The Judges Are!

The South Wales Law Awards is delighted to announce the judging panel for the 2021 South Wales Law Awards.

The South Wales Law Awards has assembled the leading law and commercial experts to form the “Independent Judging Panel”. They include:

Holly Evans – Solicitor & Academic Subject Manager for Law at USW

Hannah Menard – Director of the Legal Advice Clinic – USW

Karen Jones   – Director of TSR Legal Recruitment

Richard Miles – Swansea Building Society – Head of Savings / Area Manager (East)

Oliver Pughe – Financial Planner – Penguin

Holly Evans – Solicitor & Academic Subject Manager for Law at USW is excited to be part of these awards to celebrate the success of our legal talent in South Wales.  This has been a challenging year, but the legal sector has continued to provide an excellent service.  Given my role at USW, the students see the nominees as role models and aspire to one day have such successful legal careers.

Karen Jones, Director at TSR Legal Recruitment, said: “I’m delighted that we are once again supporting the South Wales Law Awards. The legal community in Wales has been a shining light in the last few years. The Welsh legal sector will be one of the key economic and social drivers as we move forward post COVID.

Richard Miles – Swansea Building Society – Head of Savings / Area Manager (East) said: Swansea Building Society is incredibly proud to be a part of the South Wales Law Awards. As an organisation we see every day the outstanding work and service the legal sector provides to Wales. We are very much looking forward to seeing everyone at the gala awards dinner in September.

Oliver Pughe – Financial Planner – Penguin said: It is wonderful to be a part of the South Wales Law Awards. At Penguin, we focus on protecting and growing our clients’ assets day in day out. We are in many respects kindred spirits with the legal community. After the challenges of 2020, we can’t wait for the awards ceremony in September.

Wesley Skene – Founder of the South Wales Law Awards said, 2020 has been one of the most challenging and difficult years we have ever faced. The legal community has persevered to deliver a world class service in spite of this. It is only right that we have assembled the best and most talented independent judging panel for the awards.”

The South Wales Law Awards gala dinner will be held on Friday 24th September at the Hilton Hotel – Cardiff. Tickets are available at www.southwaleslawawards.co.uk