Four councils shortlisted for Local Authority Family Team of the Year

Four councils are in the running to be named Local Authority Family Team of the Year at the Family Law Awards 2016, while a lawyer at Kent County Council has been shortlisted in the Associate Solicitor of the Year category.

The four authorities are:

  • London Borough of Tower Hamlets Legal Services Social Care Team;
  • Madeley Specialist Safeguarding Unit, Staffordshire County Council;
  • South London Legal Partnership;
  • Suffolk County Council.

Helen Osborn of Kent has meanwhile been shortlisted in the Associate Solicitor of the Year, alongside lawyers from Freemans Solicitors, Jefferies Solicitors, and Powell Spencer & Partners.

The full shortlists can be viewed here. The awards ceremony will be held on 23 November in London.