ENTRIES ARE NOW CLOSED

In order for your entry to be considered, please adhere to the following general rules of entry.

• Each entry must be in the form of a written submission of no more than 1000 words. Where applicable you may support your entry with additional relevant material. Please meet as many of the criteria as possible
• Please provide one copy of your entry. NB: The entry must not be bound in any way
• Each entry must be accompanied with a completed entry form (photocopies are permissible as are entry forms downloaded from www.thelawyer.com/awards)
• Please ensure each item of your submission has the following information clearly printed: category name and number, name of entering company/firm, contact details of the entrant and in the case of nominations, contact details of the nominee. For transactional categories, please provide the name of the deal. Please be aware that this copy will form the basis of the awards graphics and the content for the book of the night
• When nominating a third party, please provide as much information as possible. Contact details for the nominee are mandatory
• There is no fee to enter The Lawyer Awards 2008. However, each entry must be accompanied by a cheque made payable to either Kids Company, The Children's Trust or both
• Centaur Events must receive all entries by no later than 5.30pm on Wednesday 5th March 2008.

General conditions of entry

• All entries will be treated as confidential documents, seen only by the judges of The Lawyer Awards 2008
• Entries cannot be returned
• Centaur Events / The Lawyer accept no responsibility for the loss or damage of material submitted
• The judging panel reserves the right to move entries from one category to another if they feel it is more appropriate. The judges’ decision is final
• Each category may be entered more than once
• The awards are judging performance from April 2007 to March 2008. Performance outside of these dates will be taken into account if relevant to the submission
• For transactional categories, firms may enter more than one deal
• All entrants must supply contact details including email address for the judges to approach should the entry require any further clarification. Where possible and if relevant, please also supply contact details for your client for the same purpose
• All finalist entries, winners and commendations will be published in a full-colour publication distributed to The Lawyer readers in July 2008 and announced at the awards dinner on 24th June 2008

Entries should be sent to Helen Evison, The Lawyer Awards 2008, c/o Centaur Events, St Giles House, 50 Poland Street, London W1F 7AX.

Queries regarding entering should be addressed to Helen Evison at the above address, telephone number +44 207 970 4772, fax number +44 207 970 4797 or emailed to awards@thelawyer.com