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About The Awards
Following another outstanding celebration of excellence at the 2025 Apartment Adviser Awards – Incorporating the ERMAs, we are delighted to officially launch the 2026 Awards.
After a fantastic evening at the InterContinental Hotel Park Lane on 26 June 2025, where our Triple A Rated winners were revealed - we now turn our attention to the next chapter of this prestigious event.
🎉 Congratulations once again to all 2025 winners, highly commended entries, and finalists for raising the bar across the sector.
About the Awards
Formerly known as the Enfranchisement & Right to Manage Awards (ERMAs), the Apartment Adviser Awards have evolved to reflect the changing landscape of the leasehold property sector. Now entering their 16th year, the awards continue to recognise excellence, innovation, and outstanding professional achievement across enfranchisement, right to manage, and the wider apartment and leasehold community.
With a modern brand, expanded categories, and refreshed judging criteria - shaped by industry feedback, the Apartment Adviser Awards provide a credible, inclusive, and respected platform to showcase best practice and leadership within the sector.
Entries for 2026
Entries for the 2026 Awards will open in due course.
If you are interested in entering, attending, or sponsoring the 2026 Awards, please get in touch or ask to be added to our mailing list to be the first to receive updates.
We look forward to celebrating the very best of the sector once again on 25 June 2026.
Marketing Advantage
Winners and finalists receive extensive media coverage and promotional opportunities throughout the year.
Network & Connect
Meet industry leaders and innovators during our awards ceremony and exclusive networking events.
Prestige & Recognition
Gain industry-wide recognition and elevate your brand with one of the most respected award in the industry.
Award Categories
Chambers of the Year
Who should enter:
Chambers who deal with lease extensions, enfranchisement, and/or right to manage matters, including residential service charge and/or Building Safety Act matters.
- Criteria 1 - Strategic impact and performance over the past 12 months: Please describe what has made your chambers stand out, including expertise applied to cases, innovation, or leadership in the sector. (up to 350 words)
- Criteria 2 - Casework and client impact: Please supply details of lease extensions, collective enfranchisement, right to manage cases, residential service charge matters, or Building Safety Act work handled over the last 12 months. (up to 350 words)
- Criteria 3 - Promotion and thought leadership: Please supply details of activities such as conference speaking, article writing, contributing ideas to law reform, or other methods of promoting knowledge within the sector. (up to 350 words)
- Supporting evidence - Please submit a minimum of 2 testimonials, dated within the past 6 months.
Barrister of the Year – Junior Counsel (Up to 10 years’ call)
Who should enter:
Barristers dealing with enfranchisement and/or right to manage matters, including residential service charge and/or Building Safety Act matters, who have been practising for up to 10 years.
- Criteria 1 - Impact within your role/chambers over the past 12 months: Including contribution to casework, chambers development, or sector initiatives. (up to 350 words)
- Criteria 2 - Case contribution and sector influence: Please supply details of your impact on cases in the past 18 months and/or contributions to chambers or residential leasehold and commonhold law reform. (up to 350 words)
- Criteria 3 - Self-promotion and thought leadership: Include speaking at conferences, writing articles, contributing ideas to reform, or similar activities.
- Supporting evidence - Please submit a minimum of 2 testimonials, dated within the past 6 months.
Barrister of the Year – Junior Counsel (Over 10 years’ call)
Who should enter:
Barristers dealing with enfranchisement and/or right to manage matters, including residential service charge and/or Building Safety Act matters, who have been practising for over 10 years.
- Criteria 1 - Impact within your role/chambers over the past 12 months: Including contribution to casework, chambers development, or sector initiatives. (up to 350 words)
- Criteria 2 - Case contribution and sector influence: Please supply details of your impact on cases in the past 18 months and/or contributions to chambers or residential leasehold and commonhold law reform. (up to 350 words)
- Criteria 3 - Self-promotion and thought leadership: Include speaking at conferences, writing articles, contributing ideas to reform, or similar activities. (up to 350 words)
- Supporting evidence - Please submit a minimum of 2 testimonials, dated within the past 6 months.
