Our sponsors
We’re very grateful for all the businesses who have chosen to support the National Paralegal Awards through sponsorship.
Headline sponsor & Best Probate Research Paralegal Award
Right Legal Group is an innovative ABS established in 2014 solely specialising in Wills and Probate law.
RLG has created an exclusive service called RightWill which delivers excellence in both legal advice and client care. Recognised for its forward thinking and commercial approach, RLG collaborates with law firms across the country to provide its unique service offering.
At the heart of the business is its legal training academy which has trained in excess of 150 private client advisors since its launch and is fast becoming the ‘go-to’ academy for anyone passionate about a career in private client law.
Drinks reception sponsor and Sponsor of the Best Intellectual Property Paralegal Award
Fraser and Fraser is home to expert genealogists and probate researchers who offer you and your clients a first-class service. At the forefront of the industry, we support legal professionals to locate missing beneficiaries and heirs worldwide.
Regulated by the Professional Paralegal Register, we are an award-winning ISO 9001 and ISO 27001 accredited business.
Offering a range of services;
And more!
We pride ourselves on our commitment and clarity, treating each referral on a case-by-case basis. We’re happy to answer your questions, please do get in touch.
Programme sponsor
Pinsent Masons Vario is Pinsent Masons' alternative legal service business. We help businesses to transform their in-house legal teams, using a combination of people, processes and technology.
We are also proud to be home for over 120 paralegals, as part of our award-winning Paralegal Centre of Excellence. Our paralegals have excellent opportunities at Vario to develop their careers, through mentorship from Pinsent Masons' lawyers, access to pioneering learning and development courses and gaining transferable skills to help them throughout their careers.
www.pinsentmasons.com/solutions/vario
Community Champion of the Year Awards sponsor
Trowers & Hamlins is well known for its eclectic mix of specialisations combining sector leadership in the UK and across the Middle East. We help businesses and governments change the way we live and work for the better. We do this by providing commercial advice geared towards tackling tomorrow's challenges in industry.
We are well known for being experts in the real estate sector, and have thriving commercial, social housing, banking and finance, private wealth, employment and care practices, in addition to specialist practices such as planning, tax, pensions, and environment.
We are an international law firm and undertake work around the globe. We have over 160 partners with more than 1000 people located across the UK, Middle East and Far East. We have ten offices located in Abu Dhabi, Bahrain, Birmingham, Dubai, Exeter, London, Malaysia, Manchester, Oman and Singapore with a dedicated Korea desk. We are also a member of Interlaw, the ‘Elite Global Law Firm network’, with lawyers in more than 150 cities worldwide.
Best Newcomer / Young Practitioner of the Year Awards sponsor
Treethorpe is an established asset reunification firm with offices in both London and Cambridge. We offer an end-to-end service in Estate Administration; from the tracing and verification of beneficiaries, to paying Estate’s debts and shares due to the family.
Our team of 16 professional forensic genealogists and researchers span a wide breadth of backgrounds and specialities, which has allowed us to successfully close thousands of cases all over the world, helping to recover millions of pounds worth of assets and lost income. The diversity of our staff means that there is always the right person to liaise with a particular client, especially considering we engage with a wide variety of individuals and corporations.
All our staff receive rigorous professional training. We are registered under the Data Protection Act and comply with data protection requirements in all respects. We ensure that information about individuals is kept confidential. We are registered with the FCA, comply with various regulatory requirements associated with our registration and ensure that we subscribe to, and deliver on, the FCAs’ directive to put the interests of the customers at the core of what we do. This has led us to become one of the foremost probate research firms in the UK today.
We pride ourselves in offering a new, fresher perspective for the organisations we are partnering, the individuals we are finding on their behalf and the lost owners/beneficiaries we are identifying.
Best Conveyancing/Real Estate Paralegal of the Year sponsor
We are delighted to again support the Paralegal awards in 2024 and wish everyone the best of luck
X-Press Legal Services is the largest independent provider of regulated property searches and reports, trusted by legal practices across England and Wales for over 25 years. Our 28 offices are run by helpful people who are experts in reporting and have an in-depth knowledge of their and your local area.
X-Press Legal Services offer a complete end-to end range of property services for conveyancing professionals and solicitors, delivered with first class customer service and support. Our products and services are tailored to suit your needs, everything is explained, so you are not left alone with a technology headache.
Putting customer care at the heart of what we do means that we provide a personal touch alongside our data-rich reports and property services which are fully compliant with industry regulations. Our ongoing investment in IT and technology combined with cyber security ensures peace of mind for our clients.
We are more than happy to talk to you about your requirements, so please get in touch.
For more information call 01925 393333 email hello@xpresslegal.uk or to find your local office visit
Best Family Law Paralegal sponsor
Today's Media is an independent publishing, marketing and events business dedicated to the legal sector,
The popular "Today's" publications provide a balances editorial approach to daily news, industry insights and best practice for our community of conveyancing, wills and probate and family practitioners. Between them they have grown to over 100,000 page views p/m with 15,0000 subscribers to the daily and weekly newsletters.
Today's family Lawyer was launches in 2019 and keeps growing readership in touch with what is happening in the market, The Thursday e-newsletter provides a round-up of all the weeks' news across family law. Subscribe today via www.todaysfamilylawyer.co.uk
Alongside our news and features content we also enable suppliers to connect with our audience through our popular partnerships; with a range of marketing tools to help you introduce your products and services to our community of practitioners.
