THE PROBATE INDUSTRY AWARDS
8 Northumberland Ave,
London WC2N 5BY
24 APRIL 2025
6:00PM - 12:00AM
Entering its triumphant seventh year, The Probies continues to celebrate excellence within the probate sector.
As we prepare for the 2025 awards, expect the return of familiar faces and the warm welcome of new ones as we honour the hard work within the ever-evolving landscape of probate.
Presented by Meerkat PR, welcome to the reimagined and enhanced Probies that you’ve all come to cherish. What originated as The UK Probate Research Awards in 2019 has now flourished into a captivating celebration that casts a brilliant light across the entire probate industry. This transformation is a tribute to the incredible journey and support of legal maestros, researchers, and vital industry allies, whom we acknowledge and stand by.
Entering its triumphant sixth year, The Probies extend it’s salute to excellence with a broader reach, bestowing recognition upon every nook of the probate domain. From forging meaningful industry connections to amassing widespread media acclaim, this evolution epitomises our steadfast commitment to illuminating the very dynamics that shape the industry.
As we anticipate the 2024 awards, brace yourselves for an array of thrilling changes. Expect the return of familiar faces and the warm welcome of new ones as we persist in honouring excellence within the ever-evolving landscape of probate.
NEW HOST
We are thrilled to announce that esteemed TV personality, journalist and morning television host Kate Garraway will be gracing the Probies stage for the first time as the host for The Probate Industry Awards 2024.
Read more about Kate and our celebrity host announcement HERE.
NEW VENUE
For our 2023 awards, we were completely sold out! So, with big changes comes a grander space. We are relocating The Probies to ‘London’s Most Central Venue’…
8 Northumberland Avenue
NEW CATEGORIES
We have a line-up of new and familiar award categories to serve and honour a wider reach of the probate industry.
Check out our 2024 categories
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OUR JUDGING PANEL
HEAD JUDGE
David Stoch
Director
Michael Culver
Managing Director & Chairman of SFE
Michael Culver has been a member of Solicitors for the Elderly (SFE) for over 11 years and joined the board of directors in January 2018 before becoming Chairman in June 2019.
He is the founder and managing director of Culver Law Ltd, a solicitor’s firm in London.
He has a wealth of experience in dealing with elderly client matters including making wills, advance decisions, tax planning, the administration of estates, lasting powers of attorney, statutory wills and other applications to the Court of Protection, care home funding and contentious probate and challenging lifetime gifts.
He has been on the Court of Protection’s Panel for Professional Deputies for over 6 years now, enabling him to manage the financial affairs of those clients who are unable to manage matters for themselves or in cases where there is not a suitable relative to manage such matters for them.
As well as a Full Accredited Member of SFE, he is a full member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP) and Association of Contentious Trust and Probate Specialists (ACTAPS). He is also a Chartered Tax Advisor and a member of the Association of Tax Technicians.
Amanda Hamilton
CEO
Amanda Hamilton is Chief Executive of the National Association of Licenced Paralegals (NALP), a non-profit membership body and the only paralegal body that is recognised as an awarding organisation by Ofqual (the regulator of qualifications in England). Through its Centres around the country, accredited and recognised professional paralegal qualifications are offered for those looking for a career as a paralegal professional.
Amanda is passionate about promoting the status of Paralegal Professionals within the UK, with over 24 years’ experience in the field.
Working previously as a tutor and lecturer in substantive law and procedure and trainer in practical legal skills, Amanda has been driven to improve the training and qualifications for Paralegals and raise awareness for the vital role Paralegals play within the Legal Sector and across a wide range of industries.
Dicky Davies
Business Development Director
Richard (Dicky) Davies has spent his career in financial services/business development.
After school in South Wales and Bath University he spent three years at the London-based strategic consultants The LEK Partnership, followed by six years at BZW, the Barclays-owned Merchant Bank.
Following a career break, he joined Barclaycard, becoming the MD of the partnerships strategic business unit.
He went on to work for Visa Europe where he ran the business development team across Europe. Dicky was then approached to become the business development director for Leeds-based Lowell Group, one of the largest debt purchasers in Europe, where he spent seven years.
After a decision to semi-retire and spend more time with his family, he missed the challenges of business development so took on a number of non-exec/advisory roles alongside his current position as business development director at Tower Street Finance.
Chosen Charity
Our chosen charity for 2022 is Reengage.
Reengage is a charity that is positive about older age and committed to fighting loneliness to that people can have social lives and friendship groups however old they are. Reengage works together with volunteers across the UK, tackling loneliness through their Call Companions programme and regular social groups which bring generations together for conversation and laughter.
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