LexisNexis Announces Winners of Prestigious LexisNexis Legal Awards 2018

UK News

16
Mar
2018

Editor

LexisNexis UK, a leading global provider of information and analytics, today announced the winners of the LexisNexis Legal Awards 2018 (formerly known as the Halsbury’s Legal Awards), at a sparkling ceremony held at the Sheraton Grand.

These prestigious awards, presided over by a judging panel of leading figures in the legal world, celebrate the values the legal community embodies, which are prized by the profession and wider community. The awards, which were launched in 2013, were renamed in 2018 to mark the 200th anniversary of LexisNexis.

The winners were as follows:

• Pro Bono Award - Refugee Legal Support Athens 
• Award for Diversity & Inclusion - CILEx Law School 
• PSL / Knowledge Award - Addleshaw Goddard (Corporate PSL team) 
• Award for Legal Services Innovation - Clerksroom
• Award for Legal Supplier Innovation - F-LEX 
• Legal PR / Media Comms Award - Solicitors for the Elderly (the fight for fairer probate fees) 
• Award for Business Development - Cripps LLP 
• Award for Wellbeing - Setfords Solicitors 
• Award for Customer Focus - Serjeants' Inn Chambers 
• Award for International Legal Services - Hogan Lovells 
• The Halsbury Award for Rule of Law - Shanta David / Unison Legal Services 
• Law Firm of the Year - Fenchurch Law 
• In House Team of the Year - Reprieve 
• Chambers of the Year - Serjeants' Inn Chambers 
• Legal Personality of the Year - Dana Denis-Smith 
• Lifetime Contribution Award - Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury

Christian Fleck, Managing Director, LexisNexis UK & Ireland, said: “The LexisNexis awards are designed to champion the truly exceptional work and contribution of the legal profession in both the industry and society. It’s the efforts of those who have won this evening, and those who were shortlisted, that make our industry so successful. Our congratulations to the winners and those shortlisted for their efforts.”