Find out more at www.todaysmedia.co.uk
Best Will Writing Paralegal sponsor
Now in our sixth decade, Anglia Research is an international form of probate genealogists that sets the standard for probate genealogy and heir location.
We have traced thousands of lost hairs, missing beneficiaries, unknown next of kin and unclaimed assets, both in the UK and around the world.
Providing probate genealogical services and expertise to the legal professions, we support Private Client practitioners with a range of key services aimed at fast-tracking the successful administration of probate cases and helping progress Court of Protection matters.
Our highly skilled researchers can piece together a complex family tree from the smallest amount of information. They liaise with a global network of 200+ agents to find missing beneficiaries or next of kin worldwide. Over thousands of assignments, we have achieved a success rate that is the env of our competitors.
At the heart of our operation is our highly accredited team of researchers, including numerous fully qualified paralegals. Our commitment to raising standards in our industry is demonstrated by our employee's desire to develop with ongoing training and learning throughout their careers.
As a firm, we are regulated by the Institute of Paralegals.
www.linkedin.com/company/anglia-research-services-limited
Best Law Firm - Paralegal Development sponsor
Part of The University of Law, CLT Scotland is a leading provider of specialist paralegal training throughout the UK, having pioneered the concept over 20 years ago. Over 9000 paralegals throughout the UK have already chosen CLT Scotland for studies in one of 11 specialist areas of practice in either English or Scots Law. Enrolment is at any time, and no entry requirements allow firms to convert their support staff to fee earners quickly. For paralegals the flexible distance learning fits around work and family commitments, equipping them with graduate-level skills to help them flourish in their legal career.
Best Paralegal Apprentice of the Year sponsor
CILEX Law School has been delivering flexible, accessible and high-quality education and training to aspiring and experienced legal professionals for nearly 40 years, supporting more than 3,000 learners in developing their skills and expertise every year.
We specialise in delivering comprehensive qualifications that equip students with the practical skills and knowledge demanded by employers. Consistently achieving market-leading pass rates, we continue to set the standard for education, training, and CPD in the legal sector.
Outstanding Achievement Award sponsor
At CILEX we offer a flexible and accessible route into law, equipping legal professionals with the practical skills employers demand. We take pride in helping thousands of individuals each year advance their legal careers through our qualifications and professional membership, alongside collaborating with organisations on their talent development strategies - all while advocating for diversity and accessibility within the profession.
CILEX is proud to host the National Paralegal Awards, celebrating the exceptional contributions and achievements of Paralegals and the organisations that support them. By highlighting these outstanding accomplishments, we continue to promote excellence and recognition within the paralegal and wider legal community.
Best Law Firm - Paralegal Development Award
Central Law Training (CLT) Scotland is a major specialist provider of professional legal training, helping aspiring legal professionals to flourish in their careers. In 2020 it was acquired by The University of Law, one of the UK’s longest-established providers of professional legal education. Now the largest leading provider of specialist paralegal training in the UK, CLT Scotland has helped over 10,000 paralegals successfully qualify.
Those who choose to train with CLT Scotland enjoy flexible, cost-effective training, no set entry requirements and enrolment at any time, plus the choice of 11 specialist areas of practice in England and Wales (12 in Scotland).
https://clt.law.ac.uk/scot/paralegal-england/
National Paralegal Business of the Year Award
The Institute of Legal Finance and Management is the leading education and membership organisation in the legal sector, supporting legal finance compliance and practice management professionals across England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
It provides qualifications, training, knowledges, support and information for anyone working in legal accounts, compliance and law firm management. Our members include legal cashiers, accounts managers, compliance officers for finance and administration (COFAs), practice managers, MLRO and MLCO's and sole practitioners.
We offer recognised professional qualifications, regular training days on issues relevant to the industry, regular information and many support features and services, including an industry professional journal. The ILFM has become the professional membership of choice for thousands of leading professionals in the legal & accounts sector, including many considering a new career in the legal sector.
The ILFM is dedicated to driving innovation, advancing education and promoting excellence throughout the legal sector. Our training and education aims to raise awareness, advocate good business practice and maintain high standards, to ensure that clients' money and assets are protected and treated ethically, as well as protecting the law firms and its employers at the same time.
https://www.linkedin.com/company/institute-of-legalfinance-and-management
National Paralegal of the Year Award
The Next 100 Years, the project from the team behind the First 100 Years, is dedicated to achieving equality for women in law. Over the next decade we want to accelerate the pace of change by encouraging collaboration across the profession, improving the visibility of women in law and supporting the women lawyers of the future.
The ten-year project is powered by Spare21, a charity founded to celebrate, inform and inspire future generations of women in the profession. It builds on the success of the First 100 Years project, created t chart the journey of women in law in the first 100 years following the Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act 1919, which paved the way for women to become lawyers for the first time. The five-year project culminated in the centenary celebrations in 2019.
The Next 100 years is continuing the work of the First 100 Years, capturing the inspirational stories of today's pioneering women lawyers, educating the public on the legacy of the legal pioneers of the past and driving the change needed to create an equal future for women in the profession.