Escalate Disputes shortlisted for two more prominent awards

Escalate, the ground-breaking dispute resolution process, been shortlisted in two categories at the Law Society’s prestigious Excellence Awards, the highest accolade for legal businesses in England and Wales.

Escalate – which was previously named ‘Innovation of the Year’ at the British Accountancy Awards and ‘Best Collaboration Initiative’ at The Lawyer Awards, and was highly commended at the Legal Week Innovation Awards – has been shortlisted in the ‘Excellence in Technology & Innovation’ and ‘Excellence in Business Development’ categories.

Chris Clay, Managing Director of Escalate, said: “We’re very proud to have been nominated in two categories at the Law Society’s Excellence Awards.

“We’ve won two major national awards and been highly commended in another – we now have the opportunity to win two more. This underlines the genuinely distinctive nature of the Escalate process and reflects the strong support that we’ve enjoyed from our partner firms throughout the professional services industry.”

Law Society president Christina Blacklaws said: “There are more than 9,000 firms and 140,000 solicitors in England and Wales, so to be shortlisted for an Excellence Award is to be recognised as being among the best of the best.”

Winners are announced at the Law Society’s Excellence Awards ceremony in London on 17th October.