Legal Awards Judges

9th December 2025

SHORTLIST JUDGES

Lisa Watts
Marketing Consultant
3PB Barristers

Salma Maqsood
President
Bristol Law Society

Christie Nelson
Co-Chair
Birmingham Solicitors’ Group

19th – 23rd January 2026

FINALIST JUDGES

Monday 19th January

Christie Nelson
Co-Chair
Birmingham Solicitors’ Group

Benedict Chigara
Professor of Law & Head of Law & Criminology
Birmingham Newman University

Sarah Mansfield
Vice President
Liverpool Law Society

Tuesday 20th January

Paul Faulkner
Co-Founder
Element45

Lucy Tissington
President
Derby & District Law Society

Harbinder Kaur Gosal
Treasurer, Director & Solicitor
Midlands Asian Lawyers Association & Talbots Law

Wednesday 21st January

Lisa Watts
Marketing Consultant
3PB Barristers

Raj Kandola
Acting Deputy CEO
Greater Birmingham Chambers of Commerce

Shanika Varga-Haynes
Director
Leeds Law Society

Thursday 22nd January

Julie Maguire
Chief Executive
Greens Solicitors

Donna McGrath
Director & Founder
The In-House Lawyers’ Coach

Friday 23rd January

Daniel Skermer
Director, Founder & Coach
PA Forum

Rebecca Mander
Founder
GuruYouTM

Coralie McKeivor
Past President
Bristol Law Society

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