Award Shortlist

#BWAPAwards2023

Best Use of Technology

LEAP Estates 

IDR Law 

Swift Values 

Exizent 

Estatesearch Ltd 

 

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Probate Research Firm of the Year

Finders International 

Title Research 

Fraser and Fraser 

Estate Research 

Anglia Research Services 

 

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Estate Planning Consultant of the Year

Andrea Bentham – Morecambe Bay Wills & Estates Limited

Alex Truesdale  – Alex Truesdale Wills Limited  

Caroline Sandiford – Caroline Sandiford 

Helen Davies – Heritage Estate Planning 

Daniel Axelrod – Kingswood Partnership PFPL 

 

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Private Client Practitioner of the Year

Jade Gani  – Circe Law Ltd 

Paul David Clark  – Spall Clark Solicitors  

Liz Fyfe – Thornton Jones Solicitors Ltd 

Jacqueline Emmerson – Emmersons Solicitors Ltd 

Christopher Linton – Wollens 

Russ Kaminski – Vault Private Client  

 

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Contentious Practitioner of the Year

Andrew Bishop – Rothley Law Limited 

Scott Taylor – Moore Barlow 

Mel Grose – Coodes Solicitors 

Richard Thomas – IDR Law 

Tony Cockayne – Michelmores 

Community & Charity Champions

HCC Solicitors 

Talbots Law 

Squiggle Consult Ltd 

Wilkes 

PCS Legal 

 

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Court of Protection Team of the Year

Hugh James 

Debenhams Ottaway  

Redkite Solicitors  

Hugh Jones Solicitors 

Wilson Browne Solicitors 

 

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Anglia Research #BWAPAwards2023 Sponsor

Contentious Wills & Probate Team of the Year - Large

Freeths LLP 

IDR Law 

Birketts LLP 

Myerson Solicitors 

Irwin Mitchell LLP 

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Anglia Research #BWAPAwards2023 Sponsor

Contentious Wills & Probate Team of the Year - Boutique

Hugh James 

Shakespeare Martineau 

Michelmores 

Taylor Emmet 

Forbes Solicitors 

Cartmell Shepherd Limited 

Legal Supplier of the Year

CTT Group  

Estatesearch Ltd 

The National Will Register 

Property Solutions Group  

Finders International 

 

Sponsored by

Estate Planning Firm of the Year - Large

Octopus Legacy 

Heritage Wills  

Squiggle Consult  

Brabners  

Private Client Solicitors 

 

Sponsored by

Estate Planning Firm of the Year - Boutique

AWAY Wills 

Kingswood Partnership   

ELM Legal Services 

Heritage Estate Planning  

Alex Truesdale Wills Limited 

 

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Legal Assistant of the Year

Abigail Ball  – Sewell Mullings Logie 

Lorraine Marsh – Shakespeare Martineau 

The Eric Whitehead Partnership

 

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Probate Provider of the Year - North & Midlands

Wilkes 

Forbes Solicitors 

Pavilion Row 

Chadwick Lawrence Solicitors 

ZEDRA 

Sills & Betteridge LLP 

 

 

Probate Provider of the Year - South

Premier Solicitors 

Laurelo 

The Surrey Probate Practice Ltd  

SE-Solicitors 

Thackray Williams Solicitors  

 

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Innovation & Transformation of the Year

Kings Court Trust 

Digilegal t/a Make a Will Online 

Rest Easier 

CTT 

Farewill 

 

Sponsored by

Best Place to Work

Thornton Jones Solicitors Ltd 

Myerson Solicitors 

EMW Law LLP 

Octopus Legacy 

Chadwick Lawrence Solicitors 

Tax & Trust Team of the Year

Irwin Mitchell LLP  

SE-Solicitors  

Thomson Snell & Passmore 

ZEDRA 

Thackray Williams Solicitors 

 

Sponsored by

One to Watch Practitioner of the Year

Lucy Cresswell – Vault Private Client  

Ellie Sullivan – Stevens & Bolton LLP 

Muhammed Ali – Mullis & Peake LLP Solicitors 

Emily Robertson  – Hanne & Co Solicitors 

Kamran Chughtai – Thackray Williams Solicitors 

Natasha Yelland – Spall Clark Solicitors  

 

Sponsored by

Customer Service Champions

Heritage Estate Planning 

NewLaw Solicitors 

Octopus Legacy 

Alex Truesdale Wills Limited 

Morecambe Bay Wills & Estates Limited 

 

 

Private Client Firm of the Year - Large

Brabners 

Freeths 

Morr & Co 

Wollens 

Hugh James 

 

Sponsored by

Private Client Firm of the Year - Boutique

Pavilion Row 

Lawson West Solicitors 

Hugh Jones Solicitors 

GA Solicitors 

Mullis & Peake LLP Solicitors  

Circe Law Ltd  

 

Sponsored by

Wills & Probate Excellence

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