LEADING solicitors Mayo Wynne Baxter are in the running for an award.

The firm, which has eight Sussex offices in Brighton, Lewes, Eastbourne, Seaford, Forest Row, East Grinstead, Storrington and Pulborough, has been shortlisted for the 2014 Lexcel Award in Practice Management by the Law Society Excellence Awards specialist judges.

The company won the award for corporate social responsibility earlier in the year at The Gatwick Diamond Business Awards.

The Law Society represents solicitors in England and Wales and it will host its awards’ ceremony on October 9 showcasing some of the very best work in the profession.