As previously mentioned, this year Legal Week‘s editorial team has taken a more hands-on role in helping to draw up the shortlists for the 2009 British Legal Awards. The clearest example of that is for arguably the biggest award of the night, Law Firm of the Year, for which there are no submissions. Instead, the editorial team have drawn up the shortlist for our judging panel of senior clients and industry veterans.
To that end, we have produced a briefing note outlining the reasons for the seven firms’ selection. As part of that process, I’m being delivered to the judges next week to be quizzed to establish whether I know what I’m talking about. And in the interests of transparency, we’re publishing a slightly edited-down version of the initial briefing note. If any of the firms want to point out any howling omissions on our part, please drop me a line before Wednesday morning. And please remember, a bribe is always nice this close to Christmas.
