Our 2026 Shortlist
We’re delighted to reveal the shortlist for the Conveyancing Awards 2026 — a celebration of the firms, professionals and innovators shaping the future of the UK property sector.
Judges confirmed the categories were hotly contested, meaning only the most well-evidenced and compelling nominations achieved a place on the coveted shortlist. Key themes across the finalists’ submissions highlighted the importance of a client service culture, staff mental health and wellbeing, modernisation, innovation, leadership, developing talent and encouraging the next generation of conveyancers.
“The wait is over, our shortlist is live. This is a moment the whole team has been excited to share with the conveyancing community. We were blown away by the sheer volume of entries across all categories, meaning our judges have had a tough task separating the standout performances, so we thank them for their time, analysis and insight.”
Daniel Hill, Director at Globespan Media and Founder of The Conveyancing Awards
The Conveyancing Awards team would like to say congratulations to all those shortlisted. Your achievements represent the very best of the conveyancing profession, and we look forward to celebrating with you at the awards ceremony.
Best New Build Sales Progression Team
Dedicated to teams who specialise in managing the unique challenges of new build property transactions, this award celebrates teams that excel in coordinating between developers, buyers, lenders and other stakeholders to ensure smooth progression from reservation to completion.
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Our shortlist entries are
Birketts LLP
Birketts is a full service, UK Top 50 law firm. With a heritage spanning 160 years, we have more than 700 lawyers and legal professionals based in Bristol, Cambridge, Chelmsford, Ipswich, London, Norwich and Sevenoaks.
RG Law
At RG Law, we are dedicated to delivering expert conveyancing, wills, and probate services—tailored to you. Our unwavering commitment to exceptional client care has been recognised time and time again.
Switalskis
Switalskis is a Top 200 UK law firm known for combining legal excellence with genuine empathy. For over 30 years, we’ve supported individuals, families, and businesses through some of life’s most difficult moments.
Best Sales Progressor
Here’s your chance to shine! This award honours an individual sales progressor who has gone above and beyond in their role, demonstrating exceptional skill in managing property transactions from start to finish.
Our shortlist entries are
Rachel Kelly – New Homes Law
Since joining the Sales Team in February 2021, Rachel Kelly has continually demonstrated the professionalism, commitment and exceptional skill that define an outstanding sales progressor.
Chelsey Smith – Sage Homes
Chelsey Smith, Sales Progression Manager at Sage Homes, has demonstrated exceptional leadership and transaction management since joining the shared ownership homes provider 2018.
Best Commercial Property Team
This award celebrates teams handling the distinct challenges of commercial property transactions in conveyancing and legal firms. Whether dealing with retail units, office buildings, industrial premises or mixed-use developments, judges will look for expertise across any of the following areas: commercial leases, landlord and tenant matters, investment properties or complex commercial transactions.
Our shortlist entries are
Amicus Law
At Amicus Law, people are the heart and soul of our purpose. We’re committed to evolving, supporting and delivering legal services that meet the needs of individuals, businesses, and communities.
Landsmiths Solicitors
We’re a boutique property law firm based in Nottingham, specialising in commercial property and residential conveyancing. We’re straight-talking, proactive, and focused on making your legal journey smooth from start to finish.
Mason Thomas Law
Our handpicked team of property specialists offer a tailored and responsive service that is focused on helping you get the deal done. We understand that time is of the essence when it comes to property transactions, that’s why we make sure there are always open communication lines between our team and clients.
Best Northern Conveyancing Team
This regional category celebrates exceptional conveyancing teams operating in Northern England.
Our shortlist entries are
HS Conveyancing
HS Conveyancing is a residential property provider which is tailored to your individual needs. We clearly set out the process, costs and timescales involved from the outset, with the aim of making the entire conveyancing process as seamless and stress-free as possible.
Mason Thomas Law
Our handpicked team of property specialists offer a tailored and responsive service that is focused on helping you get the deal done. We understand that time is of the essence when it comes to property transactions, that’s why we make sure there are always open communication lines between our team and clients.
Napthens
We are an award-winning independent law firm delivering the legal solutions you need to help navigate your journey through business and life. Our 31 partners and 300+ colleagues operate from offices in Preston, Liverpool, Manchester, Blackburn, Kendal, Lytham and Southport.