Barrister of the Year – Kings Counsel
Who should enter:
Barristers with an established practice dealing with enfranchisement and/or right to manage matters, including residential service charge and/or Building Safety Act matters, who have been appointed Kings Counsel.
- Criteria 1 - Impact within your role/chambers over the past 12 months: Including contribution to casework, leadership within chambers, or influence on the wider sector. (up to 350 words)
- Criteria 2 - Case contribution and sector influence: Please supply details of your impact on cases in the past 18 months and/or contributions to chambers or residential leasehold and commonhold law reform. (up to 350 words)
- Criteria 3 - Self-promotion and thought leadership: Include speaking at conferences, writing articles, contributing ideas to reform, or similar activities. (up to 350 words)
- Supporting evidence - Please submit a minimum of 2 testimonials, dated within the past 6 months.
Solicitor of the Year (Individual)
Who should enter:
Solicitors who act for freeholders and/or leaseholders in enfranchisement and/or right to manage matters, including residential service charge and/or Building Safety Act matters.
- Criteria 1 - Impact within your role/company over the past 12 months: Please describe contributions to cases, projects, or successful client outcomes. (up to 350 words)
- Criteria 2 - Excellence in client communications and service delivery: Demonstrating clarity, responsiveness, professionalism, and quality of advice. (up to 350 words)
- Criteria 3 - Professional development, leadership and profile: Including training, mentoring, self-promotion, or wider sector engagement. (up to 350 words)
- Supporting evidence - Please submit a minimum of 2 testimonials, dated within the past 6 months.
Solicitors Firm of the Year
Who should enter:
Solicitor firms who act for freeholders and/or leaseholders in enfranchisement and/or right to manage matters, including residential service charge and/or Building Safety Act matters.
- Criteria 1 - Strategic impact and performance over the past 12 months: Including expertise applied to cases, leadership, financial performance, or innovation. (up to 350 words)
- Criteria 2 - Excellence in client communication and business development: Including approaches to client care, stakeholder management, and commercial growth. (up to 350 words)
- Criteria 3 - Staff development and training initiatives: Including mentorship, CPD, succession planning, and workplace development. (up to 350 words)
- Supporting evidence - Please submit a minimum of 2 testimonials, dated within the past 6 months.
Project Manager of the Year
Who should enter:
Project managers who assist leaseholders with statutory lease extensions/group lease extensions, freehold purchase, or right to manage matters, overseeing legal, conveyancing, and organisational duties. This includes paralegals, conveyancers, legal executives, property management companies, or similar roles.
- Criteria 1 - Impact and distinction over the past 12 months: Please describe what has made you or your business stand out, including project outcomes, efficiency, or innovation. (up to 350 words)
- Criteria 2 - Effectiveness of project management: Please supply details of processes, planning, and execution that demonstrate clear and structured project management. (up to 350 words)
- Criteria 3 - Applied knowledge and expertise: Including depth of understanding across legal, conveyancing, and operational elements. (up to 350 words)
- Supporting evidence - Please submit a minimum of 2 testimonials, dated within the past 6 months.
Valuer of the Year (Individual)
Who should enter:
Valuers who act for freeholders and/or leaseholders in enfranchisement and/or right to manage matters, including residential service charge and/or Building Safety Act matters.
- Criteria 1 - Impact within your role or industry over the past 12 months: Including contribution to casework, decision-making, and client outcomes. (up to 350 words)
- Criteria 2 - Applied expertise in valuations: Please provide examples of work undertaken in enfranchisement, lease extensions, RTM, or related matters. (up to 350 words)
- Criteria 3 - Client communication and service excellence: Including clarity, responsiveness, and quality of advice. (up to 350 words)
- Supporting evidence - Please submit a minimum of 2 testimonials, dated within the past 6 months.
Valuers Firm of the Year
Who should enter:
Valuer firms acting for freeholders and/or leaseholders in enfranchisement and/or right to manage matters, including residential service charge and/or Building Safety Act matters.
