LawDeb Lens 2026 - another fantastic start to the year

Thank you to all those who joined us this week and last for our LawDeb Lens event, held over two nights in our London office and one night in Manchester. 

Our Lens event is always a fantastic way to start the year, catching up with our network and hearing what 2026 has in store. We particularly appreciate guests facing rather horrid weather conditions to get to us this year.

In keeping with the theme of evolution in Manchester we hosted at a new venue, The People's History Museum, a stones throw from our office and a beautiful venue. 

In addition to enjoying the fantastic Lens shortlist guests were tasked with the challenge of matching the LawDeb's Senior Leaders to their baby photos, which proved surprisingly difficult! Keep an eye out for the answers which will be on our LinkedIn soon.

A huge thank you to all those who entered the competition, the quality was, as always, high. And now - to our winners! 

1st Place - Jayne Howell, Camel Refuelling

2nd Place - Mike Smedley, Ammonite

3rd Place - Lucy Swart-Mallett, From pavement to plate

Best in Show is voted for by guests at each event:

London night 1 - Mike Smedley, Ammonite

London night 2 - Sarah Snow, Mountaineering

Manchester - Jayne Howell, Camel Refuelling

Staff competition 

1st Place - Mike Ironside, City of Evolution

2nd Place - Chris McComb, Evolution of transport

3rd Place - Joanna Jenkins, Rose-tinted

View the shortlisted and winning photos by clicking on the images below. 

Underneath the entries we share some photos from the fantastic evenings. Thank you again to all who joined us and all who submitted photos to the competition, with this year's theme of Evolution.