Sort Legal
Originally launched in 2017, Sort Legal was created to provide quality legal services to clients wishing to buy, sell or remortgage their homes.
Tilly Bailey and Irvine LLP
Tilly Bailey and Irvine began in 1842 and has since grown to be one of the largest firms in Teesside. We are proud of our heritage and our roots within the community, with our clients being at the heart of everything we do.
Best Southern Conveyancing Team
This regional award celebrates conveyancing teams operating across Southern England who demonstrate exceptional expertise, innovation and client service.
Our shortlist entries are
Amicus Law
At Amicus Law, people are the heart and soul of our purpose. We’re committed to evolving, supporting and delivering legal services that meet the needs of individuals, businesses, and communities.
Amphlett Lissimore
Your local South London legal experts, delivering trusted advice and specialist expertise with a supportive approach shaped by our long history and strong community roots.
AVRillo LLP
Two solicitor brothers, Angelo and Tony, founded AVRillo after their father’s death, caused by delays from overstretched doctors in an overstretched hospital system – beds in corridors, patients seen too late.
GA Solicitors
At GA Solicitors, you can see this in the people we employ, the values we promote, and in the support we provide our local community. We have won, or been shortlisted for, national and regional awards for our client service, innovation and corporate social responsibility. We have been ranked in The Legal 500, Chambers UK and Chambers High Net Worth.
Lyons Bowe Limited
Lyons Bowe has become one of the most trusted and effective conveyancing teams in the South
of England, operating from a strong regional network of offices including Bath, Bournemouth,
Bridgwater, Bristol, Cheltenham, Exeter, Frome, Keynsham and Shepton Mallet.
TMT Legal Services LLP
Since launching in 2019, TMT Legal Services has rapidly established itself as one of the Southern
region’s most dynamic and client centred conveyancing teams. What began with fewer than five
staff has grown into a team of more than 40 legal and professional experts across four branch
offices and our Strategic Operational Headquarters (HQ).
Best Wales and Midlands Conveyancing Team
Honouring conveyancing excellence in Wales and the Midlands, this category recognises teams that demonstrate outstanding service, local market expertise and commitment to their regional communities.
Our shortlist entries are
Bradley Haynes Law
At Bradley Haynes Law, we combine experience, approachability, and dedication to ensure every client, partner, and colleague receives the highest standard of service. Our vision is to be Worcestershire’s “go-to” law firm – delivering trusted legal advice, supporting careers, and building long-term relationships with our community.
Fix My Legals Ltd
Our goal at Fix My Legals is to do exactly that… Fix Your Legals!
We’re here to revolutionise people’s experience of conveyancing so that the home moving journey is stress free and more enjoyable.
Landsmiths Solicitors
We’re a boutique property law firm based in Nottingham, specialising in commercial property and residential conveyancing. We’re straight-talking, proactive, and focused on making your legal journey smooth from start to finish.
Sort Legal
Originally launched in 2017, Sort Legal was created to provide quality legal services to clients wishing to buy, sell or remortgage their homes.
Conveyancing Team of the Year
The premier team award recognising overall excellence in conveyancing.
This category is open to all conveyancing teams regardless of location or size.
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Our shortlist entries are
AVRillo LLP
Two solicitor brothers, Angelo and Tony, founded AVRillo after their father’s death, caused by delays from overstretched doctors in an overstretched hospital system – beds in corridors, patients seen too late.
Birketts LLP
Birketts is a full service, UK Top 50 law firm. With a heritage spanning 160 years, we have more than 700 lawyers and legal professionals based in Bristol, Cambridge, Chelmsford, Ipswich, London, Norwich and Sevenoaks.
Convey Law
Convey Law is an innovative, specialist and award-winning conveyancing legal practice.
Our current all-female Board of Directors has over 100 years of conveyancing and business expertise.
Scott Bailey LLP
Scott Bailey LLP’s conveyancing team is proud to be deeply rooted in the New Forest and South Coast property market. Working from our offices in Lymington and Lyndhurst, we support clients across a wide mix of communities, from coastal towns and rural villages to busy town centres.
Simplify
Simplify is the UK’s leading independent conveyancing and property services group, comprising six conveyancing firms, the UK’s leading direct-to-consumer conveyancer, a market-leading property services business, and a national conveyancing panel of more than 200 firms.
