Shortlist: 3PB Barristers; KCH Garden Square Barristers; Spire Barristers; St John's Chambers


Family Law Chartered Legal Executive of the Year

Winner: Sarah McCarthy, Hill Dickinson

Shortlist: Melissa Arnold, Bindmans; Claire Holland, Holland Family Law; Claire Ward, Langleys


Family Law Clerking Team of the Year

Winner: Coram Chambers

Shortlist: 29 Bedford Row; 3PB Barristers; 5 Pump Court Chambers; Crown Chambers; Pump Court Chambers


Family Law Commentator of the Year

Winner: Yasmin Khan-Gunns, BLM

Shortlist: Rachel Cooper, Coram Chambers; Family Law in Lockdown, 36 Family, Anthony Gold and Expatriate Law; Professionally Embarrassing: a family law podcast, Malvika Jaganmohan (St Ives Chambers) and Madeleine Whelan (FOURTEEN); Alex Ruck Keene, 39 Essex Chambers; Louisa Whitney, LKW Mediation


Family Law Community Interaction Award

Winner: Rights of Women

Highly Commended: NGA Law

Shortlist: Berry Smith LLP; Charles Russell Speechlys LLP; The Group Hug Ltd; O'Sullivan family law


Family Law Dispute Resolution Team of the Year

Winner: Family Law Partners

Highly Commended: Anthony Gold Solicitors

Shortlist: Consilia Legal; Hunters Law LLP; Lightfoots Solicitors LLP


Family Law Firm of the Year

London: Forsters LLP

Highly Commended: Kingsley Napley LLP

Shortlist: Hughes Fowler Carruthers; Osbornes Law; Taylor Rose MW; Wilsons Solicitors LLP

Midlands & Wales: Anthony Collins Solicitors

Highly Commended: Ringrose Law

Shortlist: Howells Solicitors; Nelsons; Rotheras; Shakespeare Martineau

North: Jones Myers

Highly Commended: Consilia Legal

Shortlist: Makin Dixon Solicitors; McAlister Family Law; MSB Family Law; Susan Howarth & Company Solicitors

South: Family Law Partners

Highly Commended: Lyons Davidson

Shortlist: Coffin Mew LLP; Corbett Le Quesne; Ian Walker Family Law and Mediation Solicitors; SA Law LLP


Family Law Innovation of the Year

Winner: CourtNav FL401

Highly Commended: The Carvalho Consultancy

Shortlist: 3PB Reach; Living Apart Parenting Together, The Divorce Surgery; The Happy Co-Parent, Burgess Mee Family Law; Integrated Dispute Resolution


Family Law Junior Barrister of the Year

Winner: Andrew Powell, 4PB

Highly Commended: Dr Charlotte Proudman, Goldsmith Chambers

Shortlist: Chris Barnes, 4PB; Alev Giz, 1GC Family Law; Eleri Jones, 1GC Family Law; Richard Sear, 1 Hare Court


Family Law Partner of the Year

Winner: Henry Hood, Hunters Law LLP

Highly Commended: Graeme Fraser, OGR Stock Denton LLP

Shortlist: Barbara Corbett, Corbett Le Quesne; Grainne Fahy, BLM; Emine Mehmet, Duncan Lewis Solicitors; Krina Parmar, Duncan Lewis Solicitors


Family Law QC of the Year

Winner: Teertha Gupta QC, 4PB

Highly Commended: Edward Devereux QC, Harcourt Chambers

Shortlist: Christopher Hames QC, 4PB; Richard Harrison QC, 1 King's Bench Walk; Mark Twomey QC, Coram Chambers; June Venters QC, Venters Solicitors


Family Law Young Barrister of the Year

Winner: Srishti Suresh, Coram Chambers

Highly Commended: Paige Campbell, Harcourt Chambers

Shortlist: Tadhgh Barwell O'Connor, 1 King's Bench Walk; Liam Kelly, Deans Court Chambers; Roxane Reiser, 1 Hare Court; Emma Spruce, 4PB


Family Law Young Solicitor of the Year

Winner: Yasmin Khan-Gunns, BLM

Highly Commended: Bethan Carr, Penningtons Manches Cooper

Shortlist: Holly Covington, OGR Stock Denton LLP; Marianna Michaelides, Bindmans LLP; Emily Alice Reed, Duncan Lewis Solicitors; Henna Sajid, Duncan Lewis Solicitors


International Family Lawyer of the Year

Winner: Daniel Eames, Michelmores

Highly Commended: Helen Newman, Duncan Lewis Solicitors

Shortlist: Janet Broadley, Goodman Ray; Alison Green, Mackrell.Solicitors; Samara Iqbal, Aramas Family Law; Roxane Reiser, 1 Hare Court


Family Law Wellbeing Award

Winner: Consilia Legal

Highly Commended: Kingsley Napley LLP

Shortlist: The Carvalho Consultancy; The Family Law Company; Pump Court Chambers; Senate House Chambers