- Criteria 1 - Strategic impact and performance over the past 12 months: Including expertise applied to cases, leadership, innovation, or financial performance. (up to 350 words)
- Criteria 2 - Excellence in client communication and business development: Including approaches to client care, stakeholder management, and commercial growth. (up to 350 words)
- Criteria 3 - Staff development and training initiatives: Including mentoring, CPD, succession planning, and workplace development. (up to 350 words)
- Supporting evidence - Please submit a minimum of 2 testimonials, dated within the past 6 months.
Professional Adviser of the Year
Who should enter:
Senior professional advisers working within the leasehold and apartment sector who provide strategic, technical, or operational advice across enfranchisement, right to manage, residential service charge, and/or Building Safety Act matters.
Suitable roles include valuers, accountants, practice managers, technical advisers, compliance specialists, and sector consultants with 5+ years’ sector experience, whose role goes beyond day-to-day case delivery.
- Criteria 1 - Strategic impact and influence over the past 12 months: Including leadership in multi-disciplinary projects, improving processes, collaboration, or sector development. (up to 350 words)
- Criteria 2 - Applied senior-level expertise: Please provide examples showing how your expertise has influenced outcomes, supported decision-making, or mitigated risks. (up to 350 words)
- Criteria 3 - Leadership, professional standing and sector contribution: Including mentoring, team leadership, industry involvement, thought leadership, or professional recognition. (up to 350 words)
- Supporting evidence - Please submit a minimum of 2 testimonials, dated within the past 6 months.
Rising Star Award
Who should enter:
Early-career professionals acting for freeholders and/or leaseholders in enfranchisement, right to manage, residential service charge, and/or Building Safety Act matters, including solicitors, valuers, and other professional advisers qualified for up to 2 years.
- Criteria 1 - Contribution and impact over the past 12 months: Including involvement in cases or projects, initiative, and early professional achievements. (up to 350 words)
- Criteria 2 - Excellence in client communication and service delivery: Including clarity, responsiveness, professionalism, and accuracy. (up to 350 words)
- Criteria 3 - Professional development and future potential: Including continued learning, qualifications, mentoring, and personal development goals. (up to 350 words)
- Supporting evidence - Please submit a minimum of 2 testimonials, dated within the past 6 months.
Conveyancer of the Year
Who should enter:
Individual conveyancers or conveyancing teams who have demonstrated work in relation to enfranchisement, right to manage, and lease extension cases.
- Criteria 1 - Impact and distinction over the past 12 months: Including successful case delivery, client outcomes, or process innovation. (up to 350 words)
- Criteria 2 - Effectiveness of conveyancing process: Including clarity of process, organisation, and risk management. (up to 350 words)
- Criteria 3 - Applied expertise and knowledge: Demonstrating technical competence, problem-solving, and sector understanding. (up to 350 words)
- Supporting evidence - Please submit a minimum of 2 testimonials, dated within the past 6 months.
*New for 2026 - Young Professional of the Year
Who should enter:
Early-career professionals working in the leasehold and apartment sector across enfranchisement, right to manage, residential service charge and/or Building Safety Act matters.
This category is open to individuals working in the leasehold and apartment sector who are aged 35 or under (as of the entry deadline) and is open to a wide range of roles, including solicitors, surveyors, valuers, accountants, consultants, and other professional advisers.
- Criteria 1 - Contribution and progression within your role over the past 12 months: Your response should demonstrate personal development and increasing responsibility, including: -Contribution to cases or projects - Growing technical competence - Evidence of initiative, reliability or problem-solving (up to 350 words)
- Criteria 2 - Demonstration of applied knowledge and professionalism: Please provide examples of how you have applied your knowledge in practice within the leasehold sector, showing attention to detail, accuracy, and professional standards. (up to 350 words)
- Criteria 3 - Commitment to learning, development and future potential: Including training, qualifications, mentoring, professional engagement, or early leadership qualities that demonstrate long-term potential within the sector. (up to 350 words)
- Supporting evidence - Please submit a minimum of 2 testimonials, dated within the past 6 months.