Conveyancer of the Year
This is it – our flagship individual award celebrating an exceptional conveyancer who embodies the highest standards of the profession. The winner will demonstrate outstanding technical knowledge, exemplary client care, commitment to professional development and a positive contribution to their firm and the wider industry.
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Our shortlist entries are
Claire Pays – Amphlett Lissimore
Claire Pays is a Residential Property Partner at Amphlett Lissimore and head of the West Wickham
conveyancing team. She is widely recognised for her technical expertise, exceptional client care, and ability to deliver consistently outstanding results.
Charles Davidson – Bishop & Sewell LLP
Charles Davidson is a Senior Associate in the Residential Property team at Bishop & Sewell LLP and a Legal 500 Leading Associate, recognised for his work on complex and high-value residential transactions
Rachael Clark – Dezrezlegal Limited
Rachael joined the Dezrezlegal team in July 2012 as a Conveyancing Assistant and her willingness to accept responsibility, work ethic and determination to do the very best for our clients saw Rachael sponsored through the CLC Qualification, qualifying to receive her first Practising Licence in 2021.
Ruth Beeton – HS Conveyancing
Ruth Beeton is a highly respected and influential conveyancing solicitor with over 23 years’ experience, whose career is defined by technical excellence, innovation, and sector leadership. As a founding force behind HS Conveyancing, Ruth has built a firm that not only delivers exceptional client outcomes but actively challenges and improves the way conveyancing is practiced in the UK.
Laura Hooke – Morr & Co Solicitors
Laura Hooke demonstrates outstanding technical expertise in residential conveyancing, underpinned by over a decade of experience in complex property transactions across North Surrey and South West London.
Rebecca Downs – RLL Legal Limited – North West
leadership, and client trust. Over the past 12 months, Rebecca has consistently demonstrated these qualities, delivering exceptional results for clients while contributing significantly to the performance and development of the conveyancing team at Rll Legal.
Best Use of Technology in Conveyancing
This award recognises conveyancers and legal firms that are leveraging digital tools and innovative technology to streamline new build conveyancing processes, enhance efficiency and improve client experience.
Our shortlist entries are
HS Conveyancing
HS Conveyancing is a residential property provider which is tailored to your individual needs. We clearly set out the process, costs and timescales involved from the outset, with the aim of making the entire conveyancing process as seamless and stress-free as possible.
PLS Solicitors
PLS has offices in Manchester, Liverpool, London, Dartford and Teesside. With around 200 employees, we are one of the leading conveyancing firms in the country by volume and a significant amount of our work is in new build homes.
Simplify
Simplify is the UK’s leading independent conveyancing and property services group, comprising six conveyancing firms, the UK’s leading direct-to-consumer conveyancer, a market-leading property services business, and a national conveyancing panel of more than 200 firms.
Smith & Co Solicitors
At Smith & Co we ensure our clients feel important, they feel listened to and heard. We understand that being patient and listening to clients throughout remains our number one focus, especially during what can be at an extremely stressful time, our job is to create a relationship built on confidence and competence.
Sort Legal – FastStart
Over the past 18 months, Sort Legal has demonstrated how targeted, client-centric technology investment can transform one of the most persistent inefficiencies in conveyancing: client onboarding.
New Build Conveyancer of the Year
Stand out from the crowd! This award celebrates an individual conveyancer who demonstrates outstanding service and expertise in the new build sector.
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Our shortlist entries are
Kelvin Cooper – Birketts LLP
Kelvin Cooper is a leading new build conveyancer whose 26 years of expertise, innovative
processes and exceptional client care have transformed plot sales delivery. His leadership of
a high performing team, commitment to training, and proactive, solutions driven approach
streamlines transactions and delivers outstanding results.
Yanthé Richardson – Foot Anstey LLP
Yanthé Richardson is a Partner at Foot Anstey LLP and one of the UK’s leading specialists in new‑build development conveyancing.
Lucy Hubbard – PLS Solicitors
Lucy Hubbard is a Senior Fee Earner specialising in new build conveyancing and is widely regarded as a key driver of excellence within our new build team.
Berivan Erdogan – Ronald Fletcher Baker LLP
For over a decade, I have dedicated my practice exclusively to new build development work, managing between 200 and 300 transactions each year and coordinating bulk completions that often exceed 50 plots in a single month.
