CARDIFF-BASED BUSINESS SHORTLISTED FOR TOP INDUSTRY AWARD
NewLaw Solicitors, a legal firm in Cardiff, has been shortlisted to receive the prestigious Lexcel Award for Excellence in Practice Management at the 2011 Law Society Excellence Awards.
The business, which is a personal injury specialist firm and employs 270 people, has gone from strength to strength over the last few years and seeing significant growth in the marketplace. The firm switched its banking to Lloyds TSB Commercial in April 2010.
Recognising outstanding achievements in the legal field, the awards showcase best practice and celebrate excellence and outstanding achievement in the profession over the past twelve months. Past award winners range from big City firms through to high street practices, sole practitioners and in-house solicitors.
This year, the Excellence Awards celebrate their fifth birthday.The winners will be announced at a gala awards dinner in Londonon 18 October 2011.
Categories for the awards reflect the diversity of today's legal profession, and recognise those rising to meet new challenges in the sector. The Lexcel Award for Excellence in Practice Managementis sponsored by Lloyds TSB Commercial. Open to Lexcel-accredited practices only, this award rewards excellence in practice management and service delivery from practices that have successfully implemented the Lexcel standard.
The judging panel, which will include John Pickup, Chair of theLexcel Panel, and Chris Marston, Head of Professional Practices at Lloyds TSB Commercial, will look for practices that have effectively incorporated the Lexcel framework into their business strategies to drive continuous improvement.
Chris Marston, Head of Professional Practices, Lloyds TSB Commercial said: “TheLaw Society Excellence Awards reward and promote professional excellence across the legal profession and celebrate the outstanding achievements of both individual solicitors and practices.
“The awardsare a celebration of the unique contribution that the solicitors’ profession makes to society and highlight the tremendous innovation and skill that allows solicitors such as NewLaw to deliver work of the highest quality, even in challenging economic conditions.”
Kirsty Lay, Marketing Manager at NewLaw Solicitors, added: “To be shortlisted for such a prestigious award is a real honour. Maintaining the Lexcel standard is very important to the firm and we work hard to continue to provide the best possible service to our clients.
“We work closely with Lloyds TSB Commercial, drawing on the expertise that our specialist Relationship Director, Andrew Williams, brings to the business. It really does help when you bank manager understands your business and the sector that you operate in.”
For the full shortlist, please visit the website - http://services.lawsociety.org.uk/events/awards/excellence/shortlist-2011
ENDS
September 2011
Issued on behalf of Lloyds TSB Commercial by Citypress
More information: Holly Jones on 0121 230 1784 / holly.jones@citypress.co.uk
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