Cornwall Law Society Award Winners

The best of the Duchy’s legal sector were recently celebrated at Truro Cathedral at the annual Law Society of Cornwall awards.

Among the night’s big winners, Penderlaw Solicitors was named Small Firm of the Year while also receiving the Judges’ Award.

Robin Pender, Senior Solicitor and Director, said: “Winning Small Firm of the Year is a fantastic achievement and I feel incredibly proud of the team. To come home with the judge’s award is a testament to the dedication and talent within the company.”

Other big winners on the night were Codeswhich won four awards including Large Firm of the Year and Team of the Year (Clinical Negligence and Personal Injury) and Stephens Scownwho won a number of individual awards – Family Lawyer of the Year (Sarah Atkinson) and Tamsin Mann (Commercial/Commercial Property Lawyer of the Year).

Managing partner Richard Baker said: “It is brilliant to see the success of Sarah and Tamsin at the Cornwall Law Society Awards. Having been nominated in five categories and winning two awards, it’s clear that the work done within the company is being recognized in Cornwall.”

Winners:

• Junior Lawyer of the Year – Rebecca Rowe (DB Law)
• Commercial/Commercial Property Lawyer of the Year – Tamsin Mann (Stephens Scown)
• Litigation Lawyer of the Year – Julie Hatton (Coodes)
• Private Client Lawyer of the Year – Samantha Ennor-Pengelly (Earl & Crocker Solicitors)
• Family Lawyer of the Year – Sarah Atkinson (Stephens Scown)
• Residential Property Lawyer of the Year – Louise Biddington (Earl & Crocker Solicitors)
• In-house Lawyer of the Year – Jo Cook (Cornish Lithium)
• Access to Justice – Dracaena Centre, Falmouth
• Team of the Year – Coodes Clinical Negligence and Personal Injury
• Leader of the Year – Sarah Evans (Coodes)
• Small Firm of the Year – Penderlaw
• Large company of the year – Codees
• Judges’ Award – Penderlaw