*New for 2026 – Consultant of the Year
Who should enter:
Individuals who provide a specialist consultancy service within the leasehold and apartment sector, advising leaseholders, freeholders, professional advisers or resident groups on enfranchisement, right to manage, lease extensions, residential service charge and/or Building Safety Act matters during the past 12 months. This may include strategic, technical, negotiation, or advisory consultancy roles.
- Criteria 1 - What impact have you made through your consultancy role in the past 12 months? Your response should include reference to one or more of the following: - Strategic advice that influenced successful outcomes or decision-making - Your role in facilitating collaboration between stakeholders - Contribution to improving processes, understanding or best practice within the sector (up to 350 words)
- Criteria 2 - Evidence of applied specialist knowledge and consultancy expertise: Please supply examples demonstrating how your advice has been applied in practice, such as negotiating strategies, project planning, technical assessments, or advisory reports relating to enfranchisement, RTM, lease extensions or Building Safety matters. (up to 350 words)
- Criteria 3 - Professional development, profile and leadership within the sector: Including continued learning, thought leadership, speaking, writing, mentoring or other activity that demonstrates influence and credibility as a consultant. (up to 350 words)
- Supporting evidence - Please submit a minimum of 2 testimonials, dated within the past 6 months.
*New for 2026 – Junior Solicitor of the Year
Who should enter:
Solicitors who act for freeholders and / or leaseholders in enfranchisement, right to manage, lease extensions, residential service charge and/or Building Safety Act matters, and who are at an early stage of their legal career (qualified for up to 5 years).
- Criteria 1 - Contribution and progression within your role over the past 12 months: Your response should include reference to one or more of the following: - Involvement in live matters or cases - Increasing responsibility for files, clients or defined workstreams - Demonstrable contribution to successful outcomes for clients (up to 350 words)
- Criteria 2 - Excellence in client communication and delivery of legal services: Including clarity of advice, responsiveness, professionalism, and ability to manage client expectations in leasehold-related matters. (up to 350 words)
- Criteria 3 - Commitment to professional development and future leadership potential: Please supply evidence of continued learning, technical development, mentoring, self-promotion or wider engagement with the leasehold and apartment sector. (up to 350 words)
- Supporting evidence - Please submit a minimum of 2 testimonials, dated within the past 6 months.
*New for 2026 – Surveyor of the Year
Who should enter:
Senior Surveyors or surveying practices acting for freeholders and / or leaseholders in enfranchisement, right to manage, lease extensions, residential service charge and/or Building Safety Act matters. This may include but is not limited to valuation surveyors, building surveyors, and specialist leasehold surveyors.
- Criteria 1 - What impact have you made within your role, business or the wider industry over the past 12 months? Your response should include reference to one or more of the following: contribution to cases/projects within the last 12 months, innovation in approach, or leadership within the leasehold and apartment sector. (up to 350 words)
- Criteria 2 - Evidence of depth of knowledge and expertise applied to surveying matters within the last 12 months: Please include examples of enfranchisement, lease extension, right to manage, residential service charge and/or Building Safety Act-related work. (up to 350 words)
- Criteria 3 - Details of excellence in client communication and quality of service: Including how you manage stakeholder relationships, explain technical matters clearly, and add value to your clients. (up to 350 words)
- Supporting evidence - Please submit a minimum of 2 testimonials, dated within the past 6 months.
*New for 2026 – Junior Surveyor of the Year
Who should enter:
Surveyors who act for freeholders and / or leaseholders in enfranchisement, right to manage, lease extensions, residential service charge and/or Building Safety Act matters, and who are early in their surveying career (typically qualified or practising for up to 3 years).
- Criteria 1 - What impact have you made within your role or organisation over the past 12 months? Your response should include reference to one or more of the following: contribution to cases/projects within the last 12 months, increasing responsibility, or progression within the sector. (up to 350 words)
- Criteria 2 - Evidence of applied knowledge and developing expertise: Please provide examples of surveying work undertaken in the last 12 months relevant to enfranchisement, leasehold or apartment-related matters. Your response should include reference to continued professional development and future goals. (up to 350 words)
- Criteria 3 - Excellence in client communication and professionalism: Including how you engage with clients, colleagues and other professionals, and demonstrate best practice. (up to 350 words)
- Supporting evidence - Please submit a minimum of 2 testimonials, dated within the past 6 months.
