Professional Paralegal Register founder wins outstanding achievement award at National Paralegal Awards 2023

THE NPA GALA FINAL TOOK PLACE ON THURSDAY 14TH SEPTEMBER 2023. The National Paralegal Awards, celebrating the very best paralegals across the UK and the businesses that support them, has awarded its outstanding achievement award to Rita Leat, founder of the Professional Paralegal Register and former chief executive of the Institute of Paralegals (IoP), reflecting her commitment to the paralegal profession …

THE NPA 2021 WINNERS LUNCH

THE NPA WINNERS LUNCH TOOK PLACE ON MONDAY 18TH OCTOBER 2021. We were delighted to welcome our winners and sponsors to enable us to celebrate together.   We enjoyed celebrating with the winners over 19 Award categories, and were honoured to have no less than four presidents of professional legal bodies in attendance. Congratulations of course go to all the finalists, highly …

National Paralegal Awards Entries are now OPEN!

We are very excited to let you know that we are now open for entries for the National Paralegal Awards 2021. This year there are 19 categories comprising of 15 awards for individuals including three new categories Best Paralegal Newcomer, Best Commercial Real Estate Paralegal and Best Community Champion Paralegal. There are four categories for businesses to enter including Best …

Sir Robin Knowles, CBE awarded with PPR Outstanding Achievement Award 2020

The Professional Paralegal Register is delighted to announce that the PPR Outstanding Achievement Award was given to Sir Robin Knowles, CBE at the National Paralegal Awards virtual ceremony on Friday 18 September.  The award was given in recognition of Sir Robin’s life- long commitment to the legal profession, continuing work on access to justice for those without means and promoting …

National Paralegal Awards 2020 winners celebrate with virtual ceremony

The very best of the paralegal profession was celebrated at the annual National Paralegal Awards hosted live by the Professional Paralegal Register on Friday night. The awards ceremony, which is now in its second year, is now one of the showpiece events in the legal sector calendar, highlighting the important role paralegals play within the legal profession. The paralegal community …

National Paralegal Awards 2020 Ceremony Goes Virtual

The Professional Paralegal Register (PPR) is counting down to the National Paralegal Awards taking place on Friday 18 September.  The PPR normally welcomes over 270 guests at a venue in central London in March for its annual ceremony but this year was forced to postpone it because of the coronavirus outbreak.  A decision was taken by the team at PPR …

IOP Equality and Diversity Charter

The Institute of Paralegals (IoP) launch new charter to improve diversity and inclusion for the paralegal profession.

The Institute of Paralegals has released a new strategy for Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in the legal profession. The charter outlines why change is needed and the approach that needs to be taken by the Institute, its members and partners, to ensure that individuals from all backgrounds are not only recruited into the sector but retained and progressed too. The …

National Paralegal Awards Gala POSTPONED

The PPR are following government guidelines in relation to COVID-19 Coronavirus and holding the National Paralegal Awards event on 27th March. This is a very difficult time for everyone concerned and we want to assure you that we have been assessing the situation daily and will continue to follow the guidance issued by government. The health and safety of our …