Categories

Chairman's Award

• Simpson & Marwick

Legal Academic of the Year

• Elaine Tyre

Legal Personality of the Year

Sponsored by Stirling Park

• Maggie Scott QC

Lifetime Achievement Award

Sponsored by The Herald

• Lord Rodger of Earlsferry

Law Firm of the Year (Over 50 fee earners)

Sponsored by Registers of Scotland

• 1. Strategic vision for taking the firm forward
  2. Evidence of improved financial performance and growth
  3. Excellence in chosen fields of expertise with examples
  4. Commitment to staff development
  5. Please state how many fee earners you have

Law Firm of the Year (Under 50 fee earners)

• 1. Strategic vision for taking the firm forward
  2. Evidence of improved financial performance and growth
  3. Excellence in chosen fields of expertise with examples
  4. Commitment to staff development
  5. Please state how many fee earners you have

Managing Partner of the Year

• 1. Leadership skills
  2. Consistent strategy
  3. Financial impact on the bottom line
  4. Commitment to staff development
  5. Innovations or changes in firm structure/management

Solicitor of the Year

• 1. Legal skills and ability in delivering legal services
  2. Innovative approaches to meeting client’s demands
  3. Professional achievements in the past 12 months

Paralegal of the Year

• 1. A demonstration of how the nominee
  gives added value to the firm’s clients
  2. A professional approach to legal services
  3. Examples of innovations
  4. Impact on bottom line of their department/team

Criminal Law Firm of the Year

In-house Lawyer/Legal Team of the Year

• 1. How the lawyer has made the legal
  process key within their organisation.
  2. How the individual has impacted on the
  legal team’s delivery of legal services.
  3. Professional achievements from the past 12 months
  4. Examples of innovative delivery of legal services

Corporate Lawyer of the Year

Sponsored by Professional Office Supplies

• 1. Leadership in the corporate law arena
  2. Innovations in delivery of corporate legal services
  3. Examples of significant deals and transactions
  4. Professional achievements from the past 12 months.

Criminal Lawyer of the Year

Sponsored by HW Forensic Accountants

• 1. Legal skills and ability in delivering criminal legal services
  2. Innovative approaches to meeting client’s demands
  3. Professional achievements in the past 12 months

Up and Coming Lawyer of the Year

• 1. Achievements from the past 12 months
  2. Individual’s impact within their team/department
  3. Commitment to delivering innovative legal services
  4. Commitment to developing personal business skills within firm

Trainee of the Year

Sponsored by Diploma in Professional Legal Practice, School of Law, University of Glasgow

• 1. Impact trainee has had within their team/departments
  2. Details of involvement in team’s business
  3. Examples of when nominee has made a positive impact
  4. Individuals strengths and recognised areas for development

Family Law Firm of the Year

• 1. Strong financial performance in the area of family law
  2. Examples of innovative delivery of legal services
  3. How success in this area has impacted
  on the bottom line of the firm
  4. Significant hires/promotions

Private Client Firm of the Year

• 1. Strong financial performance in the area of private client
  2. Examples of innovative delivery of legal services
  3. How success in this area has impacted
  on the bottom line of the firm
  4. Significant hires/promotions

Up and Coming Law Firm of the Year

Sponsored by Practicecare

• 1. Financial growth in the past 12 months
  2. Development of the firm’s structure/management
  3. Innovations in the delivery of legal services
  4. Significant lateral hires/promotions
  5. New developments within the firm in the last year

Employment Firm of the Year

• 1. The team’s work over the last 12 months
  2. Innovations in delivery of services
  3. Details of transaction/cases
  4. Significant lateral hires/promotions

Commercial Property Firm of the Year

• 1. Innovations in delivery of legal services
  2. Details of significant deals/transactions
  3. Significant lateral hires/promotions
  4. Commercial property team’s impact on firms bottom line

Litigation Firm of the Year

Sponsored by Stirling Park

• 1. Details of significant cases and examples
  of excellence in legal practice
  2. Impact of litigation team’s performance on firm’s bottom line
  3. Details of team structure
  4. Significant lateral hires/promotions

IP Lawyer of the Year

• 1. Evidence of strong performance in IP Law
  2. Innovative approaches to meeting clients' demands
  3. Professional achievements in the past 12 months

CSR Firm of the Year

• 1. Clear and concise demonstration of your firm’s CSR strategy, how
  this involves members of your law firm and what activities it involves.
  2. Details on your firm’s financial investment in your CSR strategy.
  3. Details of the tangible benefits to both the firm and the external
  parties involved in your strategy.
  4. Evidence and results that show your firm’s investment has had a
  beneficial effect.
  5. Client and staff statements on the value of your activity