The WLAs celebrate the very best of Wales’s legal profession and its outstanding contribution to Welsh society. The black-tie gala awards ceremony will take place on Friday 2nd October at the iconic Hilton Hotel, Cardiff, hosted by one of Welsh radio and television’s most popular presenters Sara Edwards.

The Nominees are as follows:

Commercial Law Services of the Year

Harding Evans Solicitors
JCP Solicitors
Darwin Gray
Dudden Law Solicitors
RJM Solicitors

Conveyancer of the Year

Natasha Bunclark – RDP Law
Victoria Evans – Dezrez Legal Ltd
Karen Gaywood – KG Conveyancing Ltd

Educational Law Services of the Year

HCB Widows Mason
Robertsons Solicitors

Employment Law Services of the Year

Darwin Gray
Impact Lawyers Ltd

Family Law Services of the Year

Hopkins Law
First Line Family Law
Grant Stephens Family Law
JCP Solicitors
Robertsons Solicitors
Howells

Office Manager

Sarah Griffin – First Line Family Law
Lisa Bradley – Price & Kelway
Gemma Jones – RJM Solicitors

Paralegal of the Year

Nicole Thomas – Dezrez Legal Ltd
Chloe Howells – Alun Jones Family Law
Mikaeli Thomas – First Line Family Law
Yevgeny Whitehouse – Red Kite LLP
Elizabeth Meyric – RDP Law

Private Client Law Services of the Year

JCP Solicitors
Kirsty’s Law Ltd
Hopkins Law
Dudden Law Solicitors
Ungoed-Thomas and King Solicitors
Harding Evans
Darwin Gray
RDP Law
Howells
RJM Solicitors

Residential Conveyancing Law Services of the Year

Hopkins Law
HCB Widows Mason
Dezrez Legal Ltd
KG Conveyancing Ltd
RDP Law
Robertsons Solicitors
David W Harris & Co Solicitors
Howells
RJM Solicitors

Solicitor of the Year (+5 PQE)

Kirsty Jones – Kirsty’s Law Ltd
Rhys Palmer – Robertsons Solicitors
Emma Hughes – McEwan – Red Kite Law Ltd

Solicitor of the Year (1-4 PQE)

Yasmin Dakher – Dudden Law Solicitors
Caitlyn Bennett – RDP Law
Aleksandra Szubka-Davies – Ungoed Thomas & King Solicitors
Kieran Palfrey – Red Kite Law Ltd

Trainee Solicitor of the Year

James Horton – Price & Kelway Solicitors
Ella Vine – Alun Jones Family Law
Danielle Howard – Robertsons Solicitors
Daniel Parkins – RDP Law
Caitlyn Owens – RJM Solicitors

Founder of the Welsh Law Awards, Wesley Skene, said:

“We are incredibly proud of our 2026 finalists. This year, we received more applications from law firms and legal professionals than ever before, demonstrating that the Welsh Law Awards remain Wales’s most prestigious and successful law awards. Being named a WLA winner is the ultimate accolade, and we look forward to welcoming all the nominees in October.”

Tickets for the awards are now on sale at www.welshlawawards.co.uk