Helping our clients achieve industry awards recognition

As the 2021 awards season gets underway, we celebrate and share our clients’ successes for so far.

Awards are a great way to showcase your businesses and individual achievements to clients, recognise hard working staff, and benchmark your success.

An award recognition raises your business profile, by placing you in the spotlight. They are a fantastic endorsement for your business and increases your visibility, as well as positioning you as an expert within your industry. Awards ceremonies themselves also offer a perfect opportunity for networking, with many awards judged by successful professionals and attended by leaders within your sector.

As we embark on the 2021 award season, we are delighted to share that a number of our clients have already been shortlisted for prestigious awards.

Below we share the shortlisting's so far (including one of our very own!)

Yorkshire Legal Awards 2021 (7th October 2021): The Yorkshire Legal Awards brings together the region's legal community to recognise and celebrate its many achievements.

Stewarts Law is the UK's largest litigation only law firm, that acts for corporate and individual clients in high-value and complex disputes.

Family Law Award - Finalist

This family law team at Stewarts focuses exclusively on acting in high value and complex matters for local, national, and overseas High Net Worth (HNW) individuals.

Despite the pandemic, the team has achieved remarkable growth over the past year, secured its reputation nationally as go-to experts for complex cases, and helped launch a new initiative supporting professional women – ‘Midnight Mums’.

Partner of the Year - Finalist

Ben Townsend is a Partner at Stewarts, specialising in representing clients who have sustained a life-changing brain or spinal injury.

This nomination reflects the high esteem in which he is held by clients, colleagues and professional peers alike. His integrity, compassion, and legal skill, combined with his natural warmth and leadership abilities, embodies what it means to be an exemplar law firm Partner.

Insurance Post Claims & Fraud Awards 2021 (14th October 2021): The Insurance Claims Awards shines a spotlight on the companies, teams and individuals who have gone above and beyond the point of call to offer exceptional services and results over the past 12-18 months

STEPS Rehabilitation
Rehabilitation Initiative of the Year - Shortlisted

This ground-breaking rehabilitation facility that helps catastropically injured clients has been undeterred by the significant operational difficulties arising because of the pandemic and over the past 12 months has still introduced severl market-leading rehabilitation initiatives.

Already known for their holistic approach to rehabilitation care for people recovering from complex trauma, brain and spinal cord injury, the pioneering facility has been rubbing shoulders with tech innovators in Singapore and Switzerland to become the first place in the UK to provide clients with access to the latest in world-class robotic and VR technology. They’ve also launched STEPS Training School, that teaches new care teams about a client’s condition and care regime to ensure a smooth transition home when they leave STEPS.

Personal Injury Awards (23rd November 2021): The Personal Injury Awards provides a unique opportunity to highlight and celebrate the excellence of individuals and organisations across the personal injury sector. 

STEPS Rehabilitation
Rehab Provider of the Year - Finalist

New for 2021: RehabHub - First UK RehabHub; STEPS Training School; Exoskeleton Assessment Centre and STEPS Ambassadors.

France + Associates
Supporting the Industry - Finalist

France + Associates is a chartered architectural practice, specialising in inclusive design.

Launched in 2016, Jonathan France brought together the unique expertise of a team of architectural designs, surveyors and experts dedicated to providing disability architectural solutions that enable injured people and their families to live as independently as possible following an accident or medical negligence injury.

France + Associates have demonstrated their expertise through the design of innovative accessible homes, that go above and beyond the requisite wheelchair-accessible ramps

The expert knowledge and experience of the entire team has gained them a reputation within the injury law sector for a collaborative approach and stylish designs.

OnMedical
Medicolegal Provider of the Year - Finalist

OnMedical - The home of 24 hour medical reporting and rehabilitation services.

On Medical’s ineradicable commitment to innovation and business improvement meant that when the pandemic hit, the company was in a strong position to implement the necessary changes swiftly to ensure continuity of service to its clients. Over the past year, the firm has achieved multiple ‘firsts’ in the industry that are noteworthy in their own right, but also strengthen On Medical’s reputation as a leading, high-quality MRO.

Scala
Marketing Campaign of the Year - Finalist

As a niche marketing and PR consultancy, Scala work almost exclusively in the injury law sector, Scala has been involved in multiple prodigious initiatives that are worthy of recognition. Their ’birds-eye-view’ enables them to punch above their weight to deliver a genuinely bespoke and highly personalised service that emboldens client brands and creates commercial opportunities. They work nationally and are applauded by clients for their unrivalled understanding and practical approach .

In the last 12 months, Scala have created a number of campaigns for our clients, including:

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust Maternity Scandal - Switalskis Solicitors

The sustained PR campaign over the past 4 years has helped to reveal the maternity scandal and bring justice for multiple families.

Significant national and regional PR coverage (including BBC, ITV, Sky, Radio 4, The Independent, Victoria Derbyshire), all secured and managed by Scala, resulted in around 40 other parents coming forward with equally harrowing experiences.

Crossbow Campaign - Ison Harrison

Scala were instructed to provide PR support to the Inquest team and client, Laura Sugden, whose partner, Shane Gilmer, was attacked and killed by a crossbow.

Scala secured significant local and national media coverage, most notably, a television interview on ‘This Morning’. This was a pivotal moment in the campaign gaining momentum. An online petition has over 40,000 signatures and the support of the Shadow Home Secretary.

Scala provided media liaison support throughout the Inquest and attended at the conclusion to write Laura’s press statement which included an announcement about the campaign. Scala prepared the campaign document – Shanes Law – which highlights current crossbow laws, their inadequacies, and calls for regulation to be brought in line with firearms laws. This comprehensive document also included an extensive list of previous crossbow incidents.

PR Training

Launched a PR Training course in partnership with former BBC News Journalist, Charlotte Leeming. The course helps lawyers and law firms unlock the PR potential of their cases, and use PR to raise the firm’s visibility and brand recognition.

Pride of Britain Awards: Celebrate the achievements of truly remarkable people who make our world a better place.

Julie Bembridge - 100 Miles for Stan
ITV Calendar Fundraiser of the Year - Nominated

Sheffield mum, Julie Bembridge, ran a staggering continuous 100-mile ultra-marathon, in a bid to raise money for the refurbishment of Ward 6 at the Sheffield Children’s Hospital.

Julies incredible running challenge began on Friday 23^rd July 2021, and she completed the ultramarathon, in just 25 hours and 15 minutes. She was welcomed back to the Sheffield Children’s Hospital by a crowd of supporters singing ‘Happy Birthday’ (it was also Julie’s 51^st birthday on Saturday!) and of course, by her very proud son, Stan. 

The 100-mile route began and ended at Sheffield Children’s Hospital, heading out to Dronfield, onto the circular Chesterfield round route which crosses through town, before heading back to Dronfield and joining the Sheffield Way and making her way back up to the hospital via Woodseats. 

So far, Julie has raised an incredible £24,944 for The Children’s Hospital Charity.