Richard Wisnia – Switalskis
Richard Wisnia is a solicitor, director and head of the new build conveyancing department at Switalskis. With over 20 years’ experience in new build conveyancing, he is a true expert in his field.
Outstanding Client Care in Conveyancing
This award honours firms that place client care at the heart of everything they do.
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Our shortlist entries are
AVRillo LLP
Two solicitor brothers, Angelo and Tony, founded AVRillo after their father’s death, caused by delays from overstretched doctors in an overstretched hospital system – beds in corridors, patients seen too late.
Convey Law
Convey Law is an innovative, specialist and award-winning conveyancing legal practice.
Our current all-female Board of Directors has over 100 years of conveyancing and business expertise.
Fix My Legals Ltd
Our goal at Fix My Legals is to do exactly that… Fix Your Legals!
We’re here to revolutionise people’s experience of conveyancing so that the home moving journey is stress free and more enjoyable.
Lyons Bowe Limited
At Lyons Bowe, outstanding client care is the principle that guides every aspect of our
conveyancing service. We are dedicated to delivering a consistently exceptional experience
defined by proactive communication, transparency, and genuine human support throughout each transaction.
Muve
Muve is a CLC-regulated conveyancing firm based in Richmond, operating across England and Wales. We are recognised for outstanding client care in every transaction, with 15,000+ instructions in 2025 and 8,600+ 5-star reviews.
PLS Solicitors
At PLS Solicitors, outstanding client care combines expert knowledge with a human, supportive approach. We understand that buying or selling a home is more than a legal transaction, it’s a major life event often accompanied by stress and uncertainty.
Rising Star in Conveyancing
This award honours firms that place client care at the heart of everything they do.
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Our shortlist entries are
Amie Clarke – Attwells Solicitors
Amie Clarke is an exceptional early-career conveyancer whose rapid progression, technical capability, and consistently outstanding client care mark her out as one of the most promising rising stars in residential conveyancing today.
Haranjit Singh Kalket – Bradley Haynes Law
Known for his exceptional technical accuracy, proactive problem-solving, and warm yet professional client manner, he consistently demonstrates maturity beyond his years.
Frankie Brown – RLL Legal Limited – North West
In an industry that demands precision, resilience, and exceptional client care, emerging professionals who quickly demonstrate leadership, technical ability, and measurable impact truly stand out.
Tejaswini Nareshkumar – Silvine Law
Tejaswini is an exceptional emerging talent within conveyancing, demonstrating technical expertise, innovation, and leadership far beyond her two years’ post-qualification experience.
Jessica Garthwaite – Tilly Bailey & Irvine LLP
Jess consistently delivers an exceptional standard of client care. Her communication style is warm, clear, and confident – she effortlessly builds rapport with clients from all backgrounds, guiding them through the conveyancing process with patience and clarity.
Supplier Innovation & Support Award
Recognising suppliers to the conveyancing industry who provide exceptional innovation, compliance support and value to conveyancing firms.
Our shortlist entries are
Auxilio Services Limited
At Auxilio, we provide outsourced conveyancing support that enables law firms to scale
effectively, reduce operational pressure, and deliver faster, more accurate service to their
clients.
Geodesys
At Geodesys, we take pride in consistently delivering a reliable, responsive, and supportive service to conveyancers and strategic partners. Our ability to understand the pressures of the conveyancing process sets us apart from others.
Orbital Residential
Built by former practising property lawyers and AI engineers, Orbital Residential is a purpose-built AI platform that transforms how conveyancers review title documents, leases, deeds, searches and lender requirements.
tmGroup
In the fast-moving property market, responsiveness, transparency and reliability are
critical. Legal professionals depend on timely, accurate information in order to keep
transactions moving and meet clients’ expected completion dates. Any delay service
delays can directly impact their ability to meet those dates.
Veyco
Veyco’s entry into the Supplier Innovation and Support category reflects its role as a trusted
technology partner to the conveyancing profession during one of the most significant shifts in
property transactions in recent years.
Book your seats
Join the industry’s leading professionals on 14 May 2026 at The Londoner Hotel, Leicester Square. Celebrate excellence across the sector, connect with key figures from across the property industry, and enjoy an unforgettable evening of networking, fine dining and entertainment.
