Written 5th May 2026 by Olliers Solicitors
We are delighted to share that Olliers has been shortlisted for Crime Team of the Year at this year’s Manchester Legal Awards.
Run by Manchester Law Society, the awards are an annual celebration of Manchester’s legal talent. Finalists are determined by a panel of well-respected individuals from the business, legal and academic community across the Northwest.
Judging will take place on Friday 12th June with the winners announced at a glitzy ceremony at the Kimpton Clocktower Hotel on Thursday 2nd July 2026. The awards are always the highlight of the Manchester legal calendar.
Crime Team of the Year
Olliers have won the Crime Team of the Year Award on eight occasions during recent years, most recently last year.
Ruth Peters, Olliers’ Business Development Director, commented:
“Being shortlisted again for Crime Team of the Year is incredibly special for everyone at Olliers. It reflects the consistency, dedication and exceptional teamwork shown by our team day in, day out. We are proud of the standards we uphold, partnering legal brilliance with unmatched client care. To be recognised alongside so many respected firms at the Manchester Legal Awards is a real honour.”
Previous Manchester Legal Awards
Olliers won Crime Team of the Year in 2025, 2024 and 2023 and in 2022 we won ‘Small Law firm of the Year’ at the Awards. In 2021 the firm won four awards at the Manchester Legal Awards and in total we have won Crime Team of the year on eight occasions since 2011.
We can’t wait for the awards evening and congratulate all those shortlisted.
Olliers Solicitors – specialist criminal defence firm
Olliers Solicitors is nationally recognised as an outstanding criminal defence law firm. We specialise in the defence of individuals, businesses and other organisations across a broad range of corporate and financial fraud crime, regulatory offences, serious crime, sexual offences, professional discipline and motoring offences.
We have a formidable reputation for our pro-active approach to the investigative stage of a criminal case focusing on pre-charge engagement, discretion and nipping an investigation in the bud.
Olliers is ranked as a top tier law firm by both the Legal 500 2026 and Chambers Guide 2026. We are a Times Best Law Firm 2026 and the Manchester Legal Awards 2025 Crime Team of the Year, an award we have won eight times since 2011. We have recently won Crime Team of the Year and Boutique Law Firm of the Year at the 2026 Modern Law Awards.
Headquartered in Manchester, and with a presence in London, our team of 29 experienced criminal defence lawyers is led by Managing Director Matthew Claughton, Commercial Director Stacey Mabrouk and Business Development Director Ruth Peters.
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