Finalists
View the 2025 award winners here:
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Judges
Henrietta Hammonds
ALEP Valuer Committee Member & Partner
Beckett & Kay
Henrietta is a partner at Beckett and Kay, a firm founded in 2002 specialising in landlord and tenant matters. She is the youngest ever woman to become a Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (“RICS”) and is also a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and a Member of the Institute of Residential Property Management.
She specialises particularly in enfranchisement and diminution cases, and has an interest in alternative dispute resolution. She is a qualified arbitrator and an RICS-accredited mediator.
In enfranchisement cases, Henrietta acts for landlords, intermediate landlords, and tenants. She has appeared at the First-tier Tribunal (Lands Chamber) and assisted in cases in the Upper Tribunal and beyond. She is a member of the advisory committee of the Association of Leasehold Enfranchisement Practitioners (“ALEP”). Henrietta regularly lectures on valuation topics, including at the RICS Dilapidations Conference, RICS Valuation Conference, ALEP lectures and conferences, and other professionally organised seminars.
John Midgley
ALEP Director & Solicitor
Seddons
John is a partner in the Property Disputes team and heads up the specialist Leasehold Enfranchisement team at Seddons. He is a leading practitioner in the field of collective enfranchisement, lease extensions and right to manage claims, having been involved in numerous highly contentious cases. John writes regularly for specialist publications on a variety of enfranchisement and landlord and tenant issues. He has been identified as one of the top 100 influential people in the leasehold property sector, appearing for several years in the 'News on The Block' "Hot 100" list which includes a mix of professionals, politicians, property owners and investors. John was instrumental in pioneering the Leasehold Reform Amendment Act 2014 and continues to work with parliamentarians on issues within the leasehold sector.
Bob Smytherman
Hon Chairman
FPRA
Previous Winners
View the 2025 award winners here:
Conveyancer of the Year
Commonhold and Leasehold Experts Limited
Valuer of the Year
Marie Joyce - Marr-Johnson & Egerton LLP
Rising Star Award
Jimmy Griffin - Thackray Williams Solicitors
Project Manager of the Year
The Property People
Solicitors Firm of the Year
Commonhold and Leasehold Experts Limited
Chambers of the Year
Tanfield
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Frequently Asked Questions
Submit Your Entry
Entries for the 2026 awards will open in early 2026.
How to Enter
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Choose Your Category
Review our award categories and select the most appropriate for you or your company.
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Prepare Your Submission
Gather all required materials including entrant details, testimonials, images, and supporting documentation.
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Complete the Entry Form
Fill out our comprehensive entry form with all relevant information about your submission. You can save your entry and return as many times as you need to.
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Submit Your Entry
Once you are happy with your submission, submit your entry to complete your submission process before the entry deadline.
Entry Tips
Take a look at the group of judges for your category and consider your submission from their perspective. Remember that they will be reading and scoring a lot of entries, so make sure your entry stands out for the right reasons!
Start planning as soon as you can; writing your submission in stages rather than all in one sitting is usually more effective, as this will give you ample time to think it through and ensure you are preparing it in line with the required criteria.
Read the entire entry form and criteria before you put the proverbial pen to paper so that you can gather all the information that is required in a timely fashion. Whilst it can be tempting to delay filling in some of the more mundane details until the last minute, this information can also take time to get right so don’t be caught out!
Each category has set criteria, which must be addressed. Read these carefully and ensure that you follow them, answering each point concisely and clearly.
Provide good evidence for your claims, either within your supporting testimonials or, within the body of your entry.
Request your testimonials as early as possible. Testimonials are a vital part of your submission and can often provide the extra insight or endorsement that tips the balance with the judges. Leaving these to the last minute can risk missing out on strong, specific endorsements that help support your key points.
If you are entering more than one category, ensure that your entry is written specifically for that category. Entries which use the same submission text across multiple categories - essentially 'copy and pasting' will be flagged and ultimately scored accordingly.