Entries have opened for the British Legal Awards 2015 with a record number of submissions expected, as the UK’s leading law firms prepare for their strongest set of financial results since the economic crash.

The awards, which will take place at Old Billingsgate Market on 25 November, are hosted by Legal Week with the support of the City of London Law Society (CLLS), which chooses the Lifetime Achievement Award and whose chairman, Alasdair Douglas, presides over the independent judging panel.