Time to cast your vote for Legal Personality of the Year 2023

This award honours an individual for their outstanding contribution to the legal sphere in the past year. The winner will be announced at this year’s LexisNexis Legal Awards on Thursday 23 March 2023.

The five nominees this year are as follows:

• Kate Daly, co-founder of online couple’s divorce services company amicable, and lawyer specialising in non-conflict divorce. When no-fault divorce finally became a reality in the UK, Kate made an outstanding contribution to the public understanding of its impact.
• Kenra Parris-Whittaker, partner and Bahamas-based litigator at ParrisWhittaker. Kenra is frequently sought as an arbitrator and mediator, and her legal skills have often led to the creation of case law.
• Michael Polak, director of Justice Abroad and a barrister at Church Court Chambers. Michael represents clients in the most high-profile and important cases both internationally and at home. During the COVID-19 pandemic, he set up Fuel Our Frontline, to provide essential grocery packages to the NHS frontline staff.
• Dr Charlotte Proudman, barrister at Goldsmith Chambers. Charlotte specialises in cases concerning rape, sexual abuse, domestic abuse and coercive and controlling behaviour. As a Fellow at Queens’ College, Cambridge, Charlotte researches and lectures on gender inequality under the law and female genital mutilation.
• Adam Woodhall, chief executive, Lawyers for Net Zero, which seeks to combine the influence of lawyers with the power of business by unlocking the unrealised potential of in-house lawyers to help drive the climate transition.

To cast a vote for your favourite shortlisted nominee, simply vote via this survey before 5pm on Friday 24 February.

Good luck to all of this year’s candidates!