Sponsors 2025

Headline Sponsor

Arken Legal provides industry-leading estate planning software designed to help organisations simplify document drafting, minimise administrative tasks, and maintain consistency in language and processes – reducing the risk of errors and creating significant time savings.

Arken’s product suite digitises client interactions, supports online lead generation, and enhances operational efficiency. Trusted by over 7,000 professionals, Arken’s software has been used to draft more than 7 million Wills to date.

For more information visit: www.arken.legal

Estate Planning Firm of the Year – Large

WillSuite is a cloud-based software solution that provides Will drafters, Financial advisers, Solicitors and Estate planners with the ability to create legal documents simply, easily and with confidence. With innovation and automation at its heart, WillSuite is a pioneer of Will Writing and Estate Planning software, releasing products and technological advancements to drive efficiency within the profession.

The software has generated well over 950,000 Wills and over 1.8 million documents since its inception in 2015, with 8000 documents being drafted on average each week. WillSuite helps thousands across the profession to draft more efficiently, saving time by minimising duplication of work and unwanted errors whilst improving their overall service for their clients.

Want to learn more about WillSuite? Get in touch!

 

Private Client Firm of the Year – Large

LEAP Estates is the only end-to-end digital solution for estate planning professionals, including lawyers, will writers, accountants and independent financial advisors.

With powerful features and functionality, the innovative solution provides everything you need to manage your client’s wills, LPAs and estates efficiently, including case management, accounting, document assembly and management, will building, probate/estate administration, and legal publishing assets in one integrated cloud solution.

LEAP Estates combines world-leading technology with a comprehensive library of content, enabling your practice to produce estates, probate and lifetime planning documentation quickly and consistently.

Delivering efficiencies, up-to-date legal forms and precedents automatically populate with matter data at the click of a button merging information held electronically within LEAP Estates.

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One to Watch Practitioner of the Year

The Law Superstore is the UK’s leading comparison site for legal services. With a panel of solicitors and legal service providers from across the UK, The Law Superstore makes it simple and straightforward for consumers to find and compare over 130 legal services online, including wills and probates, divorces and pre-nuptial agreements.

Consumers can compare by price, location and service ratings left by previous users, bringing transparency to the online legal services sector. Every provider is quality checked, reputable and fully regulated.

The Law Superstore was acquired in 2017 by reallymoving.com, the UK’s leading price comparison site for home-moving services.

For more information visit www.thelawsuperstore.co.uk 

Court of Protection Team of the Year

Now in our sixth decade, Anglia Research is an award-winning probate genealogy firm, trusted by Probate and Court of Protection professionals across the UK.

We set the benchmark for genealogical research, providing expert services to the legal profession with a reach that extends internationally. Our dedicated team supports Private Client departments with a comprehensive range of services designed to accelerate the probate process whilst also assisting with Court of Protection matters. The expertise and diligence of our researchers ensure that we locate relatives quickly. We have traced thousands of missing beneficiaries, recovered extensive unclaimed assets, and assisted with hundreds of statutory will applications on behalf of professional deputies.

Our research is thorough, precise, and fully reliable. Put simply, we provide research that can be relied upon.

For more information, visit www.angliaresearch.co.uk/services or contact us at legal@angliaresearch.co.uk.

 

 

Estate Planning Consultant of the Year

The Society of Will Writers (SWW) is a non-profit making self-regulatory organisation that seeks to protect the public and serve the interests of those who are active professionals in the Will Writing and Estate Planning field and achieves this through the upkeep of advancement, education, and ethical standards within the profession.

Founded in 1994, the SWW has been a frontrunning organisation in steering the profession for 30 years now and is proud to regularly meet with regulators and other industry stakeholders to ensure that our members voices are heard, and needs are matched.

For more information please visit: www.willwriters.com

Tax & Trust Team of the Year

Provira provides innovative bridge financing solutions to the beneficiaries and executors of estates.

Pricing is clear and transparent, with a quick and efficient application process.

Estate Advance is available to executors and personal representatives to assist with funding the costs associated with administering an estate, including IHT, solicitor’s fees and disbursements.

Inheritance Advance allows beneficiaries of an estate to access up to 50% of the money that they are due to receive far earlier than the 9-12 months that the Probate process can typically take.

Provira is fully FCA approved and regulated and is the largest, longest established lender specialising in probate funding.

For further information please visit https://provira.com/

Innovation & Transformation of the Year

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Level’s mission is to ease the financial burden for people during some of life’s most challenging moments. 

As the UK’s leading probate lender, we provide loans for both executors and beneficiaries. With our Estate Expense and IHT Loans, executors are able to meet their financial responsibilities by unlocking estate funds to pay for IHT and other Testamentary Expenses. Our Inheritance Advance product enables beneficiaries to access up to 60% of their inheritance immediately.

Loans are non-recourse, meaning that the loan is repaid from the estate.

We are able to make decisions and have funds released in a matter of days.

For more information www.thelevelgroup.co.uk

 

Legal Supplier of the Year

At CILEX, we’re delighted to support the British Wills and Probate Awards, celebrating excellence across this vital area of law. As the leading professional body for specialist legal professionals, we provide a flexible and accessible route into the legal profession, equipping CILEX Lawyers, paralegals and other legal professionals with the practical expertise that employers and clients value. 

CILEX Lawyers are fully qualified legal professionals, authorised to practice as specialist lawyers, alongside solicitors. Many choose to specialise in private client work, advising on wills, probate, trusts and estate planning. With our commitment to professional development, CILEX-qualified professionals have advanced to become partners in law firms, coroners, judges and advocates in open court. 

Through our qualifications and professional membership, we support individuals in building rewarding legal careers while working closely with organisations to develop and retain talent. We’re passionate about championing diversity and accessibility within the profession, ensuring legal professionals reflect the needs of modern society. 

www.cilex.org.uk

Private Client Firm of the Year – Boutique

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For more information please visit: www.ochresoft.com

Legal Assistant of the Year

Home to expert genealogists and probate researchers offering you and your clients a first-class service, Fraser and Fraser is at the forefront of the industry, supporting legal professionals to locate missing beneficiaries and heirs worldwide. Our award-winning, ISO-certified team of skilled genealogists and CILEX-registered professionals delivers exceptional results with precision and care.

From Missing Beneficiary Insurance to Free Family Tree Checks, we offer a comprehensive suite of services tailored to your needs. At Fraser and Fraser, we pride ourselves on our individualised approach and transparent communication.

Discover more at www.fraserandfraser.co.uk