Law firms and legal professionals from across Wales have been named as finalists in the 2026 Welsh Law Awards following a record number of applications.
The awards recognise achievement across Wales’s legal profession and its contribution to Welsh society, covering areas ranging from commercial and employment law to family services, conveyancing and private client work.
The winners will be announced during a black-tie gala ceremony at the Hilton Hotel in Cardiff on Friday 2nd October.
The event will be hosted by Sara Edwards, one of Welsh radio and television’s most popular presenters.
The 2026 finalists are:
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.
