Entries are now open for the British Legal Awards 2014, which feature new categories to recognise the growing importance of regulatory work for the UK’s leading law firms and encourage more niche firms to enter.

The awards, which will take place at Old Billingsgate Market on 27 November, are hosted by Legal Week with the support of the City of London Law Society, which chooses the Lifetime Achievement Award and whose chair, Alasdair Douglas, presides over the independent judging panel.